[Frankie D]

Satan? My (former) best friend married her. I have seen the unholy embodiment of all that is pure evil. She’s a hair dresser from the Bronx.

Hey, don’t knock the Bronx!

 

[BlakeT]

 

[BlakeT]

Good luck with that! I grew up on alternative/punk, whatever, but I actively hate Swans. Michael Gira tries so hard, hey, look at me, I'm sooooooo deeep and hard core! Music made for music critics.

I can't imagine taking a date to that show, talk about a mood killer .

I'm with you on metal though. When I listen to metal, I tend towards black metal, myself.

@Ciggavelli --- So, it suddenly occurred to me that you never gave us a follow-up report on your date, wherein you took that poor girl to a freaking SWANS show. Because honestly, I'm struggling to think of a more mood-killing, depressive (not in a good way) event to attend with a date than a Swans show and listening to that insufferable putz Michael Gira howling on stage. If she continued dating you after listening to that band, live no less, she must really, really like you and she is one impressive girl with an extreme tolerance for awful music!

Come on, spill the beans! Inquiring minds want to know...

 

[skhan007]

OK, new amp arrived today. Now I understand what scaling up the 1266 means. There was another x% available in my headphones and I needed a powerful, thick, punchy amp to bring the 1266 to its potential. I now believe the Flux Mentor does this in spades. This is my first and likely last, solid state amp. Perfect pairing! Although it's only my first day with this amp, I'm sure after a 100 hours of listening, I'll conclude the same.

 

[Ciggavelli]

@Ciggavelli --- So, it suddenly occurred to me that you never gave us a follow-up report on your date, wherein you took that poor girl to a freaking SWANS show. Because honestly, I'm struggling to think of a more mood-killing, depressive (not in a good way) event to attend with a date than a Swans show and listening to that insufferable putz Michael Gira howling on stage. If she continued dating you after listening to that band, live no less, she must really, really like you and she is one impressive girl with an extreme tolerance for awful music!

Come on, spill the beans! Inquiring minds want to know...

It didn’t go well. She did not like the concert at all. We had to leave early. She said the music sounded very negative and made her feel bad and anxious and angry. She said the crowd all looked like vampires

We’re still together, but she wants me to listen to more positive music…hahaha. That’s going to be very hard for me. Positive music is just so not my thing at all. I listen to almost exclusively negative music. I’m gonna try to find some good positive music that isn’t too positive, but also not like what I usually listen to.

She said she wouldn’t want to go to another concert again unless it was Justin Beiber or Beyoncé and the like. I’d hate that about as much as she hated the Swans concert

But we’re good now. She’s in China for a month, which sucks, but we text and talk every day. I miss her. She’s a cool girl. I had some other issues going on right after the concert (you can read about them in the Summit-Fi Random Thoughts thread), but we’re still good.

But yeah, whoever said it was a bad idea to take a date to a Swans concert was 100% correct

 

[Hiker816]

I’m gonna try to find some good positive music that isn’t too positive, but also not like what I usually listen to.

Check out Syncatto and Sithu Aye. Both fall into the category of "happy" metal/prog rock but are technically impressive.

She said she wouldn’t want to go to another concert again unless it was Justin Beiber or Beyoncé and the like. I’d hate that about as much as she hated the Swans concert

Ugh, no. Just no. High quality ear plugs, my friend.

 

[pofofo]

OK, new amp arrived today. Now I understand what scaling up the 1266 means. There was another x% available in my headphones and I needed a powerful, thick, punchy amp to bring the 1266 to its potential. I now believe the Flux Mentor does this in spades. This is my first and likely last, solid state amp. Perfect pairing! Although it's only my first day with this amp, I'm sure after a 100 hours of listening, I'll conclude the same.

Is it better than the LTA MZ3?

 

[skhan007]

Is it better than the LTA MZ3?

It’s very different. It’s solid state, a lot more wattage, and I got it specifically to drive tough planar headphones like the Abyss 1266. The MZ3 is a phenomenal OTL tube amp and pairs well with just about everything else.

 

[ufospls2]

Hey @Abyss Headphones In the interview below about the Diana DZ it mentions "two exciting new headphones." Does that include the Diana DZ? Making the two headphone the Diana Closed (which is scheduled for around CanJam socal) and the Diana DZ? Understand you can't mention things specifically but are we possibly looking at a 1266DZ (or some form of xxxxDZ replacement?)

 

[Abyss Headphones]

Yep, Diana DZ and closed back this year. AB1266 TC will carry on

 

[DJJEZ]

Yep, Diana DZ and closed back this year. AB1266 TC will carry on

When is the bigboy 1266tc successor coming

 

[musicinmymind]

Yep, Diana DZ and closed back this year. AB1266 TC will carry on

Lucky me, I got new TC two months back do not want successor so soon, hehehe

 

[Abyss Headphones]

When is the bigboy 1266tc successor coming

Good question...

 

[DMITRIY R]

Good question...

If he does appear, it would be right to give him real demonic name "Abyss 13666".

 

[krude]

If he does appear, it would be right to give him real demonic name "Abyss 13666".

Or just Abyss 666

Although that's probably too edgy