*** This Week Through Your Eyes 2025.09.13 ***

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davidwien
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Sept. 13, 2025, 8:52 p.m. Sept. 13, 2025, 8:52 p.m.
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@NCV has written:

I am again in the audio rabbit hole with some new headphones (I use cans a lot) and a new headphone amp which resolves one of my big gripes with headphones and bad old recordings with esteem stereo effects. I have not been too active on the photography front, as I need some new ideas.

I find this very strange, as I have used Sennheiser HD600 headphones professionally and at home since 1980. If „esteeme“ means „extreme“, I advise you to pass everything through an RME UCX box, where you can adjust the spread, level, EQ, etc.

David
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NCV
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Sept. 13, 2025, 9:07 p.m. Sept. 13, 2025, 9:07 p.m.
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@davidwien has written:

@NCV has written:

I am again in the audio rabbit hole with some new headphones (I use cans a lot) and a new headphone amp which resolves one of my big gripes with headphones and bad old recordings with esteem stereo effects. I have not been too active on the photography front, as I need some new ideas.

I find this very strange, As I have used my Sennheiser HD460 headphones professionally since 1980. If „esteeme“ means „extreme“, I advise you to passeverything through an RME UCX box, where you can adjust the spread, level, EQ, etc.

I bought a SPL Phonitor SE, made for the home audio market with cross feed, which I presume is the same as your RME. It really does sort sounds that are hard panned to one side, which in headphones sounds unnatural and irritating because it’s isolated to only one ear.
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davidwien
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Sept. 14, 2025, 5:57 a.m. Sept. 14, 2025, 5:57 a.m.
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@NCV has written:

@davidwien has written:

@NCV has written:

I am again in the audio rabbit hole with some new headphones (I use cans a lot) and a new headphone amp which resolves one of my big gripes with headphones and bad old recordings with esteem stereo effects. I have not been too active on the photography front, as I need some new ideas.

I find this very strange, As I have used my Sennheiser HD460 headphones professionally since 1980. If „esteeme“ means „extreme“, I advise you to passeverything through an RME UCX box, where you can adjust the spread, level, EQ, etc.

I bought a SPL Phonitor SE, made for the home audio market with cross feed, which I presume is the same as your RME. It really does sort sounds that are hard panned to one side, which in headphones sounds unnatural and irritating because it’s isolated to only one ear.

I have never heard of SLP Phonitor Se. RME is top pro gear.

David
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NCV
Members 2336 posts

Sept. 14, 2025, 7:58 a.m. Sept. 14, 2025, 7:58 a.m.
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@davidwien has written:

@NCV has written:

@davidwien has written:

@NCV has written:

I am again in the audio rabbit hole with some new headphones (I use cans a lot) and a new headphone amp which resolves one of my big gripes with headphones and bad old recordings with esteem stereo effects. I have not been too active on the photography front, as I need some new ideas.

I find this very strange, As I have used my Sennheiser HD460 headphones professionally since 1980. If „esteeme“ means „extreme“, I advise you to passeverything through an RME UCX box, where you can adjust the spread, level, EQ, etc.

I bought a SPL Phonitor SE, made for the home audio market with cross feed, which I presume is the same as your RME. It really does sort sounds that are hard panned to one side, which in headphones sounds unnatural and irritating because it’s isolated to only one ear.

I have never heard of SLP Phonitor Se. RME is top pro gear.

David

When I bought a pair of Heddphone 2 GT ( which sound fantastic) SPL and RME were the brands they recommended for a good match. I found the SPL second hand, at a good price and went with them. They are good solid German audio products too it seems.

Anyway the crossfield thing make a worse than bad recording like "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady" by Mingus listenable on headphones.

We have drifted away from this weeks photography!
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Vahur
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Sept. 14, 2025, 9:38 a.m. Sept. 14, 2025, 9:38 a.m.
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@NCV has written:

A favourite walk

Last Saturday I took a favourite walk between the Castle of Carpineti and San Vitale, along an escarpment in the mid Apennines above Reggio. At the end of the walk I took the 24PC to do some pictures of the castle and the interior of the chapel.

The path takes you through some strange rock formations and Chestnut woods, to the remains of a Twelfth century Pieve. Behind the isolated restaurant/hostel, there is a little museum, containing some artifacts excavated on the site.

Interesting artifacts, seem different from biblical motives.
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Vahur
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Sept. 14, 2025, 9:43 a.m. Sept. 14, 2025, 9:43 a.m.
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@Woodsider79 has written:

A Stroll on the Coast

The coastline of Cumbria is mostly unremarkable, with a few muddy-sandy estuaries and areas of dunes. I miss rocky coastlines, but decided it was time for a breath of sea air. Took a walk around Sandscale Haws nature reserve, home to a quarter of the UK's Natterjack Toads - didn't see any!

The Duddon estuary reaches up into the high fells of the Lake District, but the tops were still shrouded in cloud on arrival. Lots of clumps of Sea Rocket growing on the sand, some below the high tide line.

...So I tried some multi exposure experiments;

I like the first image, its tonality and different layers.
Multiexposure photos are interesting, look like paintings. I need to try it at some time.
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Vahur
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Sept. 14, 2025, 9:53 a.m. Sept. 14, 2025, 9:53 a.m.
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@SteveMonks has written:

This Weeks Roundup

I haven't been getting out too much of late due to a combination of poor weather, poor fitness and quite likely apathy, but I managed a bit of a wander on the moors above Belmont last weekend. The light was overcast and quite flat while I was out on the walk, but picked up as I was heading back home (which is kinda typical).

All images taken handheld with the Nikon Z8 and either 24-70 f/2.8S or 70-180 f/2.8. A CPL may have been used on some of them.

The View From Alance Bridge

On the way back from Belmont, I decided to drive through Anglezarke, crossing Alance Bridge which is just downstream of the point where Limestone Brook and the River Yarrow merge before flowing into Upper Yarrow Reservoir. Well, normally there's some flowing going on, but not right at this moment. Under normal circumstances, this view would be flooded up to the treeline. Note how the light is so much nicer than it was earlier.

The following pair of images are looking over the other side of the bridge towards the reservoir. Again, it would normally be flooded up to the treeline.

I like these images, nice tonality in river bed adding colours to photo.
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Daneland
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Sept. 15, 2025, 10:14 p.m. Sept. 15, 2025, 10:14 p.m.
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The chauffeur!

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JPG, 1.3 MB, uploaded by Daneland on Sept. 15, 2025.