Empyrean Puns

So i was online shopping for a headphone system with an for my grandfather about 4 Days ago (backstory for those interessted) and just for fun showed him the Empys and told him that dreamed of owning a pair since i started the hobby and planing to save for a used pair when his granddaughter(4 months) was a little older and we had good amount saved for her pension fund.

Today the postman showed up with these beautys ... i was shoked (my grandfather is not rich or something) and called him he told me something about the "Weihnachtsmann(Santa)" was late this year because of covid (im 34) ... i was insisting to give them back ... but to no avail... (sry for the TLDR tempting intro)

SOOOO they are Sound .... just ... divine ... i Applied the Oratory1990 eq i will write a review after some further listening but had to vent my excitement here first because the wife was like "sooo than you can sell your old headphones (i only own one other pair )"

A Question for those who also own Empys what ist your signal chain i only had a ifi zendac and a Xduoo TA20 with a Topping D10 Balanced to compare and i like them the most on tubes so far and i thinking of getting a better Solid State (around 500 euro) but im not shure which one.

Thanks for listening and enjoy your music everyone...

edit : they even sound awesome on my IFI Go blu :D

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The DMG lists 'titan' as a category of quasi-deity and empyreans, krakens and the tarrasque have 'titan' as a monster tag
Edit: WHY DID THIS BLOW UP

Warning: Will Contain Spoilers

I've been meaning to review this game for a while as its probably my most favourite Pokemon fangame of all time. So here goes

Synopsis:
You're the son of a secret agent who moved to the Omuran region for holiday. However, your dad is kidnapped and you have to try and save him, while also completing the gym challenge and uncovering the secrets of the region.

So yea...kinda dark and the game has a lot of them. But let's get onto the gameplay.

Difficulty:

Unlike most fangames, the first 2 gyms were pretty easy and were mostly a breeze. The third gym while harder, wasn't too bad and I only had to reset once. The game starts to get harder around the 4th and 5th gyms but it starts to even out, for lack of a better term, for the rest of the game.

World:
I honestly liked exploring around Omuran, theres a lot of different landscapes and all of the cities/towns from the 3rd gym onwards were very memorable in their own way. My favourite has to be Asutra City, I do like the tropical feel.

However I felt like a lot of the routes were way too long, especially the route between Sylen and Empral. Sure it makes the world feel bigger but it just felt unbearable at times.

The Pokemon:
This game has most pokemon available from Gens 1-7 in addition to a couple new regional forms and fakemon. I feel like the regional forms for this game were really well designed, especially the Omuran Camerupt and Swellow, both of which were on my team. The fakemon are mostly alright but nothing to really stand out. Its funny how they made Petshop a Pokemon.

This game also introduces 4 new types: Light, Data, Gold and Electrolight. I dont think they were implemented as well as Gold and Electrolight dont appear until very late in the game and Data doesnt appear for a good while too.

Visuals

For a Pokemon fangame, the visuals in this game are amazing. I first played the game before it got a massive graphical overhaul and it just feels more real. It feels like something more closer to an anime-style game, weird I know but accompanied with the music, it just feels relaxing.

Characters:
I honestly liked most of the characters. Blitz as a rival was pretty cool, kinda generic but I didn't really mind. Moira was okay too but I didnt like how she turned a whole 180 just before the 7th gym. There are also a few other "sub-rivals" like Hessa and Ashy who I also thought were pretty cool too.

>!Crow is definitely a cha

SOLD

Hey all,

timestamp + extra photos

Selling my Meze Empyrean in Jet Black with a 2.5m XLR original cable. Can't justify keeping them now that I have a LCD-5 around. The Meze's are probably the comfiest headphone I ever tried and they sound smooth and super fun.

Headphones are in perfect condition. Pads have a long time ahead of them (leather + Alcantara). Case has a couple minor dings.

Asking $1800 + shipping (your choice of USPS or UPS) or local pickup in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Comment before sending a msg.

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I have an 8 player game coming up in a week. with the following factions:

Sol (Speaker), Xxcha, Argent, Empyrean (Me), Nekro, Ghosts, Muatt, Mentak.

My slice consists of Hope's End & Bereg/Litra on the path to Mecatol, perimeter to my right, an Empty-Beta to my left, and a nebula and empty as equidistants.

Based on pre-game scheming & "trash talk", I have pretty good odds of getting Warfare round 1 and 4 TGs from Argent (with Dark Pact).

Is it worth trying to dive for Mecatol Round 1?

I like the idea of securing my "Guac point" early, and given the other factions and players I have a good chance of beating them there. Plus the Argent and I have been discussing ruling the agenda phase, so there's incentive to get into that early.

But I'm concerned of the Empyrean's vulnerability to early game over extension.

What are people's thoughts? Should I YOLO to the center of the galaxy, or just grab Politics and hold for a Rd 2 MR play? Or should I hold back and try to secure my Frontier tokens early on?

From the graphs Oratory1990 has provided, the Meze Empyrean has a dip at ~9500 Hz, see here. I am using RME ADI-2 DAC and replaced band 1 with 5.0 dB, 9400 Hz and 9.9Q. Am I thinking correct when trying to eq that dip?

I am not using band 7 at all, 5.5 dB, 105 Hz, because the bass is too much for me even with 1.0 dB.

As the title says Id love to get my hands on a "portable mini Empyrean" for around 200-600$(could push it to maybe 1k if its really worth it)

What Im mainly looking for is a laid back sound signature with a punchy but controlled bass response. Furthermore a somewhat constrained treble would be nice aswell. Last but not least comfort matters too.

So far Ive been using the Arias and while I think they offer a great value for their price they sometimes sound boring and emotionless to me. Hence the upgrade.

Many thanks!

https://www.goodreads.com/series/42901-forgotten-realms-the-empyrean-odyssey

I didn't find any discussion about this in the subreddit, so I'd like to draw people's attention to this Forgotten Realms trilogy. I wasn't expecting any planescape type references when I picked up the first book, but having read up to midway of the second book, the story takes you through locales such as Mount Celestia and the Elemental Plane of Fire (and possibly more), and encounters with deva, archons, eladrin, and djinn. If that doesn't whet your appetite, a couple of protagonists are devils (cambion and alu-fiend). Very much enjoying the series so far. 👍

Timestamps: https://imgur.com/a/vo0r8m5

Selling a bunch of stuff. Was going to buy custom IEMs with the money, looks like I’ll be funding a funeral instead. Shipping will be NEXT WEEK (probably Wednesday), as I’m heading out of town tomorrow to deal with the finality of a family emergency. My last two sales on Reddit I had to ship later than promised due to this emergency, so I’m letting y’all know /now/ that this will not be a quick ship.

Looking to sell quickly, so will entertain any reasonable offer. Local is 98953

• 7hz Timeless. These sound great, but are a tricky fit. Did not fit me comfortably. Basically brand new, used a few hours. $150 shipped
• Moondrop Blessing 2 Dusk. Love these, but love the Rai Solo more. Comes with a new Linsoul cable. No tips other than the stock mediums, because I’m an idiot and sold them with my B2s last week. $150 shipped
• Meze Empyrean. These have been my daily driver since May, but im using IEMs more than anything now. Do not have the original metal case, I used it for shipping old Stax headphones a while back. They will be packed securely and professionally with insurance end to end. $1400 shipped.
• Audeze LCD2.2pf with rare wood. These were my daily before Empys. Phenomenal cans. $400 shipped.
• Metrum Acoustics Aurix. Amazing amp, selling because it’s overkill for my IEMs. $300 shipped
• Schiit Ragnarok 1st gen, silver. Missing the front volume knob which yeeted itself somewhere at some point last week. $300 local, $400 shipped.
• TEAC UD-501. Great DAC, you can consider it a more versatile ZenDAC Sig as they have very similar sound signatures. $400 shipped.

Two items up for sale today.

1. Meze Empyrean in black and copper - These look absolutely stunning and words can't really explain how great the build quality is on these headphones. Comfort is second to none, as well as sounding absolutely fantastic. $1950 Sold to /u/Dgiant
2. GSX Mini - This is only a few months old and is a wonderful fully Class A amplifier. I originally only bought it for the Empyrean so since they are going the amp needs to go as well. Sound is extremely accurate and clean, tons of power available but with incredible control. This has the ALPS pot, not the stepped attenuator (much more fine grain control). $1450 Sold to /u/Shaunp1980

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Inquisitors,
the Season of Empyrean Echoes is here. Deadly enemies of past eras have been resurrected by the Warp and vomited back into Realspace, bringing a new reign of terror and havoc to the Imperium. Hunt down these Revenants and Empyrean Elites with extreme prejudice and send them back into the Sea of Souls where they belong. Then embark on a Crusade in the Void and reap your well-deserved rewards.

A full overview of the features of Inquisitor's 4th Season can be found here- make sure to check it out to see the new mechanics, objectives and other things.

Based on community feedback we reworked some existing features of Inquisitor listed below:

New/reworked features

• GUI redesign: the second instalment of the refreshed interface has arrived. After the Main Menu and Character Creation, all in-game panels have received visual and UX updates
• Reworked Purge: within Purge missions, you players gain a stacking buff increasing damage and movement speed. Slain enemies may also explode to enhance the carnage, and as you progress, their aggro radius increases
• Reworked Killstreaks: there are now 7 Killstreak effects that grant increasing Damage / XP bonuses for 10 seconds. These can be enhanced via the new Seasonal Items as well
• Reworked the Unholy Cathedral: players now have 10 minutes to defeat 10 extremely strong waves within the new Unholy Cathedral. A new Leaderboard for the fastest times has been implemented along with new, special rewards that can be acquired once per day, per character

Fixed bugs

• If one switched from the General channel to another in the Chat, they could not enter the channel again. From now on, using the /g command, players can open the General channel. Switching between the channels with the Tab is also possible
• Fixed the missing flashlight of the Tech-Adept
• Fixed the missing Inoculator effect of the Tech-Adept
• Corrected the Static-burst Psalm-Code's description: it increases the duration by 1 second
• Corrected the Electro-haze Psalm-Code's description: it increases the duration by 1 second
• Increased the drop-rate of the Void Shards. Some rarely dropped, while others could be regularly looted in missions. Moreover, only 1 could drop at a time but this number can be even 9 at certain cases. The higher drop-rate will be more noticeable on higher level missions
• Upon creati

So I was looking into some of the JP text for the Network Test's item descriptions, and figured I'd look at what "Empyrean" was translated from in the Bloody Wolf set, and I thought what I found was pretty interesting.

Official English:

>According to the old legends, wolves are the shadows of the Empyrean.
>
>Vargram aspired to such a state himself.

Original Japanese:

>古い伝承によれば、狼は神人の影であり
>
>バルグラムもまた、そういうあり様を望んだ

So the word that they translated into "Empyrean" is 神人 (Shinjin), broken down it means "God" (神) "Man" or "Person" (人)

Source!

I'm unsure how this was translated into "Empyrean", but its difficult to properly judge the translation without the full context, since the game isn't out yet, and we can't know what other contexts the term "Empyrean" might end up being used in. This is my disclaimer. It's totally possible that this information will change on release, or that "Empyrean" is an appropriate translation depending on how things pan out on release.

The actual meanings of the word 神人 are

1. "gods and men"
2. a god-like person
3. a low ranking shinto priest (though this is dated and unlikely to be relevant to the description)

Source!

Taking this information into account, a possible read of this sentence is:

>"According to old folklore, wolves are the shadows of gods and men."

There is an alternative reading that I think is much more likely, however. The following line:

>Vargram aspired to such a state himself.

is more or less accurate to the original text. Even in the English text, we can infer from this line that the Empyrean is a state of being.

With this in mind, the other possible reading is:

>"According to old folklore, wolves are the shadows of divine men."

This reading makes a lot more sense in the context of the second line, in my opinion. We can assume that Vargram aspired to be a divine, or god-like, man, what the English localisation appears to be calling "the Empyrean."

Another disclaimer, I'm not a professional translator, however I corroborated my investigations with friends who are much more familiar with Japanese than I am. If anyone can provide further insight then feel free to speak up in the comments.

In the meantime, I have the item descriptions and dialogue for Elden Ring available in both English and Japanese in my spreadsheets here if anybody is interested in that: [