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I have now killed two naked iPhones in the same manner. -- Put iPhone down on granite countertop. -- Do not notice small amount of moisture on said countertop. -- Go to pick up iPhone, which is now invisibly adhering to the smooth surface due to said moisture. -- iPhone does not, as anticipated, detach and rise into the air. Rather, it squirts horizontally along the counter as apparently frictionlessly as an air hockey puck, eventually runs out of counter, briefly attains independent flight, meets tiled kitchen floor and that's all she wrote. Always wear a rubber!

Some 'small plates' from Hash House a Go Go, after finding the wait time for the "Bacchanal" Buffet at Caesars was some 5 hours+. Result: We were stuffed. Brent would have approved of the very tasty Biscuit.

It is not so much that they are discontinued, as that they were not recontinued. The idea is the come up with a design that I like, make a small run, sell them, and move on to something else. There are so many circuits to explore that doing the same thing over and over is just not that interesting. For what it's worth, I just ordered a run of transformers from Cinemag that should be here some time in late January. Hopefully completed amps will follow not too long after that.

I had to move some reluctant cattle today - they had broken down a fence and were eating bales that are reserved for a later date. The dogs were awesome - I barely had to do anything. I don't know how my parents farmed cattle for 40 years without herding dogs. Wait, no, I do know how - lots of running and swearing.

That's because mine is a tractor.

I was pleasantly surprised to find a package from JH Audio on my doorstep today. So far I'm impressed with the Roxannes. The thread on Head-Fi has blown up in a predictable manner, with a few people claiming they have a dark signature. I haven't found this to be the case at all so far. If anything, they seem quick to expose anything shrill in the treble region. Detail retrieval is definitely a step up from my 2009 JH13s. I haven't heard any other freq phase offerings though, so I can't say what I hear isn't just due to improved driver phase alignment.

Special Christmas version of Fred's with potatoes and Stella Rosa Stella Rosso bubbly red. Just right for tonight.

Review time! I picked these up last week as this is kind of the can I've been looking for awhile and tyll's review sold it for me. I had been using the vmoda m80's for the "portable but too lazy to put in IEM" scenarios but after awhile the fit was just weird and they really don't sound too good. I also wanted something that I could just play off the iPhone/iPad and would sound good with all sorts of random musical non audiophile crap. The bass is fantastic - deep, punchy, smooth and very clean. Everything else sounds great, the whole presentation is super engaging, with a polite but detailed treble that is non offensive and a really nice warm midrange. Surprised at how good the imaging is and the overall sense of left to right in the stage, not too forward and not too back, just a nice honest presentation. Even though it's a closed phone I don't really hear it as being closed in, it sounds quite open actually with a nice sense of air. These to me sound like punchier more dynamic senn 650's. Fit is nice, very comfy and the pads are just large enough on my large ears to actually be circumaural. The momentums probably wouldn't actually circumnavigate my ears. The way the headband sits on the head and the weight/pressure distribution of the whole set makes them feel extremely light. Biggest gripe is how freaking ugly these look on my head. Picture speaks a thousand words. This is the first can I actually am hesitant and would be embarrassed to wear in public. Yikes. To NAD's credit, it says right on the box they don't care about my lifestyle, they care about sound, to which i think they've succeeded.