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The high frequency on the Blue Hawaii has been criticized over the years but it's not really true. The high frequencies of electrostatics require the most current so here is where a high power amp comes into its own. Granted, the BH isn't bright and it's easy to fake "good treble" by simply making something sound bright. I'm looking at you SR-009!!!!! Ohh and this was dropped off last night: It needs some TLC but isn't it pretty...

A couple I rather liked from the Halloween festivities on Saturday.

Went with that first board. It has a little bit of everything that good myrtle seems to offer - some flame, some curl and figure, and some striping. The finish will be a pore fill oil, which should really bring out the natural color and figure. Went with a Koa binding, and an abalone rosette with abalone fret markers. I went with a pair of luthiers from Oregon called covered bridge. Originally wanted mya-moe but the wait time is minimum 2 years. This should be maximum 12 weeks and getting heck of a value at $725 for a custom handcrafted uke using local Pacific Northwest wood.

I moved my DSHA-1 to the bedroom, and just use the HA-1 in my (home) office now. It's got a great headphone out--use it!

caravan - in the land of grey and pink

It was either Dana or Gregory. I think Dana. I have an older Gregory Lassen pack (similar to the Baltoro 65) that I really like, but was always curious if Dana was worth it. Ultimately the only thing that *really* matters is how they fit you. If its not comfy, you wont use it enough to wear it out If it does fit you well, you will probably buy a something slightly different to do something slightly different slightly better before you wear it out anyways, because head-case.

Ok.... something weird just happened. The SR-009 has seen heavy use recently off the KGST and today the right channel was suddenly quieter than the left one. No idea why but I've been wanting this to happen so I can study what the fuck is up with these things. First thing I did was to unplug and try grounding the stators and diaphragms at various combinations. Listening carefully when you do that gives an idea how the charge on the film is working. Nothing concrete to be gained from that so I just grounded all 5 pins. No change at all but when listening so some highly localized tracks I noticed the channels were drifting a tiny bit. Before ripping them apart I thought I'd at least try tapping them on the side of the housing as one does when there is some dust stuck in a driver causing it to buzz. Well here is the weird bit, one sharp knock to the side of the offending channel and it sprung back to life. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!!??!! One thing I did observe is that the volume level of the "working" channel is lower than it should have been. As soon as the "broken" channel kicked into full gear the volume of the "working" channel rose by 2dB or so. Maybe a bit more. No other conclusion can be drawn from the info at hand than the imbalance issue is not caused by a charge sitting on the diaphragm but rather some build anomaly in the driver.

Not sure, but MadBum looked pretty rattled out there! I think the Royals would have gotten to him by about the 23rd inning or so.