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Wilco, finally.

Just as Claire went down front to take a pic of Jeff Tweedy and Bill Frissell watching Los Lobos from off-stage, Nels Cline joined them ON-STAGE

The two week Claire birthday concludes with the Sound Summit concert on Mt Tam Bill Frissell and his Space Age Guitars Nels Cline lovingly watching Bill from off-stage Los Lobos

Ok, so these are the real deal. HD800 is probably kicked to the curb. These are very different from the HD800 in all good ways. I read somewhere a guy saying that if you have a tuned HD800 (whatever that means) the Utopia is not necessary. Total nonsense. Initial reaction is that these are playing on another level. The bass seems to be like nothing I've heard before and along with that bass is incredible detail which is tonally incredible. Chain is Yggdrasil > L-2 > Utopia This is the first headphone that I could probably live with alone and I've never really thought that about anything, including R10s, HE90, SR-O, 009, etc. Maybe that'll wear off, only had them for a few hours but it's doubtful. And they're not even burned in (:

Meets are a bad place to judge. I was at a mini meet at a dealers place yesterday and first listened to the Utopia on some Questyle stuff and would not have bought them after that listen. Nothing special. Then the dealer set me up in a private room where I had my L-2 hooked up to a $15K MSB spinner and some Kimber balanced cable. I listened to the Utopia, Elear and my HD800s. There was no contest between the HD800 and the Utopia or the Elear I would say, except with soundstage. The HD800 just sounded thin. I said first that the HD800 may get kicked to the curb, not that it was on par. I like different sounds so may keep them. After the session I walked away with a Utopia and an Elear (for my friend who was with me and builds my amps). Listening at home confirmed what I heard at the shop. I had previously bought other phones like LCD-2, HE-6 looking for the missing bass in the top end stuff. Those had other issues either being veiled or muddy. The Utopia has all the bass and none of the downsides. Sorry Al & Wayne, you're gonna need a pair of these (:

For the encores, Bill Frissell and Bob Weir came out to play. Tomorrow Never Knows by the Beatles was the closer. Amazing stuff. https://vimeo.com/183167945

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I should get back into listening to headphones enough to justify even what I already own. Not very likely to drop thousands on another underutilized pair...

My condolences.

Couple more things. The Utopia is correctly called by Tyll a "bright" headphone in that it is not veiled like the 007 and if you're gonna listen to ear-piercing music, you may have issues. (Relax birgir, I still like the 007 with the T2). I still ned to switch over to my stax stuff to see how it holds up but I doubt I would let go of the T2 and 009, SR-O, 007 even if I thought the Utopia was better in some ways. There is a cool trade up program on the Elear, you can trade it in and get $850 towards a Utopia, not sure the time frame and I think it's only going to be through the dealer I used. On this dealer, The Source A/V in Torrance, CA, you get a 5 year warranty from him, not the same elsewhere. First four years are a straight replacement and the last is repair. This made the tax and full price bearable for me. He mentioned the drivers are floating or something so the warranty is a good idea.

Brewer's Brunch at Grand Rapids Brewing Company. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It did sound great...

Cowboy Junkies - Black Eyed Man

Xavier and I did a 25.75 mile training ride today. My Garmin was set for run instead of bike and I missed a bit, but we averaged almost 14mph with the first 8-10 at a 17mpg avg. We couldn't hang with my friend on her tri bike training for an Ironman, but Xavier killed it today! **BRENT** Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using Tapatalk

Hey everyone! My son Xavier and I have been training this year, riding hundreds of miles on the roads and the trainer, to prepare for the 2016 Tour de Cure! We hope you will support us in our efforts to help wipe out diabetes! This is my 4th year doing this ride, and Xavier's 3rd. With Xavier's new road bike this year, he wanted to push a bit further on the ride. If we meet our goals, we're going to do the 40 mile route. If we hit a combined 2900$ - representing the 29 million people living with diabetes in the U.S. - we will do a metric century! If we stretch and hit 5000$ combined, we will do our best to do the *gulp* full century ride. Xavier's page Brent's page For a little added incentive, my team (BlueCrossBlueShield of Tennessee) is doing a drawing for a Haro Flightline One bike. Every 5$ is one entry, with 5 for 20$. If one of you wins it, we'll figure something out. Thanks for looking, Brent

I should listen to those more too!

My situation exactly.

I had a morningstar blackbean burger with dubliner cheddar and mustard

Started the first episode of Penny Dreadful last night. Big mistake...I'm hooked!

Got a quick ears-on with both of Focals new front-runners. Really unfair of me to say anything really as the conditions were the worst, stressed and with gear & music I wasn't at all familiar with. The Elear is certainly a lot richer sounding with the Utopia sounding more reserved and refined. Both sounded tonally balanced to me with no obvious annoyances to them. Can't say either one had that "magic" my O2s do though. But need more time with them to say for sure. I'm liking Focal's new direction. The Sopra speakers sound pretty sweet as well, velvety smooth and with a nice richness to them. Also, Lamborghini orange!

I believe Kevin's schematics normally assume 1.7V red LEDs, e.g. Mouser p/n 859-LTL-307ELC. //UFN

Thanks gents. Nice evening in town, managed to walk back to the hotel through Soho at midnight without getting punched in the face and now contemplating the minibar, which is better than usual.

Crack Fries at HopCat. Top 10 in the USA according to Food Network. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Finished a build for my friend,still crappy at wiring job..... This one's gain is set at 16X under balanced mode,powered with 2xsimga 22 PSU,will post more photos after tuning knob arrived Sound amazing like any other KG design ,EPIC ! my own onboard heatsink /w KG Goldrefrence PSUs version also coming update with feet installed