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Stax are earspeakers, not K1000s http://www.stax.co.jp/index-E.html

It's certainly not out of character for people here to shit on things they don't like. And shitting on grados has been a part of the hobby for at least the last 15 years.

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Looks better on the credit card receipt

They're not headphones, they're "earspeakers". Otherwise, HEAR HEAR! to all of that.

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I had a hoot of a time, S. Made it to the Unlimited finals but I ended up backing out. My transbrake was intermittently allowing the car to roll a few inches and I'd drop the second bulb / red light. Kind of a PITA so we loaded the car, had a cocktail and kicked back. Let me see if I can get some crappy vids loaded...photobucket is not being a friend. And here is my transbrake acting up. For those that haven't used one, what works best is getting the line pressure up a bit to help it "bite" so you footbrake and rev slightly then hit the button and hope it bites. I have a two-step I use in tandem so it keeps the rpm's at a set point yet allows me to mash the pedal. When it works it is an elegant way to focus on your timing of launch. When not...it looks like this...LOL vroom vroom.... HS

you went back?

mcdonalds isn't food, so you're safe

While your source may be excellent your amplifier is ill-suited to lots of things given it's high output impedance. Maybe the Utopia's are one of them? The quality of the tube you have in there isn't going to help with that, either. And one person posting an opinion that isn't the direct mirror of yours is hardly the equivalent of anti-vaxer behavior. I don't know what axe you're trying to grind here but it's a huge bummer.

Ok. I guess clarinets are supposed to sound like ducks. I wish I had known that, at conservatory. If you think you know more about woodwind timbre than I do, well, I applaud your musical career.

Joanne made some lavender shortbread for a friend's birthday

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Went to game 1 with my friend who's a Clippers fan. My first time seeing the Jazz and I picked one hell of a game to go to! Bummed about Gobert getting hurt 17 sec into the game. Here's the game winner from my POV

Wait, they have a Raceway just for Royal Purple cars? Or am I reading that wrong? Aye keed, aye keed...

What is wrong with the measurements we took at Ali-pacha's place is the distorsion. A few measurements exhibit "normal" distorsion but a lot don't seem correct. that's why it could be interesting to redo them. That been said, amateurish measurements like mine are not that accurate in term of distorsion, the only thing I can see and show is when things are really wrong. not subtleties. so incorrect distorsion plots in my measurements don't matter much imo. When I decided to measure Stax headphones, i did a choice and make the coupler in order to ensure the best seal. In my opinion it's better to have consistent results even of the hypthesis is not easy to reproduce IRL. at least I can show when the headphone is leaky by design ( 007 mkII vs MKI for example or le L700 I had on loan) . measnurements made with improper seal just teach us nothing else than "OK , the seal is bad" . Another issue with Stat headphones is the "null" we can see here or there in measurements. When the seal is good, those null are stronger and could be misinterpreted by idiots as FR issues whereas those are measurements issues. We all know how to know IRL on our own head what is the effect of a good ( strong fart for example) and broken seal ( boomy mid bass ) . my 2 cents.

At yours, sure. But I pay extra to not live around Mexicans I didn't make. **BRENT** Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using Tapatalk

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Please clarify. Are you taunting the Son of God, or the Mexican guy working at McDonalds?

I've never really understood why so many want everyone to like what they like anyway. There's no right or wrong in the audio hobby. If you like a certain sound signature, then have at it. Why do you care if someone else doesn't like it? Jim mentioned both the Beyer DT880, which I somewhat like, and the AKG K340, which I really liked. Should I chastise him for liking the DT880? I happen to find the AKG K1000 as my all around favorite headphone, though many hate it. So what? I don't make the claim that it does everything right, but it's what I find most enjoyable. Why do we need everyone to love all the same shit we love? IMO these people need there decisions bolstered. I for one prefer to be an individual and rely on my own taste (even as bad as it may be).

I just find them so uncomfortable that the sound quality is moot. Weird heads represent.

addresses have been matched with ID's and payments. There's a few that I don't have mailing addresses for. I'll send a PM to those people. Stage 2 total for shipping coming. As long as I'm not exhausted from Easter I'll calculate them tomorrow night.

Reminded me of my experience long time ago trying to buy a Kawai piano. They have a "territorial" system in US that does not allow one region to sell brand new piano to customers from another region which enables my local dealer to charge outrageous price which is more than 20% higher than what I could buy the same piano for from another dealer. I called the Kawai headquarter in US and asked them how this policy benefits their customers. After putting me on hold for about 10 minutes, the rep came back and told me they have no good explanation. I went and bought a different brand piano.

I'm a big fan of the RS-1, HD-800 (modded more than not) and the Stax 007 and 009. I used to swear by the Grado HP-2.

Very kind gesture of you and Gail. Very nice looking knife set too! Double well done!

That looks like a hell of a lot of fun, HemiSam!

Beef brisket burgers just hit the grill.

Attended the Viper Nationals at Royal Purple Raceway last weekend. Needed a fix since I had to depart the Texas Mile early due to a family crisis. Some really cool rides there. I did a poor job of capturing pics of them (e.g. some Audi's, Lamborghinis and a lot of Corvettes). Here are a few shots though. Love the Snakeskin Green vipers. HS

Our friend Søs made her legendary Danish bread for dinner. As much as I disapprove of carbs in general, OMFG.

Woohoo!!!

Sichuan boiled fish Dry fried beans And a plate of rice

Fully agree.

Similar design to the OEM but much larger. I actually like the OEM optional wheels. I will either look for someone dumping theirs or powder coat mine. Bald? I prefer a landing strip.

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12v filament version posted pretty sure the original was done the way it was to accomodate the 6dj8 tubes for those that wanted to do that edit: the filaments of the output tubes are tied to -450v on the board

.... and you ended up with CO2 right.......? I used one to make a negative ion generator. There were about 5 of us working in a closed room with only 2 doors, no windows with a bunch of printers being repaired and tested. By mid afternoon most of us were getting very drowsy. I built a negative ion generator and installed in a cardboard box and placed it on a cupboard, and it really did wonders. One day an engineer came in and asked what was in the box with the 5 needles sticking out. The boys told him what it was and dobbed me in as the builder. I was then called up to explain the deal. When I finished, the engineer told me it was all a lot of rubbish. After everyone assured him it wasn't, he asked how I knew it was pumping out negative ions, and not positive ones. I explained that it was dependent upon the direction of the diodes. He demanded to know how much voltage it was pumping out and how we could test it. I produced an Anderson static tester and gave it to him. He pointed it at the generator and it read 4KV positive and gave me a very surly look. I pointed out to him that you need to calibrate the tester first and then take a reading. When I showed him how it was done, he took another reading, which read just over 6KV.negative as specified. He then got all huffy and told us to go out and get a commercial one. We all ignored the demand and went back to work. As a back note to his, A few years later I had reason to go to a Sagem factory (French exocet missile producer) to look at their premises where they were assembling and testing telex machines. They had this long bench about 50 metres long with finished machines running under test. I noticed that they had 3 negative ion generators fixed to the ceiling. I asked the manager what he thought of them, and he said that it was the best things they did to the place.

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And obviously length and girth.

Careful of the feedback paths, particularly since it goes over two boards with I would guess wires to connect. The T2 is prone to oscillation which can be quite tricky to sort out. The thing you have going for you in this regard is the compactness with SM. Why go to the trouble of mirroring? If you have a layout that works, you might well run into problems with a mirrored version with different tracking (since active devices themselves do not mirror).