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There are events 4.75 miles from my house tonight and tomorrow night. Too busy to go though.

Ok, sorry for picking on you Al, it's just so fun, it is hard to resist. I really shouldn't talk since I haven't finished the SOHA II I started many many months ago. I enjoyed my short time with the eXStata and HE60 (tube - didn't try the ss unfortunately) but my only experience with stats is at meets so I am not really the best person to judge.

I see, assuming deepak doesn't have a secret stash, I'll have to look elsewhere.

Yes, Mark FTW! The few minutes that I listened to the Raven, was sweet indeed. I am looking forward to spending more time with it in the future once it gets tweaked some more. Cordy things can be quite useful, especially if they are the right kind. For instance, suppose you decide to be perverse and put female XLR jacks on your new amp...

Al, I wasn't too impressed with your balanced Bijou. I really think you should turn up the gain on it because it almost sounded as if no source was being played.

asr: That is an nice list. By the way, where did you pick up the Barry Diament-mastered LZ set?

mugdecoffee gets my approval. He's a good guy.

How funny. Your uncle was a very cool and energetic guy. I was glad to meet him. I guess I could mention some impressions from the meet but I don't know if that is appropriate here at head-case. The highlight of the meet for me was the balanced B22 + JH13's (and the awesome speaker rig playing the violin solo). I convinced Jerry to send me some (he sent me 6 demo pairs and one balanced cable). Now I have to send them back though and parting is such sweet sorrow.

Hmm... I see what you are trying to do here. I was hoping to avoid that.

grawk: Do you have the "one" yet? I see that it is now available. I am trying to decide between a duet and a one to possibly replace the Firestone Fubar II + Cute Beyond amp setup in my office. I will mostly use it with a ESW9.

Thanks.

Should I take some CDs with me that it doesn't read or will they just take my word and give me a new one?

I have been having the same problem with my Macbook Pro. For example, it wouldn't read the "Rodrigo y Gabriela 11:11" cd but it would read the dvd that came with it. I have a 3 year warranty (it is about 1 1/2 years old). Should I take it to the Apple store? I really hate going there and would hate to be without my laptop for a day, but if it could fix the problem, it may be worth it.

Looks cool but I am not so keep in the whole split screen thing for a tablet.

nice

Looking forward to whatever makes it down to Houston alive. Sorry to hear about the Raven.

Unless you need more isolation, I wouldn't sell off the ESW9's just yet.

The Shure's are better in my opinion, especially out of an ipod - although I haven't listened to the HD-25's in a while.

It is better to get a new shiny object anyway. Just wanted to offer in case there was a really long wait on them. As for the sound, I still wish the sounded a little more open, but for the price, they are very good. They are really great at isolating and not leaking sound. They also sound better than I remember them at CanJam. I would love to swap out the cable for a straight one though!

Hi Vicki, I would be happy to give you my pair to give to him if you cannot get a good price. That is truly an awful situation. I know getting a pair of headphones doesn't really erase the fact...

I am planning to use a muumuu dress instead of a t-shirt. This will allow for more airy sound.

Looks fun!

Looks great, how does it sound?

I'm with swt61 on this one. Seems to be quite a coincidence that at least 3 big headphone companies are rolling out $1000-$2000 around the same time. Since I haven't really enjoyed the Beyers I have owned/tried so far, I certainly won't be rushing out to get these.

Yep, I am much happier with the DPS than the Astrodyne. Of course, to be honest, I only used the Astrodyne for a short time, before I talked to the tech-y at Headroom. At that time, I was paranoid that I had ruined the BUDA and was looking for anything that sounded at all off (which could have been in the recording I was listening to). Right now, I am listening to John Abercrombie's "Class Trip" (that I just picked up "pre-loved" at the local music store) on the BUDA+DPS+ECD-1 with the HD800's (balanced) and it sounds great - nice bass and drums.