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Nate says he used the GZ34s through half the meet. I'll let him chime in on his thoughts later.

Nate received The Menace back from FL today. He swung by my place after work so could give it a listen. 1st impressions: Holy. Fuck. Wow. Just... Wow. Sorry, but that's as eloquent as I can be. 2nd (more thoughtful) impressions: Slam and impact is amazing, but the bass is also very articulate. Mids are ridiculous. Texture is amazing. Treble presentation is fantastic. Detailed but never bright. Effortless... I've never heard anything quite like it. Nate has a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge winner here. I most definitely The Menace. Again... Wow. And proof I'm not just a Nugget Audio shill... A pic of The Menace suffering with my mid-fi (at best) Denon gear:

Well, seeing that you're in SoCal, I'd advise no. If only you were in NorCal...

You can burn with EAC as well as rip.

The People's Act of Love by James Meek Interesting...

I'm amazed at what a difference the PPA has made with the EW9s. With the mini3, there was always a bit of an upper-midrange glare that could be fatiguing, even with the warm-ish DA-500. But that glare is gone and I'm left with a sound that while lacking some weight in the low end, is fairly balanced and very good with almost Grado like mids. It should be noted I'm running some EQ in foobar to boost the bottom end of the the EW9s.

Just figured I'd x2 this sentiment. I bought my PPA v2 back a few months ago, but it had gotten little use since picking it back up. So I decided to upgrade my amp at work, setting the PPA v2 with my 2nd DA-500 today. It required reconfiguring my entire workspace, but it's definitely worth it. It definitely seems like overkill to have a stack of full-size components for a pair of AT clip-ons, but it doesn't bother me. And it sounds great with the DAC and headphones with its 637-627-637 opamp configuration.

tkam FTW. The .flac torrent was sooooooooooo sloooooooooooooooow today.

I just saw this as well... I DL'd the single last week and never got around to listening to it. Is this the second part of the Year Zero story/mythology/stuff? Too cool... DL'ing the .mp3s and have the torrent of .flacs on the way as well.

Don't worry, I'm not worried. I just am easily amused love the strike-through code!

You are correct. And fair enough... Consider it fixed: My dad always wanted a cat named "Dog" and a dog named "Cat" but never did it. My uncle actually named one of his dogs "You" so he could just say "Hey, You... Get over here!" Weird. She came as Loki from the SPCA. It was a tough call between Koshka and Lady Wilhelmina Fluffybottoms III.

I've made a few half-hearted efforts to learn... Unfortunately after work and coaching I just don't have the concentration to teach myself. But I do read a lot of Russian history and (translated) fiction, and as a result have picked up some here and there.

I did. A cat named cat that nobody knows is just named cat.

Awesome.

Good to hear first hand experiences backs up everything I've read. The idea of of training a dog from scratch isn't a problem, and I'm lucky that I work in an office with dogs already. So he or she will be welcome there and won't be left home along much at all.

I've been planning on adopting a retired greyhound once my coaching season is done in June. Are they as great as everyone says?

Zoe Koshka the one-eyed wonder

Choirs of the Eye is amazing. "The Antique" is probably my favorite track of theirs, so I'll have to DL it. Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongueis definitely a little more out there. I tend to listen to them both in a row, so they aren't completely separate entities in my head. And their new one, Blue Lambency Downward has leaked. I've only given it a spin or two, but it will definitely be purchased once it comes out. Speaking of purchasing leaked albums, I just picked up: Portishead - Third And got a free 7" single of "Machine Gun". Definitely quite the polarizing album... There seems to be little middle ground for fans. They seem to love it or hate it. I'm definitely in the love it camp, and think it's quite an achievement. I'm really looking forward to giving the final product a spint.

Bwahahahahahaha!!!

Yeah, probably not so much...

http://www.reifysoft.com/turnabout.php works great for those using IE7. It removes anything you want and did a great job getting rid of the sidebar on head-fi.

Stray - Abuse By Proxy 2-Disc Limited Edition Side project of Erica Dunham (Unter Null), and as anyone who frequents the WAYLTRN? thread knows, I have an obsession with really like The Failure Epiphany. Where Unter Null is more Terror/EBM, Stray is more ambient/experimental. Doesn't come out 'til May 26th, and it'll be shipping from Alpha-Matrix in the EU, which means I probably won't get it until July. But whatever... Preordered. Tartar Lamb - Sixty Metonymies Another side project, this one from Toby Driver and Mia Matsumiya of Kayo Dot. I'm a recent convert to the allure of Kayo Dot, and not just because I have a bit of a crush on Mia.

Yeah. The look on Toby's face when Pam tells him she has a new 2-piece is classic.

Yeah... I ate little and slept even less for about 2 months before my closing. Stressful but definitely well worth it.

Congrats Haj! That's awesome!