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I sense an elway-ish aura with Peyton being a bronco. 36 years old, end of career, what better way to finish than with a pair of Super Bowl rings.

Nate rocks. What a great read, I am glad you spent some time with the amp, it's a special one. And of course doug isn't too shabby either.

Forgot about the Chet baker one, the phrasing is pretty sick.

That is a nice rendition.

Dude Ella come on now...

Steak - just a top sirloin.

Im not sure if it's more due to my amp or tyll's magic, but it's fucking brilliant.

The 650s are nice. Just got an older set recently. They seem to scale well with my current amp and what I heard before. However they are no hd800 which are freaking microscopes.

I concur with above. Also makes players appreciate their guaranteed contracts in baseball and basketball.

When I sent it in previously it was a repair, as one of the drivers was blown. He put in new drivers, but everything was the same, and he happened to apply new magic goop to the inside of the enclosure. This recent upgrade is what I believe people call the "i" upgrade and includes a new cable and the enclosures are modified further beyond goop to the best of my knowledge - on the phone he said it involves refinishing the enclosures to change the porosity of the metal or something along those lines Mumba jumbo etcetera. And apparently he has a new earpad design or modification.

For sure. There was more but it got lost in the mumble jumble.

Quick update. On a complete leap of faith I decided to send in my hp1000 for the upgrade back in January. I called up joe and he was actually a little more open about details than what I remember in the past. He mentioned a new cable, and something along the lines of taking apart the headphones and remachining the enclosures to alter the porosity/density of the enclosures or something like that. I called a month ago and he told me to be patient or he was more than happy to send the cans and check back. Just spoke with joe today and he was finishing up my upgrade and he would send them by the end of the week. He also tells me I should be glad I waited as he recently came up with a new earpad design. He said something about finding a way to modify the foam that increased the output dramatically and increase detail "400%". Regardless of the joe Grado mumbo jumbo I am excited.

IMHO the decision to transition away from the 307a was not based on sonics. It had more to do with having an amp with plenty of tube Rolling options including current stock, but as Jim alluded to there is plenty of 307a NOS to last you a lifetime and can be had for cheaper than a pair of 300b or px4. I also agree with Jim's comment regarding the 307a BA, and would put the originally millet ttvj 307a in that same company. However the px4 versions are pretty stellar to say the least.

A cheap DHT = awesome

Thanks Bryan for posting my facebook pic - mobile headcase doesn't allow me to post pics. Myles Kiefer Clarin is his name!

http://6moons.com/audioreviews/focal/1.html Lower end model but apparently will look at doing better models as well. Interesting.

Not surprising. I coul only imagine Steve's giddiness when his team first showed him a functional glass touch screen display.

Are the r2's more consistent?

Might as well get Doug's dac.

Ipad1 user FTL

Nitrogens. Eric something.

More standardized I presume?

Even something like a Robert Harley's complete guide to high end audio is better than nothing. It's geared to the layman, very easy to understand, and touches on a variety of topics. All the Nelson pass articles are great too. I like dougs parafeed article as it really breaks down how a tube operates in a simple, clear, and concise manner - it was also Doug in his modding of my moth si2a3/45 h that really showed me how drastic the effect is of how a tube is loaded, in that case he CCS loaded the input tube and LED biased it which really improved things (as well as showing how limited even the best SET circuits are).

Ray has perfected the argument of "you can only evaluate the sound of something if you have heard it and owned it". Most "audiophiles" look at hifi as a purely subjective thing, which is the result of the lack of basic electronics knowledge of most people in general, and that is scary. It's clear in spritzers explanation that his WES is close enough, if not better than, an actual woo wes. Basic knowledge of how a tube or transistor works, specifically how a CCS is almost always a much better load option for a tube than a resistor, makes that apparent, there really isn't any subjectivity to the idea that a CCS allows a tube to operate under more ideal parameters than a resistor, which was the point trying to be made. However Jude, like many others, view hifi purely subjectively, but ideally i feel some background electronic knowledge really does help the subjective experience, and unless someone is willing to read a book or two and become more objective in their listening evaluations it is all a moot point.

Tyll is superhuman so it's ok.