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Yeah it looks like a Dialogue II with a tube output stage and maybe some other upgraded parts. I've heard a stock Dialogue II and unless this is a drastic improvement its no competition for the MAX Dac.

Just sell a few more cables that should cover it . I hope the 3910 gets fixed correctly this time around I hear really good things about Exemplar modded ones.

Well I finally have my Europa's back from repair tonight and before they get shipped off to their new owner on Monday I figured I'd take some time to jot down how they compare to my Tyler Acoustic Linbrook Sigs. When the Europa's were my main speakers probably the biggest factor in wanting to upgrade was a lack of bass. I was able to confirm that lack of bass pretty soon after my comparison began tonight. While the Europa does well with the leading edge of bass notes (for instance bass guitar or kick drums) they fail pretty miserably at having the proper weight behind those instruments. For comparison sake listening to bass guitars and kick drums on the Tylers is a much more visceral experience. They sound much more palpable and realistic, with the Tylers they sound like actual instruments as opposed to sounding like the reproduction of an instrument as they do on the Europas. It's hard for me to describe this phenomenon but hopefully you get the point. The Europas bass also doesn't go very deep, they are spec'd to be 50hz -3db and that sounds about right and it's very easy to hear what’s missing when switching back to the Tylers that are good down to about 28-29hz. They are spec'd at 35hz but they seem to gain more in room response than the Europas do. Another disappointment with the Europas that actually wasn't nearly as apparent as the bass issue is their midrange. I like to hear vocals that are rich, lush and enveloping. I don't get that with the Europas, their midrange while quite accurate is on the dry side of things. So that’s more a preference thing than anything but the Tylers nail it for me. That’s it for the time being, I'll probably add more thoughts as the weekend goes along.

Wow that sucks, but out of curiosity why didn't you send it back to Exemplar?

Send him one of your pairs and let him rip the leather off those

I have to agree with this, while it is probably the best of the "W" series it still sounded echoey and somewhat incoherent. But again the only AT can I really like is the L3000

I'm hoping they make another phone in the line of the L3000 sound, I'm not much of a fan of other AT's.

Still sounds like a mechnical hum to me no amount of power conditioning can fix that. Best bet would be to have a DIY'er replace it for you.

Figured it's about time to add my impressions so here goes... Heard the HF-1's finally, to me they sounded like a punchier, slighty more dynamic version of the 225s with a more polite top-end. Worth $200? Yes they are a nice entry into the Grado house sound. Worth the $350-$400+ they go for now? Absolutely not. I still think the k701s are pretty good headphones but I'm glad I sold them, just not enough bass to satisfy me over the long haul. The PPX3 Slam is a very nice amp and I'm glad I'm getting one (albeit a slightly upgraded one). Earl's Supra 392 was probably the highlight of the meet for me. Gobs of power and totally musical. A very nice amp indeed. Sounded heavenly with my apl philips as the source.

Well there are supposed to be new Sonys in the $500-$700 range. Let's see what else, probably a new pair of Stax within a year or so. Hopefully Senns successors to the 650s will see the light of day this year. Thats about all I can think of off the top of my head.

He turned down my offer to use a proxy . But yeah if they are blocking just all vBulletins thats pretty stupid. Not only is the forum software used here (Simple Machines) free its faster, more customizable and more scalable than vBulletin .

Well I agree in principle that alot of audio gear is overpriced one of things you do have to keep in mind with someone like Meridian who has a large dealer network is that if they sold direct to consumers you can hack 50% off the price as thats the typical dealer markup. So don't put all the blame on the manufacturer...

No thanks

The new zhalou appears to be a pretty decent piece of gear from what I can see so far. I do wonder if they bothered to fix the dc offset issues though?

Yeah pretty much, Earl had mentioned there were a few new guys that might come but I don't think thats been confirmed.

Nice free food

Congrats, nice speakers. I'm predicting you won't be listening to your headphones for awhile . I know I havent picked up my headphones for 2+ weeks now

Yeah I'd also heard about this being the case, but I think at this point really the blu-ray camp has a pretty good lead over hd-dvd. They have far more content producer support and the PS3 should be a big boost for support of the format.

Yeah I think its pretty good, admittedly haven't listened to it with headphones yet but it sounds pretty awesome with my speaker rig.

Yep not very pricey though about $500 including shipping.

Nice thats quite cool of HeadRoom . I really doubt you could do any better for $500.

Did hell just freeze over ?

I like it better in black I think, also your pretty lucky that yours is on the way I know plenty of people that have been waiting a while for theirs to ship.

bleh peanut butter.. I do like those zebra cakes though