The Monkey

^If I can find a pair of those used, oh boy...

Oh man, I've heard gout can be painful as hell. Go buy yerself a source to soothe the pain!

Looks like I'm missing Little Monkey's "official" 4th birthday party. I feel guilty. But not THAT guilty.

Ethan, a) How are you feeling? Good to see you posting. I recommend the PWD. Ron at Liquid HiFi is pretty cool to deal with.

Some of you know all about them 'puters. Write up some code tonight and submit iMyEyesOnly. ...or iMYOB.

Well, that too.

^This reminds me of a question I've been meaning to ask: are there any security programs for the iPad that can lock down certain parts of it? A friend/colleague wants to borrow mine for a day, which is fine, but he's not the most technically savvy and I don't want him going through my pr0n email, etc. Would be useful at Meets, too.

I agree that a videocon is now mandatory.

Home today from work as this migraine recedes. I've been watching streaming Netflix through the Shure 840s unamped. A very satisfying movie/sound experience. I love this thing.

Ah man, reksy, I was really looking forward to meeting you in person. Another time. You'll be missed.

Yeah, they're gonna be ok. Nice speakers.

Hard to argue with that.

I cannot hear hiss when listening to music. It does bother me a bit more than slightly win nothing is playing.

Cool, thanks. I did shoot a PM to Nate (as I always do when something gets squirrelly in my rig ). And Shelly has also been a big help in quantifying what might be an "Acceptable" amount of hiss. I think I may just have to accept the fact that these things have pretty big amps jammed up their rears, so some low-level hiss may be part of life. As these will be going in the nascent office rig (iPad-->Pico amp/DAC-->Quads), I can live with this amount of hiss provided that it's within "normal" limits--whatever the hell that means.

Are these supposed to be dead quiet, or is hiss to be expected? This is a bit disappointing and I'm wondering if I got Shelly's pair.

Ok ruled out SkipJack. And the buzz/hum is much less when no source attached. Ground loop? They sound pretty good.

Snap decisions are the right decisions.

That strap looks uncomfortable.

Hooked up. I've got some very low level buzz in both and the right channel seems a little lower than the left. 1) how much buzz is normal, if any? These are placed on either side of the iMac and there're electronics everywhere of course. 2) the channel imbalance is probably fine as I can volume match, but does this sound indicative of a larger problem? Setup is iMac to PWD to SkipJack to Quads. I am aware that the skipjack could be an issue so I will get it out of the chain. After I do something else to distract me from this fucking headache.

Colin, you have no need for these overrated, overpriced, bass-shy FOTYs.

So I ordered the Tom Bihn Zephyr AND the Tom Bihn ID Messenger. I'll try each and send one back. Refrained from the Ristretto for the moment.

Yeah, MBs.

Call, but my guess is that should be fine.

Such a good movie. Such a good line.