The Monkey

Wow, very cool.

MOAR medieval weaponry!

Jeff, thanks, I think I've got the amp situation figured out for the moment. Glad to hear you liked the UDAC. You're next if it comes out of the rig.

Done. Because you said so. The damn receipt doesn't reflect the CJ discount, so I had to email support.

How warm and/or musical is the UltraDAC?

ugh

15% off?

oooh! I'm probably right behind you. I want detailed notes....

We don't know what you're talking about.

I need to fiddle a bit with the fit. I find the 800 very comfortable with one small but notable exception. The center of the headband feels like it is pressing down a bit on my head, making the phones feel heavier than I think they really are. The answer may be to stretch the headband a bit, but I am hesitant to do that. Is anyone familiar with this comfort issue?

Ah, thanks. This one has been around for a while, but I like it. I am also a dork.

Guys, how do I embed a youtube video?

Took the day off. Got a good report from the Little Monkey's teachers at pre-school. Had lunch with Mrs. Monkey. Saw "The Hangover." Laughed a lot. Had dinner. Good.

And while never boomy, the HD800 can really get down there. No bass? WTF? I think people are just surprised and disappointed when they realize that there is more than one note where they had previously heard "whump."

'stretch, I hear a touch of it, too. I suspect that it could be source material related as Dan suggested. I not sure I'm loving strings on these right now, but that could be an amp issue. Very slightly syrupy violins.

Gilmore Lite.

I registered last night using the last six digits of the UPC as instructed by Senn on the website. Put another way, on the outside of the box is the S/N and below it is a much longer number that ends in the S/N. I took those last 6 digits and registered. We'll see.

Hard to say right now with the Pimeta as the bottleneck, but I anticipate that it will be a very nice combo. I liked what I heard tonight. But the Pimeta's batteries died and I gots no more batteries.

He beat me to it.

That's exactly what I do.

Ok, these HD800s are pretty damn good. Fuck all this "Unimpressive out of the box" "needs burn in" "the dingo ate my baby" nonsense. I've been listening to them for 15 minutes: imac-->ECD-1/ns m192 mk2-->Pimeta(!)-->HD800 and I can say without hesitation that I have never heard a dynamic can like this. Unbelievable speed and snap; transparency and unbelievable extension. They disappear. I'm sorry, but these sound more like a pair of 'stats than any other dynamic I've ever heard. Damn good 'stats. But I can also hear the 650 in its bones, just taken to the next level (or several). I'm going to stop waxing rhapsodic for a bit and let the infatuation settle down. But for now, this is exactly what I was hoping to hear. Probably it's just that my Pimeta is THAT GOOD.

"These aren't the droids you're looking for."

What's a lawn?

My unopened HeadRoom box is sitting here next to me. Waiting for Lady Monkey to take a shower. I'd like these to just sort of fade into the rest of the gear...

Not good at all. It would seem that there are several similar reports now.