The Monkey

^Wow, that looks like a great time. Excellent pics. I love stumbling across events like that.

Took advantage of the nice weather. Spent lots of time at the playground with the little monkey and 1,000,000 other stir crazy children.

I'm feeling the same way re stouts. Unfortunately, the Whole Foods near me has a decent beer selection overall, but not a good stout selection. I really want to try the Mikkeller. I haven't been able to find it. The Brooklyn Black Ops remains at the top of my list.

Why is a 60-stepper so much more expensive?

I'm not in love with the angled face plate. But I think Craig's stuff looks much better in person, so I'm keeping an open mind. Regardless, it's a bold design and that's a good thing.

Can someone explain to me the debate as to whether this thing is true balanced or not?

EC/SS arrived last night. I haven't had a chance to listen yet, but the pics don't do this amp justice. I think it's a very nice looking piece of gear.

Nikongod, what were you getting at with your question about the balanced/unbalanced operation of the A-10? Have there been issues with this in RSA amps before?

krmathis's post is priceless.

Happy Birthday, indeed.

Yeah, he did some pruning. Can't blame him for that; I'd probably do the same.

He should have done it. That would be a real differentiator and likely would really appeal to his fans. Although I guess it could be somewhat cannibalistic within his product line.

If I follow Kevin's analysis correctly, the A10 could also pretty easily have a regular single-ended HP out, right?

It's an older one (80 ohm, I think) that I gave to Nate a while back. Now it's coming back for a good cause.

I dislike the bling aspect of the casework, but I otherwise think it's fine. I generally like Ray's casework. It's interesting to me that he did not voice the amp for the O2. The gold/champagne bits would match pretty well.

and so it begins...

Do you have the 007BL Doug?

When did Stax discontinue the 007 mk1?

A little pricey for this setup, but beautiful phones. It will be EC/SS--->DT770.

Do not tempt the Monkey!

Cool. I've been using a new Merkur Progress for about a month now. So much easier on my face than the Gillette SupremoExtraX with 10 blades.

EC/SS

Hm, I don't know if he's ready to try them yet, but I think I just might be. How would they sound with a B22?

Were those at the NYC meet in December?

Nate, That would be great, but only if it's easy. Source is most likely an iPod. So I guess a mini-to-RCA. I'll get the LOD from this ALO I've been hearing so much about. No worries--I have an LOD.