deepak

If memory serves correctly the SR-303 and SR-404 both use the same driver and are the only headphones to use that driver. The Airbow is cryo'ed.

I'd still prefer to buy an unbent pair since it looks pretty easy to screw it up, ie bending one metal band more than the other.

Wouldn't the current entry level mini be the best bang for the buck? 1.83 GHz C2D, 1 GB of RAM and 80 GB HD for $600.

SR-Lambda Fit and comfort: Feel very light on the head probably because of the weight distribution. Very comfy, the pads are the only complaint after listening for a few hours (pleather?) The cloth headpad is an improvement from the sr-404's leather. Not much clamping, no problems if I'm wearing glasses. Not to wax too poetically about these but to say I'm extremely impressed would be about right. They are very musical with an uncanny midrange- the midrange is the closest I've heard to the Grado HP-1000. Except more detailed and more "in the room" rather than in your head. Still they sound like a pair of circumaural Grados with their forward signature. They handle rock and jazz exceptionally well. They tend to get a bit homogenized with large scale classical. They handled everything from Metallica to Neil Young, Miles Davis, Robert Cray, Ravi Shankar, etc without breaking a sweat. Depth of soundstage isn't that great, but it still goes out there a little bit. The Stax can handle open mic (single mic) recordings like no other headphone. And one of my favorite parts- the bass impact is simply sweet as hell (Radiohead's 15 Steps sounds so good same with the mfsl of Dsotm, lots of PRaT). The not so great parts are that they don't reach very low, low basslines and piano pieces sound light. I don't like them at very, very low background listening levels since the bass loses impact. But at lower to medium levels for active listening the bass impact is perfect. And they are a bit diffuse and hazy like the Senns. Still a bit of "bite" up top but no where near as bad as the SR-404, I prefer the darker SR-007. And it kinda sucks that if I want to use them for background music I have to be sitting next to a big power amp, but they'll still be replacing my HD580 and SR-325 theres just no contest.

I don't have much of a benchmark to compare it to right now other than the E-MU0404usb. I don't have my North Star with me. get on the Blue Hawaii gravy train man.

Turn him into a guest

You can buy all the nice stuff you want when you're qualified. In med school I used an SR-60 and HD580 straight out of my laptop, ate a lot of noodles and Subway

I've been listening to this setup for the last few hours. Can't comment too much since everything in the chain is new except for the cables More impressions tomorrow when the jet lag wears off.

It's worse because the majority of Audiogon sellers I've spoke to will insist on only using UPS. Most of them saying that UPS tracking is more thorough and won't ship USPS.

Adam Sandler on King of Queens, hell yeah!

I like Modest Mouse's new album on vinyl better as well. Though people at SH say it uses different mastering (same engineer is credited in the booklet). Now who wants to sell me their SUNN O))))))) White box set :'(

The production sounds good, but I just don't see Blu-Ray becoming a viable high res audio contender anytime (it is a Sony format after all ). And I believe The Fragile was recorded all digital as well, but my vinyl sounds better than the CD. I don't regret buying the ultra-edition, I can sell it later on if I wanted to. And the fact that it sold out so quickly and wasn't shipped to dealers (that try and make huge profits when items go OOP), I think I'll be able to get back a bit more than what I paid.

Surprised the Ultra-edition sold out in less than 48 hours

Ensemble AV in Nashua has every current production Thiel model set up. And they'll let you use your own source or choose different amps.

Congrats, where will you be moving to?

Apparently this was posted on sites like fatwallet and other deal websites so the type of people looking to screw over retailers and wait hours in line to save a few pennies were probably hammering the site to get their much deserved free music even if they had never heard of NIN.

Err ok my previous comment was a bit brash. Ghosts IV is really good.

I just finished Ghosts III. So far I'm really enjoying it, but don't think it compares to The Fragile. The Fragile is more coherent, and obviously so since these tracks on Ghosts are just a collection of songs so I'm not faulting Trent for that. But there is some amazing music on this album and some very forgettable stuff.

Here are the wallpapers: http://www.head-case.org/index.php/v/jpak/ghosts/?action=gallery

Trent is a business man I sell ice in the winter, I sell fire in hell I am a hustler baby, I'll sell water to a well I was born to get cake, move on and switch states

High five, I don't feel so stupid now. A bunch of people on the other music forum I post on got it as well.

I hope Trent sells all his future albums through his own online store. And more artists follow.