deepak

Yesterday I made the trip to hang out with a friend I made this year. It was mainly to hear my NIN- The Fragile vinyl since my analog setup still isn't up I should have taken down more details of his setup, but briefly the speakers were the latest Avantgarde Duo 2.1s, his vinyl setup was a modded VPI Aries3, with I believe SET amps powering the mids/tweeter. The Duos have self powered woofers. Digital front end was some Naim gear (didn't listen to it much). It was in a dedicated speaker room which seemed really well setup. I wish I brought my camera. I've heard his system a few times but this is the longest listening session I've done, I was there for around 8 or 9 hours. Briefly, the setup was breathtaking with pretty much all the music we played. We listened to some Shostakovich #5 (Sony, 1959 Bernstein) through the Naim and it was the best reproduction I've heard to date. From here on we stuck to vinyl- mainly jazz and classic rock. The system filled the room with sound and the imaging seemed razer sharp. I was specifically looking for any gaps between where the upper bass and mids integrate and I was hard pressed to hear any; the integration seemed seamless. The setup was dynamic, rich, and just fun to listen to. It wasn't harsh or sibilant unless the recording called for it. On Sabbath's War Pigs you could feel the kick drums. I wanted to keep thumbing through his collection looking for albums I was familiar with. Now onto hearing The Fragile. We listened to three sides mostly so my buddy could keep his sanity . Also sounded extremely good and very detailed. My first time hearing it in any form on hifi speakers and it was eye opening. There are some very complex and layered songs on this double album, and I've heard it turn very good headphone systems to mush. Not the case here the speakers kept up with all the complexities. Lastly I borrowed my friend's M^3 amp and brought my L3000 up there to hear on a good vinyl setup. The M^3 is an alright amp for the L3000 (I didn't want to deal with moving the Melos). Again I heard a new level of what these cans are capable of. Using his vinyl source made the headphones simply disappear. To confirm my suspicions I let him listen to them, and he was very surprised with the headphone reproduction. He's now looking for either an L3000 and I gave him the PS-1 as another possible recommendation (after he gets the RS-2). /rantings from a fanboy in love.

"I'll be perfectly honest, at that price they would have to be pretty pristine. I'm not saying that they aren't, only that that would be my expectation. If they are, just shoot me a couple of pictures if you can. " The other thing- both of them aren't in pristine condition. Perhaps I made too many assumptions on my part.

Up until Sunday night I was certain I was keeping a K340. You can ask JBLoudG20- we exchanged a bunch of PMs where I even wanted to recable them. Then I spent all Sunday evening/night comparing them with my current headphones and decided there wasn't any point in having them. I never had the intention of cutting you out of a sale, I offered them to you for less than what I sold them for. If this is unlogical let me know. edit: I should add that since getting my L3000 I didn't listen to the K340s at any point other than two days ago. I really thought they would have held up better (which was my logic in waiting to sell them).

Damn wikipedia admins

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-case.org

If I had a more reliable car p-jeezy would have them tomorrow!

Google maps: 1,481 mi ? about 23 hours 28 mins Don't worry you'll get them before Headfest Alabama.

Come on they're not that expensive (unmodded, non-Headphile pairs)

The great thing about the K340 is if the elastics I put on are too taut you can just replace them with your own. It takes less than 10 minutes.

No one else here "smokes" ?

Yes I have a bass heavy version left. That might be for sale. I've really hit my groove with the L3000 and K1000. Yeah the Melos does a less than stellar job Benefits of selling gear to your friends - you can borrow it at any time edit: the K340 are probably my favorite headphones under $500.

The L3000 aren't just any Audio Technica. Believe me I hate them all. (I have not heard the OOP ones like the W11jpn, W10vtg, etc, etc) Melos, maxed out M3. The M3 did a hell of a nice job driving them. They still failed when pitted against the leatherheads. Sorry it's not a custom built amp from McAlister

K340 apology crew enter

The K1000 are a marvelous in real life. All those pro photos make them look like crap. My vote goes for the Sennheiser HD600- the marble paint ewww. The SR-404 also looks like someone vomited on it.

I know The L3000 destroys the K340 in everything I tried. No point in keeping both. That project would have been fun.

Yes he stole my gears!11

Seconded! Johnny Cash in Roman cloths has spoken!

Could you post Roam's impressions on the thing (if he doesn't mind)?

Get the XL Luna

Six Organs of Admittance - School of the Flower CD

Oh my snipe went through The Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics CD/DVD-A set.

Bought digipete's NIN - Downward Spiral SACD yesterday. And my second attempt at buying the new Modest Mouse record since Newbury was out of stock last time. And I have a secret project planned for one of my headphones that will go into effect on Monday

That's awesome...because she's probably crazier than Tom Cruise.

Some more Flight of the Conchords. Creepy, insane lone fan ftw

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