deepak

Oh yes my favorite album with them was Battles - Mirrored. Avant-garde/experimental rock that has a lot of percussion, electric guitar and electronic effects.

I've put around 6 or 7 hours on these so far. They're much, much better than when I last heard them. -the treble isn't as tipped up as I remember (still on jazz that extends really high, it gets a little fatiguing) -bass extension is not very good (audible at 30 Hz, very good down to 40 Hz) -HF extension is good (~18 Khz) -bass impact is an enigma. On certain albums it has a lot, other times you just hear the bass and it's not remotely palpable -some funkiness going on in the midrange, almost like the upper midrange is slightly recessed -soundstage can't figure this one out...the headstage is pretty small. But the drivers are angled towards your ears... -imaging is not bad, but a bit fuzzy -very enjoyable with large symphony music -average PRaT -they do particularly well with live rock music. The fishbowl soundstage makes them sound like a concert -layering of instruments is cool So the CD3000s biggest offense? Tone and timbre, it's not that great (reminds me of the SA5000 I had on loan). Tried with piano, violins and sitar. As an example when listening to some violin tracks there's nothing accurate about it. Undoubtedly you're hearing a violin, but that's it. With the HP-2 or K1000 I can listen to a strad and say "that's a damn fine violin" with the CD3000 not so much.

The AT wing system is something else, so comfortable. I missed that when I sold my A500.

This happened to me once with a computer part. "oh that, sir that's never existed" Phew good thing, I forgot to take my anti-hallucinogenic pills that morning :P

Thanks, I have sent another.

What's the email you guys used?

Hitler Kitty

Oh ok. I was curious since I just got my stock CD3000 this morning. I invite anyone to hear it in my system, but it's not as tipped up in the treble as most people exaggerate it to be. It still has some funky things going (mainly midrange and soundstage). I'll have more impressions later.

recstar did you get to listen to the woodied CD3000?

Cool I'm going to keep trying.

If you can stretch your budget to $55-65 you can get the AKG K81DJ (there are a few ebay sellers selling new ones for $55 with free shipping). They're closed, have a very thin cord and come with a carrying pouch. The cups also rotate and fold inwards for portability. They sound very good for what they cost and they have a very nice bass response. I imagine you want closed or in ear headphones for your commute.

Ah yes thats what it was that I remembered about the W5000.

I'm using PC2700 in my laptop and it's running great with Kingston ValueRAM. I've never experienced a BSOD, and both sticks passed every memtest86 bench.

Interesting...I think most people that heard both said the W5000 is more detailed. Unless they're confusing brighter with more detailed (I've noticed this to be a trend). So I guess it's able to handle fast metal pretty well? Unrelated question but do you think the headphone amp in the Apogee is better than the Lavry DA10?

Yup it is. Someone on the SH forums has one as well. http://www.krellonline.com/html/k_archive2.html Last made in 1994 and 1995.

A bump for new members.

I've been trying to contact Frank for the last two weeks. When I leave a message he never calls back. And the one time he answered his phone he quickly said he has to put me on hold, then it was another 10 minute wait. He hasn't replied to my email either.

They should be here Wednesday. 'grats on the leatherheads man! I will be looking forward to your impressions.

You been playin' that Mortal Kombat mon?

The EAR HP4 is probably the best looking headphone amp IMO. I'd love to own one. Just have to put on the gloves when you want to turn the volume knob

Very cool, glad to see you back Yikes

I'm brushing up (and learning a lot of new stuff) for my DIY phono stage the Hagerman Bugle. I want to try my best to build this independently and it helps that I have a ton of free time. I've been thinking about getting into gas powered RC cars, they look hella fun but unsure about my living situation in the fall so going to hold off on that.

Well if they were arranged alphabetically it would be faster for the person typing since there's minimum memorization of the keyboard. So slowing down adjacent letters is slowing down their overall speed.

Yeah I believe there is truth to what Dusty says. It was intended for people to single "cluck" type. Later on the F and J became the home keys.

How fast are you with the Dvorak? It's supposed to be much more efficient than QWERTY isn't it? As I understand it QWERTY was made initially to slow down typists using typewriters so they wouldn't jam the machine.