deepak

And CG hamsters.

That sucks, they probably would have made a huge break through in the US with that album :/

le sigh

It would have been cool if the Peter Murphy radio sessions made it on there.

At home now. Brief impressions: Nice selection of tracks. Not really a greatest hits list which is good (I don't really like NIN singles, too pop-sounding) Performances are energetic Visual effects are sweet Can't judge sound quality since my bookshelf speakers aren't that great and I can't turn them up at this hour Video quality of the DVD is pretty nice. Upsampled to 1080p on my HTPC with FFDShow filters.

I'm going to Best Buy to grab the DVD. Shit I can't wait, wish I had a HD player.

To tell you the truth I thought Blackfield I and II were pretty bland by Steven Wilson standards. Lyrically and musically.

This has actually been up for a few days, in case noone has checked: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=61819211 (new 6 minute track up)

I had a real RA-1, nice match with the HF-1. Tamed some of the high end. So no big changes in the circuit that leads us to believe one amp was tuned for John Grado's and one for Joe's?

Hmm... I don't know if the RS-1 is kickass with the Melos. After all the Melos was designed with the HP-2 in mind. And to these ears the two sound very different. I just mentioned the Melos since it's actually pretty cheap if you're patient. I know I've spoke to a few people that I really trust at the NY Headfi meet and most of them agreed that the RS-1 + Melos does nothing wrong, it's just not the eargasm you get with the HP-2/SHA-gold/1

Is this true? Has anyone opened up the HPA-1? And are there schematics for the HPA-1? Danke

March 3 I think

I would actually really like to hear the RS-1 + Extreme. I somehow doubt it would be lacking in power. Another amp that you should consider is the Melos SHA-1. One on Audiogon right now for $500. But I've seen them sell for as little as $250.

The Extreme can use 2 6080s

Yeah I agree, it wouldn't be the first time the Academy did that either. I actually liked The Departed more than Iwo Jima, but they were both great.

I'll catch it on On Demand. The Oscars wasn't worth it, but it was cool to see Scorsese win.

Damn missed tonight, still watching the Oscars. Last weeks was ok. The Woman King was one of the worst episodes in all the 3 seasons though. The two part episode before the mid-season break was amazing.

If you think SR-225 + flats = bass machines, you should hear HF-1 + flats (I use bowls too)

Maybe thats why so many people that haven't heard any better like it

I know even the salesman at NYC's Sound by Singer commented that the new ones were yellow compared to their old gold letter demo RS-1.

Hope your Zana can tame them

So about 2 weeks for that modding thread right

So far I've found that the HD650 is actually very slightly more enjoyable for classical (in my setup). Both my unmodded K340's are unable to offer the immediate slam of tympani drums, but they carry the sound over distance better than the HD650. On all other accounts they are both pretty much neck and neck. The K340 offering a brighter presentation, the HD650 darker.

Thats bullshit if Sony is still stamping the CDDA logo on them, since it's not Redbook standard If you're using Windows, try holding the shift key when you put the CD in the drive. It disables auto-run, works on some of my CDs...

TheSloth: I know they aren't a closed pair, but if you can audition a properly fitted Qualia I would try and do that (if you're still in NYC it shouldn't be too hard). IMO they were incredibly resolving and got out of the way of every genre of music. I hope I can say the same about the Grados that are on the way.