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Don't worry about my health Up until this point I haven't cared much for cables, I had a couple of boutique cables but sold them to fund other upgrades. Mostly they were used on lesser dynamic systems, and I never really tried to discern a difference since I was so busy. This is really something that I plan on doing once a week or every other week just for the fun of it. And I'd like to post it on HydrogenAudio since their DBX forum doesn't have a cable test that has been passed yet. And hey if I pass it will either shut a lot of people up, or piss off a lot of zealots over there. A/B testing to see if I can choose which cable is which. The cables I'm going to use were stated in the first post. I'm switching my system to single ended next week, taking out my balanced Mogami cables and replacing it with the Monster IC. Hopefully I won't be waiting too long for a good deal on a Blue Heaven, one just slipped through my fingers a few hours ago.

Not an AB switchbox. I'm putting together a reference track list roughly 60 minutes long that I intend to listen to all the way through (more if I want to), my friend will be swapping cables based off coin flips. I plan on doing 25 trials which will probably take me about a year to finish.

http://www.adultswim.com/shows/metal/ Anyone else watching this show? I saw the first episode when it aired, sort of forgot about it and just caught up last night.

I don't have enough experience to answer, but I'm curious to see what others think. Let's keep this friendly...who am I kidding (I will be setting up a double blind cable test to see how I do, right now I'm trying to find a Nordost Blue Heaven RCA cable to pit against a cheap Monster IC)

Hopefully I will have these Monday or Tuesday, I can't wait

I would tape some around your wrist and tell people it's for your arthritis.

If someone makes one I'll upload it.

What traits does the Linbrook Sig System share with the VR4SR?

Thanks for all these recommendations. I'll try and do as much auditioning as possible, really this setup probably won't even be in the infancy stages until November/December. Nate I'll definitely try and make it to Nashua in the coming weeks.

I'm not too sure if I want to dive into electrostats again...I had a pair of STAX and they were very picky about music. On the Quads, aren't they really good for classical? I'll try and audition the Martin Logans sometime. Not necessarily going to keep the Aleph. I was thinking of selling it since it puts out a ridiculous amount of heat. Thanks for the suggestions Cool will try and get an audition I guess I've never heard a proper setup where a sub was perfectly integrated with the music. It always seemed like after the crossovers cutoff (80-100 hz) the sub just made the bass sound separate from the music Has anyone heard anything by DynAudio? I'm liking the reviews and they have a more conventional appearance.

I really dislike The Mars Volta. Can't stand their singer and the cryptic bullshit they spew. Porcupine Tree is nothing like them, they actually have a singer that can....sing! And it's more progressive rock than metal. With the exception of a few tracks on Deadwing (which Steven Wilson admitted to being a bit influenced by Opeth after their last side project) most of their music is pretty mellow.

Nothing's changed. Just less hours, call every third night max.

Seems there's a very high chance I'll be getting into my first choice hospital for my residency which means I can buy a house in the neighboring town. I'm looking for a full range set of speakers, that normally sell for under $4500-5000 used. Mainly listen to all types of jazz and rock. I listen to pretty much all types of rock, but if I had to place emphasis it would be classic and prog rock. What I'd really like is exceptional imaging, soundstage, midbass and midrange performance. I don't need the absolute authority in bass and treble extension. I'd prefer to keep this strictly 2 channel; no subwoofer. Basically something fun to listen to that still have all those audiophile qualities As for associated components, I intend to keep my DA10 as source, but this would probably be the first thing to be upgraded to a much superior transport/DAC. Also some speakers that don't require ridiculously expensive preamp/amps to shine would be nice My hifi speaker exposure is limited but I'll say I was extremely impressed by a colleague's Avantgarde Duo setup. And I also heard the Wilson Audio WATT/Puppy 8 and very briefly the Von Schweikert VR4 SR. Obviously all of them are out of my price range but I could easily live with any of them.

If anyone here has a subscription to Audiogon, and wouldn't mind checking the price of something in their bluebook could you please send me a PM? It would be a great help, thanks.

Cool I'd like to hear what you thought of The Downward Spiral redbook vs dsd.

All taken from another forum: Track list: 17 minute prog track

Oh thats what those are, thought you meant avatar

K701 $244 at Northern Sound and Light: http://www.northernsound.net/Sales/Wirelessinear/wirelessframe.html They might still be out of stock, but they usually restock every few weeks.

Made in China for the win.

Latest blog entry from Trent:

The Florida crew had a couple of mini meets comparing K1000 and K340 with the 2 amps. I was refering to the K340 driven by Extreme/Sig 30. I know there isn't a whole lot that goes into the Sig 30, but if it sounds good, it sounds good And it won't burn your hand if you leave it on the amp for too long (or act as a heater for my bedroom in the winter)

Nate is your beta22 balanced?

I can't wait NIN concept albums are flawless. I guess I'm hoping it's very different from With Teeth (less industrial-pop more dark conceptual ala The Downward Spiral or The Fragile)

All taken from another forum I frequent: All from Reznor's blog (access for paying subscribers): And the website released: http://yearzero.nin.com/ New album is called Year Zero.

GS-1000 lmao So far the HD650 is my only headphone that has to be taken to a slightly higher listening level to be enjoyable