deepak

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

Reks...you are an interesting fountain of knowledge

He had a SinglePower Extreme Platinum (w/ blackgate output caps) to compare it to so the Sig 30 was doing something right But if I end up liking the K340 (I have read it may not be the best headphone for low volume listening, and I listen at really low volumes) I might spring for one of those Chinese tube amps that seem to be all the rage. Darkvoice or some other name they go by

Yeah the K1000 is 120 ohm, and so far the Aleph 30 is the best I've heard. If it sounds good I will look into a more permanent solution, but that won't be for at least a year. I'm planning a speaker setup in the summer.

I PM'ed jpnumbers last night because I recall he was using his K340 off his speaker binding posts (RWA Sig 30), and he said it's doable with the K1000's speaker extension. He also said it sounded excellent, so I will probably end up recabling my K340 to a 4 pin XLR then use my Kimber Kable extension to the Pass Labs Aleph 30. Hmm....wonder if it will be powerful enough I think my K81DJ are going to be hitting the FS forum or ebay soon It's not that they sound bad, it's just that I have no use for a portable closed headphone (and the KSC75 are more comfortable for movie watching). But if I end up liking the K340 I will be getting the velor pads and K501 band.

I will be able to try it with a friend's MMM (M3); my old amp. If I like them I'll be getting something more powerful since I'm accumulating quite a collection of dynamics...

The K340 I will post impressions on arrival.

Thanks

Sounds good

Do you have the contact details for AKG parts?

I'm pretty good about not installing junk, I just bought a SATA Raptor hardrive so I just want all the performance it can give me.

Whats a really good disk defragmenter for Windows XP? Thanks