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I look at the "what are you listening to..." thread as more like a chatroom. If I step away from it for a while I'm bound to miss out on several pages of headcase antics and tomfoolery.

Yup, its a sweet ass album. Great lyrics, great flow, bizarre as hell, and very nine inch nail-y. $5 is the exact threshold at which I am willing to spend money for a lossless download. Which of course means $10 for MP3 is out of the question.

Also I just got in my tickets to see Wilco in March. 12th row center, 4 seats. And my other buddy got four seats in the row 11, right in front of me. Should be fun.

yup, I can't wait! he's my favorite saint.

thats what she said

yeah you should, I forgot about your SR-325! you got that woody done fast. I'll probably eventually get my HF-1 woodied, but for the time being I'm enjoying them quite well in stock form. Plus they are the only dynamic phone I own that is still single ended, and its a bit of a pain to plug every other phone into the damn balanced to single ended adapter everytime I switch cans.

I just shelled out the big bucks to Todd for a new pair of flats for the HF-1. Of course I prefer them to the bowls.

(emphasis mine) did you not sell the HF-1 deepak? or are you talking about other grados I'm unaware of? edit: on second thought how dare you own any gear at all i am not aware of. you and your shady signature...

Huckabee scares me the most, since he is the Jesus candidate. And I have no problem at all with Christianity. I don't consider myself a Christian, but it doesn't stop me from reading the Bible and texts by Christian scholars (in addition to a variety of other religious and spiritual texts). But running on the Jesus platform always stinks to me of the dirtiest, dirtiest politics. Filthy like the exposed titties on the Lady of Justice statue. Filthy, filthy titties! Cover them, cloth the filthy titties!! Fred Thompson is just another wishy-washy "lets legislate morality and stop der gays" candidate. So he is scary as well, but he also has run the most pathetic campaign of the past few decades. I can't quite put my finger on Rudy. His "wait till the big states" strategy has never worked in the history of the presidency, so it makes me wonder if he is just being lazy. He seems likable enough, and fiscal conservativism paired with no social agenda (meaning he doesn't legislate morality) is attractive to me. Mitt Romney has been a lifelong hunter. I can't say I like or dislike Hilary Clinton, but I strongly dislike the type of politics she represents, meaning the answers no questions, says nothing firm, sticks with the FOTM. She's like a formless entity who believes in nothing but winning. I have a strong respect for McCain. I love his honesty even though I disagree with him on a number of issues. I love that he doesn't bow to his party. All in all he is probably the most likable candidate for me. Obama makes me feel good. I like that he says "you can" instead of "i can". Of course everybody keeps bringing up the whole JFK resemblance, but they keep bringing it up because its true. I love that he can speak. I think that rhetoric is a crucial talent in any politician. okay i'm at work and i'm tired and stressed and not making much sense, but the above is pretty much my rundown of the candidates. at this juncture, i like obama (d) and mccain ®.

I'm a bit of a head-case fanboy. I do have a lot of Grado crap but I wouldn't call myself a Grado fanboy. Maybe time will change that.

This douche has made his point, so in order to avoid going from douche to asshat, I'm stepping away from this thread.

True, but RAM, as a company, is so sketchy. I feel this way about any company that offers complete cryo immersion mods.

you should have voted harder!!

I always felt the decay was crazy long, in fact almost painfully long, like "please let that guitar note end so I can listen to the next one". Todd, do you feel that perhaps the length of transients could have something to do with the diffusion you hear in the soundstage?

My favorite part about the iTransport is how worthless it is.

Spot on. I agree with about everything you said in your review. The neutral and smooth midrange is what I described as "cool", and while enjoyable to my ears, could be a weak point for those who must have the warm and fuzzy midrange, as you described it. Interesting point about the soundstage being a bit to diffuse. This is something that had not occurred to me in my listening, but now that I read it, I can see where you are coming from. Personally I'd like to hear comparisons specifically relating to the two weaknesses described above (soundstage and midrange, not your distaste with the display ) relative to your other sources.

True, but by disappointment, what I meant was that instead of a new Sennheiser flagship, we have a new Monster Cable flagship.

assholes, I would think.

From the HD700... to this: "Beats" From Monster Cable. Possibly the biggest letdown in the history of headphone audio.

u crazy son. and what site will you be torrenting these on?

Hate to contradict you tkizzle, but the bass I hear coming out of my Lambdas is some of the most visceral I've heard from headphones. I can't speak for the current Stax line up though.

A new passel of New Order vinyls, some I already own but bought again anyway because my vinyl guy has the good deals: But what is that at the bottom there? Original Megaforce pressing of Kill 'Em All. hells yes.

So is Hi-Fi News the head-case approved audio periodical of record? I've been wanting to subscribe to a good audio magazine since reading glossy reviews with pretty pictures is fun, but most magazines seem to be just so much fluff.

And at just north of 10 times the value of my turntable, I can buy a backup as well. Nah, I'm thinking more like a 20XL. Also thank you Nate and Aerius for your kind words. Also thanks to tkam for the ridiculing smiley.