postjack

i heard nate found the H&D schematics for balanced pj cables on the internet and stole them for his own design. it happened on headwize or something, swear, some old head-fi'er told me.

white heat

31 grateful dead or grateful dead related LPs and a grateful dead puzzle. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170173279461

x2, this is good.

Just ordered it off the bay. I'll let you know how it is.

on double LP vinyl in gatefold. can't wait to spin this one!

tell me more about these obscure places!

You know, the black box made me think. The others boxes (the brown ones) that I have seen say "Grado Reference Series Cartridges" on them, not "headphones".

thats just the type of businessman that v. vaughn is.

x2! Grats on the RS-1s, they look fantastic!

happy birthday x!!

white light

captain beefheart is the shit, the fucking shit.

i would avoid mr. vaughn. i had a bad experience recently with some harassing drunken phone calls and a dead trout nailed to my front door. is it a coincidence that I recently ordered some cables from VV? I doubt it.

he's no martin short, thats for sure!

i'd go all DIY with an HD650 at the end of the chain.

80s Genesis, Phil Collins solo.

nah, i was always a tourist in the lot. I never completely fit in.

BLASPHEMY! I preferred 2pac in my naive youth, but with the experience my advanced years have brought me, I now fully understand the greatness that is C. Wallace. And if you wasn't fat he wouldn't be Biggie now would he?

Yes, the HD650 is superb with "The Drift", mainly because instrument placement and imaging isn't so important, while a deep, dark, scary sound is. Band I haven't heard mentioned yet: Modest Mouse - Don't get it, don't care. Every single one of my friends likes Modest Mouse. I just think its dumb, and I don't like Isaac Brock. Bands I concur with: Rolling Stones - Overrated. I've always seen it as bad blues pop/rock. I mean the songs aren't even that good. And the fact that they still are together today makes it worse. Diana Krall (and all her ilk, past and present) - I DON'T LAHK SINGIN IN MAH JAZZ. If you sing its not jazz, its pop music. This is all well and good BUT ITS NOT FUCKING JAZZ. imo. Bands I agree with Grawk on: Dead & Phish. I never try to convince anybody these bands are good. Its just a thing. And for the record I never saw the Dead live. And if you don't currently like either of these bands (or Panic, who I usually put just a wee notch above Phish) then good for you, because its time consuming as hell listening to their music. You could listen to several '65-'67 blue note jazz albums in the time it takes to listen to one show. Bands I like a lot who others don't (in this thread): Ryan Adams. I urge people to listen to Heartbreaker, Cold Roses, and Jacksonville City Nights in their entirety before making any judgment calls. If you don't like him then, you are off the hook. He is a true master of song writing and vocals, and as a bonus his albums are recorded in a fashion super pleasing to this audiophile's ear.

Ah okay, it works with a specific type of tonearm. Thats good. Cartridge alignment is such a bummer, but I'm getting better at it.

See? Glad I'm not the only one who thinks this way. I actually found out about the box in a thread at the hoffman forums. Apparently not but a few weeks ago, the price dropped to ~$110. Back to $199 now though. \ I often wonder what formula amazon uses in their pricing. They alway seem to swing up and down wildly.

yes.

Looks nice, but I admit to confusion. How do you mount it? It looks like its just screwed directly into the tonearm.

and this has been me the first two and a half years of my full time working career. I'm just now learning to stop engaging in this type of behavior. My boss was a little shocked the first time I raised hell about being abused regarding a day off I wanted (this being about three weeks ago). But she apologized and promptly gave me exactly what I wanted.