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I've noticed this happening with a lot of different characters.

Saw III was awesome. venti caramel frap. mmmm summer tasty.

A Lamy Safari is indeed a great pen, if you don't mind the bauhaus plasticky looks (I don't, I have one in my pen cup at work at all times). The Lamy does have a molded grip that encourages a proper, or tripod, pen grip. This can be annoying if you have an irregular grip. A regular "round" nib may not necessarily make your handwriting all of the sudden better, but using a fountain pen in general requires more concentration, and as a result of this you might get better writing. To learn more about nibs, check out Richard Binder's indispensable articles on the subject: http://www.richardspens.com/?page=ref_info/nib_primer.htm Lamy's steel nibs are tough as nails and about as hard. They won't give you that soft touch you get from a gold nib, but there is nothing wrong with that. Another pen to consider is a Pelikan M200, runs about $60.

Cool! My 51 is one of my favorite writers. Dinged up sterling cap (I'm a sucker for sterling, so much better then gold, imo), vac filler, and a true F Binderized nib. Very nice.

I want to buy one. WTB PLZ

The GS-1000 is completely inappropriate for both classical and jazz. Large orchestral works go to shit in the highs, and jazz horns are shrill (this on an MFSL Miles Davis SACD, which while a tad on the bright side, is certainly not an overly bright recording). So far, the GS-1000 has done well with slower folkier rock, a la Wilco & Ryan Adams. It also did well with old Grateful Dead two-channel soundboards. All of this is good because I do listen to a lot of this kind of music. It performed exceptionally well with bass beat heavy dreamy house music. It also did very well with the straight industrial I threw at it, but I'm going to be honest with you, I have yet to hear a headphone that doesn't sound amazing when playing old Skinny Puppy LPs. So basically I'm still waffling on whether or not to let this one go. Still need to do some more listening. I just did an interesting test. I put on a copy of Public Image Ltd's first record, which, for those who don't know, is basically a pulsing bass guitar pushed to the front of the mix, with a bunch of out of control electric guitar and John "Rotten" Lydon screaming nonsense amongst this sea of bass. Its badass as all hell. But really I wanted to do a bass test, but ended up doing an instrument coherence test, meaning how well do the vocals, guitars, and drums make themselves felt against such an intense bass background? First, I did the GS-1000, and I was surprised to find I wasn't getting my bass fix. I kept cranking the volume, but this made the highs to shrill. The vocals and the guitars got all confused and sibilant when the volume rose. It was a decent enough listening experience, but it was seriously lacking in presence. Next, the RS-1 (flats). Actually, the bass here was a lot better, more prominent and "up front", which is more appropriate to this album. The vocals actually sounded surprisingly like the GS-1000, only not sibilant! This was interesting, it was the first parallel I've drawn between the two Grados. The missing presence I spoke about with the GS-1k was back. However, unlike the GS-1k, all the instruments and vocals were a bit crammed together, not to the point of muddiness, but just a bit crammy. Just for kicks I threw on the HP-2. Right at the first bass note, I was very surprised to find the HP-2 was hands down the bass winner! I guess I shouldn't be surprised, since the HP-2 always seems to deliver just what the recording wants it to. Here, the bass is prominent in the mix, so the HP-2 gives it that way. This, along with of course none of the treble issues of the GS-1k, and none of the soundstage issues of the RS-1, make the HP-2 my favorite headphone to listen to PiL on. Its almost disorienting how easy it is to focus on one instrument with the HP-2 and just follow it. If I just listen to the drums, my brain tells me that there is no way the drums can have their own nice space in the soundstage, yet still seem so intimate. Surely intimacy comes at the cost of soundstage smooshing? Apparently not the case with the HP-2.

Just for fun, I ran ICs from the preamp out to the dynahi, then the tape out to the dynahi. The line out definitely sounded different, and was run through the Melos volume pot, i.e. I could still control the volume from the Melos. With the tape out, the volume pot on the Melos does nothing, and the sound is unaltered. Looks like the tape out solved my wiring problem, thanks to hungrych and kg for the help.

So I was writing a review of a new pen I bought over at the Fountain Pen Network, and the wood colored ebonite inspired me to take some pics of it in juxtaposition to my RS-1. I thought I'd share. Kind of a pipe dream, but it would be cool to see ebonite used in a headphone design, even though it would be both pointless and impractical. The pen is a Bexley Deluxe II in Antique Cream.

I appreciate everyone sharing their thoughts. I think that "I don't care, I want to listen now" is a healthy attitude to have. However, I can't share the cynicism that all manufacturers only appeal to the lowest common denominator, and that all the great cans have been made. I still expect Sennheiser to create something truly remarkable, a la the mythical HD700. And though it is not to everyone's taste, the HD650 is a marvelous headphone that does so many things well, and at an incredible price. The W5000 may not be perfect, but I think it is a very good headphone, and I see no reason why Audio-Technica won't continue to innovate in the high end can market. But then of course we have the GS-1000... don't get me wrong, this is a fun headphone for some music, and the bass is wonderful (its the only can I've used where I can actually feel SPL, or at least it does a damn good job of faking it), but it ain't an HP-2 or an RS-1. But John did make the PS-1, which I've never heard but folks seem to enjoy. k, gotta do homework, more thoughts later.

fuck ass!! i keep putting img frames around links: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=248367 i just found out about the stupid clicky buttons a few weeks ago (instead of just typing url or img) and they have ruined my link posting abilities.

So what is a good price on some K340s? I'm selling a few pens and looking at this ad: i dunno about all that bass heavy/bass light malarkey. if i liked the sound I'd send them to larry anyway. also j-pizzle how about an update?

cool, thanks.

Just because my turntable only has one headphone out, this prevents me from having to pull cables every time I want to listen to a different amp. Does a preamp actually do anything to a signal, or is it just a fancy switchbox? This has always confused me.

sounds cool, i'll contact you b/c.

so what do we do in this thread? post hot female artist or talk about the thread at head-fi? or talk about yikes' fly new analog rig?

Whether you own an HP-2, L3000, R10, a K1000, or some other spendy OOP can, I'd like to know your thoughts. Do you ever think that someday a can will be produced that will do everything your can does, but better, and at a decent price, causing the market value of your can to plummet? Or do you think your particular can will always command a premium in the marketplace?

point taken!

World of Warcraft FTW.

u fukr. feed my chikin fantasy!!

please elaborate. white, dark, boneless? i fucking love fried chikin so much.

venti mocha frappucino

happy birthday!

a super sonic breakfast burrito, lunch yesterday.

Update: The GS-1000 does club/dance music better then any can I have ever heard. Its too bad I don't listen to too much of this, because damn! Pounding bass and tons of air, stereo effects border on the eargasmic. Wow!

I want to see jpak's password!