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looks good to me.

to be fair it's also very universal. bluray, sacd, DVD-a, hdcd, and hirez flac (even multichannel flac). and less then a grand, from a company known for quality on the cheap. true digital input not withstanding, it's the source I've always wanted.

OPPO BDP-95 Blu-ray Disc Player

just bought tickets to see the Funky Meters at Tipitinas, NOLA, Jan 14th. Pretty excited, next year is their 30th anniversary.

dude, I'm usually not much for forum flame wars, but the clusterfuck rega pileon that every thread KT88 posts in becomes are highly enjoyable. people HATE that guy.

he bought my 22Ls.

~$600 methinks?

That DTB "Already Free" is a fantastic recording. Sounds great on vinyl too.

personally IEMs would be my preference for travel. In fact they were until I left my Etys on a plane. I have yet to buy more IEMs, but who knows. Those ATs are at $108 now on amazon, I'm thinking about pulling the trigger and surprising the girlfriend. I'll have to lie though, she can't imagine paying more then $50 for a headphone.

Beatles - Please Please Me (2009 Mono)

awesome, sounds like exactly what I am looking for. Of course I wanted to buy the AT's anyway, because well, they are ATs. They are $120 at amazon right now which seems reasonable. Thanks for your review, I really appreciate it.

thanks all for the comments! i am sure i can glean exactly the info i need from here. thanks especially for the link to tyll's review, i'll read that stat.

Don't ban me, please! My girlfriend has a portable DVD player that is pretty much useless when we are traveling on the interstate, because the volume doesn't get loud enough to overcome the road noise. We haven't used it on a plane yet but I imagine the situation would be similar. I have zero experience with noise canceling phones, but I'm thinking they may be what we need in this situation. I already suggested IEMs, but she doesn't want to have to jam something in her ear. Budget like $100-200, cheaper the better. She wants circumnaural phones. Comfort is a top priority, and movies are the primary medium, but I'd still like something that is at least respectable sonically. I have a reputation to uphold. Anyone have any experience?

Black Keys - Brothers fuck yeah

Beatles - White Album (2009 Mono)

I loved "The City and the City". real different then his usual stuff, more noir. not everyone was a fan. in terms of his New Crobozun stuff, The Scar is the best. more adventure then PSS and IC. I consider a lot of his stuff to be very beautiful and highly creative, but not much in the plot department. maybe that's not totally fair. I guess I mean it's not very engaging reading. maybe because I like characters and his stuff isn't very character driven.

I'm no Rega expert (I've never listened to any Rega gear), but have you considered maybe buying a used Rega Planar 3 on audiogon? They run $400-500. Its an older model, but you still get the RB300 tonearm.

x2! the other mods have some serious catching up to do.

upcoming shows (in defiance of thread title [maybe we should rename this "The Live Music Thread"]): Prince 12/29 Phish 12/30 Phish 12/31 Phish 1/1 All at MSG! I am so ready for this trip.

happy belated bday gener!

your face oooooooooolololo1 daaaammn today it's work then school. so ready for semester break.

glad everyone enjoyed the review. I appreciate your comments Wayne. I have to say my perception of the colorations I hear can vary wildly from recording to recording. Some albums sound pretty darn natural, while some exhibit significantly more of that frequency up tipping I'm talking about. While I can't speak to the PS1000s nature on all recordings, I know that on newer more brightly mixed/mastered material, the PS1000s inherent favoring of higher frequencies can make for a less then pleasant listening experience. But on well mastered jazz or rock, the bright character of the cans adds a sweetness to the tone that can go totally unnoticed by my brain because I'm just enjoying the music. of course YMMV, to each his own, etc. though we often deride the screaming noisome masses and their claims of "but it sounds good to my ears!", ultimately this IS a subjective hobby. though I do believe there are headphones that are objectively bad, due to their severe unnaturalness of tone, in the end there is quite a large group of very good headphones we can pick from, and from there it really does come down to personal taste, budget, comfort, and yes, some sort of undefinable emotional/mental/spiritual connection one has with a specific headphone or company or gear "type" (dynamic, electrostatic, ortho, tube, ss, DIY, etc). so I guess the question I'm trying to answer in this review is does the PS1000 fall in this category of "very good" headphones. The GS1000 does not: I believe the PS1000 does, and as such should at least be auditioned by anyone with an interest in headphones.

Neil Young - Le Noise I think its really good. Definitely weird and soundscapey, but feels very intimate and dark, with good songwriting.

happy birthday!

I may not have a profit motive, but I did do 100% of my listening tests with jazz recordings of my jazz band that I myself recorded. Also I meant to include an anecdote about me, Roy Gandy, Tim de Paravinci, and the kimber kable guy hang gliding at RMAF 09, or some shit like that, and this awesome conversation we had about audio that is pertinent to the PS1000, but I forgot. also I didn't use the word "grain-free" as much as I intended to.