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Thanks for the advice. I'm actually going to buy a yamaha m-45 off of craigslist which shouldn't have a problem driving them safely until I can afford a decent amp. I'm hoping my preamp will help them shine a little.

the model I bought is the SMGa. I'm driving them with a JVC receiver from the 70's or 80's. I plan on getting a real amp since my headphone amp is also a pre-amp.

Dude that's messed up. That person was surely killed.

I suppose I'm to blame for her claiming her future engineer status from my topic over on head fi "congradulations on my future headphoneus supremus".

Nice. I read those stories about 8 years ago and loved them. I remember city of glass being my favorite. If you like his style I highly recommend In the Country of Last Things.

I'm trying swann's way again after it proved too much for my shitty attention span. Now that I'm on paxil, concentration isn't a problem and I"m loving this book. I can't believe what I was missing before my anxiety was treated.

shit, i've been on a spending spree. I bought a used pair of magneplanar speakers off of craigslist and a couple of days ago a bought a headphile headphone stand off of salty. I'm listening to the magneplanar speakers now and know what all you speaker snobs are talking about. The sound stage is gigantic and the resolution is beyond belief. I still like my headphone rig but man, I'm thinking of becoming a speaker snob myself.

What's even funnier is that I have hearing loss in the upper registers and I find those headphones to be unbearable.

well shit. My roommate has an old JVC receiver that is rated for 4 ohms. I may have to swap them out.

I see, but please correct me if I'm wrong, I thought that was only a problem at loud volumes. I never listen to music with peaks over 70db.

is it from clipping?

I have a shitty insignia receiver that is only rated for 6 ohm speakers according to the manual but a pair of suspiciously cheap ribbon speakers came up on craigslist that I'm probably going to get. The problem is that they have 4 ohms impedance. If I listen at a modest volume will I risk blowing my receiver?

I highly recommend Portland OR if you're willing to move to the west coast. Portland has all the amenities of a medium sized city but feels like a town. It's extremely well planned city and beautiful on top of it. It's where I plan to move when I get out of school if that ever happens. The only problem from what I understand is that there aren't a lot of job opportunities.

Strengthening your abs is very important but stretching your back is key if it's lower back pain. The stretch that has worked best on my chronic lower back pain is this. You sit in a chair and with one leg in proper sitting position and your other leg crossed with your ankle resting on your knee (the way most men sit cross legged with out looking "gay"). You then lean your torso forward as much as you can with out over doing it. Then you switch legs and do it again. Do this in the morning and night and in a few day's, if it works, you'll feel a lot better. Keep it up and it most likely won't return.

what a sweet angel.

thanks for answering my question and the extra info. I'll take that into concideration. I may now buy both and report later if there is a difference in sound quality.

Would somebody measure the diameter of the hole in a pair of Grado flat pads? I think I'm going to but the pads for the SR60 and just cut my own hole. Thank.

I picked up a pair of JVC marshmallows to tide me over until my shure e5c's come back from repair. They suck as far a sond quality goes but they have a good seal and can be found for 15 dollars on sale at circuit city some times.

I'm not sure how many people here have tried this ice cream by dreyers but it's really fucking good. It's vanilla ice cream with caramel swirls, chocolate covered peanuts and tiny little tiney peanut butter cups. Other brands carry it too under different names. It usually has and animal followed the word "tracks". It'll probably blow your ass to high heaven.

I wish I had friends that played video games.

i walked into that one.

cash and acclaim are only two things that corrupt art and are the lest common. Stupidity is the scourge of art.

holly shit! happy birthday posty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm itching to try these. I'm away from my rig for the next week so I can't until then. I'm highly suggestible so it may work on me. I don't want to try the drugs but I'll like to try the "happy" one.

aw shucks guys, thanks. I'm back in Illinois right now visiting family and visiting my old haunts. I'm having a good one indeed.