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Happy Birthday Jay!!! Hydrocity - that post was inspiring.

XLR cables are supposed to have the ground only connected at one end. Having them connected at both ends does not make them true balanced, it makes them poorly designed. People call headphones that have been recabled to accept + and - for each driver "balanced headphones". Get over it. No, you don't call speakers balanced speakers, because there is no recabling needed. If the drivers are being driven by a 4 channel amplifier, the system is effectively balanced as far as I and everyone but you use the term. There is no difference between speakers or headphones in this regard. BTW. A dual monoblock is the same as one stereo amplifier... so no, that is not balanced. To go balanced with monoblocks you would need 4 of them. Like you said before, you are being pedantic. The language we use in this hobby is basically created by us, so you can't go around telling everyone they are saying things wrong. That is Reks' job! [though at least he sticks to the English language proper]

Wow, thanks for the detailed info Kevin. What is your take on balanced headphones being faux-balanced?

Oh man... that is too much.

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LOL, that's about it.

Lots of cool gear, but your place... man, I'm jealous!

You're either talking over my head or through your ass. Can we get KG in here to clarify or something?

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huh? Where exactly is your point proven there? I read it quickly, but must have missed it.

I think you're confused here. Headphones and speakers are balanced so long as the ground on the driver is tied to an inverted signal instead of the ground of the amp. I fail to see how this is faux-balanced.

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I'm all about dual entry recables, so it makes no difference to me.

Cool!

M-Audio groovelab/transit thingy.

As far as I can tell from searches, it is. Even if it's not though, knowing my insanity level and access to DIY people, it will be modded in the future anyways.

Sounds like he was bipolar. Sorry to hear of his loss, he wasn't a great actor, but he could have been in time. Should he have been given it. EDIT: Not sure if that came across right, I'm going to play the drunk card if not...

Thanks Renato, that's perfect.

What do you think of this? [ame=http://www.amazon.com/M-Audio-Groove-Music-Software-Headset/dp/B0002X8624]Amazon.com: M-Audio Groove Lab Music Software with MH1 Headset and Mic: Musical Instruments[/ame] I'd have to get it shipped to someone in the US, but that looks like a great deal for a rebadged transit, some possibly interesting software and a shitty pair of headphones w/mic that I could use should i ever need such a thing.

Ah, thanks for the explanation. \

I think it is great, but the battery life is holding me back right now...

Well, he's heard them in my rig. Not sure if that qualifies, since it's not really designed with Grados in mind. I agree though, keeping the SR100 and building a nice rig around them makes more sense for now.

If you end up selling the 0404USB, lemme know.

Since the digital EQ/Dac that I'm planning on useing this with has MIDI input and outputs, could I use something like this instead? I don't know much about MIDI connections, are they analog or digital? http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/UM3EXd/

You can upgrade the RAM on the surf though? Just more work? Have you looked into the 'internal thumb drive' hack that others have been talking about?