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Well, I suppose that's the more realistic route. I was just feeling so light and free after selling that stuff. It made sense at the time. Joining Team Out of Control and Sonic Bliss. Next year it's Team New Car!

That's more apt. I say we just hold the next national at your house!

Except when they're really funny

Ouch! That sounds really painful. Hope things go as smoothly as possible. Listen to a lot of music. That always helps.

Like you know anything about Team Minimal

Team Almost Minimal Definitely not Team Minimal or Almost Minimal or Close to Almost Minimal. 5 iems? Sell them all for UE11s! btw, I can't believe no bites on my Etys. I remember threads about why can't you get the blue and red ones not that long ago.

Because they are different and, therefore, they don't count the same as having two in the same category. Sure, they're both headphones, but that's irrelevant. For example, a really cute pair of black flats and a really cute pair of black slingbacks have the same purpose, but because they're completely different, it's unreasonable to expect someone to choose between the two, unless traveling, that that would mean buying a new pair anyway. Another good point in my favor. Bah, you've been talking to John, or maybe John's been talking to you.

I would love to have compared the Menace with the TTVJ 307A with the same killer source. My fav amps were the KGBH SE (obviously), the Balancing Act (jp said the production models might be getting the Moth styling treatment) of the commercial amps. It's interesting that my next favs were all DIY: The Menace, Al's Beta, asr's drop-dead gorgeous Beta (though I didn't listen to it ), and grawk's balanced M^3 grew on me, though I didn't really get it for awhile.

I rarely understand his criteria for anything. For example, his definition for "no new gear in 2008" somehow included at least three new turn tables, one or two dacs, new speakers, and a few headphones that I know about. I suppose one headphone would qualify, but his nonsensical point was that the type of gear gets weighed in. He said, for example, that a Grado 125 rig would count, but an R10 rig disqualifies a person from the team, as there is nothing minimal about it, in his opinion. Btw, I agree that an additional speaker rig doesn't eliminate you: one main dynamic, one main stat, one main portable, one main speaker rig. Nice, clean and minimal.

I think you still qualify: one main dynamic, one main stat, and one main portable....that is unless you bought something new

Okay, this thread is only half serious as the topic is stupid, but I'm also curious what others think. jp11801 and I were talking last night about my recent gear purging, and I told him I was going Team Minimal. In my opinion, having one main dynamic headphone, one main electostatic headphone, and one main portable headphone with accompanying rigs qualifies me. He claims that's too many, and my choices in each category eliminate me entirely. He also suggested we open up our disagreement to the peanut gallery (I guess that's you), so here it is.

Thread revival! Happy Birthday!

It's his only flavor

That's for sure.

Dear Elephas, my dear son, Mothers' Day is just around the corner. Have you chosen my gift yet from your fine selection of gear? Love, Momma P.S. I've acquired a liking for the O2MK2. You aren't using yours much, are you?

Dang, Indra. Your're starting to spend more money than I. Talk to jp11801. He's run through a series of high-end dacs and is currently raving about a French one, iirc, that he prefers over the others, and can be bought used in the $1000 range.

Love it.

Nice, Deepak. It's Staxomania around here.

Well, I know nada, but I like the way it sounds. I'm emailing Mikhail tonight since he owes me tubes (sold him the Lector for both cash and tubes). I'll ask him.

Nice present, Thrice.

I gotta take pics of stuff for sale in the next day or so. I'll see what I can do, but no insides.

Well I just sent off the deposit check today, so although not a total purchase yet, I'm going to say for the sake of this thread, my last purchase, other than dinner, was a KGBH SE

Bad bad Grawk.

Purk, is your new older age getting to you already. You quoted Riceboy, but didn't reply.