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So what you're saying is the Chinaman is not the issue here, dude?

The GS-X is ...$2300. By all accounts, it drives Senn HD-6##s with aplomb. Also consider the Headroom Balanced Desktop, though it lacks preamp function. Most balanced tube units are significantly more expensive.

Slightly cheaper option.

We wouldn't want it to get any funny ideas.

Sauce.

Also, as usual, my concerns are trivial compared to what other Head-Casers are facing. I hope you escape your predicament unscathed, Nate. I had to help a friend who had pipes burst in his house, and it was an unmitigated disaster. It sounds like you've been keeping a close eye on things and taking the necessary steps to protect your house from freezing. My father, who was an eccentric and paranoid man, put an 800lb Nashua stove in my the basement of this house when he bought it. The sole purpose of the stove is to keep the pipes from freezing during a prolonged power outage. I have never fired it myself. It's big enough to burn bodies.

In spite of myself, I did not bid on this thing. The Conrad Johnson PF-1 preamp, the first solid state pre they made. It's a handsome unit (in that stodgy C-J way) has lots of I/O, is rack mount (a big plus for me) an looks to be really clean. $340 shipped isn't a bad price, but... I didn't bid at the last moment, and I'm glad I passed. Looking at the pictures carefully I saw this: See that "L" at the end of the serial number? That means this is a Line level only version, and lacks a phono stage. I'd have been might peeved if I found that out after I bid. There's a C-J PV-7 tube pre ending in a few days that I have my eyes on: Pictures will look familiar to select Head-Casers.

ScarJo a one-note actor as well. Though she is a veritable thespian compared to Jessica Alba. She couldn't out-act a mannequin. Or Kim Cattrall. Go ahead make those "thespian" jokes, I know you want to.

What does the ortho snob cognoscenti think of YH-3s? There's a pair on the 'Bay that I have my eye on.