Knuckledragger

This problem was solved in the world of pro audio more than 20 years ago. It's called "word clock." Why consumer gear lacks it, I'll never know. Probably so high end audio shops can sell $3000 digital interconnects. 0_o

Others may have already explained this, but "Sorry about your thin skin" is the head-case version head-fi's "Sorry about your walllet" greeting. In short, head-fi.org is a cult of people who encourage each other to spend ludicrous sums of money on headphone gear. Head-case.org is a cult of people who sometimes engage in merciless flaming and encouraging you to spend your money wisely. In spite of the occasional outbreak of cretinous behavior, the lack of censorship around here leads to a more free flow of ideas and much less bullshit. In my relatively short time on head-case, I have observed a lot of smart people with wealth of experience on which to draw. There are a few idiots and asshats, but they make themselves known pretty quickly. Based on what you said in your first post, it sounds like euphonics are very important to you, especially vs. detail. This is a recipe for tubes if I ever heard it. First suggestion: the Headroom Millett Hybrid. It has the advantage of being a HeadRoom product (meaning it is well designed, constructed, and supported) and a pleasingly warm sound. While you're contacting HeadRoom, ask them about a pair of Sennheiser HD-650s. You won't be sorry you did.

Wow. Just wow.

Toslink is indeed rubbish, but digital audio over USB is often superior to coaxial. USB and FireWire eliminate most of the jitter issues that Toslink, SP/DIF, and AES/EBU have (without a additional wordclock connection, that is.)

Somebody save this guy. Anyone who flies an airplane should be concerned about fires.

For years, my sig on That Other Place was a list of my gear, with links to pictures. A month ago, I changed it to "Team fuglyphones. Team boat anchor." in honor of the TakeT's arrival. With the recent resurrection of the 'Fi, it's gone back to my old one. My sig here does not mention gear.

I concur. Especially when modded with Beyer pads (which are available from B&H.)

On most boards I delete PMs after I receive them. If it's important, I save it locally. Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get you. :tinfoilhat:

Other possible criteria: You have to phone at least two friends if you wish to move them. They they let you pursue the fun hobby of coin fusing. Your space heater has been a dust collector since you got them. The lights dim when you turn them on ...four houses down. You need a snake hook the wrangle the power cord. The binding posts are bigger than your garden hose spigot. Additionally, if they double as boat anchors ...for the Queen Mary 2.

Crikey, that's one ferocious looking beast. [The amp, that is. The cat looks rather sedate in that shot.]

WIN. Last B-Stock 880s they have. It is indeed a day to be thankful.

What drives me nuts about DLPs is the RGB strobing when you turn your head. I find this to be particularly bad with front projection, but it's certainly noticeable with rear projection as well. Caveat: I have not gone TV shopping in about 6 months, it maybe that there are newer models where this is less of an issue.

This shot is particularly good. Nice use of natural light. Being the retentive photographer that I am, I'd crop out that little strip of blue on the right. I find it kind of distracting. Those cans are the "Highly Furry Ones?"

This evening I am going to a celebration put on by the sous chef at the best restaurant in Northampton, who's also a Latin house DJ and one of my best friends. After that I'm doing lights for a Klute show down the street. I am going to give thanks by ceasing to be a cynical asshole for the rest of the day. This probably means I should log off Head-Case now.

For soundstage: Global Communication - Epsilon Phase (last track on Pentamerous Metamorphosis EP) Biosphere - Caboose, En-Trance (the last two tracks on Patashnik) For bass response: Bandulu - Come Forward (on the Macro Dub Infection compilation) General tracks: Bisophere - Endurium, the whole Substrata album The Knife - Off to On, Heartbeats Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues

Nice looking 1200, too. I have three of them, but none are currently hooked up to my headphone rig.

Justin said the following in this thread: That makes the likelihood of a HeadAmp-made "KGTT" not so great, at least in the foreseeable future. It may, however, extend the popularity of the KGBH SE, at least for those with deep enough pockets to swing one. I wonder if the KGST will be able to drive the H2. As I said in this thread when I first got my H2/TR2 and attempted to power them with my 10-year old Yamaha reciever, they sounded horrific. Getting my Hafler P125 fixed, and most recently getting proper cabling has brought out a lot of the H2's potential. Personally, I've grown to deal with the fit. They stay on my head, and the drivers stay pointed where I want. I occasionally have to pull the rubber coating on one of the wire loops back in place, but that's a minor issue. I still find some issues in the H2's midrange, and I do suspect the TR2 as the primary culprit. My source is very organic and textural, and the H2s convey these qualities with ease. The Hafler P125 is not a huge amp (60WPC), but it's absolutely loafing in its current role and consequently the H2s never sound like they're wanting for power. I would like to hear the TakeTs driven by a serious tube amp. I have an open invitation to bring them in to the local hi fi snob store (Spearit Sound/NoHo) and plug them in their various C-J space heaters and Krell arc-welders. That should prove interesting.

I commented to a fellow head-fier about how I felt strangled by the enforced politeness and artificial nicety of Head-Fi. He suggested the 'Case. The first thread I read was Kevin Gilmore eviscerating Ray Samuels and the BHD-52

Images like that are the reason I love AdBlock.

Will the new series of HeadAmp stat amps have one volume knob, or two? I, for one, would pay more to have a single knob. I used to have a preamp with independent L/R volume pots, and I got rid of it for precisely that reason. Of course, what I really want to know is how any of the above will drive the TakeT H2s.

I was in Spearit/NoHo last week, and they had a huge sign advertising the fact. The salesdroid claims Siltech makes silver cables that even serious silver-haters like myself would like. I'm due to lug the Fug rig into their shop in a week or so to audition power amps, I might give a few Siltech interconnects a listen. I seriously doubt I'l buy, however.

I'm a big fan of Kimber, and most of their line is available in XLR. I have 1M PBJcs and uh... 4M Toniks (meant for powered monitors that I still haven't purchased two years later.) I'm very happy with the sound of Kimber's stuff, and their price/performance is very good (especially if you buy used) but be wared their cables are fragile. Most have zero strain relief. This is less of an issue with XLR than RCA, but none of them will respond well to rough handling. I also have some Cardas *mumble* XLRs, which are tanklike in comparison. I just got some XLR/TRS cables for the Fuglyphone rig from Blue Jeans Cable. Their stuff is 100% zero-bullshit and 0% sex appeal. I opted for the Canare Star Quad with Neutrik termination (of course.) I've had them in my rig for oh, about five minutes now so I can't properly evaluate them, but are far better than what they replaced (Monster DJs... ugh.)

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That is an insert patch cable, but with an 1/8" TRS end, instead of a 1/4" one. The two 1/4" ends are labeled "tip and "ring" so daffy description or not, it's pretty clear that the cable splits a stereo signal into left and right.