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I just wanted to pass this along for my friend who's hosting a fundraiser for the Equal Justice Society on December 7th, 6-9PM at Yoshi's San Francisco. Tickets are discounted for a limited time at $70 from originally $200! They are also tax-deductible! Description is: The Equal Justice Society celebrates its 10th anniversary on Dec. 7, 2010, with a gala fundraiser at Yoshi's San Francisco, featuring a performance by Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra of new songs from "Soul of a Movement: Meditations on Martin Luther King, Jr." The concert also features Faye Carol and Kenny Washington. Tickets and more information can be found at: Equal Justice Society Thanks for looking! Min

i'll bring my k1000s to check it out headphone amp too right?

Congrats Gene!...if there is an amp that improves upon my zanden with the k1k, then I'm glad that you found it! Hope you enjoy many hrs of happy listening

supposedly it is actually at the assemblers being made right now...he promised that the final version was the one at the meet. he said it should be in a couple of weeks for shipment. will leave it to others to talk about impressions as i only spent a few minutes listening to it.

I've been bugging Craig about it since the technics table I got is just sitting there. He said he just needs some time to sit down and crank them out...sigh...so no date yet. On the positive side, he said the price would be in the neighborhood of $800 Will keep bugging him though

Happy Birthday Steve!

No. 3? o_O Just looked on the back of mine and see No. 3 too. Yeah, still happy listening to mine. Still going through the different 6fg8s. You can get some really good performance from the 6f8g tubes for less money at least when i compare against the TS round plate. Not sure how long that'll last as prices seem to be creeping up and up.

hmmm...I didn't think they were too similar. I briefly tested it last weekend at Dan's mini meet. Dan could probably give a better description as he currently has both. TS 6sn7 sounded extremely smooth, clear...highs extended so well. Could see why people love these tubes. TS 6f8g in comparison sounded warmer, more musical. Music felt more intimate. It wasn't muddy at all though...just a different presentation. I would definitely want to have both as I think they're complementary not better or worse. Their prices have really shot up recently though...

My amp experience: Zanden 300b (current)...stopped looking after hearing it together. Air Tight 300b...demoed at local audio shop. maybe just as good as Zanden but can't say. Moth 300b...prefer Zanden, but pretty close Woo Audio 5...prefer Zanden, but also pretty close B22...good, but strongly prefer 300b amps over it. Under meet conditions. Singlepower Extreme...owned it for a time. Just OK. somewhat harsh and couldn't drive it properly. Balancing Act...TBD, waiting to find a 1/4in adapter to test.

I'm game for anything depending upon when. sigh...still haven't tested it at home yet. Hopefully, I'll have some brief listening time this afternoon. Really need to hear how this version sounds with the hd800s!

hopefully, he can hand deliver a couple on his trip to the norcal meet

That sounds like the best explanation...I just cannot get into the O2s even though I've tried to hear them in many different systems. K1000s tone is just perfect for me...

interesting results and thanks for sharing. hmmm...i really do not know how i can reconcile this review with what i've experienced. i know the k1000s very well but I've also heard the 02s with the BH and BHSE multiple, multiple times and never really liked the 02s. each time i read these reviews, i think...wow...maybe i should give these a try and each time i listen to them at meets, i never like them. I even pre-ordered the BHSE based on impressions with the o2s, but after listening to them, did not go through. i can only say it's always sounded thick and heavy to me. Nothing seemed out of the ordinarily good. Not bad in any way, but nothing jumped out to me that these were something that I should get. I'll try to listen to them again at this week's norcal meet to see if this impression changes. It seems to be that people really do hear things differently or just have different tastes in what they like to hear.

Hey Dan....Happy Birthday!

Just ordered after I saw Todd's post. Hopefully I get one of the last 10. I listened to them at CJ and liked my vintage RS1s better, but would like to spend more time with them and really see. If not, well still happy with the RS1s

Al...why did you have to say something like that about the Spectral CD player...now I'm curious again... BTW, I read that Spectral is developing another DAC + Transport that was shown at CES briefly so perhaps a competitor to the Berkeley Dac may come out in the near future. Would be nice to hear the Berkeley Dac again if you can arrange it...I'm sure Dan or I will bring the spectral dac to also compare.

Sorry to hear Al...yes, I used Nick Gowan from Truesound as he came recommended to me. Have had good experience with him so far if you decide to try him.

No problems with mine...got them yesterday and been listening to it off and on since then...but will watch out for it. So far, been enjoying them immensely

After having had IEMS, universals and then UE11s, I don't think I'd spend that much again on an IEM. It turns out that I care more about the isolation vs. the sound. While I would be bothered by something crappy, I think a decent pair under $500 would be perfectly fine. Using IEMs, I'm usually at work, walking, or something else in which my attention is not primarily focused on music. I don't even use an amp with them...usually straight out of my IPOD. IEMs ultimately became more about convenience...in that scenario, don't really feel it's worth the money. Would rather spend that extra on a full-size setup. That being said, part of me really wishes I demoed those JH13 universals at CJ...didn't even know about them until the last day

Actually, I think the Nautilus was not based upon the Zana...more of tinkering around on his path towards making the BA...so in that sense, matching the k1k with the ZDT might not be what I experienced with the Nautilus. The Nautilus I tried was not finished by any means, but it did not have sufficient juice to power the k1k at least in it's prototype form. .... Btw, I have an SRD 7mk2 and want to try connecting the k1k to it rather than my 300b amp. Would be convenient if I could do that and not lose any sound quality. Will have to try it later as the amp is back in the shop

Happy Birthday! Hope you have a great day Al!

awesome!...can finally get a box for my RS1s

Wouldn't say age is the only factor at least in terms of sound quality. I just got the spectral sdr2000/sdr3000 and I think it's still one of the best out there for redbook even though I think it's probably at least 10 years old. I even preferred it over my emm labs se stack. There might be concerns about build, lifetime of the product so I'd also check to make sure it can be serviced or maybe even upgraded. Do miss sacd and getting somewhat interested in hirez playback so I might do something about that in the distant future, but at this point, with mostly everything i have still on CD, don't think that's that big of a deal. Think Icarium might know more about the sonic frontiers. He was saying that the sonic frontiers sfd-3? might be special, but not sure about sfd-2

would make a cool amp for work...hopefully, somebody'll buy it before i have to think about it more.

for those that like the sound...it really pays to invest in better sources and amps. Noticed big improvements going from a SP extreme -> 300b SET and from audio aero capitole -> emm labs. Sound becomes more balanced and less aggressive so that'll definitely make it less fatiguing for long listening sessions.