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I'm getting mine redone as the fit us slightly loose on the right ear. I'm going to see Francis Miranda while I'm in the LA area this week. Even with a so so seal they are amazing.

who did your impressions?

check the link on headfi I think the room price right now is the low price

look you stop asking questions when you know I am drunk:D Yes I think I can get a room discount, they were cheap like 89 or 99 when I checked last. This is 4-6 mile north of the last spot , they were booked for the 8th. On a side note I'm coming down there tomorrow for work

Just a reminder it's still about a month off though. It looks like Doc B (Dan from Bottlehead) may be coming by as well as several Sonic Studio/Metric Halo dacs with at least one running amarra. The usual line up of amps and such should be present as well. We are now at the Doubletree in Burlingame in a 1300 square foot room. MOTs that are coming as of now are Nekko Audio Eddie Current Head Amp

And dual seal lead acid batteries for clean power

Now I need to rally enough people to get a Headamp gilmore light SE (built around iem usage) made.

Andrew thanks for the link, the UNL-8 is really something special and as much as I love the UNL-2 the 8 better. The primary issue for consumer audiophiles with these boxes are 1) the physical interface, the 2 requires either re-terminating your rca to TRS on one side or using rca to TRS adapters. I re-terminated my cables last night and ditched the adapters. The UNL-8 requires custom breakout cables to stereo use as there are a myriad of cable options from the breakout. 2) the computer interface either the metric console or sonic console ( just about the same thing) is daunting for a non-studio person to overcome at first. I wound up creating a template for myself for playback of computer files and recoding of LPs but it took some experimenting. Those two somewhat minor issues aside I think they offer unparalleled performance at a more than fair price the UNL-2 is a screaming steal at $1695 new and $1100 or so used. It is my hope that these become more available and with support from audio retailers who can help set you up.BTW both the Metric Halo and Sonic Studio folks are awesome to work with and offer great support.

mine has optical as do all the new units when MH upgraded to the + version that included an additional board.

so did you place the order and if so what color and art

folks these absolutely rock the house and as much as I like the HF2s I find myself using these straight out of the dac/amp in the home rig over all else

I'd go no lettering just smooth and try to go gun metal like my pico!

good reason to get them recabled had a crazy thought how about a recable and custom re anodizing:eek: I smell a group buy

Felt great about myself prior to my post and feel even better after it. Seriously you have no fucking clue about the community over there and even less about the one we have here. Bye bye

Everyone except you douchebag

IMHO there are better ways to go, Ori is a good guy and respected in the local audio community but his dac/amp sounds a little bright to me

Listening directly out of the sonic studio 302 and it is pretty amazing. These do scale like crazy same song out of the iPhone is really good but out of the SS302 multiple levels of improvement.

Jerry could have saved me 5 years of searching and multiple purchases if he came out with these in 2004. While I've heard better sound overall, I've never heard better sound out of my Iphone or netbook>pico rig. It is so good that I am really considering going portable with the HiFiMan (or something that offers stupid quality/portability) and call it a day. To be able to get this detail and tone out of these little marvels makes me question the uber big rig idea. My only quibbles are: 1) very short cable, I'll eventually get an aftermarket cable or extension. 2) I'll need to get them adjusted as the fit while good is not perfect Pluses: 1) best in class sound quality for an IEM and rivals top end headphones (betters them in detail, layering and tone) 2) ability to take world class sound with you as in a pinch an Iphone is acceptable 3) takes the enclosure out of the equation but does not sound small like some iems I have heard/owned This is a real game changer I can't wait till more people have them. THey did open up with a night of burn in or I was in a better mood a day after they arrived. I would take some of Ed's comments to heart, if you have not owned customs before give them a couple of days for you to acclimate to how they feel and make sure they are inserted and seated properly. Mine were not seated properly for the first day or so and it was painful after an hour until I got the hand of it, I thought because I had iems before I could use the same technique for inserting them.

oddly enough the stumbling block for many audiophiles with pro audio is the set up. For example the Metric Halo units need 1/4 inch jacks to rca converters or a reterm of your existing cables and then you need to learn a pro interface that was designed for multi channel recording not 2 channel playback. These are not huge obstacles but create frustration in the critical few days just after purchase that I would venture cause audio folks to throw in the towel. It is totally worth the minor learning curve for the price to sound ratio.

Mike happy birthday !!

I am really curious about a comp with the ayre qb9, my local shop has the ayre and a MacBook pro so maybe I should stop over and put them head to head.

Ive got to check mine to see about optical. It is just a unl2 with a new faceplate and a sticker on the rear for the new serial number. Once I hooked up the FireWire, analog outs and analog inputs for vinyl transfers I haven't looked at it. It is a stupid good deal at $1700 at $1500 it's criminally good.

not likely as I gave up spinning the silver discs over a year ago with no plans to go back. If I have a next upgrade it is to the Metric Halo ULN-8 once they start hitting the used market in about a year.

right now it's ultra getto with rca to 1/4 adapters but I have some 1/4 mono jacks on the way from Nate to re-term my cables. sorry I was wrong in my write up about optical (didn't flip it around to to do the writing. Great firewire dac and maybe an even better adc section for needle dropping and the occasional delusions of guitar recording. Oh and the Amarra 4 (unl- is a serious step up from this but at 3-4 times the price it's something for me to aspire to someday rather than think about owning today.

while peeing in the sink may have some twenty something drunken allure I'm in the no fucking way camp here.