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Impossible? Ha. Right.

Thomas Dolby - yesssssss! Make sure to check out his blog once in a while. He's a really interesting writer. The Official Thomas Dolby Blog For me, right now: Yeah. Swampy and personal for Saturday.

I hope I pass. The classes, I mean. I understand the first quarter is close to gravy, so I'll be ok until the end of the year as I was actually a programmer years back. The place I work at encourages people in their IS dept to take this on, and there are rumors of "opportunities" once completed. Oooo, so mysterious.

M2Tech HiFace. Cheap fun. Output will go to my Theta Casanova 24/96 dac. Oh, and last week bought a Sanus 4 shelf wood/glass audio rack for the bedroom. Mostly to support the TV, of course.

Just ordered the M2Tech Hiface. What the hell. I'll be plugging it into a Theta Casanova which has their 24/96 DAC.

Ran across to the other site to see what's going on with the HiFace. Who is this leeperry feller who loaded the thread with crap? What a dick.

I'm not getting these. I didn't read the entire thread. I don't need an amazing pair of IEMs for the bus, for work, or for lawn mowing. I also don't need to take funds away from my home audio project.

Gonna try to remember to order a M2Tech hiFace this weekend. Too cheap to pass up. This will secretly eat into my stash and prevent me from even thinking about the JH13Pro.

2-fer. Different than........? Than it sounded before, or different than something else...?

Storm's 'a comin', Ma.

Good job for Tyll at this point...but only if mypasswordiszz test finds anything.

Wot? No (dollar-wise) comparison to RS2? I suppose that will come after someone gets a pair, eh?

That's why you have to take it on as a career. When you run out of discipline, your boss can fill in. BTW: Colin, how are those new JHs?

HA! Just ran into the HF Impression thread. Is this a suspect for KGs wet hair problem? http://www.head-fi.org/image/id/70014

No kidding! I couldn't find one at all. Gave up. Thank God for Head Case! Woo! d-_-b

Wear your headphones around your neck instead.

Shades of Rodney Dangerfield. I have an opportunity to get Java programming certification starting this fall. I haven't been in a classroom for I dunno how many years. Of course, I'm less worried about the time away from yardwork and housework, and more concerned about being away from inhaling solder. I'm just finishing the never ending parts list for my Bijou. Gah! Oh well, I guess pc boards don't spoil in the back of the fridge. Actually might be fun, though. I'm in QA, so now the devs here will be less likely to try to sneak shit past me.

Thanks for that. Makes sense. And (dun tada dun!) it's very similar to Darren's reply to me this morning. Nice job! Here is his reply: Brian Termination instructions for the Pro Studio are below. Do not connect both wires to the center pin. The RCA-3 is a very good connector, but it was designed for the D-75 digital cable. It might be more difficult to use this plug with the Pro Studio. We usually use our Ultimate RCA plugs with the Pro Studio. If you need more specific information, please call. Darren DH Labs Termination instructions for Pro Studio interconnect cable. RCA Plugs Source end: 1. The red wire connects to the center pin of the RCA plug. 2. The white wire and the shield connect to ground on the RCA plug. Load end: 1. The red wire connects to the center pin of the RCA plug. 2. The white wire connects to ground on the RCA plug. 3. Cut the braided shield (do not connect it) and insulate it if necessary. So you can see I'm a dork of an online shopper. D'oh! In my defense, I bought these at different times over the last month. Like that matters. Anyway, now I'm at a good point to decide if I want to just build the cables this way, or grab a few feet of D-75 wire and build some digital cables. I will continue to complicate my life further with each passing day.

No kidding. What does that even mean? So, just for fun, I've dispatched an email to DH Labs asking them how these two products should be paired. No, seriously.

Confirmed. Part 2 does, in fact, contact part 4. I took a quick look at Rane (as was suggested in my other post) and they seem to think that using the shield from end to end is their absolute best right way to do it, or words to that effect. I'll have to figure out if I can get anything connected to that sleeve inside. Maybe some time with a dremel is in order...

I double checked their site. The connector says, "optimized" for 75ohm. Hm. Might be a problem connecting the second wire to the outer ring. These fit pretty tightly together and there appears to be no facility for doing that...no gap or place to do it. I need to sit down the the DMM and check one other thing out: I think when these are assembled, part 2 contacts part 4. I'll post later today. Thanks, all!

So some parts are rolling in. I'm excited to finally get the solder iron up and running again. I'll jump on the balanced connections in a week or so, but I bought some extra wire and RCA connectors to build a pair of interconnects. I'll be using: DH Labs Pro Studio for the wire. Twisted pair inside with a shield outside (pretty standard) DH Labs RCA-3 connector. Now, the RCA-3 connector is a little different than what I have used in the past. It looks like this: It looks very much like these would be great for a digital cable (and they are 75 ohm as well). For audio, though, I have a twisted pair inside the cable with the shield outside. I'm fairly sure their idea would be that (in the pic above) the part second from the left would directly contact the shield. That makes sense. But should I just use a single wire of the twisted pair inside, or strip both 22ga wires, tie them together, and solder them as one to the center pin? I'm thinkin that would be the best use of the twisted pair, and I'm fairly sure two 22ga wires will fit down the tube. Many thanks!

I think I read that the only true way to wire these is similar to my avatar, for some reason. You can't see the multiple array of WBT connectors, but I assure you they are there.

Test it any way you want. But triple blind is a dumb idea. I still think it would win.

I'd like some comparisons. Like the Halide vs. M2Tech hiFace. Winner takes on Emprical Audio Offramp. All pointing to same dac at 24/96 (gotta keep the test controlled somehow...)