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I prefer a "plot", not some sort of episodic jumbled mess

Nice, but a bit steep on the price... Plus, I'd have to admit to owning "400 Blows", just not ready for that.

A bunch of things from mscdirect.com. That place should be on the evil list along with mcmaster-carr, Mouser, etc.

wondering if you should upgrade to the 0404?

what kind of sources do you have? Let's see... my phono preamp is 300 ohm and my CD player is around 150 ohm and my DAC is a bit lower... actually, how does one even manage to get a 12K input impedance using a LM6171 with a LM317 as a current source, would the Zin be somewhat arbitrary?

the truth hurts

Compared to headphones as a whole, perhaps, but for an ortho, I consider them forwardish. That is of course assuming by veiled you mean laid back and not forward. Also, this seems to be very amp dependent I've found. Think K340 type of amp dependent.

Jacob and DanC: I need your postal addresses tonite, so I can get your kits out in the morning Please PM.

Is the H1N1 inoculation chicken-based? Will there be a vegan version available?

or mod them at least

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yes, that's what I meant. I have a whole sack of mil-spec ceramic standoffs around here somewhere... They cost a fortune to buy these days through Mouser, etc.

use ceramic standoffs to add some height to the noval sockets?

yes indeed (the one exception might be the proper use of line transformers)

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Yeah, Looks Nice I think I forsee a three-way shootout in the future. I don't mind buying the Edirol FA66 (need to find a place with a good return policy) and taking up Naaman on his offer, so all that leaves is the EMU 0404 2.0 USB. Doug: RMAA supports ASIO in the pro version. You can even perform cross API testing (MME, DirectSound, KS, ASIO)

Would you say these are 10% better than Krispy Kremes?

I'm assuming "Awesome" is some GenZ stripper name?

What about running everything at unity gain until the headphone amplifier, and use it's passive attenuation? (note: this is a slightly different recommendation than digger945, because I'm assuming it's possible that you might have a active preamp than can actually give the signal some gain (For example, my BAT VK-3i could do this, and unity gain was at around 65% or so on the volume display), but I really have no idea) If you have a 1kHz test signal and a DMM, I think you could just adjust each component until the AC volt reading on the input is the same as the AC volt reading on the output.

bit perfect means absolutely nothing in the analog-digital conversion world I'd also really like phantom power to power a measurement microphone, so perhaps I'll add that to the list.

I spy NE1's (Z6). Looks like even Stax is out of dual transistors

yeah, that would almost work. However, I need analog inputs and outputs for this type of testing scenario: No comments on the Edirol?

geez, that only took 8 posts, isn't that a record?

I'd pay $150 for an autographed Kevin Gilmore solid titanium knob