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I'm still cleaning the records and haven't had a chance to listen to them yet.

Or step up and buy an Airy 2.

Always see the greats before they pass on, always. Once they leave this world, you'll never see them again. Jazz concert, no contest.

To me they absolutely require tubes and a turntable rig, preferably with a warm fat sounding cartridge to give it more fullness and punch. Even with a Capitole or Simaudio Andromeda and some of the best amps money can't buy, they don't quite do it for me. I just like the RS-1 & PS-1 sound a lot more.

I wouldn't. The HP-2 is great on a technical level, but the presentation leaves me wanting. It's like a flawless supermodel who won't get intimate or sleep with you. The RS-1 is like a cute GF who fucks you silly every night till you can't pee straight. She may not be perfect, but she's a hell of a lot more satisfying.

You're just doing that 'cause you want to get in her pants.

I'd say the problem is our fans are too good, no matter how much the Leafs suck the ACC is always sold out so there's no incentive for the owners & management to improve the team. The Leafs could finish dead last for 5 years and the ACC will still be sold out every single night. If Toronto fans actually stopped going to the games, then management will actually start thinking about building a good team to get the fans back. Of course, there's the other problem of the Leafs being majority owned by the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, those dumbasses don't know a goddamn thing about hockey.

It's even worse in Toronto, and our team completely sucks ass. The only reason I can even get tickets to a game is because my GF's friend's brother plays for the Leafs, so once in a while they can pass us a couple extra friends & family tickets. I love watching hockey, but not the Leafs since they skate like slugs and all they do is dump & chase the puck since they have so few skill players. Watching say, Ottawa & Montreal go at it is a whole different story, pure end to end action, brilliant passes and moves along with great goals. It's a much more exciting & enjoyable game.

It's probably my 2nd or 3rd favourite, behind Royal Spa. They give great massages.

It's used, on the 'gon. If you don't like it, you just flip it for the cost of shipping.

Or bump up the gain of the amp itself.

Let me make this clear for you. You're not welcome here. Go back to Head-fi or wherever you hang out until your balls drop or you grow a brain, whichever comes first. Run along now.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=W3FXcDRjtdk

You just don't get it do you? You come in here, make a big scene, make "jokes" that aren't funny, and you expect to be accepted. What kind of social retard are you?

That's what I said to your mom when she offered me a $5 blowjob. I have standards, man.

RS-1 is clearly the new FOTM.

Put options, lots of put options. I, for one, welcome a financial sector meltdown.

Is it just me or does it kinda look like a sex toy?

I believe this qualifies as the understatement of the year.

Squished down bowls, I might get flats at some point but I'm happy with the sound as it is so it'll probably stay this way for quite some time.

Artist: Blink 182 Album: The Mark Tom and Travis Show Song: "Blew Job" Lyric: "It would be nice, to get a blowjob from your mom"

The SA5000 was the worst headphone I've ever heard until I had the trauma of hearing a DT880. The tone is crap, it can't do decays in the midrange or bass, the treble goes "SSSSZZZZSZSZSZSS" forever, and the resolution is only slightly better than Senn 580. The only good thing about it is that it's comfortable, though I imagine the mesh headband will pick up a bunch of funk from your head over time. The RS-1 rules and I'm not saying that because I own one, I've liked it since the first time I heard it something like 5 years ago. If you want "flat & neutral", you can forget about it. The RS-1 just makes things sound right, especially in the midrange. Detail, resolution, speed is all far above my Senn 580, makes it sound like a cheap toy in comparison, beats out my K340 pretty easily as well. The soundstage is typical Grado, moderately sized, upfront, but with very complete and seamless, there are no blobs or holes. I've found the imaging and portrayal of 3D space to be better than my K340 which was the previous best, the K340 tends to beam some sounds in a cone while the RS-1 lets the sound radiate naturally into 3D space. I haven't heard the others yet, I'd imagine the MS-Pro to be similar to the RS-1, the others, who knows?

He said it would be around $3k to $3.5k in parts alone for the Lundahl version, the tubes by themselves come out to something like $1.6k. Way beyond my budget unless I win the lottery or something, and doing a good parts layout is likely beyond my skills as well.

MachMat VCCS filament supply Gary Pimm CCS Design by HF member Roam, traced out by me while I was over at his place to pick up transformers for my own project. Yes I have his permission to post it. I spent about 20-30 minutes listening to it out of his Capitole CDP and my RS1, this amp is good, stupid good, but also stupid expensive thanks to the transformers and Emission Labs AD1 tubes. He says he has what should be a slightly purer version in the works using WE 205E's on the front end, but it may sacrifice a bit of bandwidth. No PSU schematic yet as he's still waiting for some parts to come in so it's running off an adjustable benchtop PSU. Can also be built with Lundahls, using the LL1676, LL1635, and LL1620, with something like the Prometheus TVC as the volume control. Still not cheap, and it'll still weigh a ton.

Mercury vapour rectifiers. Let's just say dropping one would not be a good thing.