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interesting
mine has no such problems either (going from cold or warm start) but would be interested in knowing...
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well the recable cost is about the same for any other headphone
it's just that in this case the relative price for the cable is much higher than say on a phone worth a thousand
i guess the impedance increase does something to the sound... i don't know how much the impedance adaptors sell for normally but yeah...
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there was a song about ebay by wierd al
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You know what, I may have jumped the gun. If you could live with a used/refurb notebook Apple currently has 13.3" Intel Core Duo MacBooks for $749. That would probably be about the best thing that you could hope for.
sometimes I wish Australia had such deals too =(
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that would be the Asus eePc
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yeah those antec cases are pretty sweet
i've got an SLK3000B for my ageing machine it's so quiet though
sonatas are supposed to be pretty quiet too
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I like neither Grados nor Senns
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damn, must be the current FOTM vintage PCDP
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overclocking is counter-productive to quietness... also you haven't mentioned your power supply but a good quiet one will do wonders too
larger heatsinks with more surface area using heat pipes = good
thermalright are extra good in this regard
bigger, but slower spinning fans are good
use hard disk bungees/suspenders
neat and tidy cabling to encourage proper air flow
a high quality case with its air flow well thought out
and some cases now also have 3 layered panels
might also want to use sound deadening foam on the inside of your case, though it'll probably increase the temps
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howdy
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in Australia laptops get considerably cheap coming up to the end of financial year
1. business wanting to clear out stock before the new financial year
2. consumers wanting to buy up as much as they can before tax time
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love is for sissies
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a mug tree i bought from target...
some banana hangers...
some woo stands...
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did that uber amp ever come into fruition?
i can somehow imagine kevin gilmore using a tranny that big
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someone once told me that most common UPS as those used for PCs are no good for audio gear because instead of a nice round sine wave, when they kick in on their battery they output a square wave that is no good for audio equipment
can anyone confirm this?
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Welcome to head-case, you can't edit posts after 5 minutes.
And for the record, I doubt anyone cares what you did or didn't sell your headphones for. That's between you and the buyer.
i see, that's a good feature come to think of it.
I don't know if anyone does care, but there's a few comments flying around so whatever gets the juices flowing for a discussion... i say why not.
no confidential information that i'm aware of
...and then misquote you for HF-1s and then don't make an offer? Obviously I wasn't trying to rip you off or I would have said I wanted them for that price...you're full of crap. i'm quite over this, aren't you? you still haven't explained why you PMed me 250-300 if you're claiming it was a typo. oh wait, now you claim it was a misquote... but according to you it's so easy to research prices. take some of your own advice and you won't misquote in future
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I also have a bunch of phones that don't sell frequently and 6+ month old prices are of no use to me seeking current market value
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wth happened to my edit buttons?
anyway, for clarification I'm just going to mention that my HF-1s didn't go that much over market value because in addition to stock bowls they include c-pads (~120) flats (~$35) 2 sets of HD414 (~$20)
add those numbers to the assumed market value of a HF-1 which is ~$350 and take away some for being used and $465 isn't such a high price afterall
oh did I mention my prices include shipping? does that make me seem less of a capitalising, profiteering c*nt?
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if you do a search for HF-1 and K501 in the FS sections, you'll see plenty of pairs going for the price I stated... $350 and ~$110. The patronizing e-happiness is kinda weird after first calling me some player looking to exploit you. Kinda weird.
OK I didn't want to turn this into a public debate, but I thought the tongue in nature of my posts was quite evident. I replied to your messages and I didn't publicly name you as opposed to ignoring you and telling everyone who made the offer.
If you go into your sent items of your head-fi PM box, you will clearly see that you told me the HF-1s were worth $250-300. You claim the 250 was a typo and was supposed to be a 350 well i find it hard to believe you also dropped exactly 100 off the 400 which had now become a 300. If I received a mesage saying $250-400 your would sound more credible, but let's get real here. I was obviously naive, I even told you so in my reply and you tried to take advantage of it.
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I don't quite get the thinking going on here. You get upset when someone offers what you consider a lowball, yet are happy to sell at inflated prices but don't consider that fleecing. Double standards?
Not upset, just learning and discussing.
I'm trying to find what the market prices for these phones are ie what people are willing to pay.
When someone is clearly trying to make me believe that the market price is much lower than it really is this is what throws me off. Only momentarily, because as other more realistic offers come in I begin to realise the item's true worth. Of course, I acknowledge I'm partially to blame for not keeping an eye out on prices.
I don't really think I'm fleecing when several people offer me very high prices than historically seen. Eg. HF-1 they sold originally for USD$200 was it? Now it's nearly twice that because that's what the market will pay, and if the market today will pay substantially more than it did previously, I don't consider that fleecing, I consider that the new market value.
And that's what I set out to investigate.
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LOL kpeezy you know after I made the post I decided I'd double check if you were an active member of this forum and sure enough you were
I decided not to name you for obvious reasons... but you've done that yourself now hehehe
I did reply to your PMs!Well in either case, the HF-1s sold for USD$465 and the K501s are pending payment for AUD$165 or ~USD$140. Both of which I'm happy with.
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it might be possible to get more out of selling the HF-1 package separately... just a thought.
yes, but it's so much more hassle than its worth + extra cost of shipping to the USA from Australia is prohibitive for just pads
also, the 580 should be around 160-70thanks, I'm hoping about this much considering all the accessories it comes with.
I have been glancing at them only periodically on ebay lately, but that's still in the same ballpark for a good condition pair. Not necessarily a minty perfect pair anymore, since those come up less often and so they draw the big bids now, but still very good pairs most of the time from what I've seen. Maybe you paid a lot more for yours? But that doesn't make the typical market price for them a "lowball" offer.
However, if everybody wants to pay something like $150 for a pair, maybe I should start buying all the pairs that come up on ebay and resell them for that price. Even the ones in the EU with added expense for international shipping and bank fees, I would still make a good profit doing that.
Yeah I only paid that much for them. It seems people on head-fi are willing to pay much more for them, and I am using that as a basis. I just got an offer for USD$200 shipped o_O I wasn't sure if he was serious... but yeah I think if you can source them and re-sell them for gain why not? It seems some people aren't smart enough... yet.
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You're the one who put items up without a price, deal with the consequences. Bottom line, for most of the stuff you're selling you could just set a price and say that you're accepting offers through some pre-set date and get the same result. I think it always helps thing the heard of asshats that you have to deal with if you at least set a minimum. Otherwise you have no one to blame but yourself for saying "make an offer" or whatever.
And in the end for stuff like the 501s is it really worth it to you to have to haggle for days on end to get another $15 to $20?
wisdom duly noted.
That's called negotiation.
yeah, i always assumed they'd start the ball rolling.
eh, guess it's a problem, i like buying but don't know how to sell. now i've accumulated all these phones...
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Yeah, maybe you guys can clear me up on something
I pretty clearly put PM/email me offers in my posting.
However... every single person has asked me how much I want them to pay?
I thought they were supposed to tell me what they were willing to pay?
Do I seem like that much of an exploitable newb? (maybe I don't want the answer to this one)
I did reply to your PMs!
pico vs predator, real measurements
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are you just being kind to the predator or is the dell headphone out that good?