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I am, I really am. And I would like to think that she is, too.

Yeah, from your original post, seems like the Ed 9's are your weak link, I would definitely try other headphones.

Yes, we have dual personalities like that.

She slept with me last night. Oh, and I just wanted to commend everyone for avoiding those "that's the closest you're going to get to pussy" and "finally found a female you can keep satisfied, huh?" jokes. Took my coworkers/friends IRL all of 5 seconds to come up with those.

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Pfff.

The K501's are a good suggestion when underamped, but they're no longer being made, right? What about the K601's? I didn't know the W5000 was bass-light, I may have to try a pair, now. Thanks for the suggestions, feel free to keep them coming. How about something in the lower end of the Audio-Technica closed line? Maybe I should get a pair of the A500's, after all, since I was talking about getting a pair in that other thread. Worst case, I may have to give her an EQ to get rid of the bass frequencies (they seem to trigger some kind of distortion in her ears). Don't get me started -- that was just before they got discontinued, so I was sure I could get another pair for US$3xx, which is what I paid for the ones I gave her, formerly known as mine. They're pretty much the only ones she could hear anything on. In hindsight, I had no idea how generous I was being. I'm not saying I wouldn't have done it anyway, but if I knew then how long I'd be without a pair, I would have at least slept on it a couple more nights.

Really?!?!? I have no idea what this means, when contrasted with the power specifications.

I would rule out the Musical Fidelity -- it is good entry-level performance, but nowhere near flagship. You should also consider SACDMods-modded Denon universal player such as the 3930 (?designation), or some other familiar modder -- ModWright, perhaps? I've also considered a RAM-(Reference Audio Mods-) modded Oppo, myself.

Welcome to head-case, sorry about your thin skin. We don't ask people to post their excuses for selling shit, but yours is certainly one of the more interesting ones -- my sister is a pilot (although she hasn't flown in ages), so I can sympathize -- it's an addiction, just like anything else. Albeit, not one with any damaging side-effects other than to your wallet. Actually, many of us here have a computer-based source, there's nothing wrong with that. No, it really isn't. Think "integrated amp driving single, full-range drivers", just on a much smaller scale. There is definitely good equipment out there, just as there is with speakers, and there is bad. It's not a matter of a headphone listening experience being better or worse than a speaker listening experience, it's just different -- you're always in the sweet spot, but you have to wear this thing on your head. (That's pretty much an overly-simplified synopsis of the fundamental listening differences, from a functionality perspective; there's also the psychology of listening privately, the fact that most audiophile recordings aren't designed for headphone listening with regard to soundstage and whatnot, the "visceral bass" debate [listening with just your ears vs. with your entire body], the effect of room treatments and interaction with the environment and a whole mess of other issues.) Mmm...VTL...I've heard that they have some minor QC issues, but if you can get past that, their equipment can sound really good, but I have no personal experience -- just the occasional review in a trade mag. Some recommendations: Apogee, HeadRoom. I'd go with HeadRoom, since you had such a good first impression with them (and by the way, that's not just talk -- they walk the walk as well). Those diamond buffers sound great.

So my mom really likes the K1000, but someone told her -- and I agree -- that she'd probably have better luck with closed headphones (she's essentially deaf -- but it's not attenuated deafness, it's more like tinnitus deafness -- high noise-floor and distortion that gets accentuated by bass notes). So, criteria are: closed, clean, airy, bass-light (I know, K1000's aren't bass-light, but she doesn't have anything special in the way of ampage...and it's still a criteria). Any suggestions? I'm thinking Sony MDR-V6...? At low volumes, it would seem bass-light, since the treble is so high in proportion. EDIT: Most of this has been superceded here.

I see a balanced L3000 for sale...and two threads away, I see a "WTB: L3000", LOL.

Do-it-yourself-ers and MOTs: If someone had a mid-fi device that you knew nothing about, what would be your first recommendation? I'm fond of my X-Tone, but suspect it has cheap op-amps and/or caps in there -- any recommendations? I also have a MF X-24K that I suspect could be better. For that matter, I have a whole slew of X-tube stuff -- X-Pre, X-CANv2, X-LP2 -- I suspect the recommended mods for the X-Pre would be the same as the mods on the X-CANv2, neh? If anyone wants me to post pics of internal organs, let me know.

I suspect he was trying to be funny.

I'm with Jacob -- I'm not seeing a preponderance of fucktardation.

Seconded. No, I have to say it for myself: Wow. Just wow.

That is more a function of engineering than it is of a pair of cans being open or closed. The warmest cans I know (senn hd600's) are open, the brightest most fatiguing ones that I am still fond of (Sony MDR-7506/-V6) are semi-open (technically closed, but they sure sound open to me). I'm surprised you put "open" and "IEM's" in the same breath as each other, to contrast with closed -- aren't most IEM's technically closed?

Well, obviously there are going to be individual exceptions to my statement, but the ones paying the bills (which, admittedly, includes grawk) -- I.E. the ones representing head-case as an entity -- I can't see them coming to a consensus on buying ad space on Head-Fi, considering how Head-Case is treated as an entity. At least, that's how my statement was intended, even if it wasn't what I said. And for the record, I have no problems with those that love that part of head-fi which is worth loving; even you, grawk (for whom I almost made an exception in my previous post, before my thoughts were more fully formed, and I realized I didn't mean individuals). I understand it. L, I used to be one of those people. And I hardly have the animosity for Jude & co. that, say, edipisrex does, but I'm hardly in grawk's extreme either -- I'm somewhere between the two.

Well, the other problem with that scenario is that I doubt anyone here wants to give money to Head-Fi, considering we're treated on the same level as expletives.

What tkam said, and this: ...specifically, a "what gear you have" page. Also, because it won't fit in my pocket.

Saw The Devil's Backbone tonight -- tremendous. (A film by Guillermo del Toro, prior to Pan's Labyrinth (don't know by how much), to which it had some similarities -- it wasn't as good, but neither was it trying to be -- they're different films. But they both begin with youngsters being taken somewhere in a car, and that place being both good and bad, for starters. You quickly learn not to let that distract you.) I once "dated" a junkie (which is ironic, because I'm tee-totally [or is it tee-total-ish?]). My fake girlfriends would call, converse brilliantly, read books that interest me, want to see the same movies, and make exceptional love.

You bought the back half of a couch?!?!? Awesome!!!1! OTOH, good on you for coming clean.

[snarky]Besides, he'd have to look them up.[/snarky]

I got nuthin'.

(shurgs) That's what they're called, Phi Diddy.