Dusty Chalk

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Here they are (in San Francisco, anyway).

RAM (Reference Audio Mods) are supposed to be good, and Hirsch swears by someone -- I think it's ModWright. Hirsch, feel free to correct me. I'd say go for the Sony, methinks. You'll get addicted to SACD like Peanut Butter Samiches.

I haven't seen a pair, but yes, you do want them, they're awesome.

No, he has all that bandwidth exactly because he doesn't host porn, I'm sure. Biggest eater-upper of bandwidth -- porn.

It is. Couldn't've said it better myself. You should be writing for Stereophile.

[me=Dusty Chalk]checks in couch[/me] I don't have it.

You win -- because in your case, you're not paying for it.

I usually just mouse over the link -- if it doesn't start with (in this case) www.amazon.com, then I don't click.

[me=Dusty Chalk]opts not to make perverted comment about making people stroke your shorts.[/me]

I'll look at my documentation this weekend. The previous owner was meticulous in keeping it all, so if it ever existed, I have it now. And this is one of those few instances where I actually know where everything is. PS Those sure are some pretty pictures -- makes me want to get another pair, even though I already have one pair!

I still prefer pretzels. But it's a nice change of pace.

Guess what I'm eating right now? A churro -- my first ever. Baja Fresh started selling them, for those who don't know what they're missing (like me did...erm, like I did...n't...).

That Denon D5000 didn't go over too badly, for a FOTB.

Pretty much anything I own. W3000, L3000, DT770, HD600, A100Ti... When I listen to classical music, I'm enjoying it. I pretty much forget that I'm listening on headphones.

I hope that the Stereophile guys read Head-Fi and fall for that crap, and then get burned on it, and realize how terribly FOTM-ly Head-Fi is, and totally give up on it. But then, that would be expecting spontaneous cynicism where there isn't any. They're chummy with everyone, aren't they? Oh, well, one can dream.

Why yes, yes I am. And: no, I don't, but thanks for offering me yours.

Quoted for truth.

Why yes...yes it was.

At least I can read. Why don't you go download porn or something, you wart on the anus of the universe you.

Why would you want to read books about avatars? Can't you just look at them like the rest of us do? Diamond Age == awesome. Me: Clive Barker, Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War -- the second volume in his "young adult" series. I don't know, it's still pretty scary stuff. Nothing explicit, but the scary stuff is really scary. No, you're stooped...erm...stupid. Douche-bag.

Douche-amp.

Wait, I'm confused, what's the myth? You just said, both headphones scale pretty well (which I have always taken to mean -- the better an amp you throw at them, the better they sound). So isn't the logical conclusion to throw absolutely the best amp at them that you can afford? Besides, these are both HOTL headphones (high on the line -- not top of the line, but close) headphones, both, IIRC, receiving a great deal of trickle-down technology from both lines' TOTL headphones. It's not like the L3000 or R10 or the Qualia -- all of which just have weird sound signatures, and need the best amp one can throw at it for other reasons (e.g., in the R10's case, because it's a power-hungry pig). So...what was the question again? I think I just rambled (yet another sign that I'm geezin'.)

That just reinforces my agreement with the opinion that it's a ground loop -- it's not any one component, it's the fact the combination, and the fact that they're connected to different earths. Try connecting just the cables (to the F1/K1000 combination), then the pre, then the cables between the pre and the source, and so on. Work your way backwards until you have hum.