Dusty Chalk

link So, apparently you can turn your head, and the source will stay over there. Cool, huh?

Congrats! Glad you're happy with it. Yes yes review review!

They look nice enough -- how do they sound? Dipoles, huh? How much? Give us all the gory details, inquiring minds (as well as enquiring minds) want to know!

So...it was good?

That's fucked up, I hate when other people do that. When I do it, though, it's forgivable. Reminds me of that movie Shiver -- you probably have cameras in every square inch of your apartment now.

Actually, now that you phrase it like that, yes. So I think just plain reparation would be preference #1.

Dude, I just noticed your sig -- you own an Infiniti? Love those FX series vehicles they have. Oh, and Philodough -- huzzah.

Actually, this joke of pedantry is kind of lost on me, since I actually do listen very quietly. But -- yeah, you know what I mean, no external amplifier. See? Thanks for all the offers everyone. I'm going to see what I can find out about getting it repaired from an Audio Technica serviceperson first, I'm also going to crack it open and see how difficult it might be to recable, but right now I'm waiting to hear back from audiocubes.

Yeah, I saw the GRQ S S -- thanks for the warning about soldering. And yes, it definitely needs fixing -- it works right now, but I'll be using it minimally until I can get 'em fixed. Haven't decided on recabling them, though, going to look at them tonight based on inside info in terms of getting into them. Fuck you, they're good. Probably my favourite unamplified headphone.

Fuck, I tripped over my headphone cable of my ATH-A100Ti, and bent/broke the plug. I also broke my soundcard in my computer, but care a lot less about that, since I usually use an external one -- I don't think I'll get that fixed. So I'm thinking: rewire it! So what's the best 1/4" plug out there right now? Does Cardas make one? Or should I just get any old one? Should I also recable my headphones while I'm at it? Or should I sent it back to audiocubes or eifl for fixing? Can that even be done? Actually, just tested it out on a different connection, it appears it still works, must be the soundcard that got disconnected on one channel.

You fuck, don't even post spoilers. I read this board backwards, so I don't see the warning until after I see the end of the post. At least put a warning at the end as well.

I hate you both.

This thread is just yet another excuse to talk about music, so if it's something you feel worth talking about, feel free.

Just got back from Sleepytime Gorilla Museum w/Secret Chiefs 3. SC3 sucked -- they just don't translate well live, or I was in a really bad mood, but SGM were awesome -- I went in mostly cold (had never heard them before except I think there's a track on a sampler, but I knew pretty much what they were like). Recommended only to people who are open-minded and are into weirdness, as this is some pretty fucked up shit. Think Unexpect without the caffeine, or maybe Mr. Bungle from an alternate universe where...I don't know, something is different...a butterfly flapped its wings or sumpin'...

It's like Christmas in March...no, wait, you don't celebrate Christmas...it's like, birthday presents from yourself to yourself, like a time machine traveller, "here, I left these here for you." You should put a silly note in one of your boxes of tubes for your later self to find later and say, "hey, I don't remember writing that..." I have the same problem with CD's...

I can vouch for this. I can also tell you you do not want Hirsch's tube storage solution. You may want his problem, but you do not want his solution. Of course, you don't want mine neither -- I have mine all spread out over the guest bed right now.

I only say otherwise because of the "ton of plastic" comment -- I could be wrong about it -- sure looks like metal to me.

Goddamnit, quit posting spoilers! I can't avoid reading the thread, the way I read this fucking board.

...and those of us who aren't banned, yet still don't frequent that site. And: thanks! Goddamn, those are sexy looking headphones. I wonder how sexy they'll stay when the chrome starts flaking off the plastic...

That's awesome.

I'm reading this on my work system, which, although it doesn't have as much resolution as my home system, is more properly set up. Yet both are perfectly adequate for this kind of post. It's all about resonance, and what you say resonates with me greater than other kinds of posts. I can read these kinds of posts for 8 hours day with zero fatigue. My home system is a little bit more fatiguing, but I still prefer it, due to its greater comfort, so I'd still read it there, too. I'll post more later as I digest this information.

I've heard a lot of >US$1K amps -- the Singlepower ES-1 and Headamp's Blue Hawaii and KGSS. I've also heard several Stax amps, including the one I own, the SRM-310.

Get the MacAlister. The best <US$1K electrostatic amp that I've heard (I think).

I don't think he's used to threads going off in entirely different directions, plus he didn't get very many helpful answers. And don't expect a question like that to be taken in any way other than antagonistic.