Dusty Chalk

Yeah, but do you have a Guts plushie?

I don't think you judge a speaker's frequency response on its apparent ability to reproduce frequency, I think you should judge it on its actual ability to reproduce frequency -- sorta like not judging a book by its cover. I'm just saying -- I didn't hear anything missing when I had mine. I will tell you it was in a small room, but -- I've also heard floorstanders with less bass. And they went pretty loud (pleasantly so). Those woofers are relatively huge (especially for a non-floorstander) -- about the size of a dinner plate, yes. They're not "bookshelves" per se, as they wouldn't fit on the average bookshelf (also, the port's on the back).

No, that's what I'm saying -- I have a nice sub that went down to 23 Hz or so, and I didn't feel I needed it -- I truly consider it a fullrange speaker, despite it not being a floorstander. I ran it without a sub. But then, I was listening in near field, so...take that into account...

I had a Musical Fidelity A300^CR power amp driving those things, and they weren't suffering in the low bass department at all.

Nice pictures. I especially like this one: I'm not a Prima Luna fan, but you could make me into one.

Believe it or not, there are other hobbies more insane than this one. Microphones, for example -- there are people who collect microphones. This one, for example, is, offhand, the most expensive one I could find in a readily available catalog -- which means there are easily more expensive ones that aren't in the catalog: What else you got?

I have the balanced Max in my list. It overshadows the E.A.R. HP4 by a margin. And I really don't see this thread degenerating much more than that last post. So if you blame anyone, blame yourself.

A pair of cans over a straightjacket would be appropriate.

Do you hate us?

Your momma so fat When I wrote a haiku 'bout her I had to use extra syllables

Nice backpedal there Sausage fact'ry floor sweepings You still crybaby

Actually, I am a fan of lifelessness in audio equipment. That's the one I have. And I still like it. Have you heard any of their other Confidence series? Big difference is the tweeter -- the Confidence tweeters are the Esotar, whereas many of their other models have the Esotec tweeters.

That said, listen to Hirsch -- he knows his tubes. (And caps, for that matter.)

You might want to try some new tubes, like the Golden Dragons. Dry presentation, nice impact, bass comes with burn-in, slight loss in microdetail -- yup, they should fit the bill.

I could be wrong, but this sounds like "dual differential DACs" to me. Yeah, it'll make a difference, but I don't know how much.

MJG insults; Cries when insulted in kind; Not gonna 'pol'gize No, seriously dude, I hope you know that when we trade quips, it's nothing personal. I certainly take it as the humour I'm sure it's intended as, when you call me "sausage" and such. I was just trying to hit lower than "douche bag", perhaps I sunk a little too low, but think of where the bar was set, and who set it.

Actually, it was. Ask anyone who's ever watched a movie with me -- thrice? Hirsch? You...you...douche water waste, you.

Lights off, TV on; Don't notice when shit explodes; but loud when film soft.

Something about a whore and a sailor convention.

In my case, it's purely convenience. There are vids out there, that I enjoy seeing (such as the movie trailers on apple.com) that are in .mov format, and I don't feel like looking for it in another format. Ditto Real. I found something called "Real Alternative" which is great in that it plays real format vids just fine (you can't press stop, though -- you have to re-open the file if you do), but doesn't subsume the computer like RealPlayer does. Now I need to find "Quicktime Alternative". I don't feel like installing software I will never use (iTunes).

Feh. Does it matter? I haven't got that, neither.

You know, every review I read of that JAS audio speaker said it really fares well with higher end kit -- specifically, the amp. With what was it being amped?

It must depend on a lot of things -- what you're looking for in an amp, what headphones you drive, what source you use, how deaf you are -- because I've not heard a single RS amp that I liked, but my headphone of choice at the time was an AT W2002.

Just out of curiosity, why "392"? And on another note, yours looks exactly like mine -- fingerprints and all.

Damit, where's a thousand dollars or two when you need them?!?!?