By giving the iPhone back, isn't this effectively what they did -- paid money, got access to it for a limited time? I doubt they asked for their $5,000 back.
Stripmall Architecture, Feathersongs for Factory Girls -- the album I contributed to (funding) -- and I may be a bit biased, but I think it's their best.
Nope. Part of the benefit of nearfield is that the room makes much less of an impact on the sound. But as jpnumbs said, how close are you sitting, because nearfield is pretty tight. A lot of people say nearfield when they mean midfield.
Did you tell them you were taking an outside course (from VPI)? Maybe next time you can test out.
(makes a mental note to sign up for a martial arts class)
Interesting. So it's probably in support of the new covers album, but presumably he did some of his own material. How was that? Any particular song's arrangement stand out in particular?
I don't know, I'm not a lawyer. I mean it's your fault in as much as you trusted the airlines and stuck your plug in their jack; but in your defense, unless there's some sort of crossover, even their headphones should not have been able to handle DC offset -- it would have fried theirs too.