morphsci

Programming requires logic, nothing more, all else is syntax. Of course, that is in my rather limited experience.

QFT for QFT. There is no one size fits all model for for reviewing/comparing gear. While quick a/b switches allow me to hear similarities among gear it is longer sessions and switches which really allow me to notice differences. It took me three months of switching back and forth to decide between two CD players, that by price alone, shouldn't have taken that long. YMMV

Recabling made a difference in the sound of the K701's (at least to me), but IMO a big part of that was recabling it to dual-entry and balanced. Oh, I'm usually pretty mellow about cables, but those are absolutely fugly. They actually remind me of the color combinations on my sons birthday cake.

So the MSRP on the player is $15K and the nearest dealer to me is in Philadelphia.

No, that was the problem (though in reality , a small one).

It does when you are trying to make sure an event comes out in the black.

Hmmm . ... the monster headamp pico .... the headamp monster pico .... the headamp pico monster ....

Exactly.

I did not have a problem with them per se, but I did have to question why they had so many monsters present. Since they all had their uniforms on, they were hard to miss. If the intent was to get as many people in the company exposed to headphones and the heaadphone hobby, that is one thing. However, given past history it was more likely with the intent to make their presence as large and noticeable as possible. Did this have a negative impact on other vendors? I don't know, but I will certainly do my best to find out. But I'm still not letting in any Hutt's.

Thanks Andrew. Although the player appears quite impressive, the fact that you were able to remember the conversation we had is even more impressive. I totally forgot about this player and our conversation until you posted here. Hmm ... now where did I put those memory supplements?

Well, I guess I am either more pragmatic or less noble than you, depending on ones perspective Totally agree with that. Vendor pricing will not just be based upon space, but likely also by the number of vendor badges requested over and above some maximum number. If he wants an army of monster drones, fine, as long as they all have vendor badges. Intersteller criminals will be banned and we can place tire spikes at the entrance of all the rooms Everything is negotiable.

Bastard! (As he feels a deep stabbing pain in his wallet). Unfortunately for me I wholeheartedly agree with that assessment.

So if Dan doesn't want it drop me a PM. I need to replace my touch that went for an unintended swim.

Me too. I discovered on Friday that my chest waders have a nice leak and I left my touch in my pocket . Currently DOA with little likelihood of revival.

No harshness IMO. They sounded to me most like a less bassy PS-1. Some people likened them to HP-1000s but they still sound more like John and not Joe Grado can to me.

I'll probably get one for my MS-Pros. Depending on how I like it I may get one for the HF-2s.

A little birdie told me that at least for the near future it will remain as CanJam.

x3. It seems to have missed the boat by a few years.

Buon Compleanno! Dino.

Yeah KG's statement was quite interesting to me. Listening to the HD800 out of either the Headroom Balanced Ultra-Desktop or the Millett 307A, I definitely preferred the sound out of the Headroom amp. Then the Balancing Act threw a monkey in the wrench. Even though it is a 307A based amp, I preferred it to either of the other amps. So right now the inductive nature may certainly be a factor, but I do not think it is the whole story. It lets you hear your upstream gear very clearly and some people like that while others may find it "disturbing" depending on what that upstream gear is actually doing to the music. P.S. It's the HR desktop portable 2007 (latest) version.

Steve Earle - Townes (Deluxe Edition)

Well my GS-X arrived home today from its trip to CanJam (seems to be less wear on the amp from the trip than on me). The relevant point for this thread is that along with the amp was another box with a D100 for a nice in-home demo.

Sharon Isbin - Journey to the New World

Very, very nice. My MS-Pro's are weeping.

Fine by me.