Hopstretch

HD800 | | HF-2 | HF-1/HD600 HD650 | | | RS-2 We'll have to see if woodying the HF-1s can move them back up the ladder.

I realize this isn't of any use as a comparison, but I'm happy to testify that the GS-1 is doing a fine job driving my HD800s right now. Will say this, with such a neutral headphone off such a neutral amp, good recordings sound wonderful but crappy ones are pretty much unlistenable. Anything with a hint of "sizzle", in particular, is quite painfully well-portrayed.

Third bottle.

Big Country -- The Crossing No birds were pictured in the making of this album.

Those are usually transparent. Um, I hear.

Andrew Bird -- Armchair Apocrypha I would say that Andrew Bird and Ardbeg are the two best things I have discovered solely as a result of Head-Case so far.

Stretch smash!

Stretch like?

I got my friend a Gamma lite + Mini3 for about $235, IIRC.

That wasn't meant to be a shot at you or anyone else having this issue. Poor choice of words. I agree entirely that they shouldn't be doing it.

Where we do dis?

It's a Moore-athon!

Well, they came. #322 and, after listening to the HF-2s all day, they sure sound ... different. PS: No squeaks, clanks or tinkles yet.

To and from CanJam:

I hate being right at the end of the local UPS route.

The headband is actually vastly improved over the HF-1 already. It's proper stitched leather and a lot more rigid, so it does a lot better job distributing the weight.

Well, they sure sound good. I'm fully adjusted and ready to join the fan club! They're particularly pleasant with smaller-scale guitar/male vocal recordings like, say, my own personal trinity of Cave, Cohen and Knopfler.

That's why HeadRoom > Lotsadiscountheadphones.com. Tyll, it looks like Eric from Senn is already fielding whinges about this in the "appreciation" thread on Head-Fi.

Michael Hutchence?

Not really good enough, at this price point. On the bright side, my old 600s originally had an annoying squeak at the fore/aft adjustment point of the ear cups and it just seemed to sort itself out after a few days sitting on my grape. Never heard it again.

Have we had this nixie clock here yet? Mahogany and black walnut. Mmmm. $275 here.

People who might want to sell them some day?

Congrats! I enjoyed my time with it at CanJam.

I'd just like to thank y'all for saving some for the little people. And Dan for giving me a glass. I had a wee nip from it the other night, and it clearly tasted better than from an unmodded Glencairn.

I seem to recall Nate saying, after reterminating several of them at CanJam, that it appeared to be entirely adequate in both materials and construction and that he would not personally bother to change it out.