Hopstretch

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.

Martin Sexton -- The American Glorious.

And the crimping looks worse, if anything, because the sleeves are fatter.

Also allows you to divine whether you'll like the next song before actually hearing it.

Can now return some short-term loan items which have rather become medium-term loan items.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience -- Electric Ladyland Prime HF-2 material. "Voodoo Chile" is quite a trip at slightly elevated volume.

Mine are out for delivery right now. C'mon, c'mon, c'mon!

Lots of Led Zeppelin and a little squashing down of bowls have pretty much reconciled me with my HF-2s. Still can't deal with them with flats. Bass lines just seem to flop about all over the place.

Come on. Are you a member of Team Arcy-Sparky or a mouse?

Welcome Santa! Dunno how you deal with all those bloody nippers, mate. Guess the bit right at the end helps to make up for it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEe55NxFSSU

Went for a run. Trying to get back into a healthier mode after CanJam, but it felt like I was still dragging around about 12lbs of Carl's Junior and I ended up drinking most of an excellent bottle of pinot sourced from Ken last night so ... yeah. No records were set.

Nate's touchiness is undiminished. I did get a little time with the Ref 1 in jp's rig and I thought it sounded good. Sure we'll get a much more comprehensive report-back from him.

Epic Airbag Nutshot

One hand on the tin flute, one hand on the skin flute?