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Audio-Tekne SP-9301S. Price "TBD" but the Ale midranges alone cost $65,000 as parts. From Jonathan Valin's blog about Japanese audio, which I've found pretty interesting.

It appears that Les_Garten Is still rather smartin', From the shovel to the ear That he earned over here.

Well, hopefully the circuit diagram will settle the issue one way or the other. I'd be interested to hear more about the upcoming $3K player, particularly (as usual) whether it may have digital inputs.

Yeah, wow, 900 bucks! Another $500 and he could have bought a decent headphone.

On the contrary, I think this is very clear-minded dishonesty, which makes it even worse. I mean, can anyone truly believe his real first impression of the 800s is that they're "sloooooooow"? In politics you're often told to attack the strengths, not the weaknesses. It doesn't matter how ludicrous the accusation, a seed of doubt will take root with at least some listeners/readers.

I fucking hated that thing. Know you think something else was wrong, but it sounded like asssssssssss through the same Ultra DACs that sounded great with the Krell and whatever that other transport was on the balanced HR rigs.

Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak

Ultraviolet. Mine's also flat, which improves three-dimensionality and tonal realism. Says so right on the box.

Judge for yourself. Sparklehorse -- Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot

Comfy pads? Got a link to a description or source, please? In between would be about where I'd want to be. EDIT: Nevermind. Found 'em.

I'm having some cognitive dissonance. Right now with flats, I find the HF-2's bass a little too thick -- and with bowls the presentation is too remote for me. At this point, I'd still pick the HF-1s for my Grado fix. We'll see if things change with use and familiarization.

Epic caption fail!

I tried, but knew it would turn ugly. Oh cables, how long must your dielectrics divide us? How onerous the shiny coils which weight our discourse!

Must. Resist.

Cock wart. OK, I'm bored and trawled around a bit. Here's what Gordon Rankin has to say about testing different USB cables and why their physical design might make a difference. Please note I'm not advocating for this position, so kindly don't throw feces at me. He seems to have changed his mind about ferrites after actually testing them, though, as I found this from a year later.

Think it was Gordon Rankin. He says they can cause protocol errors.

Steve Jansen & Richard Barbieri -- Other Worlds In A Small Room

Freudian slip, young pachyderm? I think Andy may have bought some of these from Jack Woo at the meet this weekend. Never got to hear what he thought of them, though.

I've read somewhere that the one thing you should probably avoid are ferrites. But who knows? Personally, I recommend purple cables.

Pretty cool. He says elsewhere they'll probably give it away for free in the end. I'll post a link if that happens. I can think of some places where it might be able to do quite a bit of good! Audio Musings by Sean Olive: Harman's "How to Listen" - A New Computer-based Listener Training Program

Dude, she needed to take a shower afterward! Congrats!

Nah. It's not like it's choking you or anything. It's just ... shorter than you'd think. Minor quibble, really.

Just took this with my iPhone, from the car, while driving by at 45mph -- so forgive the composition.

One thing I didn't greatly care for with the cable is the rather short "bridle" (what do you call the section of the cable where it splits from single to dual-entry at the ear cups?), which isn't ideal for the bigger-headed (more horse-jawed?) of us.