Hopstretch

Well, they are absolutely not bass-shy, that's for sure. Have listened to them today both balanced and single-ended on the 307A, Balancing Act, BUDA, Zana, B22, HD2, Luxman, SDS-XLR, Woo 22 and some others -- and my ears are profoundly content. My only caveat: some songs on some sources suggest the slightest shade of sibilance.

The Audeze planars are going to be interesting. The enclosures they are using are nothing to write home about but they still sound good, are easy to drive (we listened out of a Gilmore Lite) and will probably be < $400. The engineer developing the drivers said he'd be very happy to have a dialogue with the enthusiast community -- pm me if you want his email.

Know what flat out rocks? Buffalo 32 -> B22 -> HF2. Ari reckons these are most akin to the brown-headband RS1s.

Too late, we ate it. Also all the breakfast sausage. Mama cooked breakfast with mo' hog today!

Hey Dinny. I'm actually going downstairs right now to find bacon and then go listen again to the HR stuff with my HF-1s. That'll give me a better idea what was source and what was phones (and what was whisky). And I'm still definitely getting the 800s. They're really, really good.

Thirded. Got to listen to the 800s off a bunch of exotic rigs last night and the Ultra/BUDA combo was as good as any of them, IMEHHO.

Oh, my head.

The HD800s are wicked. Sitting here sculling whisky and listening to them off the various SE and balanced Ultra stacks in the Headroom room. I'm definitely balancing mine. Cheers!

Plane broken. Hopefully airport brew pub opens at 12:00. Cock warts!

See the backlash is getting going already over there. HD800s now being dismissed as "gimmicky shyte" by people who have yet to hear them. Also, let the word go forth, they are bass-light (compared to Denons).

Got to airport to find my lovely wife the road warrior had used some of her millions of airmiles to upgrade me to 1st Class. Believe this obliges me to drink on the plane. Delayed a half hour, shoveling down egg mcmuffins to pass time.

Crappy weather here. Predict delays.

Indeed I did! Would only have squandered it on whisky or child support, anyway.

Mac to DAC. Better? Couldn't tell you. I'm cable agnostic.

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97.62%

I just swapped out a 50 cent USB cable for a $50 one. It's definitely moar purpler. Other than that ... hard to say.

IsoPath?

Steely Dan -- Gaucho

I smell a two-fer. You get to come to CanJam and avoid getting married. You will thank us later.

Same geographic kick. Jackson Browne -- Late For The Sky

On most phones the moisture sensor is well out of (minor) harm's way behind the removable battery. Of course, when you don't have a removable battery, you need to put it somewhere more accessible to both inspection and moisture. I'll bet money the sensors in the next model will simply be made less sensitive. And even more money that there eventually will be a CA settlement relating to this issue down the track, of which most of the users affected will neither hear nor see a thin dime. In this case, law = ass = Apple.

Tell Jenny I love her long time.

I think you've ruined The Dreaming for me. Will never again be able to listen to it without picturing the Stig being banged like a gong. Listening to some Don Henley in preparation for West Coast sojourn. Next up, David & David.

Mmm, booze. Packing the cans, and bottles, as we speak. Er, type.