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I might be able to ask someone about purchasing these tubes in quantity if you're serious about a group buy for them.

Oh no, I've been rebuked.

I'm not.

I agree, it's blatant dishonesty. Slow is the last thing that comes to mind with the HD800s. And the cure-all cable nonsense is well, just nonsense. I mean I've been known to recable a headphone or 3 but come on, none of them have ever transformed a headphone for me. Subtle tweak, yes, earth-shattering change GTFO.

It's official, he's gone off the deep end of audio insanity. Anyone in the market for a free embolism should read #8 on his list...

Correct, all solid state, no tubes, digital volume control with variable LED to indicate volume level.

Welcome to head-case Matt.

The Millett portable, ya lucky bastard!

Wish I'd gotten to take a listen too, but the only cans I had with me at the time were the O2s.

Nope, I don't spend much time worrying about the audio stuff either. The largest difference of course being that I can't build my own TV. But most would dismiss a lot of the gear in my sig from a technical standpoint. Oh nos, my DAC uses opamps and my transport uses some cheap drawer thingy! My amp has a highish output impedance, NOT THAT!!?!?! And my primary dynamic headphones cost $200. I'm clearly missing out on just about everything when you look at it like that. The stat rig, well, the amount of wheeling and dealing it took to put that list together is not insignificant. And it's not exactly set in stone yet. That's fine, but not everyone is to the same degree. You make it sound like the Vizio is throwing money away, I'm not sure it's quite to that level of inadequate.

I sent them an email about it this morning.

Eh, some of us just watch our TV's and don't analyze the hell out of them. My in-laws have a Vizio, it's fine and has never had a picture so bad that it caused me to notice. Not every purchase needs to be taken to the nth degree of scrutinization or have its budget expanded to get something better. And maybe it's just me but I have neither the time nor inclination to read an 88 page thread about a TV.

Like I said, it deserves more consideration. I've already got a set of cups to go on them so it wouldn't take much to give them a spin as a set of woodys. But I'll probably wait until they've got 100hrs on them or more to see how they sit with me and Mr. Menace.

Is this or any similar project ever going to get published? Headwize is still roached and Chu hasn't updated the news page in over a month so it's hard to think that good things are happening there. It'd be a shame if this project just went away.

Jenny Owen Youngs - Transmitter Failure Quite possibly my favorite album cover of the year.

They play quite well together and this arrangement deserves more time before I decide whether or not to desecrate the HF-2, woody style.

I'd say there's a chance some HF-2s might end up with wood.

Well done Jay. Me: worked(ish), opened the HF-2s and introduced them to the Menace.

Frack I wish I had more time on my hands. Stupid blackgated Millett is just dying a slow death in my parts drawer with no case.

I just did the one pair for Todd and Dan's HF-2s. That took long enough and I wanted to have some fun! The HD800 cable is interesting. I've got a remnant to make Todd a 4-pin to 1/4" adapter so I'll post a picture or two when I get to working on it.

While I sympathize with your condition it's pretty irritating to the rest of us.

Not anymore.

It's not Headroom you should be yelling at.

Wore yourself out carrying all your new toys, eh? Did Mike manage to win anything on the second day?

Young, You might try something like a "powervar" power isolation unit and see if that helps. Plenty of used options on Ebay and the DAC shouldn't need much in the way of power.