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It's the only place I'd buy an apple refurb if only for the Applecare option.

I'd go w/ a refurbished Macbook ($1000) or 15" Macbook Pro ($1500) and definitely get the warranty for a college kid.

[2] Tung Sol 6520's [2] Tung Sol 421A's I think The Menace output tube collection is now complete.

Happy Birthday!

Yes, I did - my balanced HF-1s. It drove them very, very well on the low-Z balanced setting.

While the National Meet is often referred to as an international meet I would respectfully suggest that if the European and beyond members want to hold a large scale meet they best prove that they can pull off an EU-wide meet or something similar. I can almost guarantee that a majority of manufacturers from the US would not be able to attend or attend with any gear due to shipping expense and hassle. Cool idea, yes, practical concept??? Japan, you can pretty much factor me out as I'll never take a week or more long vacation with headphones in mind.

I believe that the layout is very much function over form. I don't know that he made every decision that way but it's easy to see the power and signal flow diagram just from the top panel. IIRC it's a 40 something pound beast. I'll try and get an internal picture or two from Pete if I can.

Single chassis.

Read this on the way to and from CanJam, pretty typical of the genre but an enjoyable read nonetheless.

I'm guessing a SRD7 Pro or MKII, much like deepak is looking for. Not sure how often they come up and you've definitely got a bit of competition looking for one but still they seem to stay in the $200/$250 ballpark. I hope to be able to give some listening impressions later this week of that exact setup. Also, have a look at this list for models that have the pro-bias option, you may find a smaller solid state driver unit that wouldn't require a speaker amp.

Should be the adjustable feedback.

All my builds are ghetto. Pics or ban.

I think that given the chance to hear it you might think a bit differently about it.

Update - post CanJam - this amp is much better looking in person than the original pictures would lead you to believe. Of course my taste is skewed but I didn't hear many complaints about the look after folks put the headphones on. A little visual evidence:

Well, he is a kitty technician so that's hardly a stretch (guffaw, guffaw) for him....

All I used the Lector for was a transport, I was using the DAC pretty much the whole time on Saturday. Sunday it was back to the Ipod. I'll be uploading ~50 pictures over the next hour or so, I might just post the highlights here...for now, just a teaser. Thrice, what is that dog doing to you?

You're probably right, I try not to look.

I think there's a KGSS on Head-Fi right now.

Do deepak a favor and send him a PM.

I think if you get in on the first batch it's around $4k, maybe more. After that I think the price is going to be going up more, in the range of $4500 but I can't remember the exact figures. I can say one thing, given the choice between $8k for just a pair of HE90s (an offer that was recently refused I hear) and the O2/BHSE at around $6k it'd be an easy choice. And *shock* thrice my goodness what is that in your mouth?!??!

Very interesting results, I noticed on Justin's BHSE that the 950's definitely had less bass than the O2's. Not necessarily in a bad way, just different, but it wouldn't hurt my feelings if running the bias supply higher was all that was needed to round things out a bit more.

A couple of quick notes from work: 1. No news is bad news... - about the lack of introduction of any new, flagship dynamic headphones. I was not the only one surprised that there weren't at least 2 pairs there. The reason given, for at least one of them, was that it's largely related to the current economic climate and the man'f is questioning what the demand for a high-end headphone will be like. The price bracket that is being bantered about is a lot more than any of their current offerings so it wouldn't be a replacement for anything but an addition to their lineup. 2. I will never bring that much gear to a meet that is 1500 miles from home again! I spent 3hrs Sunday just packing and as a result didn't get to listen to squat. I did spend just a bit more time with the BH/O2 setup and continued to be amazed by just how good it sounded. And knowing what Justin is planning for the final chassis, eek, it's going to be sweet.

TTVJ Millett 307A amp sourced by the Meridian 808 is my vote. My balanced HF-1's sounded fracken great out of it. I'm going back tomorrow to through the Hd650s at it. It also looks really nice in person - much less plain jane than I expected. Justin's BH + O2 rig was also exceptional. His plans for the production chassis are just sick.

Like any same person I bought a second pair. And I listened to Vicki's R10's on my amp and while they are very nicc I could never justify their cost over cans I like just as much.