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Shouldn't have to but any mechanic worth his salt will show you the damaged parts that he replaces. It would be rather unfortunate if Ray was reusing parts from the old PS in the "upgrade". I thought a big part of the whole issue was that the power supply runs so hot it could damage the caps? He doesn't include a friggen power chord for $1200?

To me the price doesn't mean much when it's followed up with this: Availability: No dates from the distributor.

And maybe someone can explain to me why the heck you would ever mount resistors like this: I've always been told that doing that is a bad idea. N

In Boston he said he thought it would be approximatley a month before it was brought to market. I think he said that the chassis had been finalized as well so that it was just a matter of bringing it all together.

That blows. What were the symptoms of the problem this time?

I don't know about any of the rest of you but I wouldn't want to be associated with these headphones at all for fear of a cloning lawsuit from Grado. Oh shit, they're my headphones... I'M SCREWED!!?!?!

I hear ya, I work 40+ a week and still feel like there's no $$$ to be had for headphone fun these days. Of course if "acts of god" would stop destroying things that I own (house + car so far this year) I'd be in better financial shape. I don't want to take this thread too far off topic but thanks for the compliment and when you get ready to go shopping for Milletts drop me a PM. Ask Thaddy, I'm a sucker for a sad story.

That would depend on how your Millett is setup. Based on my brief (half hour) listening session last night after repairing the fuse I would say it would easily stand toe to toe with a basic Millett but I don't think it'd stand up to one configured with nicer parts. But that Millett would also cost more so $$ for $$ it is probably the better of the two. Ian should be able to say more since he's got an ok Millett to compare it to . Also, the LB is definitely limited in what it can drive (nothing less than 150ohm and uber high gain) so it's more restricted than the Millett design. Bottom line, at $160 why would you not get one. Reks, you're absolutely right about the attenuators. I'd wager with a CD player for a source most people are going to have problems. I really wish that I still had my K340s to try with this thing.

Ethan, Please forgo the suicide until after this weekend. I'd really like to hear the Sony's and the new HR amp . Nate P.s. Try to get some sleep man.

What a giant crock of crap.

Ian's linky no worky... Let's try this...

Didn't Grado already use that name?

Ethan, I could see how you would think that but I've spoken with Florian (the founder) at length about various topics over the past couple of months and found him to be quite plesant to deal with. I know he gets frustrated trying to explain himself in English because he does not speak it very well and maybe that's what you were detecting.

I understand but just remember that a chain is never stronger than its weakest link, and those UPW's are probably the weak link in your amp right now along with the buffers. Changing one is good but won't yield as much gain as if you changed both. Otherwise the Ear+ is a fantastic amp.

My 2?: 1. Get the DB's fixed and installed. They are far superiour to any of the SS buffers IMO and definitely better than the BUF634s. 2. Put some better quality caps at C2 and C7. These caps are directly in the audio path and UPW's are probably not the best sounding cap. Look into something like the Elna Silmic II's or Cerafines or Nichicon Muse KZ's. 3. Replace the output resistors R4 with something other than the Vishay's. It's cheap and my ears tell me that it makes a difference. Look at either Kiwame, PRP or Holco. The parts cost of these last two mods should be less than $20, installation is another story alltogether. But if you've already got someone working on the amp (fixing the DBs) maybe you could roll it all into one session? Also, I'm not in the same camp as en480c4 and aerius. I still think that a maxed M3 is a better amp than the Millett and it's no secret that I'm a pretty big Millett fan. But the Millett can be brought pretty close the the performance level of the M3 and with the Grados may in fact be more "fun". Best of luck, Nate

The measurement part will be hard, I've talked with Tyll about whether or not different cables for say, the HD650, measured any differently on their rig. He laughed at me. But I think there's a good number of us who would agree that we can hear a difference between say the stock cable and several aftermarket cables but as far as the frequency response measurements are concerned they are the same. So I guess I live in the camp that believes it is at least part perception and part reality as far as break-in goes and that quantifying those perceived differences is impossible.

Not that it's such a bad place to be, right? I was actually thinking of trying a pair of Ultrasone's since they seem to be the underdog in the headphone game and I really enjoyed speaking with Florian (the founder) at the Nat'l Meet. My wallett is currently unavailable for such an adventure.

Sweet man, you've gone through enough grief with your rig this summer that I'm sure the good news was welcome.

Now, if only you new someone who could take a few pictures of them...

The maple 325s are indeed tight.

Thaddy is well on his way...

Glad to hear it Ethan. I'm really looking forward to hearing your rig in a couple weeks in Boston.

Well. I've been using the SB3 in my home rig for the last weeks or so now. I have to say, I'm hooked. Even using semi-lossy files (-aps MP3s) running through my Monica DAC I'm pretty impressed. And there is no getting past the fact that having 400 cds at the touch of a button is fantastic. I guess it's time to start the lossless re-ripping and planning for the modding of the Squeezebox.

Oh my, I had forgotten Bob...