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I feel for Regina Spektor. That's a great song but exactly what the crap am I supposed to get out of that animation? Quite frankly I feel retarded after watching it.

Did you try downloading it track by track? That's what I did and it worked just fine. I'm listening to it now, interesting stuff for sure and not at all what I expected. Not sure what exactly I expected though .

My advice, find an older Accord (or something like it) w/ AC and drive it into the ground. Avoid buying a new car as long and you can and bank as much $$$ as you can. Leasing will lull you into the idea that you can afford more car than you really can and will create expectations that your wallet can't match down the road. I know all too well the lure of buying a new car when you get your first job. Take the extra money you're saving and put it away and forget about it. If I could give anyone your age advice it would be to make it your goal to be the youngest of your friends to buy a house/apt/condo whatever. Paying rent is a serious drag even if it's affordable and having your own place that really is your own is great for reasons other than the tax benefits. My 2?, Nate

For you and me, it doesn't. For Grado it definitely does. I imagine it wasn't an easy decision to call it the iGrado but in my opinion it's a terrible name that reeks of a lack of imagination on Grado's part.

At least I could laugh at that name. I could care what they look like as I'm guessing that I am not their target audience but as a brand statement I think iGrado isucks iballs. How many add wizards did it take to come up with that one? Seriously, imagine the conversation... Add Guy: Let's call it "iGrado". It tells you nothing about the product other than whoever made it didn't give a shit about what name they gave it. Mr. Grado: Brilliant!

I love the people who are whining about how Grado didn't introduce these headphones on Head-Fi.... Could it be because of messages like this:

[EDIT]Upon further review, my previous statement was probably wrong so I'm just removing it. Here's to hoping your amp looks something like this when it's all done.

If it were me and I was going full pimp I'd use Welborne Lab's Remote SA. I've been managing to hold off on ordering one for nearly a year now as none of my projects seem worthy.

Based on name only I'd say that new headphones are getting worse. Evidence, the "iGrado"...

I posted my reply in the wrong thread but no worries, get to it when you can. I'm not going anywhere.

No rush on pics for me, I'm waiting to hear from f'ing FedEx about a damage claim on yet another of my sources (good grief no longer covers my fristration) so operation Squeezebox is somewhat up in the air. And whatcha gonna get for an amp?

I'd love to see a comparison of something like the DA100/HP100 compared to say Headroom's Desktop amp + DAC (home modules / home DAC) since they are pretty price competitve ($1400ish).

http://www.hifi500.com/product/da100.htm

Jay, Did you use the internal DAC or an external one? How was the SQ in either case? And yes, I'd be interested in purchasing your used 'box. I'll look into the face replacement and it'd be great if you could shoot a couple of pictures. That's sort of what I was thinking but the $$ allure of selling the dac and further simplifying the setup made me ask.

So I've been giving a lot of thought to my home rig recently and given my problems with CD/DVD players I'm thinking that the Squeezebox might be the answer to my prayers. My rig is never going to be anything other than upper Mid-Fi (at best) so I'm not shooting for the ultimate sound but would like it to be as good as possible while fitting into the constraints of my situation. So my questions are as follows: 1. Tell me about your setup with it: advantages/disadvantages? likes/dislikes? 2. Is the internal DAC half-decent or should I keep my Monica2 to use with it. 3. Are there other alternatives worth looking at? I love the idea of the Olive Music stuff but they just don't fit into the budget and I question how legible the display would be from more than a couple feet away. The Cambridge Audio piece has also gotten some pretty bad press so I'm not considering it either. Thanks in advance, Nate

Wait till you hear it in Boston, cry you will.

Man, that blows. Makes my current source situation seem like a cup of tea. Here's to hoping that your player can be fixed and returned in short order.

I believe that the following two threads detail quite a bit of the work. Not really specific, but gives you the idea. Thread #1 - Chassis Fab Thread #2 - Power Supply Design

Impossible to say since the chassis and power supply are one-off creations designed entirely by Mark.

I recently heard both a tweaked Ear+ HD with even more upgrades to the standard HD design and also a completely modified version. Both were built by Mark Norman (Voodoochile on Head-Fi) and both were very impressive. The "normal" version is exceptionally smooth yet detailed and sounded very good with both Grados and Senns. But the modified version simply blew it away. It runs a power supply of Mark's own design as well as a few other tweaks. Here's some eye candy... I don't think that I've heard a better sounding amp with the Senn 650s, period. It simply sucked me in and kept me glued to the music for a good hour. I then had to give up my chair and let someone else enjoy it for a while. Of course, this was running a killer source so it likely wouldn't sound that good in my meager mid-fi rig but showed the real potential of this amp if you're so inclined to take it there. Nate

A few weeks ago I had a small gathering at my house to listen to various bits of gear. One thing in particular that we wanted to look at was this pile of stuff and see what we thought sounded the best... From the two guys that spent the most time with all three 650s and cables the consensus was that the Cardas opened up the top end the most, but at the detriment to some of the midrange while the Zu and Equinox were so close it was hard to tell a difference back to back. I didn't personally do much back to back listening but I currently own a Zu and Cardas Senn cable and I must admit that I prefer the Zu by a good margin. And congrats on the sweet amp! I spent a good bit of time with a maxed out Home at the last Boston Meet and it remains one of the best amplifiers that I've heard. Nate

I think your custom title should be changed to "Ray Wannabe" until membership reaches 201. [edit]corrected error = me so stupid

I feel your pain Ethan. The source that arrived for me two weeks ago blew up the instant I turned it on. I shit you not. I'm currently running an old Denon DVM 3700 that belongs to Ian (for now ) which has a history of BS problems with the transport so I'm not expecting great things. Funny thing is, so far it's been the most reliable. It worked for a whole day. Looking forward to hearing your rig at the end of August. Nate

Cartman: Why the hell does the FBI keep arresting all my friends? This has to be the work of Stan and Kyle. God, I hate those guys.

I think it falls under the heading of "just because it's out there doesn't mean that it has to be advertised". P.s. Imagine the damage that Jagwire could do with a phone number!?!!