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  2. graduating college today

    in Off Topic

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    Heh, I graduated with a 3.00 as well. Took a lot of work considering one year of school consisited of a 1.75 and 1.67, that was the year I declared "Fall Break" and took a week off during first semester.

    One piece of advice, if you can have some fun for your last summer DO IT. Life is different once you start working full time, not necessarily in a bad way, just very different. Enjoy the time you have while you have it.

    Congrats man,

    Nate

  4. Custom Millett Hybrid

    in Do It Yourself

    Posted

    As some of you may know I've got a bit of history with the Millett Hybrid Amplifier. It all started about a year ago when I set out to build a headphone amp for each of the members of my wedding party (all music lovers who use headphones in some manner). Two of these came together rather quickly as they were pretty much bone stock Hybrids. The third of the bunch which was to be built for en480c4 got a bit more complicated. First was the addition of a STEPS power supply for his birthday, next up was a set of diamond buffers for no reason and finally it was finished off with a custom Walnut enclosure because I wanted it to be in a case that no one else had. This weekend with all the rain we've been having in the NE I set out to get the amp working in its final enclosure. It's 98% done know, just a few final tweaks left and it's currently with its owner for testing.

    Here's a pic:

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    It sounds pretty darn good to my ears and I must admit that I'm pretty proud of the way it looks too :).

    Nate

  7. Sourceless

    in Home Source Components

    Posted

    Hmm thats a rather strange extended warranty Tweeter has, I know the ones best buy has almost always result in them giving you a new unit no questions asked and in fact that is even one of their big selling points on it.

    In the past this used to be the case, but at least at my local BB they are now almost exclusively sending things out for repair, especially big ticket items like ipods and such. For something <$100 I'd bet they still replace at will be my camera has been sent out 3 times now for minor issues and the last time my Ipod chucked a HD they sent it to apple for repair.

    Nate

  8. Sourceless

    in Home Source Components

    Posted

    That, I think, is an understatement, Nate.

    True enough it is my friend. Total utter crap, shit and awful luck with DVD and CD players alike. What is only remotely hilarious is that the first real CD player that I ever bought (I was an early adopter) ran for the better part of 10 yrs and was treated with a total lack of respect. Ever since then I've tried to be a bit more gentle with my gear and what has that gear done, kicked me square in the nuts every chance it gets :).

    With any luck after I clear a few projects out of the way I'll finally be able to get back to dealing with the source issue properly.

    Hmm, does a TBAAM and an iPod count as a source? If not, then count me into this club as well :)

    The Ipod is all I've got right now so I guess "no" is the answer ;).

    Nate

  9. Sourceless

    in Home Source Components

    Posted

    I too am currently sourceless, or at least down a source. My primary DVD player in the living room has given up the ghost after moving and will not read anything but a virgin DVD and refuses audio discs altogether. So my trusty Toshiba that has already blown a power supply has been moved to the living room leaving the headphone rig sorely lacking for a transport for my Monica DAC.

    I think Haj will agree, I've got crap luck when it comes to DVD players!

    And Ethan, that sucks man. I can only imagine the anguish that goes along with losing a source that you actually like.

  11. Eddie Current EC-01 review in 6 Moons

    in Headphone Amplification

    Posted

    Fow what it's worth I spent about an hour listening to the EC-01 at the national meet on the second day. It did get rather hot but drove my Senn 600s well and I was really impresed by the sound the little box made. My only gripe is the stupid locking headphone jack, man I hate those things. And given a choice I'd opt for a less square enclosure, it looks rather "alarm clockish" to me. Minor quibbles and the amp is probably a pretty good bargin at $350.

  19. Rudistor RP1000 Balanced Amp

    in Headphone Amplification

    Posted

    Sorry about going slightly off topic, but was anyone able to do any in-depth comparison at all between old modules and new? My Max has to go in for repair and I was wondering whether a module upgrade was worth it.

    I can only assume that you are aware of this thread. And I believe that HR recently revisited the pricing of the modules and serveral other upgrades in their lineup.

  21. Help a Brotha out - what's going on over there?

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    and seriously, nothing's going on over there? the last i read before i logged off last night is that we broke the old slashdot record for most members on at one time due to the Stereophile writeup.

    Only real item of interest that I see is allegedly Mikhail showed something to a couple of members that for now is an off-books project that cannot be discussed... Our own philodox has knowledge, maybe he'll share in the confines of the Casino?

  22. Grado RS-Zero/1i/3/Surround/0/Mushroom/Thingy/Bagels

    in Headphones

    Posted

    By the way, any word on the packaging? There's no way that can is going to fit in the current pizza boxes.

    According to a conversation I overheard Sunday this is one of the reasons they won't be available for 6 weeks, they're still working on the packaging, seriously. And I can't remember who said it but someone close by said, "John, don't worry about it. I get pizza every Friday I don't need another box from you."

  23. Grado RS-Zero/1i/3/Surround/0/Mushroom/Thingy/Bagels

    in Headphones

    Posted

    Very interesting that it has "1000" at the end of it, like the HP-1000. I guess John is stepping up to Joe and saying "you want ultimate? Well here's MY ultimate!" Good for him!

    And a few of us were wondering what this new high-end Grado will do to the prices of the so called "ultimate" Grados... This may be the one measurable impact of the new cans on the used market as I don't expect it'll do much to the lower end cans.

  24. The Emmeline II B-52

    in Headphone Amplification

    Posted

    Once he fixes little problems like the resistor burning up, and replaced by that red jumper

    wire, and the fact that the tubes arc when you turn on the power from cold.

    Hey, that's my red jumper wire you're picking on >:D. Ray broke the resistor setting up the amp before the meet. He was running around asking if anyone had a DMM he could use. I had brought mine figuring that something of mine would likely blow up during the meet so I let him use it and when he found the broken resistor he asked if I had a jumper, which I did so I gave it to him. I didn't get a chance to hear the amp as it was one of the more popular places at the meet and knowing what it would likely cost made it a non-issue for me.
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