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And no one else is better at using it . I threw my shot in a few days ago, so I'll sit back on this .

Beyond being a decent buyer/seller (yeah I've done a transaction with him), he's generally a douche-nozzle in the discussion forums who loves to stir up controversy whenever possible. Sometimes it is justified *cough amphora cough*, other times, not so much.

Have a good one Birgir .

Fully agree Vicki. I am now somewhat glad that I delayed my order and am sitting at the back of the line, so I can see how Grado resolves this issue long before my pair ever sees the light of day (well, hopefully long before). That being said, it would take some really poor action on Grado's part to make me consider cancelling my order based on impressions that have been posted thus far. Grado never was the best for appearance, but being special edition and all, you'd think these would receive average or better attention for mistakes compared to standard production.

Fix'd. Now where is that ?

Happy birfday .

Happy birfday CJones .

Rock on Justin .

Happy birfday .

Well, as soon as Todd can meet the current # of orders (which won't be for a while I reckon), I think I'll join in on the party and order a pair. Ryan's comparison the the PS1 pretty much does me in.

It's surreal. I think that, generally, people my age (20 and under) never really got to know Michael Jackson as the "king". I have heard his most well-known work, I conceptually understand how large of a scale his popularity was, but in one large respect he is comparable to Elvis for me. The Jackson that my age group knows is the one that faced trial, money issues, a complete drop-off in professional success, etc. Essentially, we spent time making fun of MJ rather than appreciating his impact on culture. It is quite a shame.

Happy birfday Julian, my fellow OCN brother. Hope you have a wonderful day .

For shizzle. And I thought my cat looked big when sprawled out...

Thanks for sharing Al, some day I will get out there. Btw dig the new avatar. Team Cicada?

Did Craig bring a ZDT? Any impressions on it? Thanks much for the comments guys, I really wanted to be there but ultimately my money is just too tied up in other places to be able to afford the weekend trip. I can assure myself I will be there next year...

FTGDMFW. Regarding cables, all I can say is I bought my Heartland Cables RCA's ($30) over a year ago for my first amp, and they've yet to leave my rig. The only reason I'm considering getting a new pair of speaker cables is because I want/need bananas on both ends.

Happy bday Brent .

Happy belated Jin sir .

Happy birthday Chris .

Need to buy car... need to buy car... need to buy car...

x2 Really enjoyable sound when I heard it at a meet last year. For its size, I don't think I've heard better.

In for group buy.

Happy birfday Token .

Ruh roh.

Apologies Hop, I couldn't swing the money for both the Stax and CanJam-fare, but with the HD600 I should still be able to make the trip. I had also told Brent that I was thinking about taking his stock HD580 off his hands, hopefully he won't be pissed at me for going another direction :/.