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I agree with Gene. If, alright, when I buy an ipad, this maybe the reason why my initial one is the $499 model. I would love to 3G but I don't want to invest, upwards of $800 knowing that once the front facing camera is added I will want to upgrade.

Then meet us this weekend and you can see Frisell with us.

This is for this weekend Your only missing the Allman Brothers the weekend of the NYC Meet.

Plane tickets to NYC and tickets to Bill Frisell, Ron Carter and Paul Motian at the Blue Note.

For dinny: AT&T Tops 3G Wireless Performance Study - Mac Rumors

I did some comparisons with the 302 last night with the 4070/KGSS. I volume matched using my SPL meter. It was a pain switching back and forth as I had to disconnect the xlr from the pwd and connect them to the trs > xlr adapters, then go into sound settings in the mini to choose either dac. I did this for about 45 minutes. I kept the pwd on filter 3, which is the one Jeff and I think I prefer. I listened to mostly jazz and jazz funk. Beyond volume matching there was nothing scientific to what I did. My conclusion is that there is not enough of a discernible difference between the two to make say, I must have one over the other. In terms of features available right now, the pwd is more intuitive (by a long shot), more up to date consumer technology that has a preamp function and remote. The 302 was never intended to be a consumer product so it will never keep up in that department. The advantage to the 302 is that it is significantly smaller (this is not an important one for me as I have plenty of room on my rack. It has an ADC for needle drops and to be used as a phono preamp. It turns out the noise issue I am having with the preamp at the moment is being shared by the Primaire phono pre I am brought home for an audition so once I work that out, I will be back to using the 302 as a phono preamp, I believe. The 302 is also a preap and allows me to run balanced line out to the KGSS and balanced preamp out to my amp (once the McCormack returns). This is a big advantage over the pwd. It does not have a remote but I can set it on full volume and use itunes to control volume. While I would prefer to have itunes on full and use a remote, I'm not sure there is any difference in sq. The idea of the bridge is nice but who knows when it will be available. The pwd does win on the cool factor but functionally, the 302 is at least on par if not better. The ears of others may hear more of a sq difference but for me, either of them sounds good to me. Could this be sub conscience telling me the 302 should stay because I can't get what I want for it at the moment and can with the pwd so my Amex bill will be covered? Could it also be because I can always get a pwd for a few hundred more than I paid? The answer to both questions is, absolutely.

The Tampa Beer Meet is that weekend so the Florida contingent of the travel team will not make it.

That is pretty cool. Like I said, it's not that I want to part with it, I just don't know that I can afford to keep both. I will see what happens when the Amex bill arrives.

That guy is an ass and he ended up with the first pair. I like Todd a lot but I believe he took a bad situation and made it worse.

Thanks Nate. I need a long run due to where I have the KGSS set up. I may send the balanced cables I have for you to terminate with 1/4 plugs. I just picked up some trs to xlr adapters at a local music equipment store to try tonight. I also have some cables you made for Jeff.

The only reason I bought the PWD is because I wanted balanced outs. I was not aware that the 302 has them. I can't keep both, nor do I have use for both. The plan was to sell the 302 originally for the reasons I already mentioned. However, I've had it listed for a few days and only a couple of nibbles so far so if I can't sell the 302, the PWD has to go. Over the next couple of nights I'm going to compare the two.

That was not the way to handle it but it's not my call.

Todd should go through the thread and pick the first 26 that didn't bitch and sell them the cans.

Will they ever stop whining? I had to post something, I just couldn't stand it anymore.

Happy Birthday Daniel! Have a wonderful day!

I was going to tell you to get a pair as the HP1's I have come with bowls. I used a pair of flats Alex lent me.

Go to the Whitewater Training Center. A lot of cool shit to do and the bar has some decent beers.

Brunch at Sorority House, lunch in Gainesville, dinner tonight for Sorority.

A bottle of this. The bottle left with me from the meet is just about done. Picture via Shelly.

Two Leonard Cohen LP's

I haven't but will work on it. I'm thinking the Hilton Garden Inn in Ybor.

I got bad news today from McCormack in VA. The repair for my amp is $700 and it eliminates the balanced inputs. The amp is making the trip back to Florida and then will be sent to Steve McCormack in California. Had I listened to Jp, I would have sent it to Steve from the beginning. Once repaired the amp will retain the balanced inputs so it will be used with a balanced switch box.

Congrats Al! I don't want to know if they are good or bad. I have enough gear issues at the moment.

Happy Birthday Colin!

Happy Birthday Steve!