HeadphoneAddict

Her newest album, Believe, is more pop music for the younger generation and not as good. But this album rocks and is usually sold out in the states (she's from Australia).

Excellent.

I have three Tord Gustavsen Trio CD and they are all very nice. You came out well. I got a Nancy Bryan 45 RPM 12" LP, and look forward to trying it when I get home tomorrow night! The funny thing is I almost bought that album off of HDtracks.com a couple of weeks ago! I had only heard the 30 second samples and liked it a lot - I put it in my "to buy list" until after the holidays, so I am really excited to hear a nice LP on my TT rig. Thanks VPI - It's perfect!

I think you gave the rig enough burn-in. I agree with much of what you said about the fixes and sound as well. I find the EF5/HE-5 combo actually sounds better with my $99 uDAC than my $699 PS Audio Digital Link III, which makes the HE-5 warmer and fuller sounding with the EF5. At first I didn't like that DAC with the HE-5/EF5 but it grew on me. I suspect I would also like the EF5/HE-5 combo with my Mini-DAC and I'm going to swap DAC's between my bedroom rig and main rig later, since I think the WES/O2 Mk1 sounds a little better with the PS Audio in terms of frequency response. Now, with the PS Audio DAC I prefer the HE-5 with my WA6 over the EF5 amp, and with the Apogee/ZDT I like the HE-5 more as well. So, I wonder if changing the tube in the EF5 will help us, or if trying a different source (or amp) will help you. At this point, with the ZDT and WA6 amps I liked the HE-5 enough to sell the APS V3 RS-1 and TTVJ portable Millett hybrid to plaidplatypus (medical bills and car repair were calling). So, you'll get to hear that at a Florida meet one of these days. I have not extensively compared the HD-5 to my LA7000 yet but I suspect I'll find them to be on a similar level, making the used price I paid for LA7000 much less painful than full price. Was your wife liking modded D2000 or D5000 more?

Emotiva send me a Christmas card. I gave them my info at RMAF for updates on the UMC-1 and I hadn't heard back till now.

Yeah, and we're not 7 feet tall either.

Someone is gonna make that their forum avatar, I'm betting.

I met you at CanJam, and I do think I am about 10 lbs closer to that goal about now...

I'm holding out till the 24th - the suspense makes it more fun... VPI is welcome to open his now. I know he was going to be there to get it on the 20th (yesterday), and the CD got there ahead of him.

I just sent Blutarsky home from a mini-meet at my house with half a dozen Krispy Kreme in hand, and kept a dozen for me. Yum...

You look a lot happier than your avatar.

Good job Justin - that's impressive.

I do that all the time with my snowblower and go down the block to the mailbox and back. It practically pulls me along and makes it easier on my old bones.

Nice amp, and the site looks good. Thanks for the update.

Hmmm. I also didn't hear any improvement with a $180 Locust cryo USB cable and the one that came with my Pico DAC-only. Maybe it wasn't good enough. Nah...

Wow. Had to buy it at $0.99, even if it might not sound good.

$455 to replace my car's bad transmission cooler lines and flush out my car's burnt transmission fluid. ( This might kill the Pass Pearl for me unless I sell another amp or two.

There are worse headphones than those...

From the iphone blog:

Sounds good - I posted my RS-1 for sale on H-F to raise the funds for the Pearl, and will post them here with a H-C price tonight. I could use some cleaning solution sans meth for sure.

The 5th Element on Blu-Ray.

Sorry, I must have misread it or I'm going nuts - either could be a possibility.

Tyler, with the NAD C555 TT and Ortofon Blue 2M cart that I got from you, I assume that you believe it would scale up with the Pearl? Or would the TT/cart still be a weak link in the chain? I believe I would go for the Pearl if I find an easy buyer for my Grado RS-1 with 6-foot APS V3 cable (super nylon sleeve, 1/8" plug with solid 1/4" adapter). Another option that I was considering is the CI Audio VPP-1, and then the VAC-1 PSU later as an upgrade. I might be able to do the first part of the 2 pieces without selling the RS-1, but I'm not really using the RS-1 now, so...

Here is another balanced portable coming soon, apparently. I will be reviewing the AMP1 soon, but I don't have any details on the "Portable1" other than what I found on their website. RW Audio.com

Sounds interesting - I might be up for it if the timing and price is right.