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Sorry in advance for the mega-multi-screamer multi-quote post, but easier this way than the alternative: Fuckloads much. They sound nice and polite but weak and hollow out of the 007t and the GES, oops jumping ahead of my multi-quotes. The O2 have only really sounded good/decent to me on two amps: the BHSE in particular and the WES to a lesser degree. :D If that equals a big number, then that much. This last weekend built up so much tolerance that I am still drunk and we didn't even drink yesterday (to speak of). Well, OK, loaner program of one for the very tall man from Western MasNoNoNoNoNoNosetts is Like Jim, I totally agree with Dinny. Is anyone in Boston going to have a GES? There is going to be a lot of stat action and would love to hear the SR-Omega on it. I really think that could be a good combo, although Jim says only good and not great like the HE60. Maybe Mike just needs a WES after all.

Craig was pretty adamant that the phono stages are being built now and that the one at the meet was a production unit that was the sample used by the build house (or whoever it is). He said that the MM only version is $900 and the MM/MC with the Cinemag something or other transformers is $1200. He also said that he plans to offer two versions -- maybe later on? -- one with 6SL7s like the current one and one with 12AX7s as an alternative. Anyway, it sounded really quite nice. It has a deep black background with effectively no noise (I couldn't hear any) and a very nice sound even from a pretty economical old TT. Good stuff and a definite possibility for me.

Well, the meet weekend started at around 3pm Thursday and lasted until I dropped off Gene and Matt at the airport. Here's a synopsis of events: 1. Thursday, 3pm. Converged at Toronado with Gene and Matt who had flown in from Florida, Ken who drove up from Santa Barbara and Peter who came in from the Sierra foothills. Gene was on his fourth beer when I arrived less than an hour after they did. I managed to get a couple of beers while the rest kept up the pace. 2. Thursday evening. Dropped gear in Mayberry, added Grahame to the merry band, continued with Pliny the Younger (thankfully the growlers I bought on the black market were not filled with man piss as JP had speculated jealously from afar) and some whisk(e)y from the Whisky Cart I had set up, had dinner at Iron Springs brew pub, and watched Peter stumble around and laugh. MikeyMad met us there, and then we retired back to Mayberry for some serious late night drinking and whisk(e)y tasting. Mikey and Grahame went home and the rest of us bunked down in Mayberry. 3. Friday morning. Pain. And general sluggishness. Luckily it was raining and the crew was up for a slow day at the house recovering and getting ready for the evening. It turned out to be a nice mellow day listening to music and bullshitting, as we always do. Recovered from hangover slowly but surely. FrankCooter showed up, Grahame returned and started talking head interviews for his short film on the meet, and we hung out more. 4. Friday evening. Realized that it was time to get going to SF to pick up gear delivered to my office and then to meet up with my wife to have dinner and see Joshua Redman. After getting the gear, we hustled over to City Beer for a quick pint (or two), but also bought some more beer to take back to the house. We met Claire and then had a nice dinner at a Chinese restaurant and managed another beer or two. Met up with Ric blessingx just in time for Joshua Redman at Grace Cathedral. The concert was fantastic, and he really explored the space -- playing while walking all around the entire cathedral space. Amazing acoustics and natural reverb, etc. Back to Mayberry with all but Claire and then we ended up staying up very late again but with far less alcohol consumption, much to Ric's chagrin. 5. Saturday morning/afternoon. Got up early and packed the cars and had some of the egg brick Matt baked up (not a souffle because that is not manly enough). Got on the road to the meet and made pretty good time getting to the meet. Unpacked, set up all kinds of gear. Marveled at the engineering genius and thought that goes into the Woo Audio WES shipping crates/foams/packing lists/instructions/etc. Class act, Woo is. Did the meet thing, had In-N-Out with much of the crew plus Justin, Dan C, atothex, and others. Went back for more meet, listened very little, got filmed more by Grahame, opened the adult beverage area by MikeyMad's rig (much to his chagrin but thankfully without any gear being fried) and then broke down the meet between 6 - 7. Grahame drove home, and we picked up MikeyMad, Filburt and Asr for the trip back to Mayberry. 6. Saturday night. Picked up 4 pies from the Pizza Nazi who fed the crown at MOA I and got moar beer for the masses. Drank, listened to music, watched Grahame's raw video at laughed at each other. Drank some more waiting for Steve to be drunk like he said he was going to be, argued about Mac vs. PC and had people mock my printer, and generally had tons more fun. Ric and Steve decided to leave and Filburt decided to stay, and Ric graciously drove Steve back to the hotel. Not as late a night as the last two but plenty of fun. 7. Sunday. Frank took off in the morning and the rest of us went for brunch to the sister Thai Buddhist temple to the one down Matt's street in Tampa. They have a Sunday brunch open to the public and we met Grahame and his wife there for some tasty Thai food and good Karma. Ken took off for home, and the rest of us went for a toursity drive through Berkeley and a walk on the campus. We had a beer at Blakes on Telegraph and watched some USA/Canada hockey. Filburt and Grahame & Joann went their separate ways, and we were down to Matt, Gene and Peter back at Mayberry. We cleaned up a bit, packed up the van again, and headed for SF. Claire made dinner, we hung out with my kids and then Peter drove off and I took Matt and Gene to the airport, the official end to the meet. Good times, and a nice warm-up for MOA II in the Fall. Be there or be an

Just tried the TWag balanced cable on the JH13 using my new luvdunhill JFET-tastic amp. Sweet combination. Much goodness may come of this setup.

Becky's Sweets ftw! And I have been a very good man/boy.

w00t! to Dan on ordering and Naaman on receiving! Damn, that sucks Jeff. Travel drama without the JH13s will be much more painful than if you had them. Sorry.

Make it final approval!

Happy birthday and why aren't you here with us in Mayberry? Cheers.

Congrats trial lawyer Dinny! I am about to head to Toronado where Gene, Matt, Ken and Peter are probably already bellying up to the bar. From there we head to Mayberry and all things debauched.

I'm so impressionable. Lloyd Cole & the Commotions -- Live at the BBC

Kronos Quartet -- Plays Sigur Ros

That does suck, Mr. DIYer. Running and then sharp pain in knee means go to the doctor in my book. With my recent experience, I would think you should get an MRI pronto. Hope it feels better soon.

Joshua Redman -- Compass Getting ready for tomorrow's show.

:basement: I like base[ment] :basement:

From the other place, here are the details just for convenience. Asr: you should print out this new version of the table chart. Thanks. Meet in 2 days! Date/Time: Saturday February 27th from 9:30am to 6pm Location: DoubleTree Hotel, 835 Airport Blvd., Burlingame, California, United States 94010-9949 San Francisco Hotels - Hotels near San Francisco Airport - Doubletree San Francisco Airport I am attaching a room layout with my best shot at a distribution of the available space. Please stick to the table assignments and if there is some need to re-jigger we will assess that on Saturday. Asr will be in charge of opening the room hopefully around 9am and will hopefully have a copy or two of the layout. If you plan to attend and do not see your name on the Attendee List below, please post in this thread and we will add you. If you are hoping for some room to show your gear on a table and do not see your name on the room layout and your stuff in the Gear List below, please post in this thread and we will try to fit you in. On the other hand, if you said you want table space and now cannot make the meet or do not intend to bring gear, or I just put you on the chart and you really do not want any table space, post that up too so we can plan to use the space for somebody else. Attendees 1031tensai + 1 aamefford agile_one* amb amphead Asr* ast atothex AV8TR +1-2 Bigguy +2 blessingx cis4smack Craig (Eddie Current) dasmodul Elluzion (maybe) Fallenangel Filburt foo me Frank Cooter* fureshi (maybe) Glitch39 guzziguy* Grahame haycheng Hsiu Icarium ichiboy ironbut Iron_Dreamer* jbusuego +1 jdmoorman jilgiljongiljing jrossel Justin (Headamp)* KurtW linuxworks mastertrash matt fury* mikeymad NightWoundsTime* oldskoolboarder + 1 oneplustwo particleman14 pcf penger Philimon* (maybe) pixeljedi R burke renlute rjkdivin rockcod rogercor RyzeHD SanJoseCarJunkie Soundboy srserl Stoney strungoutt1 tdogzthmn Trav Uncle Erik* Voltron waynema yuckymucky* *Denotes Travel Team members coming from outside the area/state. Gear List ironbut- ZanaDeux AD2000 Reel to reel (Tape Project tapes (got Brilliant Corners by Monk that's killer!) Modded ULN-2 R_burke Shanling CD T100 AT W1000 W5000 FrankCooter GM70 variant amp HE-5 K1000 Glitch39 Balanced Zapfilter II Zhaolu 2.5A Little Dot Mk VI w/ Sylvania 6AS7GA & VT-231 Balanced Qables HD650 FallenAngel Sources : HifiMan HM-801, Laptop with USB->S/PDIF converter DAC : Buffalo32, maybe Ultra Fi MusicStream (if hasn't sold by then) Amps : Balanced Dynalo, Melos Maestro, SinglePower MPX3 Headphones: Grado HP-2, RS-1, SR-200, Denon D-5000, Yamaha HP-1 Gear I'll only bring on request: Source: 240GB diyMod 5.5G Amps: PPAS, PPAv2, Sijosae SHA DACs: EAD DSP-7000 DAC Headphones: BeyerDynamic DT770/250, AKG K271 Uncle Erik TBD Stoney Woo Audio 6 HD650 with Cardas haycheng iMod iPod SR-71 Tomhawk HD650 Mikeymad Marantz SA-7S1 PC -> PSAudio DLink III WooAudio WA5 (Maxxed) Stax SRD-7 (Mod to Pro) AT L3000 AKG K1000 STAX O2 Mk1 Panamax 5500 [Whisky TBD :L3000:] aamefford Denon D5000's, JMoney pads, maybe Markled by then DIYMod if it makes it intact back from Joneeboi in time MisterX Dynalo Pico Slim if it arrives in time Westone UM3X UE TF10 Macbook Pro as server Musical Fidelity V-Dac as source mastertrash Benchmark Dac-1 Little Dot Dac_I Little Dot MK V HD650 w/ Blue Dragon, K701, and DT880 rjkdivin AMB DIY gear, a source, some Sennheisers, and....we'll see oneplustwo Three channel B22 Balanced B22 Buffalo 32S gamma1 with USB from my macbook cmoy mini3 Grado SR-80 Senn HD650 (balanced) linuxworks Beta22+LCDuino (motor pot version) M3 with motor/servo pot and PGA vol control laptop/spdif source Y2dac+spdif-master amb β22 + σ22 headphone amp β24 power amp Mini

Drive safely Ken, and no off-roading on the way! Michael and JP, you will be missed. In fact, I am going to have to drink a lot to forget the pain.

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Collins, Cray & Copeland -- Showdown! This is a kick-ass album.

Yes and yes! I think Joshua Redman playing solo in Grace Cathedral friday night is almost a match for live music, plus we have Mayberry, a meet, Buddhist Brunch, Pliny the Younger (and a bazilion other beverages) and each other!

ne1!!!1! haz moar bazz then Protector?

HD Tracks and Linn Records sites. HRX is not for download but those are some amazing hi-rez recordings that can be ordered online.

A bit of a clamp but not too much. Overall pretty light and comfortable. Probably right on that, Gene. No, and I really don't think there is much I can say after a couple hours on the head and most of a day of breaking in. It seemed a little lighter on bass upon first putting them on to both me and a musician friend who listened for a few minutes. He thought the mids and upper mids were the most prominent with a lot of detail especially on the high end. He is not a headphone geek but he uses them all the time when making/recording music. I'd mostly agree with him, and I will post random comments as they break in. Others will be hearing them this week and at the meet on Saturday so some more thoughts will be available. I'm not really going to try to do so, but the mesh is over some kind of stiff backing so it is not like the HD800.

The back of the cups is a very fine wire mesh in a herringbone pattern. My favorite part of the design is the T1 cutout. Some nice Ethiopian Hair Sheep pads would be a good upgrade and might make the bass pick up some.

By "it" do you mean all of that above^^ ? No, I don't think it can synthesize and symbolize an idiom, era or any discernible group of people. But I wasn't offering it as another example of your hypothesis. I just happen to be listening to it.