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It's a one-computer license, but if you carry your dongle around with you -- -- then you could easily have multiple locations with the Amarra software in place. The Amarra 4 has all or most of the ULN-8 functionality, and it has one or two tweaks that prevent consumers killing their speakers by having the gain unintentionally high. Anyway, there are 8 channels of analog in and 8 out (4 stereo pairs if you choose), and there are 8 channels of digital inputs/outputs also, so you could have 4 digital sources or two sources in and two receiving Amarra's digital output. The breakout cable I have is two AES in and two AES out. The Amarra 4 has a high quality analog volume control so you can use it as a true preamp as well.

That's cool, but did somebody sell you their set? The first ones -- including Big Beat -- are OOP.

The SR-Omegas are brilliant and they sound fantastic out of Naaman's BH. I don't think they sound as good out of the BHSE, and I certainly don't think the HE90 sounds very good out of the BHSE. Maybe the tubes can make a big difference, but the several times I have heard the BHSE it sounds best with the O2 but too bright and glaring with the SR-Omega and the HE90. Both of those cans sounded really good out of the WES and I have spent some time recently going back and forth between the BH and WES and the WES comes out ahead.

Have fun Stretch!

Mac audio is bit perfect, but that is not the whole story. The Amarra software has EQ but I do not use it. It takes the processing out of the Mac/Core Audio system and in my case, does the processing inside the Amarra hardware to the greatest extent possible. If you use the software only, then it still shifts it outside the normal path. I do not know the details and they do not like to describe the details, but I know what I hear and I like it.

Mac only, indeed. I don't know shit about Foobar and Asio but Amarra sounds great. I just went through a phone intervention with Jonathan today, and fixed up what I had really botched up with the software/hardware combo. It sounds great again and I would never go back to regular iTunes.

Joshua Redman -- Compass

Wut? The Nugget Audio B22?

Ranking just my stats: SR-Omega > 4070 > Lambda Sigs

He must have posted his comments while I still had my post open. Didn't see his initial impressions until just now.

But which one of the 5 little holes do you plug them into? Team Arky Sparky to the max! I think Mike may have bought one, but JP just borrowed one. I think the GS-1 came in last place in some listening tests he just conducted. He said he would post up findings soon.

Yeah, why so coy?!

I agree he is diluting himself with too many releases, but that said I still like most of them. The recent Alhambra Love Songs is about my Bay Area and this new one is at least not a Masada iteration. I am listening now and I like it. First evar, you image thief?! Wow, that is something. I have always had a TT of some form, including the console number my parents had when I was growing up. I have both of the vinyls you have spun today, and they are both quite nice.

Beautiful work Ben. That is all very impressive.

Congrats Mike and Stretch! You should both enjoy those purchases immensely. As for me: FOTM13 Pro!

You could have just read that in Grahame's post above.

Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago Blood Bank

How about "fuck off"? Are those bad words in Danish, at least when used together in that fashion?

Agreed. From AudiologyOnline (who knew?): "Most of the major custom IEM manufacturers make the following recommendations for taking IEM impressions, some of which may differ from typical hearing aid impressions. First, use a 2” bite block to keep the patient’s mouth open while the impression material sets. This is because jaw movement slightly alters the shape of the ear canal. With IEMs, you need to maintain a good seal when your jaw moves into a wide-open position while singing or speaking. Next, it is also beneficial to have the impressions taken as deeply as comfort allows, preferably to the second bend in the ear canal. This increases the hearing protection of the IEM by adding mass between the external stage volume and the eardrum. It also minimizes the occlusion effect by reducing the air volume between the IEM tip and the eardrum."

I have SAA hardwired K1000s and hassled with the silver tip wires for a couple years. I didn't use them much because they couldn't be used on regular headphone amps, I have speakers on my speaker amp, and it is a pain to reconnect. I had my friend thrice re-terminate with a 4-pin XLR and I have a variety of connectors for use on non-4-pin amps, including the original silver tips, 2x3-pin XLR and 1/4" jack. It is awesome and I have listened more in the last couple months than the prior couple of years. Also, as a SinglePower Survivor, I feel your pain. But you are being more than irrational by saying you don't want tubes. To my mind/ears, both the K1K and HD800 need some life and perhaps even some warmth and tubes is where they will be happiest. Buy a Balancing Act and you will be happy and secure for years to come. The WA22 is another balanced option I would consider, and if you are not interested in balanced drive, or don't have a balanced source, then the WA5 is a pure no-brainer and the ZDT would give you all the options you think you want.

Or a variation to show Dinny's change of affiliation, a la the Calvin stickers:

Anna Ternheim -- Leaving on a Mayday Box Elders -- Alice and Friends

Simple question. Does your Black Dragon cable have a wire going to each side or just one side? If Drew wired them for you, then I am quite sure he wires them direct to each driver, unlike the stock K701 where the cable is connected on one side only and then there is an idiotically small wire on the inside of the cans going to the other driver.