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The Postal Service -- Give Up

dbag, maybe you should search over on Head-Fi.org for the many discussions of that subject before posting a thread. But if you are looking for information that is not found through that means, you might want to tell people what cans you want to use with those pads.

Is the custom title "didn't read the 'welcome to Head-Case PM'" a new way of saying BANNED? Either way, I like it. I hope Danny enjoys his fun and educational day.

Ratatat -- Mirando (Animal Collective Remix) Dntel -- Dumb Luck

That's how it works. Now Lily will feel better and be cute and want to play while you feel like shit. The circle of life as parents of an infant.

The Decemberists -- The Rake's Song Ben Kweller -- Changing Horses

Jenny Lewis -- Acid Tongue

Don't listen to The Smoking Man, Nate. Lily will feel worlds better when the meds kick in, and in turn so will you when the sleep kicks in. Good luck tonight!

The only things that you may or may not think are relevant are: 1) the the fact that service for a P1 purchased through Audio Cubes will require you to send the unit back to Japan and I don't know if they effectively act as the purchaser to submit it to Luxman for service; and 2) the voltage is not user-switchable so they provide you with a shitty transformer box that converts to the proper voltage for the unit. If you buy from TTVJ you get a US voltage model that is serviced through the US distributor. I don't know those Stello units very well, but I would think that the Onix Ref. 1 has a better analog output than the Stello. I cannot compare them but the Onix when new was a $1200 CDP that was known for its analog output stage.

The Great Jazz Trio -- At the Village Vanguard Vol. 1

My source at that meet was the Onix, which was not up to the Luxman's capabilities. With the EMM Labs it was much better and not as warm sounding/muddy.

It is really good, and it makes me want to see the movie. More fast and dynamic that a lot of Redd's stuff.

Freddie Redd Quartet with Jackie McLean -- Music from The Connection

P1. P200 is not available yet to my knowledge. TTVJ is expecting them to be available soon though.

Indeed.

Koetsu Rosewood Signature Platinum MC cartridge. Traded my RSA XR-10B phono stage (MSRP $4,500, but I paid $3,000 slightly used) for this cartridge (MSRP $5,900). Not a bad deal, and I simply cannot wait to hear this cart with the Doshi phono pre.

Freddie Redd Trio -- San Francisco Suite

The Sound of Jazz [unremastered]

USG: Not sure what more I can add, although the Rockhopper Beta I own is a fantastic amp. It is similar to the other finest Beta I have heard, which was Naaman's Beta that Asr used to own. Either of those blew blessingx's former amp out of the water. Dreadhead has mentioned to me previously that he upgraded it and enjoyed much more as he says above. I have never heard a Nate Beta but I am sure that he also reaches the pinnacle of the form. The hallmarks of a great Beta to my mind are power, neutrality and control. My amp has more power than could ever be needed for normal cans, and can drive K1000s to my understanding but not my personal experience because mine are wired with speaker connections only. The Beta is also very neutral and true to the source. Although I do not find the Beta as "engaging" or "absorbing" as the Luxman, for example, that is not because it is sterile but just because it is so neutral. A warmer source would also get me more where I want to be, and is a consideration I have had while my Beta sits in the for sale category. (I want a more transportable solution and the one-box Luxman has that edge as well.) Strapping on my vintage RS-1s makes me reconsider selling the Beta because that combination is especially engaging, and the same goes for the PS-1s too. Oddly, the Ed. 9s did not have a great synergy with my Beta even though Sovkiller insists that they need SS power over tubes. Anyway, I digress. .. The last factor I mentioned is control, which is related to why they are so accurate but worth mentioning on its own. The Beta has a real grip on headphone drivers. It makes them fast and accurate and deletes flab and overhang and all those things that lack of control connotes. The amazing thing I found about the Luxman is that even with the more lush sound signature that takes it slightly out of the truly neutral category, it is very accurate, very detailed, very fast and still has a strong grip on the drivers. Even though I wish it were balanced, and that is another thing that makes me hesitate on selling the Beta in favor of the Luxman, it has such a compelling presentation that I am driven to try it out. Given the level of sales I have made on other items, I may just sit tight on the Beta, buy the Luxman and compare them head to head. Should be very interesting. As for the Zana Deux, I really like that amp but I think it falls into the category of warmer, less controlled, less accurate and softer overall. People who are owners dispute this, and I have never had a ZD for an extended period outside of meet contexts. It is a great amp with a wonderful sound signature, but I always feel that is softness is both a virtue and a failing. YMMV.

Just finished watching on the DVR. Wow, I don't even like football much and my 10 yo son and I were definitely on a roller-coaster with that one. Too bad the Cardinals choked so many times, but it made for a good game.

Bruce doesn't suck after all. Just letting the E Streeters play is better than I had hoped. I thought they would muck it up with schmaltz. Oops, they just did a "skit" with a delay of game penalty and then he said he's going to D-Land. Oh well overall good enough.

Too true, my friend. And that was your bonus day too, wasn't it?! That was a nice little error. That was a fun capper to MOA. Gotta plan another. Thinking it will be a mini-MOA before CanJam since grawk and agile_one and maybe others will come up north for the caravan/bus trip to LA. If anybody is interested, let's make something happen! In N Out ftw! I sure as hell hope you are going to be able to get out of Kansas for CJ09 Naaman, and maybe you could join the pre-party mini-MOA too.

Not I, except for maybe the commercials and to see if Bruce sucks at halftime.

The skull candies would be nice, but I have K1000s that sound fantastic with my 300B amp and others like foo_me have similar setups and love them. I have also heard K340s reterminated with speaker connectors as an option (using a 4-pin xlr as main connector and optional tails of 1/4 and banana plus or spades for speakers). Those sounded very good. CD3000s various Audio Technicas sound great out of the Woo Audio 5 with 300Bs. Anybody with a WA5 should be able to tell you what they like with it.