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Mine are disabled on the SDS, although I think it is active on the Beta. Cool. My SDS has no PCBs in it from the pics I have seen.

I only meant if you liked an amp that used the stupid things you could correct it. Still As for the XLRs, I have never had any issues with them coming loose or whatever. And to use this thread for a completely unrelated question, how difficult would it be to convert, say, an SDS-XLR, with a single 2x3-pin XLR HP jack into 2 separate 4-pin XLR HP jacks? Sorry for the off-topic-ness, but I have wondered this many times.

I hate those things too, but you can disable them, can't you? Mikhail usually pulls out the locking mechanism on his XLRs because those are an unnecessary pain in the ass too.

Best. Birthday. Evar? Do tell...

Very curious to hear what you think about your newest source tkam. Positive Feedback, Dagogo (whatever that is) and even Steve Motherfuckin Hoffman all seem to love the 9100es. Looking forward to your impressions. Enjoy it!

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No comprendo. Tone is downloaded and it took seconds for mine to be complete.

Oh, yeah, looking at the Tone article and the "Afterward" by Dorgay reminds me that the reviewer did all his listening single-ended! One of the very greatest balanced amplifiers of all time and he listened out of the 1/4" jack.

Too true. How many times have they started stupid fights that just make them look like retards?

/me *hides ALO iMod dock*

I haven't looked at the mag yet, but I saw an advance copy when I was at Todd's. Their reviews are weak, and his emphasis on how you would need to "hide" the the TTVJ amp from your audiophile friends seemed awkwardly naive, plus stupid. There is another review in the works that will have a little more depth and get a much broader exposure.

Time flies, Grahame! It seemed far off in the future when you mentioned this over the summer. Burning Amp looks wacky, but I don't really know what goes on there. We'll have to talk. Should we have a full-on meet that saturday at your place or should we keep it smaller? Claire is out of town, so I will have kid duty but can work around that.

Well, bper, you will be part of the "Third Largest & Most Ethnically Diverse Incoming Class" at R-H with only 88% caucasians! As others have said, enjoy yourself to the greatest extent possible among all of those geeks!

Damn, I wish I could see what the newegg item was! Am I the only one who thinks [hopes] that Jeepster was making a funny?

Yeah, have you made any other edicts that we should be aware of so we don't waste our time making up our own minds or hearing anyone else's opinions?

Did you mean . . . By the way, have a great birthday Jack!

I think this one would fetch more if David wanted big bucks on a raffle!

I am curious about the Luxman gear as well, and will consider one of the integrated amps for a MOA solution that the family can operate a little easier. I checked out the amp at Todd's (he's a Luxman rep, btw) and did not get the sense it was cheaply built at all. I would love to hear that HP amp just to see how it compares with some of the other solid state options out there. Is it true that there are balanced inputs but no balanced headphone outputs?

Congrats and enjoy! Good decision.

Sony 32" BRAVIA

Well? What are you so excited about?

It was a good show, although I left with my daughter 2/3 of the way through so that we could get a spot for Jack Johnson, which is what she was looking forward to. I have seen Wilco and Tweedy solo about 5 times, and this one was good but not the best. Stars were ok but not exciting. Andrew Bird was great, and very trippy, as you might imagine. Played and sampled violin and guitar and he whistles like a son of a bitch. JP went over to Sharon Jones but I skipped that and Rogue Wave. Broken Social Scene was very rockin' and sounded good. JP doesn't know them, but he thought AB and BSS were good shows and it seemed better than he thought. Jack Johnson had great sound but it was overall a bit boring. I am wiped after that weekend. As JP said a few times, the idea of a weekend music festival is really appealing but the fact of it is tiring.

OK, then don't bother and just tell us how glorious it sounds with the 45s!

I was certain you had bought that beauty when I saw the HF listing for your ZD and the Moth amp listed as Sale Pending almost immediately. I know you wanted to find that particular amp and congrats on snagging it. I would love to hear some real comparisons of the 2a3 vs. 45. I did not *love* JP's Si2a3 with headphones but it did sound great with his speaker setup. This amp, however, is really intriguing because of the 45s. When you have some time, that would be great.