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I am interested as well.

I guess that is not likely because unfortunately the US retail price is significantly higher.

In Thailand they did make a group buy on it but it is unknown how much discount they managed to squeeze (but it was less than 4000$).

Stax SR-009 pre-order price in Japan

Laptopmag & Engadget reviews

Audiophilleo looks interesting as well, plus the WaveLink HS and the Halide Design Bridge as well.

Anybody saw this design? Looks pretty simple. (guy also built a DIY T2) http://d.hatena.ne.jp/inuponken/20100806/1281052930

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday!

Just came across a with nice pic taken from the driver elements:

I felt the imaging was a bit better and the bass was better as well. With the newer type pads I felt my ears were rubbing against the grilles covering the drivers and I couldn't angle the cups enough with the newer arc so the end result was a weird fit. Maybe it is only me with this problem but I prefer the older arc in that respect. Oddly enough I didn't feel that with the leather pads so it was comfy even with the new arc, the pads adjusted to the shape much better.

Yes any type of Lambda pads will fit on it, just not all pads have the same matching black colour.

There is also the option of real leather earpads (like on SR-404LE and SR-507), they worked far better for me than the pleather ones and at the same time improved the sound so they might worth the extra money (ymmv of course). I didn't like the newer version of the pleather pads and the newer arcs only worked with the leather pads for me as I couldn't get enought angle movement.

Next Top Gear series coming - Jeremy and the Fat Man?

I had two Lambda Signatures side-by-side, both having old pads, one having back foam and other doesn't and heard zero difference between them..

That's a nice price, although I like the idea of Sandy Bridge more as is a lot more efficient (the TDP is misleading, in reality it is more efficient) and has a decent built-in GPU as well and in this configuration it has four cores, not two.

Damn, why I don't live in the US, I would buy this laptop if I could, Quad-core Sandy Bridge CPU, ATI GPU (switchable), etc etc... Get $150 off + $50 Coupon HP Pavilion dv6 & dv6t Quad Edition Core i7 review - LogicBUY

They probably wanted to eliminate the occasional farting sounds.

HD250II

Edit: beat me to it

There are a handful of them available second hand. It stood up quite well against the Micromega Duo CD3 which is the best transport I heard so far.

Yes, switching to a Halide Bridge made a big difference to the overall sound even if the amp I use is a temporary solution. It especially matters with something like an O2 MK1 717 combination, a good DAC is not enough.

Now I wonder, would the USB / eStata drive or LAN input provide identical performance to disc playback?