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^^^ Radiohead -- Kid A

Clearly, the speaker cone avatar is played out.

Can confirm. All batteries are Chinese, of course, but the really Chinese ones are not good. They are, however, less than 20 cents per battery in many cases.

That little guy looks awesome, Birgir. Using normal standoffs and standard tubes, would you be using a 3u case?

What do all of you use to test amps? I don't want to plug O2s into something I don't yet trust, but I also feel silly about buying sacrificial headphones. The cheap ones are all normal bias...

CJ! I hope it's a great one.

Alright! They really are beautiful.

I've used Canopy for Python, which is very nice to me. Others work better than me, and will have better suggestions. Foxit makes a legit .pdf reader that I've used. Avast is pretty beloved as a virus scanner, but I've run for years without one without issue. I think good habits count for a lot, which I'm sure you have. Don't let strangers through your door, and you won't need to own a metal detector.

Any computer not running on an SSD should be running on an SSD. I'd go SSD before RAM, Pars. If only because 16GB is really a whole lot, and Disk read/write is more responsible for boot times than RAM.

I've yet to meet a Korean who believed in that, but I'm assured it's a very popular belief on the peninsula. Probably mostly in the South.

Oh my gosh! Happy birthday!

No need to go to the trouble.

Ha, I'm sure

That whole section of it might get loud was brilliant, starting from where he nailed a string under tension on top of a pickup and built a lap steel, of sorts. He touched on it here, as well, when he mentioned how comfort is the enemy of art. I'm glad he's good at surrounding himself with people who have expectations, because I keep getting great music.

Are you on a green card, Grahame, or in H1B?

Ric, I just watched a good chunk of that interview. i love Jack White, and he touched on an idea that David Byrne has said more eloquently elsewhere. The notion of music as divine inspiration, or as some ephemeral muse expressing itself through the hapless musician is silly. How is it that every musician's muse happens to express itself in 3 minute, 30 second songs? Music is work, and White points out that he writes songs when he has to. He books studio time, or someone books his time, and he buckles down and writes songs. Byrne theorizes (in his excellent book "How Music Works") that music naturally evolves to fit the space it occupies, and better music does that better. The Talking Heads, he points out, evolved to play CBGB. That's the only place they played for a year or so.

I'll join you.

I've undoubtedly made more Americans than anyone else here, and I've not been so happy about a single one of them as I am about you, Haj. Welcome.

Got my SR-007A last Friday, set them up last Friday driven through Al's SRD-7 and a Firstwatt F5 I have here. Far from ideal, but Al was very generous to send me his SRD-7, and I was not about to let them sit around unlistened to. ~20 hours over 5 days is hardly enough to make any sort of claim, except that these are a lot more comfortable than they seem for the first five minutes at meets. They're a real joy to leave on for a few hours. When I first subbed them out for my HD800s, I felt like they would not last in my setup very long. Now they've certainly earned the chance to get some proper amplification. The sound is the kind of thing that wears well over time.

I never would have thought to check ebay.

That couple looks like what you would get if you split Bob Dylan into male and female halves.

I appreciate it, Larry, but at that point my daughter will be less than a month old. I presume my wife would like me to find my way home to COS every night

I second that. if you need someone to be responsible for them at the next Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, I'd be happy to do so. I'll be attending this year's Canjam there, and I have a reasonably good reputation around here. I won't have an amp with me, but I'm sure Justin will be there with a BHSE.

Phenomenal post, and a truly amazing effort by Chinsettawong. Very, very cool. I had a friend over tonight, and I was explaining that I had the Sr-007A (with Birgir's mods) and the HD800 in house, which represented what I believe to be the best Electrostat and the best Dynamic headphones ever made. He said "Sure, expect for the guy who built some better pair in his basement". he may have been more right than he knew.

Have a great one, David! Enjoy a coconut on me.