in that case, i'll sell the evil ones for $2000 shipped. I'll throw in a free smile.

; )

I hope you don't mean me. I'm still looking for a set and I guess I'll pay whatever the seller asks if I find it reasonable.

Welcome to Headcase, sorry about your thin skin .

I think grawk's are worth it with the mods but I'm not paying that much for it. And whenever the flaming stops about me, I'd be happy.

yeah the funniest pic this year has to be jjcha's 10 hf-1 spread casually about his bed taunting all the poor folks who didnt get one.....too entertaining!

i say anyone who owns an hf1 should be doing the bitching, that is if they dont use stax.

i know id be bitching if i didnt have stax......

If I didn't already have a mid-range Grado I would've bought the HF-1 when it first came out, but I do which makes buying one redundant, so I didn't. As for the whiners on Head-fi, my ignore list over there, better known as "the shitlist", has been growing at a pretty good clip lately. The whining & crying is fucking headache inducing, it's almost as bad as dealing with a woman with PMS.

"Waaahhh! I want an HF-1 but why does it cost so much?"

"Waaahhhh!!! You shouldn't be allowed to profit on an HF-1 sale!"

"Waaaahhhh!!!!"

Just fucking shut up already.

If Hirsch sells his HF-1 on ebay, I want an invite to the crucifixion.

That's the problem with the limited edition Grado: You better like them if you have them. Selling at the market is an incitement to mob violence.

Don't get carried away there, dude. Whining is one thing -- that's what everyone else is doing; obliquely referring to violence is entirely yet another -- that's what you're doing.

Hirsch -- just like everyone else -- can sell his HF-1's anywhere, anyway, and at any price he wants to -- you don't have to buy them.

Although in all likelihood, he'll probably just sell them to Juan or something.

Thank god I don't want one. I remember when I wanted an HP-2 -- I remember there was one guy buying them on Audiogon, and selling them for a profit at Head-Fi -- I was so pissed. Then I got one, and stopped caring.

Now I feel the same way about K1000's. Do you remember when Headroom was blowing them out?!?!? Argh. Just...argh.

And tubes -- don't even get me started about tubes.

i say anyone who owns an hf1 should be doing the bitching, that is if they dont use stax.

i know id be bitching if i didnt have stax......

i'd be bitching (and wondering) where my bass was, if i used stax.

I remember when I wanted an HP-2 --

And tubes -- don't even get me started about tubes.

If the price of the HF-1 goes any higher, I may be able to trade for an HP-2 on an even swap basis

What about tubes? Tubes, getcher tubes here, red hot tubes...

And whenever the flaming stops about me, I'd be happy.

Well, I hope you don't plan on being happy any time soon...

I, on the other hand, am in a great mood!!!

So keep bitchin'!!!

If I didn't already have a mid-range Grado I would've bought the HF-1 when it first came out, but I do which makes buying one redundant, so I didn't. As for the whiners on Head-fi, my ignore list over there, better known as "the shitlist", has been growing at a pretty good clip lately. The whining & crying is fucking headache inducing, it's almost as bad as dealing with a woman with PMS.

"Waaahhh! I want an HF-1 but why does it cost so much?"

"Waaahhhh!!! You shouldn't be allowed to profit on an HF-1 sale!"

"Waaaahhhh!!!!"

Just fucking shut up already.

very true, women with PMS are scary.

If the price of the HF-1 goes any higher, I may be able to trade for an HP-2 on an even swap basis

Except you don't want an HP-2.

What about tubes? Tubes, getcher tubes here, red hot tubes...

They're expensive. It's a supply/demand thing -- people like you buy up the supply, even if the demand remains constant, the ratio changes for the worse.

i'd be bitching (and wondering) where my bass was, if i used stax.

Wait...whut? My Stax has bass. Hirsch's Stax has bass. Dave's Stax has bass. Stephen's...Stephen, do you have a Stax? I forget...I think not.

You should be bitching and whining where your hearing went, Mr. I-stuck-bees-in-my-ears-as-a-kid.

Except you don't want an HP-2.They're expensive. It's a supply/demand thing -- people like you buy up the supply, even if the demand remains constant, the ratio changes for the worse.

My complete disinterest in the last two HP-2's I've owned has sort of turned me off to the headphone a bit.

Not for me Supply seems to stay pretty constant. I need a large collection of premium 6SN7's, and a few other types. Just in case, you know. Helps control costs in the future.

Not for me Supply seems to stay pretty constant. I need a large collection of premium 6SN7's, and a few other types. Just in case, you know. Helps control costs in the future.

I think I've figured out how your system works: Every time you get a lifetime supply of 6SN7's, you get another amp that uses 6SN7's, which means a few hundred more tubes need to be added to the stockpile.

Wait...whut? My Stax has bass. Hirsch's Stax has bass. Dave's Stax has bass. Stephen's...Stephen, do you have a Stax? I forget...I think not.

You should be bitching and whining where your hearing went, Mr. I-stuck-bees-in-my-ears-as-a-kid.

want some? they taste like chicken... pointy chicken.

Wait...whut? My Stax has bass. Hirsch's Stax has bass. Dave's Stax has bass. Stephen's...Stephen, do you have a Stax? I forget...I think not.

You should be bitching and whining where your hearing went, Mr. I-stuck-bees-in-my-ears-as-a-kid.

No I don't own a STAX setup currently. I'm trolling eBay for a Lambda pro setup....although, the electret cans look ugly enough to love as well.

OH YEAH, on topic: I've heard the HF-1 and they're good, but I just don't understand the hype...I guess it's the whole limited edition thing...it's all very amusing.

I wonder if I could sell more amps by coming out with a limited edition M^3...now with 50% more cube!!!!

(so would that be an M^4.5?)

want some? they taste like chicken... pointy chicken.

No thanks. As much as I like sharp foods, I'm probably allergic.

No I don't own a STAX setup currently. I'm trolling eBay for a Lambda pro setup....although, the electret cans look ugly enough to love as well.

OH YEAH, on topic: I've heard the HF-1 and they're good, but I just don't understand the hype...I guess it's the whole limited edition thing...it's all very amusing.

I wonder if I could sell more amps by coming out with a limited edition M^3...now with 50% more cube!!!!

(so would that be an M^4.5?)

nah, it would be (m^3) * (1+ .5)

My Lambda Pros bring da bass. It's deeper than the HP2 even. But not as crazy as the GS1000 with flats!

Could also be written as (1.1447M)^3

actually, if it's m^3 then anything in front of M is a coefficent. so (1.1447M)^3 = 1.1447^3 * M^3 = ~3.03M^3

but M^3 + .5M^3 = 1.5M^3

he said 50% more, not 200% more.

200% more of 1 is 3 since. 50% more of 1 is 1.5.

If Hirsch sells his HF-1 on ebay, I want an invite to the crucifixion.

Heh. The recent auction only went for $405. That wouldn't even pay for half a GS-1000. I guess I'll keep mine after all.

Back to Stax:

Omega II bass is in the upper registers, at least I haven't really heard it go low using 007t amp. The Omega II creates a bass illusion with that upper bass hump, but doesn't really deliver the goods. HE60 and HE90 both have a more convincing deep bass. Come to think of it, the Lambda Pro actually does deep bass better than Omega II.

1.1447^3 * M^3 = ~3.03M^3

Check your math. 1.1447^3 is approx. 1.5, dorklatch.

EDIT: You typed 1.447 into your calculator, didn't you? There's a 1 after the decimal point.