Shelly, it looks like Tim isn't the only one with a propensity to place crap in front of speakers...

Shelly, it looks like Tim isn't the only one with a propensity to place crap in front of speakers...

Congrats on the Niagara trip, well deserved after yopur PITA assistant and subsequent extra hard work! If you have time, head up to the Canadian side, to a nice town called Niagara on the Lake. Some wineries there, and a cute little downtown for shopping. My wife and I did a 5-day trip there, and I always joke that we need a good stereo store or music store wherever we vacation.

Well, first road we stopped on (I think Victoria Ave).....stereo store RIGHT where I parked!

But a great place to visit, quite charming.

Edited February 28, 201214 yr by skullguise

Concur on the charm of Niagara on the Lake. Quite the change in pace from the crass commercialism of Niagara Falls. Plenty of Tea Shops.

Should stop by Brock's Monument sometimes. There's a good restaurant there and a very nice view.

Fighting a cold that started last week. This thing keeps taking odd turns and is just knocking me out. Sore throat/earache (earache my eye, how'd you like a buttache?) tingly body. Blech. Heading to the doctor tomorrow morning. I"m hoarse enough, though, that if I pick up a scottish accent I sound pretty much like Craig Ferguson.

Hope you feel better. Good enough to put in a nice reference from Cheech and Chong, so hopefully on the upswing!

Heh. Weird how that stuff still comes to mind after all these years.

Hope you feel better. Colds suck.

I got together with Al (pabbi1) and Alex (monsieurguzel) for a mini meet this evening. Alex had a pair of SR-009 that he hadn't been able to try out since he is still waiting for his BHSE. We were happy to provide amps to get a chance to listen. All I can say is that they are fucking fantastic. I am seriously thinking of selling a bunch of gear (LCD-2, Woo Audio WA5LE, ... ) to justify getting a pair. They sounded great with both amps there (Cavalli Audio LL and KGSS). I loved that they sounded great with all types of music. Basically, The PS Audio PWD Mark II (Alex's) + KGSS + SR-009 was as good as I've heard and I want a pair.

It was also very nice to meet Alex.

A few pics.

Edited February 29, 201214 yr by shellylh

Definitely get the SR-009 - I don't regret the purchase at all (PWD > KGSS > SR-009 for the MFW). Even with an eXStatA or HEV70 they sound pretty good, but they are out of this world with better quality gear.

Did you have a chance to compare to an SR-007 at the same meet?

Yep, I had the SR-007 MKI that I bought from Deepak with me. To me, the SR-009 >> SR-007*. *Although, we didn't have an BHSE to compare them - that will have to wait til the next mini meet.

Edited February 29, 201214 yr by shellylh

they are intoxicating shelly...

they are intoxicating shelly...

Yes, like Macallan 18 single malt intoxicating.

Looks like a great time. Glad Al got a chance to listen to SR-009s on a few amps.

Wait, I didn't hear you talk about any gear blowing up. Are you sure Al was there?

Was def. a great little meet and was fun catching up with a few Houston ppl out there.

Out of the gear that was brought to the meet, SR-009 was head and shoulders above everything else, but we'll have to try the SR-007 vs 009 once i get the BHSE

Liquid lightning was decent but didn't do anything for me over the KGSS. If anything I preferred the KGSS for both 007 and 009 over the LL, but it might have been source related since i'm not a big fan of having tubed sources. Also, biasing was set for Sennheisers vs. Stax, which might have had something to do with it.

Also kind of sad how this turned into a one reference track, one headphone meet by the end

Saw some puddles of water near the house yesterday and thought they might have been from the light rain. No, turns out we have a 100 gallon/hour leak somewhere. The plumber is here trying to find it. Sigh.

Are you metered and thus paying for the leak as if you consumed it? ouch. Hope your plumber is a good one.

Good news. They found the leak and it is outside (where the water goes into the house). We'll have to pay for the extra water but I don't think it will be that much, maybe an extra 10,000 gallons. I imagine the plumber's bill will be much more. Good thing the drought is almost over.

Flew to SFO. Mixed feelings being here as I have so much stuff to be done between now and Wed, which is when I leave. Meh.

Edited February 29, 201214 yr by luvdunhill

Havin' dinner with NoNoNoNoNoNo?

Wait, I didn't hear you talk about any gear blowing up. Are you sure Al was there?

Yes, but I don't think he built any of the gear.

I thought we would have running water tonight but no. The plumber spent a lot of the day digging in the area where the leak is, cut open one pipe but that turned out to be the sprinkler pipe not the main pipe. So we still have a leak. Sigh. We can turn on the water to the house for a short time to fill up toilets and/or take a shower but it is somewhat inconvenient. Oh well, it's not the end of the world. Certainly much better than what Grahame is going through.

The mini meet sounded awesome but your water leak not so much Shelly.

I cancelled my classes today and slept most ofthe day to try and get rid of this nagging virus.

Feel better Jim. Let's go halfsies on that whiskey Mike keeps suggesting to me to get past my own sickness.

Well, it's now Physician heal thyself as I now have a fucker of a chest cold bordering on bronchitis.