I'm insulted. I told him out of the gate that I would take his challenge, and I even live in Denver (where the supposed showdown was to take place).

Sometimes it doesn't pay not to be king.

Edited May 20, 201115 yr by Sherwood

Good to see so many faces again! I am an admitted DIY audio junky and this is my first post here. I'm not worthy. I'm not worthy.

Well I see that other than this greenhorn(myself), there is a greenhorn here who has yet to find the order of the universe as it exists here on Head-Case. I thought I might enlighten him a bit as to the social norms of Head-Case. Point number one: You might be the bad ass engineer on the block, but until you show a bit of humility and let time prove your social worth, it is best to listen to those "in-the-know" here. You are not going to become a reputable source of info until you present some builds and achieve a "following' of builders who can vouch for your quality, knowledge and reputation. Head-Case is like a crab fishing boat with a lot of "crusty" old hands who have seen it all, only to be preached to by a "wet behind the ears" deck-hand. You don't throw your duty bag onto the boat when it pulls into port and try to jump into the "Captains" chair. So I reiterate, build some quality product and attend a few shows to see where exactly you fit in the "pecking order". Cheers

Hey amphead, welcome to Head-Case! I hope you're keeping your lasers in check these days. You only get two eyes, you know.

Mmmmmmm, Crabs! I better go eat lunch ...

Hey good to see you again! Yes, better to be safe where that's concerned. ;-)

Hey amphead, welcome to Head-Case! I hope you're keeping your lasers in check these days. You only get two eyes, you know.

Amphead, welcome!

Blush............I'm truly honored to have the venerable Colin and Al welcome this greenhorn to the forum! I'm at a loss for words, albeit the discussion on this thread I'm not worthy. I'm not worthy.

Amphead, welcome!

Of course you're not worthy. Who is?

Good point Guzziguy. Good to see you again. ;-)

Of course you're not worthy. Who is?

Hey, amphead! Nice to see you around!

Now this: http://nwavguy.blogspot.com/

THE TIMING: I’m not aware of anything quite like the O2 and I’m a bit surprised it’s taken until 2011 for a design like this to surface. I suspect it’s because the O2 lacks the latest fashionable parts or mythological design gimmicks. It’s just solid engineering which is relatively boring compared to resurrecting ancient distortion-laden singled-ended designs, using 3 channels to degrade the performance, glowing vacuum tubes, zero feedback, etc.

Thoughts?

And for what it's worth I hope nwavguy decides to/is permitted to hang out.

Edited August 8, 201114 yr by MoonShine

he has a blog, why not just discuss it with him there. as much as you can discuss something with an output only device.

I am curious to see what others (besides nwavguy) think of his design.

I tried to read the article, but after three screens worth of essentially self-praise I gave up. I am curious to hear what other designers think of it, though I doubt AMB will offer input...heh.

I tried to read the article, but after three screens worth of essentially self-praise I gave up. I am curious to hear what other designers think of it, though I doubt AMB will offer input...heh.

You'd think someone so skilled at autofellatio would have, uhm, better things to do with his time.

Obviously it doesn't matter what other designers think of it. It measures best ever (even if his "best ever" is the benchmark), so you can just stamp it "done" and everyone should throw out their other headphone amps, and get one of these.

This thread really shames your entire forums. Just the first page of it alone. You rip into this guy for reviewing a ultra cheap device because he doesn't compare it to 1500$ units? You CAN'T compare a 100$ mobile device to the SQ and functionality of something 15x the price. Yet you have full out administrators swearing at him over it?

You people are pathetic, and I'm glad there are real audio forums out there without mindless children arguing and being pathetic. If you don't like his reviews, don't read them. Grow up.

Deleting my account after this as well, I don't even want to be counted as a member of this board. Good day to you all, and congratulations for making yourselves and your forums look like a McDonalds play pen.

What's a "McDonalds play pen"?

Not sure .... but I think he is referring to the play area that most McDonalds have for kids ... where they play and have a good time.

Mmmm, delicious sanctimony. I'm going to have mine with fries then play in the play pen.

A "McDonalds play pen" is a fitting description for either of the first two O2 threads in the DIY section at Head-fi.

Give the 3rd one a week and I'm sure it will be the same...........

Mmmm, delicious sanctimony. I'm going to have mine with fries then play in the play pen.

When you're in the ball pit, watch out for the tiny Brown balls.

This thread really shames your entire forums. Just the first page of it alone. You rip into this guy for reviewing a ultra cheap device because he doesn't compare it to 1500$ units? You CAN'T compare a 100$ mobile device to the SQ and functionality of something 15x the price. Yet you have full out administrators swearing at him over it?

You people are pathetic, and I'm glad there are real audio forums out there without mindless children arguing and being pathetic. If you don't like his reviews, don't read them. Grow up.

Deleting my account after this as well, I don't even want to be counted as a member of this board. Good day to you all, and congratulations for making yourselves and your forums look like a McDonalds play pen.

Impressive that the guy playing underneath the balls manages to hold onto the hot coffee still.