Tyll Hertsens

Bacon cake for all!!! Happy Birthday mate.

Yes, the L1 and M1 ... i really dug what I was hearing on both, can't wait to get some here for review.

^^ Andy Reagan. Used to work for Monster. You should here the stories he tells of Noel.

On Philips: I've found Phillips headphones in the past to rather suck. This show they released something like 32 new products in the "personal audio" category. There were five complete lines introduced at the show: an android specific headset line, a sport line, a lifestyle line, the action sport line cobranded with O'Neil, and a high-end line of two cans. Didn't try any of the in-ears, but of the headbanded cans only two were clunkers. The rest were VERY good, and two were great. The big news is the prices, which on average were about half of other makers at the moment. Philips was the highlight of the show for me. The Cardas in-ear is now out. It didn't sound as good to me as it did at RMAF. George has discovered that putting a small pinhole in the filter gets you a brighter response and has decided to put holes in the filters as stock. Bypassing the acoustic properties of the filter by puncturing it is a bad idea IMHO, they seem a bit strident as a result. He's going to send me some filters w/o holes and I'm gonna have another listen. If it sound like the RMAF cans sans holes, I'm gonna recommend he ship product with both filters at a minimum. I'll tap dance around the issue for the show report, but I sure hope he gets it back sounding like the cans at RMAF, which I loved. The new noise canceler from PSB sounded pretty good on brief listen; the Velodyne in-ear had a bit too much bass, no surprise there, but was decent otherwise. Internet connectivity at Harrahs SUCKED ASS!!! I managed the first two posts by using my 3G iPhone as a hot spot. it took forever to upload the vids. So, posting from the show here was hamstringed, damit. "Course that left me free Thursday night to go out with the HeadRoom boys. We went to Frankies Tiki Bar. Opened 365 day a year for the last 55 YEAS STRAIGHT!!!! Neon blue, orange, green, and puple drinks with umbrellas and 5 shots flowed freely. The conversation with two tattooed lesbians in our little corner for the evening was rollicking fun. Jerry Harvey prefers the JH13 over the JH16. Jus' sayin'.

Crazy amount of work today, to blitzt to post, drink witht he boss before he cautght the red eye, then drank witth the HEadRoom dudes. Th only thing worth dredging out of my head for youguys at the moment is the new Phillips line is amazingly good. Amazingly. And they've price there cans where they shoud=ld be priced. out.

Mikhail says hi ... It was mumbled under his breath with a downward head and a shuffle away. I did listen to the AKG canalphones ... funny, they did sound a bit like the K701. Thrilling, isn't it?

Ha. I'll try to get around to it ... after I get samples in my hot little hands. About half the Marley cans sounded pretty good. The designers are two guys from Klipsch. Speaks well of them that they bailed Klipsch. They knew who I was instantly and thanks me for the Exodus review and said it was spot on. they've completely redesigned the headband. They new it was a problem, but they've been pushed to get new skus out the door. As I criticized other cans, they mostly nodded their heads and would tell me they were aware, and what was going on with that can. Product development at that level is a pretty hardball game. I like them. The Soul booth had the hottest chicks, pix on IF soon. The guy doing the Sony BA demo saw my card and went, "Dude! I love your site!" That was nice. The cans were okay. Got better for the price as you went up the ladder. Samples soon. Got to talk to the Chief Design Officer and CEO of Fanny Wang, and the California Headphone company. They run both brands. The TOTL California Headphone Company can has TUBES in it!!! It was a prototype and out of juice, but their mid price headphone sounded pretty good. The guys at Comply are a bunch of geek chemists who get their rocks off developing foam. They were fun. I don't think the Polk guys get it. I'm out.

Don't have time to post pix, but the funniest thing I saw today by far was three suites sitting at a pink table having a meeting in the Barbie booth.

Heard the HD 700 ... sounded a bit thin, but miserable listening conditions, so I really have no idea. They gave me a new Amperor (the facelifted HD 25-1 II), yeah these things rock the boat. Everything that the HD25-1 is plus seemingly slightly better sound and aluminum cups. I got the blue ones ... much prettier than the silver. Heard the HE-400, again miserable listening conditions, but it sounded like it had significantly too much treble energy. Stumbled on the Yoga booth (http://www.yoga.com.tw/), went through there wall of cans .... WTF, these sound okay ... all of them. Turns out they'r and OEM/ODM maker. Their CD-990 is the Fischer Audio FA-003. Tried the AfterShockz bone conduction headphones. Cute trick, but you can hear the driver next to the ear in addition to the bone conducted info, and it sounds shitty. If you plug your ears it sounds not bad (no highs or lows though, just kind of murky as you'd expect). The thing is that if you turn it up in order to get some bass they end up bouncing on the side of your head. Feels like someone taped a butterfly to you cheek bone.

D'oh! Posted my first post last night, but forgot to such a button so it didn't show up. Fxt now, first (fluffy and non-substantive) post up. I'll keep an eye on this thread and will try to catch things of interest.

Woot! Happy Birthday Luis!

I had a six foot rope. Throw a couple half hitches around their ankles; three or four wraps around my hand (can't be too safe); and throwed them over my shoulder like a hobo bag. They get too much blood to the head and stop squirming pretty quick. Got up at 1:30 am to catch my 7:30 plane at the airport 20 minutes away. I'm in a foul mood. Fuckin' CES and Vegas, I hate that show. 37 acres of people in suits trying to sell you on something. Anyway, I rarely post in this thread ... I got too much posting and surfing to keep up, so I have to draw the line. But this morning, when I saw it pop up in new content, I figured I post about my cool morning getting ready for that shit hole. I hit the last page button, and at the top of it found some funny shit about what happened on the page before. So I went back one. At the top of it found some funny shit about what happened on the page before. So I went back one. Repeated that a few times and said fuck it, and went back ten pages. You guys are some funny and lovely fuckers, you know that. Have a great week!

:chuckle

WTF were you looking at dude. It's right there wrapping her boobies! And I'll be glad to help her prevent a little scope bite ... spread you legs a little more ... lay a little flatter ... ... here, let me get behind you and help you position your arms ... spread your legs a little more so I can put my weight on my knees ... ... okay now stretch out a bit ... ahhh, nice, lemme hold you steady here .... ... man, I gotta go ... back in a bit ... .

^^^ 50 Cent's collection.

I thought it was about par.

This is fun!

When the software changed my old title was too long and didn't fit. I asked Dan to shorten it up for me.

Okay ... iPhone>no amp>JH13 FTMFW!

Japanese collectors drove ukulele prices through the roof. Not that anyone gives a shit.

Hey! That's my sister you're talking about, mister!

Late to the birthday party ... any cake left? Have a great new year, Brian!

Hippity happity birfday!

Thanks for all the pretty pix, KNucks. You make my day ... every day. Have a great B-day!