Tyll Hertsens

The blood is thick in the headphone world. Hi Ti!

Hi guys! Birgir and Kevin have done us all a solid, and I'm gonna need some help getting electrostatic cans in for measurement. Really the easiest way to tell you about it is just to point you here: http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/stax-mafia-makes-unrefusable-offer-and-i-begin-electrostatic-headphone-measurement-program Looking forward to a bunch of new estate measurements! Thanks Birgir and Kevin! Imma make good use out of the KGSSSRE.

Right there with ya, Jacob.

Yep, I'll be there. I thoroughly enjoy going to that show.

I think this is a photo from one of the San Diego fires. Wow!

Should be end of next week. Doing the V-Moda XS next then the Oppo.

+1 If you want me to.

Guess I'll have to get one and play around with it a bit.

Snowed here last night, just a bit, didn't stick but on the branches.

HDB Buddy!

Happy birthday, Shelly. I shat soon forget that first elevator ride when you met us idiots. I think I'm remembering that right. God, I'm getting old. Imma remember it that way anyway. Hope the glow of your birthday won't soon wear off.

I like it! I can't see a picture of Iovine without thinking he's a massive douche-nozzle. News feed are saying this is about Beats streaming service, but I think Apple could really benefit from the active headphone platform. They'll prolly stick a bunch of sensors in the cans, but at least there won't be friggen thugs running the show. Edit: I take that back, Al. At least there won't be neanderthal thugs running the show...they'll be sophisticated thugs.

Dat der last one is balony, eh?

It's all fact, Wayne, bloody hell having to live with beer in you hand.

In Montana all the dirt roads in the mountains don't even open up until July 15th!!! If summer falls on a weekend we all have a picnic.

My back yard this morning.

JH32...phreak phaze, of course.

^^Alien dildos and Audio Technica headphones!? Why does this seem to go together so well?

Indeed. Sporta-Pro. My bad.

Koss Porta Pro.

Oh JEEZ! That's way more pudge than I'll ever need to see in one pic.

Even if all Neil manages to do with Pono is to get Apple off their ass, he's won. What with the uptrend in smartphones and headphones in general, iTunes to hi-rez, and a little poke from Neil, I think the balance is beginning to shift. Strong headphone use and quieter cars reduce the need for so much dynamic compression. Increasing awareness of audio quality as a subject in the popular consciousness (regardless of how ill informed it is) will lead to companies bringing focus to, and market on the benefits of better fidelity. And, believe it or not, the strong and now decade deep body of information and experience on Head-Fi is indexed highly, and the consuming public at large is only a Google search away from better information than they've ever had before. Pono itself may or may not be great, but it's already having a lot of catalytic power for better audio.

Jason sent me an email this AM, Oppos on the way!

Is that Ray!?