Tyll Hertsens

Vewy nice!

Hiya n00b! Nice rig, please do bring it! Well ... sure ... I'll play second fiddle to the n00b above and bring a pair too. I'll run mine balanced just for flayva. What's a bitch whistle? Chuck's taking me to dinner after the meet, and I've got an early AM flight the next day, so I think I'm out for the afterparty. That sounds damn cool. Looking forward to checking it out. You got a linky for that fileserver gizmo?

Sweet. You coming, man?

+3,274 (Never hurts to be precise.) I was really bummed not to have the third day.

I think someone is, but it can be a bit trick to set it up on a hotel network where the router doesn't want to let shit talk to each other. I've brought my own router to meets before so the Transporter could talk to the computer, but once your behind a second router the hotel router wouldn't let me out into the rest of the world. It's a good idea though, and I think someones doing it. Maybe I should just set up one of mine to get streaming radio and Pandora with a tiny Micro DAC and Amp system. Hm, I think I'll do that.

I fuckin' love you guys! Thanks for having my back. You're in Justin. You can have a 6' table. Try to bring a computer as a source if you can. If you can't I can whip something up if you'd like. Turns out they're gonna have about 12-15 tables, so it's pretty much a headphone meet. Anybody can come and bring gear, I doubt we'll max the place out. Computer sources are desired, but not mandatory. Please check in here or over at HF if you think you'll make it. Oh, here's the info from the HF post for the . ------------------------- Hiya Georgia . Chuck Bruce - VP Industry Relations, Audio Video Club of Atlanta - has asked me to help him putting together an event. Basically, the Audio Video Club of Atlanta wants to have a look at high-end audio on computers. I'll be bringing down our Audiophile Desktop System, but what we'd both really like is if some of you Georgia Head-Fiers could bring your computer rigs to show off at the event. We need 4 members with nice computer systems who would be willing to bring them and show them off to folks at the event. (Ignore this part, now taking all comers.) The event will be held on Sunday June 28. Access to the rooms for set-up will be at 12 Noon, with the event commencing at 2 PM, running to appx 5 PM, breakdown by 6 PM. The venue will be: Marriott Courtyard Northlake 4083 La Vista Road, Tucker, GA 30084 770-938-1200. Near intersection of La Vista Rd and I-285 freeway. If you are interested in showing off your gear, or just going to the event, please post up here and we'll "git 'er done." Thanks much.

Just a thought here, but I reckon the 800s finally deliver a back-end good enough to really hear the front end of your system. I'm guessing the whole hobby will be revisiting the conventional wisdoms on various amps and dacs, and we'll begin to experience some reshuffling of opinion about a goodly amount of gear.

Sennheiser 201, dumbass! Nice to see you here, mang.

Sorry Vicki, that sucks. I'd really like to swap it out with a new pair so that we can have a listen to them and try to figure out what's up. I think Jorge is contacting you to arrange. Can somebody provide links to where other comments are being made re: this problem? I'll talk to Sennheiser about it.

Got confirmation toady that we'll be getting ~130 HD800s. We'll probably latch onto a couple, but we have 145 on order so almost everyone will be getting theirs. HEY JP! Sorry I didn't know this info when you called this am. Call me.

Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding! You're a winner. Here's a copy of my post at the other place: --------------------------------------------- Listen, everyone needs to realize the only thing invested here is the time it took to place an order ... and express their hopes and dreams in endless ramblings here. (Did I just say that out loud?) Considering the fact that we find ourselves in the midst OF A GLOBAL ECONOMIC MELTDOWN!!!, I think it would be wise for us all to chill out, and let one of the world's best headphone makers get it right. Yeah .... sure .... it sucks. But I'm sure Sennheiser has acted on the best information it had at the time as things went on. I'm hearing next estimate is mid-late June. (I added the late.) But you can pick your own wall calendar to throw a dart at. All I know is what I heard and I can wait to get my ears on a pair so that I'm sure each and every one will sound as good or better than that. So..... Get your headphones on and go listen to some music. Maybe send some good thoughts to the elves in Germany to help 'em out.

No, no, I meant 192/24 over USB. Our stuff does 192/24 over optical or coax S/PDIF.

Hi guys. Sorry, I really should try to keep a better eye out on the threads here, and I will. The new BUDA is essentially the Max in a smaller package. If there is any improvement it's that the switches control relays in the box to move signals so the traces may be a bit shorter, but for all intents and purposes it sounds like a Max. The new UDAC shares nothing in common with the Max DAC boards in the other products. It starts with the Sabre chip and Joe did a great job of providing 4 regulated power supplies internally for the different parts of the DAC and output circuitry, and he did a supurbe job of setting up the analog output stage which is critical and essentially part of the DAC converter circuit. The thing I don't like about the product is that the friggen ESS DAC chip is soooooooo friggen complex. DACs these days are getting to the point that you need a PhD in number theory to understand what the hell is going on. Also the ESS guys want to make sure no one really understands it well eoungh to copy it. Trying to write about the product intelegently is a friggen nightmare. The good news is that for all it's complication, it sounds ... well ... like nothing. It's one of the most transperant and natural sounding audio gizmos I've heard. To my knowledge there is only one product out there that does 192/24 and it's one of the pro pieces (sorry I don't remember which one). There are a number now that do the 96/24 using the TI TAS 1020B. The UDAC only does 16/44 on USB as it still uses the 2902 chip. I've been using the M-Audio Transit to convert USB to 96/24 S/PDIF then into the optical in on the UDAC and it works well.

Actually, you can keep your hand on it without trouble, but it's pretty darn warm.

Oy vey! Say it ain't so.

I would have liked that.

I said they have orders equal to what they forcast. I don't have any Idea how many they can produce. Edit -- Sorry, I posted immediately and didn't see your post, Nate. Thanks. If they need to ramp it up, I'm sure they'll be able to. My guess is that the initial pent-up demand bump was WAY higher than they expected. The baseline selling rate is a different story though, and remains to be seen. I'd love it if these sold like hotcakes, but the question is: after you lugs get yours, do the moderately whelthy audiophiles have a desire for headphones yet. The magazines have been doing a pretty good job of letting people know about cans...better than ever before anyway. I'm rooting for it, but I'm thinking 50/50. Now, 50/50 is the best odds I've ever given it, but I don't think average audiophiles are really embracing headphones yet.

You know, Sennheiser is a killer company, the kind of company I'd love HeadRoom to become in my wildest wet dream. They invest in R&D as a strategic line item, and while accountants may measure R&D payback by product after the fact, those guys know shit because they've decided to stay on the cutting edge of knowing it. They'll get measured by accountants but they're driven by a passion for being the best in their chosen field. There are far too few companies I could say the same about. The 800 sounded great, and if they don't manage to make the technological breakthroughs of the 800 trickle down in a timely manner (meaning 2-5 years) I'd be very surprised. In the mean time, you can bet your sweet bippy they're going to ride this long and strong (I predict) wave of applause in the most profitable manner possible. I'll bet anybody a six-pack of Belgian beer that this is not a FOTM type incident. What you're hearing in the voice of the folks that have heard it is not hype, but admiration. Somebody hand me a Kool-Aid, I'm parched.

Meh, here's some more hype. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckm6fdAs7Zw

Phixt that up there for ya.

Aww heck, here's a good spot for this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPGtnbcsutQ

Yeah, sadly, I'm going. email me your numbers and I'll see what I can do. [email protected]

Actooly, it's gotta be one of the world's best divorces. It was a four year marriage. (I've been married once before for 20 years.) We remain quite friendly, and getting friendlier. I wouldn't be surprised to date her again someday. We both just realized that we want to do our child raising alone with our kids. Raising someone else' kids is hard; and it went both ways, it wasn't easy for either of us. I think we figured out that we wanted to raise our kids, which is a full time job, with out the difficulties of figuring out a relatively new relationship. Both our kids are middle and high school age, so they'll be gone in 5 years. It's that first fuckin' marriage that haunts me! That one I still pay lawers about.

A master of analytical aplomb, you are. Well, a plum anyway. Really, put on a purple jumpsuit and go look in a mirror. Alright, now I'm getting mad. See that kids, stay in school ... for your whole life! (Hi Kev! and you know I'm green with envy over the toys you've gotten to play with in your lab. Do you really wanna give them up yet?) You know I got divorced a year ago right? One of these would be fine. (NSFW) 'Corse you could get a lot more than a Portable Micro for one of them.