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Congrats, Ric! I think you're in for a treat. Do some reading over at the other place about the tube rolling possibilities with the 007t (there should be a couple of old threads about it with useful input from some of the folks who now hang out here). I never did any tube rolling myself while I owned an 007t, so I've always wondered how much performance I was leaving on the table. Some seem to believe that there is quite a bit of room for improvement in that department. KG, Hirsch and of course the Spritzmeister may be able to help. I like the idea of tubes with the 4070 because, if anything bad can be said about them, they can be a bit dry and thus the tube warmth could make them more involving.

Amen to that, sister! My favorite closed headphones, in more-or-less order: R10 4070 L3000 DX1000 Ed. 9 W5000 W1000X D5000 CD3000 PROline750 DT990 Comments: R10, obviously. But the 4070 are the real deal. IMO well worth the coin. Although they couldn't be much uglier or more "look at me, the dork" looking in the mirror, they deliver music in an extremely detailed, yet neutral and matter-of-fact manner. Not at all "exciting" headphones, but nothing is missing or overblown, and thus they draw no attention to themselves. As a result, there are no distractions to your enjoyment of the music. They're easy to get "lost" in, which is the one thing that closed headphones do better than open headphones, generally speaking. But the difference is, with the 4070, you get lost in the music (unadulterated truth) as opposed to lost in the headphones. So many other closed headphones draw too much attention to themselves. Like the L3000, DX1000 and Edition 9. Love 'em all in some ways, but wouldn't want to listen to them day in and day out as all-arounders. The L3000 is the PRaT master, but not available and not under $1,000. Duh! The DX1000 and Edition 9 are both kind of funky. I'm not crazy about either (long term), but both offer something a little "different" sounding that might really grab you. I can understand why some people go ape shit over each of them. After that, there is a dividing line for me. I'd love to say that the W5000's are great headphones, and they probably would be for someone they happened to fit properly, but I can never get them to fully seal and I'm not alone in that regard. They're kind of like the Qualia 010 both in terms of the love/hate they seem to draw, but also in terms of the fit/seal issue, so my advice is always to please try before you buy if you're a W5000 shopper. All of the rest of the AT woodies have their merits and demerits, but generally follow a house sound (something about the mids, not sure what to call it) that ultimately limits their appeal if you're looking for an all-arounder. I guess it's fatigue. I can listen to the W100 or W1000 for a couple of albums, but that's about it. The W1000X are better, but I'm not sure how much better, and I don't think quite at the W5000 level, but they're still new and not broken in yet. The W1000X sure are pretty though. I've never really tried many AKG's other than the K1000, so I can't really comment on that score. Not crazy about the D5000. Nice and polite but kind of blah and uneventful. Haven't tried the D7000.

Flew to Virginia to head up Biggie's legal defense team over the impending $30 lawsuit.

Living on the road can get old after a while: Yes, we did stay at the SHADY hotel, it was shady pictures from middle east photos on webshots True, even if you're staying at nice places. No place like home...

Ya, he was really impressive and clutch too. Most guys wouldn't have taken that 3 in the last minute when playing with a lead and nobody under the boards to rebound. I think they still would have won the game either way, because Kansas would have had to foul him, and he's dead on from the free throw line as well. But still, it took some stones to throw that one up!

Happy belated, Al. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=melUPYJc11U&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=melUPYJc11U&feature=related

Watched fucking Kansas get fucking beat... fuck!!! Ehh, not really. Congrats to Northern Iowa for continuing to play their game and not getting spooked toward the end. It's always nice to see your alma mater advance and possibly win it all like Kansas did in 2008, but it's still a great tournament to watch even after you no longer have someone to root for. I guess I'll now have to become a Northern Iowa fan since, 1) they beat Kansas, and 2) they represent the Missouri Valley conference and thus Illinois State University, my undergrad school.

The other night I subscribed to the mlb.com premium package, $119 for a year. Got a sample of it last year during the playoffs and world series. I kind of like having a baseball game running in the background when I'm online.

Must have been early in the day; they look way too sober. I mean, for a beer weekend and all.

Awww, that's so sweet. Me too.

Hey, that's good news! Just don't blow them up with your mad science experiments!

Living inside that box in your avatar as you do...

Complete series of Sanford & Sons and Hitler in Color (a documentary) from Amazon.com. Why? Because I'm the sucker who self selected last week to be added to their daily Amazon Gold Box email list! That, and I can't ever seem to be able to turn down a "good deal" when it's just 2 clicks away. Of course, I can always watch Sanford & Sons on cable, but never do, and there's something nice about being able to watch a complete series for just $25.99. Plus, who has ever seen Hitler in COLOR!?!? Ya, like I really NEED that!!! Hitler is always fun.

Getting more and more jealous of you soon to be drunkards as the time nears...

Urgh!!! I just backed into a light pole at the grocery store in my Ford Edge. Not a huge amount of damage, but I'm sure it would cost $500 to respray the bumper. Got in a rush and was careless. Oh well, can't keep cars in mint condition forever. Still frustrating though, especially when you have nobody to blame but yourself. So now I'll have to decide in the next couple of days what will be more frustrating: to toss money away to fix it, or to be continually reminded of my mistake every time I look at it as is. Very similar to Matt's little incident at DanJam. Part of me says, "Ehh, just let it be" and the other part says, "Go fix it and pretend it never happened."

Happy birthday, Dan. Party on, young man!

You're in for a treat with those Alaskan Tacos! Now I'm really wishing I could be there!!!

Cut the grass today, and now need to go back out with the weed wacker but I'm taking a break from the sun (86 today).

Looks like I'll have my pair quite soon as well, certainly in time for Matt's upcoming beer fest weekend.

Referring to the DX1000... You don't like them? I've never had much of a chance to give them a try, but the few times I've heard them at meets, I've been mildly impressed. I figured it would be fun to spend some time putting them through the paces. They're reputed for having rather odd or honky sounding mids, yet some people seem to think that makes them "special" and thus all of the split views about them. Since I live in the middle of nowhere, the only way I'll ever understand what they're all about is to try them myself, and 5 minutes here and there at meets doesn't ever do the trick.

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Hopefully, Jeff and Dom can make it.

I drive about 30k miles per year in total, but over 20k of that is in the US when I'm wandering around in the motorhome (plus the vehicles that I drag around in the trailer) for 4-6 months per year. There isn't exactly a whole lot of sight seeing in Cayman once you've been here a while, so I tend to stay put and listen to music. The Pontiac is used for going back and forth to town, but I've also got a Vespa and a Ford Edge. The Edge was initially bought for Tanesha #1, whom I was madly in love with. But apparently she didn't feel the same way and eventually she broke it off and returned the vehicle. Now that Taneisha #2 is in the picture (and quite pregnant), she's not terribly fond of driving the Edge (it being tainted and all), so she normally drives the Pontiac and I drive either the Edge or Vespa, depending on my mood and the weather. Here's a couple of pics of the Pontiac, taken just now on it's 3rd birthday. It's been a good car, although it does have a couple of little rattles that I haven't quite managed to locate. Nothing too annoying, except that it was my first new car ever in my life, and I just figured it would be perfect forever... ya, right! Notice that my neighbor's granddaughter managed to work her way into the second pic. She probably thought it was quite odd that I was taking pics of my own car and dropping the top just for the effect.

Hey, that's cool. Looks like I'll be able to make it as well.

Oh, I did that today too. But it was just a matter of paying for a routine inspection and registration renewal fee. Can't believe I've had this car for 3 years already. Only 16k miles and still looks new.