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Happy Birthday to an awesome fellow woodworker, and an all around great guy!

I said too, so he said three. Not really that cryptic, well maybe if you're drunk.

I bet it sounds airy.

I'd love to help, but my measuring pole bends a little to the right.

I can say that the Fidelio L1 is more forward. I think I'd prefer it, but one would need to side by side for a bit of time to be sure. Plus it's not made by Sennheiser!

Happy Birthday to one of my favorite Super Heroes!

JP thumbers FTMFW!

Very nice Ric. I really liked my Zamp and DA10 from a few years back.

Sounds like a nice K1000 amp too.

Just when Blondes where starting to get a foothold.

I loved Freaks and Geeks.

Happy Birthday! And please...what is an ujamer, and why does in need a stand?

No, but Skylab says they're good.

Yeah, I love that casework, so why re-invent the wheel?

If memory serves, the ESP950 sounded best at 580, at least on Marc's (now HPA's) hot rodded KGSS.

This is not news for the 'Silverbacks' of the audio world. Stax were the first to move the headphone into the audiophile realm, just as Nakamichi did with the lowly Philips dictation medium, the cassette tape. Before that, the headphone was a device of convenience only, and usually a pretty uncomfortable, sweaty one.

A lapis lazuli knob would be gorgeous!

Liquor packaging shelf FTW!

Similar to my day, but I took ass and skipped names.

Flesh tone with painted pubes FTW!

What about taking the other approach and freezing Jim's throat?

"And somewhere in this painting lives a happy tree"

You can all feel better about your speeds.

I think Marc said that he got them from a gentleman on the AV123 forums. It's a one man outfit for sure, but his attention to detail is really great. I believe he's working on a larger version with a 10" IIRC.

Update. I was at Marc's this last weekend, and got to listen to the corner horns. In short they sound fantastic. Such a full, weighty sound from a single 6 1/2" driver is a real surprise. They really throw a large soundstage too, and without a narrow sweetspot. I could be very happy with these just as they are, but Marc wants to fill in some of the lower octaves. Actually the bass is there, but not in large supply. So we set out to assemble us some 'paint by number' subwoofers Friday evening. Within 45 minutes we had both subs glued and assembled, save the outer pieces and the drivers. This guy builds a beautiful kit, that the most inexperienced hobbyist can easily navigate. The next evening we finished them off in short order, and even took the opportunity to play some 50 Hz. and 20 Hz. test tones through them. These long throw 7'' subs move some serious air through the tapped horn enclosures. I was gobsmacked at the amount of low end, visceral bass. We did find a small leak in our glue joint on one sub, and it created a different frequency note when not plugged. The pressure really was unexpected for me, Marc of coarse was not at all surprised. I'm sure he'd already calculated how far they could throw a ping pong ball at X Hz. I believe he delivered the corner horns and subs to the painter for prep and paint before he left today for the land of Crumpets and Crowns. Then we'll finish them off with some solid Wenge trim. Stealing your thunder again Marc, but I had to talk up these brilliant speakers.