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Happy Birthday Ben!

I owned KEF C40s and found very little I liked about them. I also think the active monitor route may be right for you Doug. The Paradigm Active 20s I once owned were brilliant, as are the Quads. It's not just a matter of not having to deal with separate amplification that is a bonus, but the fact that the built in amps are tailored to the drivers. A good active monitor will usually out perform the same passive speaker with a really good outboard amp. I forgot to mention that Al's home system with active ATC speakers is one of the best systems I've heard to date.

We discussed it somewhere in great detail on here I thought.

Have a fantastic trip Al! Prague has been high on my list for quite some time.

It seems to me that most people don't consider the K1000 a good all around headphone, though many like it for certain attributes. I guess I'm in the minority, as I consider it an outstanding main headphone. I think Fitz is with me on this. I've had many headphones through my HF/HC journey, and these are the ones I knew would be my favorite main headphone for the unforeseeable future. It needs to be said though that isolation is obviously not an issue for me. In fact it's the pseudo speaker like qualities that make this headphone my all around favorite. Amp selection is critical with the K1000. More so than any other headphone I've owned. It also scales extremely well. I love my balanced beta 22/K1000 combo. However after listening to them on a Woo 300B amp briefly, I think a high quality 300B needs to be explored. The bass extension with the 300B was anything but a subtle difference. Shocking would not be an overstatement. A good 10 watts would be important though, as the one I listened through was straining to keep up. I agree that the Pass amps would be a good choice, as is the beta22. If money is a consideration try out some decent integrated amps as a substitute to headphone amps. Most headphone amps don't have the power needed to drive the K1000 well enough. I even heard them driven by a lower powered NAD integrated, with pretty good results.

Gorgeous!

That's awesome Al, congratulate her for me please!

Happy Birthday Raffy!

Exactly, what were the rest of you thinking?

See, they even changed our clocks to trick us. No respect for the 'mos!

You know what they say about wide feet...

Well I'm still here, twiddling my thumbs. Just as I suspected, the homos weren't invited. I guess hell isn't all that bad, except Jerry Falwell won't shut the fuck up.

Pretty complex. I still wish you'd have been able to get a full size cut diagram for this build. Would make things so much more simple and accurate. Great job though!

That is indeed awesome news! Best wishes to the newly extended Maher family!

I loves me some Darwin! One of the best audio decisions I've made.

Too easy!

Jim I think you'd be pleasantly surprised. It's big enough to have the advantages of a city, but small enough not to have to deal with heavy traffic and such. It's quite modern, and the city is kept up very well. Lots of flowers all over town in the summer, and great parks too. More bike trails than anywhere else in the country. You can drive 30 minutes and be in the middle of nowhere. The winters are long, but pretty mild. You'll feel warmer than Chicago, because it's bone dry. Even a few decent brew pubs.

Moar pics! Are you doing something silly, like spending time with the family?

Do they make you "Walk This Way"?

So you'll be zeroing in on some good tunes? I like the Super Zero as well. Great inexpensive little speaker. I'd like to hear the Classic Three at some point too.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Justin!

Hmmm, I spent all of yesterday installing windows too. Thermal pane, shatter resistant, storm rated, heavy fuckin' windows.

Happy Birthday Ari! Hope you went out and got some last night, because you're gettin' pretty old.