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The singlepower hardly draws anything and the tripplite is rated for 800 watts.

I don't see why not.

Well it also does voltage regulation and the battery backup will be useful during the frequent brownout/blackouts we have in the summer here. For me the fact that it runs off the battery all the time is just an added bonus, the perfect sine wave and regulated 120V output are the important factors for me.

The fan is a bit of a concern but if its too loud I can always replace it with a quieter one. The key to this piece of hardware though is that is always running off the battery, so perfect sine wave 24/7.

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Think I finally found my power conditioning solution: http://www.tripplite.com/products/product.cfm?productID=3204

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We protect the dumbasses in this country too much already, the more things we can do to help them kill themselves the better.

Yeah I don't get the whole license thing, he's always said he's been riding motorcycles for years. Pretty stupid to not have a license for any length of time.

Yeah agreed the bagels are very comfortable but sonically speaking don't seem to be very compatible with other Grados.

Don't bother I'm borrowing a pair of hp2s right now and tried the bagels on them, makes them sound pretty awful.

Yeah I was aware of their history when I bought it, however it has the newer supposedly fixed chips but I found out later that apparently those still have some issues as well. Oh well I can't complain really, with all mods it has the price wasn't bad and it sounds damn amazing.

One of the reasons I have two sources is because of the less than stellar reliability history of the SACD 1000. Luckily I haven't had an problems with it yet. I've thought about possibly selling my two sources at some point and just getting one, but I kinda like have two sources and I think it'd be a challenge to get decent money for the sacd 1000.

Well they've now said that the knee injuries aren't severe. I guess we'll find out when an official statement comes.

Here's the latest report from a local TV station: "According to a police source, Roethlisberger suffered a broken jaw, broke his left sinus cavity, suffered a 9-inch laceration to the back of his head, lost many teeth and has severe injuries to his knees from hitting the pavement."

Early reports so far is that he has a broken jaw, and its also rumored he has a fractured eye socket and that he banged up his knees.

http://www.wpxi.com/sports/9356102/detail.html Guess thats what he gets for not wearing a helmet, but pretty much the entire city of Pittsburgh is holding its breath hoping he'll be alright.

Haha

Thats one ugly looking amp

Few more thoughts now that I've had them for a few days. The imaging and seperation are extremely good, that along with their bass are the GS-1000s main strenghts. Their next best asset is their detail retrival which I think is probably unparalled in the $1k and under price range. The bass is also very good, it has the immediacy and snap of the hp1000 bass and goes pretty deep. I have noticed though that the treble can get a bit "tinny" and almost harsh at louder listening levels. It does seem to be pretty recording dependent, but it is more of an issue at higher listening levels. The GS-1000 do have a bit of a midrange deficiency, in particular the upper midrange isn't as prevelant as it is in the RS-1s. In my mind instead of having too much midrange bloom like the RS-1s these are kind of the opposite as they fall just short of having enough.

Hmm interesting, I don't think I could take any pads that put the drivers much closer to my ears. I think the treble would just be too much at that point.

While I agree that the midrange is more recessed compared to other current Grados I actually think it is more in balance with the rest of the spectrum.

Hehe I like to feel things go BOOM when I'm watching movies . Anyways back to the GS-1000 thoughts.... The midrange, I think this will be what makes people love or hate these. If you want the midrange bloom that the RS-1's have I wouldn't bother with the GS-1000s they just don't have it. If your looking for a more linear midrange though the GS-1000s could be the ticket. Although I do think it is a bit recessed compared to the rest of the frequency spectrum.

I'll be using by Resolution Audio Opus 21 and APL Philips SACD1000 for sources and my Slam PPX3 as the amp. What amps have you been having problems with??