The Monkey

My gear is in my sig. I am very happy with it, and should probably just leave it at that. But that's no fun. So I could use some help focusing on what my next amp will be. This purchase likely is well in the future, but I'd like to start the search now. My first thoughts are either a balanced b22 or something real tubey since I don't have much experience with tube amps. I guess the sound sig I am after would be on the warmer side. Budget needs to be south of 2K. Any thoughts?

I'll take SE impressions, too.

I'd appreciate impressions from those of you who have heard a balanced HF-1 compared to a balanced RS-2 or RS-1. Basically, I'm trying to decide if I want to move on from my HF-1.

How much leakage (out) is there with the ESW9?

I always come back to the HD 25-1. Not a sexy headphone, but it gets the job done.

fuckin' Lost

last season's finale of "Lost" with the bubbles explaining what was going on. Pretty entertaining, actually.

Yum, placebo!

Dylan at the Beacon in Manhattan in early 90's. Dave Matthew's Band encore in the monsoon at Giants Stadium.

Southpacific

Can someone explain to the smaller brained of us how to read these graphs?

That does look awesome. Probably a good time to sell the SB3...

I didn't say it was practical. But yes, it's an expensive remote, but it does begin to solve my issues with the Squeezebox interface. EDIT: I *think* the Touch can also be used as a remote.

Now that the iPhone can be used to control iTunes, a setup of iPhone + Airtunes + DAC + Amp is looking kinda interesting.

What is Lala? The site is kind of uninformative.

Yeah, so far Spun is looking good. Amazon is a bit of a pain. But Spun seems to be more demanding in terms of CD condition. Also, I wish Spun would let you add by ISBN. Edit: Oops, found the UPC option under bulk sales.

Is there an easy-to-use, reputable service/store to sell CDs to over the internets? I am looking for something that makes the process very simple, which is why I am not currently contemplating the forums. I welcome your suggestions.

I fell for it. The hype machine did a number on me and I bought one. I remember being amazed by how small it was. I also was very much into portables at the time. So I think I was basically listening to the form factor. But after balancing my cans and spending time with some much better (albeit bigger) amps, the Tomahawk sat in a drawer. I sold it a few weeks ago for my initial purchase price. To me, the bottom line is that Ray hypes his gear very well, and the fanboys (of which I guess I was at least a partial one) fan the flames to inferno level. I think the main lessons I learned from that purchase are to actually do some due diligence about the circuit, go to more meets, and only read reviews by ears I trust.

If one believes in burn in, isn't the only proper way to validate such performance differences is to conduct a controlled comparison between the burnt in model and a brand new one--thereby at least attempting to control for the psychoacoustic effects?

ugh. Just what I needed. Those fuckers appear to have addressed my interface concerns and now I'll just have to buy the damn thing. EDIT: I'm still wondering why Apple hasn't introduced one of these.

I have an iPhone. I have no need for it. I love it.

Expecting some additions to this thread today...

Missed this, happy belated.

Happy New Year to all. Here's to sitting on the couch all day.