deepak

My take on musical is when a DAC is able to sound effortless and realistic (and the closest I've heard to this is a very nice vinyl system- sound that was able to fill the room without being placed on a 2-D plane). It should have a deep sounstage, good imaging, and NOT be bright. The Lavry erred toward the sterile, slightly brighter sound, lacked dynamics, drier midrange, and little depth to the soundstage; this is why I did not call it a musical DAC. So it's not purely a measurement of frequency response. I did a comparison somewhere on Head-Case between the Lavry and my North Star and I was going to sell the one I liked less, the Lavry was gone in two days. It was obvious with my K1000 and HP-2 system. I did not get to hear the DA10 with speakers, but in my experience speakers are more revealing of sources than headphones since they have to make it sound like the musicians are playing in the room instead of inside a smaller space (which is in my opinion easier to do).

I didn't think the DA10 was that bad, sounded pretty linear to me. However it really wasn't that musical (pro DAC/opamp output stage???) compared to my current DAC, and like people have said in the past it lacked dynamics. Microdynamics were buried and undetailed/hard to differentiate from the rest of the music. Macrodynamics were ehhh...bleh.

Interesting...is there any measurement data on diyaudio?

Haha good job. You'll laugh at it on later date.

Very poetic. I can't wait to get back to NH with pantloads of snow (of course dealing with it for a whole season... )

Gagne was really a no brainer, IMO.

tkam add this one, it's not too big and sort of fits with the site If only Foxit had CTRL+F...

The new ones look pretty bad IMO (RS-1 are similar quality) jellybones: there might be a place that still sells them for $550 new if you don't mind the look, send me a PM if you want their info.

Dave I saw the feedback you left for the guy on the item (you might) be referring to. He was a bit odd to deal with as well, I was a bit worried about selling to him since it was an expensive item and his communication was less than stellar. In the end he came through. I usually give buyers the benefit of the doubt, but I've been burned on big ticket items before so I check their feedback first from now on. As a buyer I try not to put a seller in a position when I can only pay later, and generally only offer to buy something if I have the funds available. Or I'll offer to put down a significant non-refundable down payment. No it's about a buying experience. Headphones are about headphones; not one particular situation in which headphones were involved.

Does he DJ a lot?

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The more you wait the better something sounds

You should hear the Duos *swoon*

The Roundhouse Tapes (Opeth) is one of the better live albums I've heard recently.

It has a good digital out. The software...you'll either like it or you won't.

Is this where Nate and GE get their kids from

Hurst's The Heart, reference textbook. Used hardcover edition. Enjoy some "light" reading at home for a change

At least in my system the L3000 is more resolving than the HP-2 (both pairs I had). Still there is something addicting about the HP-2 sound, and it's not necessarily its "neutrality", heck I find them fun to listen to if the music is fun. But I don't find them smeared.

Ah I see, should have known you didn't mean it in a good way

Replace blingy with gaudy and I agree.

Any reputable websites to get a Seamaster Pro mid from? mjg: yeah the automatics are around $1500-1600, I can deal with that.

Any links? I know there is some Wavelength talk on AA (and Gordon Rankin posts there).

I have an 8610 opamp M^3 (it used to have 627/637 sounded fantastic with Grados) it sounds really, really good with Senns. Good with my HF-1/HP-2, but not that great with my L3000.

Congrats on the amp jp, looks really nice.