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you translate me well. its true barmar, you do need a vinyl rig.

nah you're cool in my book. and barmar you are doing just fine, we're glad to have you in the community.

fourth from the right, is that soft machine?

congrats JB, sounds like an amazing opportunity. go for it! today i went to work which sucked. got up with 20 friends for dinner. tried to catch the 10:15pm batman but it was sold out.

dusty will teach you.

OMFG, he actually put the fleshtone cable on there. I actually was giving mark the benefit of the doubt until now.

No, I don't have one. I just know I have three now: atco japan ATTOT, the v/c UK GECD 2001 seconds out, and the 3SL. sounds fun!

Wow, this looks great! Does it really have that old keyboard feel to it? Do the keys offer a satisfying resistance? Is the keyboard tough?

Im familiar with Lamb Of God, but not Lamb.

lots of electrical storms in the south, and during the week I'm never at home. And call me an audiofool if you will, but I do notice an audible improvement between brickwall and no brickwall

Just buy a Brickwall and be done with it. Good no nonsense surge protector at a good price. And I backup what everyone else said.

Lamb ATCO USA 3SL Diament

Two tickets to: Opeth High On Fire Baroness Live at the House of Blues in New Orleans, October 18th. I have never heard of High On Fire, but Baroness is kick ass.

Thanks for the info.

Mainly I'm interested in the Ikon 6, but I'll look into the Helicons. Stand mounters might be more appropriate for my smaller room anyway.

Actually, recent studies have proved you are wrong.

I second what grawk said. And just to reemphasize, try them with both flats and bowls if possible, as they change the sound dramatically. Flats are king IMO.

barmar, head-case is a fine community and you will learn TONS about audio if you stick around and keep doing what you are doing. and if you don't like your new source you can always sell it to ole' PJ on the cheap.

A dubious distinction indeed.

buy one of the UE11 and two of the UE10. I hear one version of the UE10 is bass light so hopefully you'll get both driver versions. one for hip hop and one for rock music.

On the majority of balanced amps, you need balanced analog outs (XLRs) on your source to run your headphones using balanced terminations (either 3x3pin XLR or 1x4pin XLR). I believe there are rare exceptions to this rule, like the GS-X which I think I recall justin saying does the singled ended conversion to balanced. But regardless of whether or not an amp does this, you do need a source with balanced analog outs into an amp with balanced analog ins and balanced analog headphone outs in order to achieve the maximum benefit of balanced drive (Hertsens). However, most balanced amps do include standard RCA inputs and 1/4in plug headphone outs, allowing the user to use the amp single ended.

I guess, but I don't see how anyone could call the beta22 bright.

JB sauce is like really for real banned. supa ban ban.

Way under your price range, but I can't help but recommend a balanced beta22. It may not necessarily be "warm", but its certainly not bright, its definitely natural and immediate, definitely human and alive. Even Ray Samuels said "It doesn't sound like solid state, it sounds like music..." But if I had the cash to blow I'd snag the Millett Monster for sure. On an unrelated note, does your Exemplar have balanced outs? I know there is a balanced out option that John Tucker does. Anyway, without them you'll have a hard time achieving balanced drive.

Welcome ingwe! My handle on HF is jjhatfield. We chatted a bit at CJ. I was clued in to HC early in my audio career and obviously have spent much more time here. Its a great community that has become even better due to the addition of many excellent members in the months leading up to and since CJ.