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The cable really fills out the techflex, unlike the Black Dragon which still has plenty of space between the actual cable and the techflex.

Pretty thick cable, and pretty stiff as well. Bending the cable exhibits an almost clay-like feel, meaning the cable seems to every so slightly retain its shape after bent. I don't want to risk trying to bend it to far, though.

I had communicated several special requests to Alex that he recable my RS-1s. Perhaps at my insistence, and the insistence of others, he came up with a procedure to recable the wooden body Grados in house that he is comfortable with. Check out his site, you'll see that he now does RS-1s, RS-2s, GS1000s, and MS-Pros.

Pictures taken by Alex: http://apuresound.com/images/cables/v3/rs1/ This is set #2 of RS-1s for me, the are serial number 3279. I am really looking forward to comparing them with my serial number-less stock cable RS-1. I've the cans on my head as we speak; I've listened to the standard Genesis track, some Johnny Griffin, and now trey band on vinyl, and all impressions are positive. Its possible the cans are brighter then the older RS-1, as is popularly alleged, but I'll need to do a direct comparison before I can officially claim that (old RS-1 is away getting retermed). But honestly it seems the midrange is a bit richer, and the soundstage a tad deeper; there is zero muffling of any of the instruments, very nice! All this of course with flat pads. I'll give more impressions later, just wanted to share my new toy.

I can tell pretty quickly if the international buyer is one I would like to deal with. If I receive a PM like: "hello how much for ship to aus thx" I don't even bother replying, they can kiss my 4 pages of HF feedback havin' ass.

Anyway, I'm back and had a great time! I intended this thread to be a fun travelogue of my Disney adventure, but unfortunately the laptop I lent to my sister then borrowed back for the trip was broken on arrival, so no internet while I was there.

i put the gear in my signature, i put it there for you to read, i have a system of gear for my music, i put it in my signature for you to read and enjoy! and that is the reason!

PJ's Magick Kingdom Adventure, OR the big TGiving Disney World Trip Catching my connecting flight in Hotlanta Joja atm. Saw one of these pay terminals and thought I'd get on to say hello! The metal keyboard on this bitch is badass, I want to have stainless keys at my home. The big news is I got to test out my ER4P on the flight up, and it was a fantastic experience! I listened to several dead jams and was very impressed at the sound. Really everything was in its right place, PERFECT highs, nice bass, neutral mids. All in all the whole shuffle -> er4p experience was strongly reminiscent of the HP2 out of a home amp, only with less detail, more soundstage smearing (probably more a product of the MP3), less liquid midranges, and muddier bass. But even the fact that they are somewhat tonally similar is impressive to me. yay disney, woot!!

I have quite enjoyed the back and forth between reks and slwiser the past few days.

What are magic eye tubes? Are those the three tubes in the front? Anywho, the extra power increase sounds like good news for Grado owners. not this specific grado owner, but you know.

don't forget to check the internet for line out dox

The PPX3 Slam did blow the HA-2 MKII SE out of the water...

I had a similar reaction when I first heard my Lambdas. It was an eye opener, so far as what headphones/earspeakers are capable of. I've since calmed down a bit , but I still enjoyed my Stax immensely. Listening to a little Genesis on them right now, actually.

Yikes. This is weird as the HA-2 MKII SE had no trouble driving the HD650, its odd that Jan took a step back with the Opera.

I REALLY WANT THESE STATIC PONIES

do you have a credit card or identification the green team could see?

I also have a new favorite thing. Its called: GREEN TEAM!

please, we don't need any new smilies!

Here's a question that I'll ask in an inappropriate place: what kind of plug do the fakpheus's uses?

i bought a mahi mahi taco and postage to germany.

Sounds like good news, thanks for sharing nick!

I regularly wipe my PMs so this isn't a big deal for me. What I'm really, really looking forward to is having the marketplace back. I am a junkie for marketplace browsing. Not even buying, just the browsing I love.