blessingx, I think I'm the only HC "regular" who owns (or for that matter has owned) the ed. 9. I probably don't like them enough to consider balancing. I'm also a fan of the GS1K, which I prefer greatly to the Ed. 9, primarily because the GS1K does timbre and tonality so well, while the Ed. 9 likes to impose its sound signature on everything I play through it. \