postjack

leather is for gay men, the real masculine men love hard wood.

yeah, i was so full of naive dreams then. they seem so foolish when I look back on them. :'(

Subterranean Press Limited Ed. Snow Crash its all grawk's fault.

remember when jpak started this thread?

Sorry, I'm a speaker newb. Are you saying you don't need an external amp for these speakers? Do you just run RCAs directly into them?

6.5" ain't no woofer.

without further a doo-doo lol

i may be so souf but i never really "got" watermelon. i like apples though. and pecans.

i will also bump this thread in three years.

looks like i'm definitely alone on the W5000 then. I've been enjoying them more and more recently. Not my favorite can ever or anything, but they have merit.

well its AT, and AT is so in right now. all the cool kids luv the AT house sound.

yay! congrats man!

This is really good to hear, because to be honest with you, I have not been very impressed with the W11JPN's resolution. While the sound signature is certainly to my liking, the soundstage is a bit hazy. So I was hoping someone would chime in and say the L3000 is more revealing. The W5000 may have that wonky midrange, but the level of detail and instrument clarity is wonderful, so this weekend I've actually found myself listening to it more then the W11JPN.

so basically i can get an earlier, broken version for less, or i can pay more to get a working product. hmm, as a consumer me no like this. you think its hard trying to find a quality redbook player with a digital input? try finding one with SACD capability. its like the 306 is the only option. ah well this is all a far off purchase anyway.

I've seen the msrp quoted as both $5,000 and $7,500, and this has always confused me. Is the latter this "expensive version" you are referring to? did this address some issues with the earlier version?

The aqvox has made the W5000 midrange heat much more tolerable. I listened to them for a straight three hours solid tonight at low to moderate volume through the Dynahi and experienced zero fatigue. This is good, I might end up keeping these cans. Pretty much my impressions two posts above stand. Smaller soundstage then the 999es, but that smaller soundstage is filled with a very tidy laid back sound that is wholly realistic and natural, with none of the treble hardness that is forever present in the Sony. Its still digital, but it is a smooth digital. A hell of a fucking deal for $750. At that price point, I would heartily recommend it to anyone looking for a USB DAC. But then again, I'm listening to an SACD on the 999es and it is magical. So as it stands now I have to keep both, at least until I get a great deal on a Cary CD 306.

are you kidding me? I just made the first worthwhile contribution to this heretofore worthwhile thread, in the form of a thought provoking inquiry. thanks for your impressions, mulveling.

This question is specifically directed at Iron Dreamer, but if anyone else would like to answer, I would be appreciative! How do the W11JPN and L3000 differ bass wise?

damn you vreenak!!!

anywho, tonight I went out to eat with my folks and had fried oysters and fried calamari. mmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!

wow, that sounded odd when I read it, but it actually looks quite delicious in the picture! you should have pellegrino instead of perrier though.

The Bugle Boys came in. To my untrained eye they look authentic, but I would really appreciate validation from the tube experts:

you bought nate's hp2! that he bought from jpak!!

you're buying jpak's hp2!!! see, i'm #1 super sleuth. i offered jpak a tasty trade that I'm sure he is thinking hard about.

vibrating boner headphones?