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i still got love for the HD800, though my listening impressions are limited to canjam '09. same with the LCD-2, I only listened at canjam '10, but man those were great listening experiences. no need to rush the journey, but at some point consider listening to the Stax OII. if i could ever get them to fit my big head properly they would be the end all phone for me (for the record I did own these for a time). in terms of the going balanced argument, great advice from Asr regarding the source. sharing purely from my own experience, the big problem with terminating your cans and going balanced is that you limit yourself to sources with XLR outs, and then you get into the whole "well is this source TRULY balanced argument" (i.e. the Sony SCD-1, but why anyone would want that as a source now is beyond me, but it does have the most badass cd loading mechanism of all time) out of every damn source you consider. It sucks to have to eliminate a source you really want just because it doesn't have XLR outs. then of course is the added cost of have to purchase a balanced amp, but you are already there with the GS-X. Personally I have experienced benefit with a balanced HD-650, not so much with a balanced RS-1. In the end I'm not hardcore enough to go all balanced. The added cost, limitation of component options, and having to cut up all my headphone cables just don't make the benefit worth it. Having said that, that is just my experience, and I begrudge no one who chooses to go balanced and hopefully eek out some more performance from their rig.

yeah do that^^^

I would go for some inexpensive quality DIY cables, rather then any of the $200 and up namebrand stuff. I've been out of the cable game for a while so I don't know who to recommend you to. does Steve do HD800 cables?

I have it on good authority that the dos equis guy is registered here. he doesn't usually browse hi-fi forums, but when he does, he prefers head-case.

OJ Simpson - super nice guy, signed my Clive Cussler book and we talked about the books main characters for a while. this was about a year before the Bronco chase. as much as I love live music I try not to meet (famous) musicians. I like to keep that wall there.

To our valued customers, * Unfortunately, we are behind on the delivery of the JH3A. *The original designer, Matt Macbeth of GR9 Tech, misled us on how far along the amp was before he eventually abandoned the project- leaving us to find a new company to finish the JH3A. The entire DSP code, as well as other components had to be reworked. * We have been working with a new company for the past 6 weeks and the latest update as of today is we will have amps to ship in 12 weeks. We have extended their estimate of 8 to 10 weeks to 12 weeks as not to mislead again. * I am personally sorry for any inconvenience this has caused. We are happy to refund anyone who is not willing to wait. * You have my personal guarantee that the JH3A will be well worth the wait and it will be perfect when shipped. * * Best Regards, Jerry Harvey

yeah it's really cool so far. more then anything I love having all my music on one drive. having it spread around several drives always annoyed me. also the protection of course gives me piece of mind.

^^^that is pretty cool right there.

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this is great, I've been wanting to change my screen name to pussywillow. ty.

I still think it's cool! Nate won't ruin my fun. of course after my 7 day post-apple event cooling off period I'll forget why I ever wanted one.

turns out nobody over there can fix my beta22, so i'm back to the hardcore group!!

^^^this worked. thanks man! time to get to work backing shit up. thanks for the link thrice, I'll try that if I run into anymore trouble.

thanks sandwich I'll give that a shot.

so last night I got through transferring all my music to my new drobo. this morning I wake up and it is in standby mode, unrecognized by Windows 7. I couldn't get it to mount by unplugging the USB cable, trying different USB ports, different USB cable. so I shut down my computer and power cycle the drobo. it comes back on fine, all green lights lit up, etc, but windows still won't recognize it. I get bad USB device errors when I plug it in. I'm currently scouring the Internet for solutions, and have tried lots of typical solutions, though I haven't power cycled the drobo again for fear of corruption (which might be what is already going on anyway). the screwed up thing is I can't get drobo back into standby mode, not via the dashboard (doesn't recognize), nor via unplugging the USB cord and powering off the computer. so I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience in this area. I was just about to start backing up to my blacx tonight.

are you really into season 5 yet? I always loved mcnulty so you might not share my enthusiasm.

I love me some season 5 mcnutty.

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yeah.

i would guess he is referring to that upsampling "sheen" that you get with big upsampling jumps. i typically think it sounds quite lovely but I can see how one could put the word artificial on it, even if literally speaking the word doesn't apply.

glad to hear it! I'll post my impressions here once they've shown up and I've spent some time with them.

glad to hear it! I'll post my impressions here once they've shown up and I've spent some time with them.

having said that I haven't heard the W4S stuff. really I'm just saying I like to give my business to folks who communicate well.

mike, I agree that is bullshit, especially when we are talking about high dollar items. for the record, when I emailed the W4S guy years ago with some random question, he emailed me back that same day with a descriptive, professional, and friendly response. I would want to do business with that cat if I was in the market for a dac or amp.