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Just posted my review in the TTVJ thread on HF. http://www.head-fi.org/t/795255/pass-labs-hpa-1-loaner-program/15#post_12334992 TLDR: The Pass Labs HPA-1 is a solid debut from Pass Labs. It sounds clear, punchy and neutral. It was a very nice pairing with the Sennheiser HD600/650/800 trinity. I could live with the HPA-1 as my only amp. Biggest con is the price, which is just too darn expensive for what it is. That being said, fans of solid state amps should definitely give this one a listen.

It is absolutely shameful that more of them don't get in trouble for insider-trading.

Amazing! Looking good, Brent. You can already see the weight loss.

It's the bottle head crack-a-two-a.

The fact that the landlord responded so quickly at least tells me they took my concern (and their law-breaking) seriously. As well they should. If they don't acquire the proper business license and remit TOT taxes to the City then they've got bigger problems. A random violation every now and then won't bother me that much. Its more that every time I walked by the apartment next door to mine there were different people sitting in it. It is in their economic best-interests to get the apartment rented back out to another long term tenant. Rents out here in the SF area have never been higher.

This is so well stated that I make a motion to include the above language in the welcome PM.

That was in response to my complaint. It was night to night before.

The landlord responded right away. Courtney must be his niece or daughter. The listing has now been revised to comply with the City ordinance against short-term rentals. It is as good a resolution as I can hope for so I am happy.

Pretty PO'ed right now. So the apartment next to mine had been vacant for most of 2015 after my former neighbor passed away last year. Around November, I noticed that furniture and decorations had been placed in the apartment, but my new neighbor was nowhere to be found. Its now almost February and I have still not yet met my new next door neighbor, but I have noticed that occasionally when I walk past the neighboring apartment there are random people sitting in it on the weekends. I did some research and I found that the apartment next to mine is listed on AirBnB.https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/10156284?checkin=02%2F03%2F2016&checkout=02%2F04%2F2016&s=EIBTtAXgI'm really furious. I've only seen this "Courtney" girl once, and that was weeks ago. Everyone else has been the renters. If I wanted to live next to a hotel I would have chosen an apartment next to a hotel. FML. Thankfully, the law is on my side. Short-term rentals less than 30 days are illegal in the City of Sausalito. As "Courtney" isn't around to talk to, I sent an email to my landlord letting them know the situation. Hopefully they do something about it, because if I can't get hold of the landlord or "Courtney" by early next week I'm going to the city development department.

TTVJ loaner arrived today. I busted her out to try with the office rig. I'm looking forward to bringing her home for more critical listening.

Being able to deposit checks using a smartphone app and camera is one of the great innovations of the 21st century.

Society of the Mind Lectures: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-868j-the-society-of-mind-fall-2011/index.htm I remember getting turned on to Minsky years back when I read on Isaac Asimov's wikipedia page that the only people Asimov admitted were smarter than him were Carl Sagan and Minsky. I agree with Craig that 88 is a damn good run.

RIP Marvin Minsky. Great thinker, teacher, author, and AI pioneer.

Happy late birthday!

I'll be looking forward to hearing your impressions after you've had some time to live with them for a while. Also I'd love to hear which of your amps you like best with them.

Got an email form TTVJ saying that Senn. pushed back the date on the 800S till mid February. Time to hurry up and wait.

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Thanks again, everyone. Had a great birthday dinner with friends and family last night at a local sushi joint. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Thanks, everyone! Starting to feel old here!

Thats probably what my $2k is going to pay for. A Project Cars rig for the Obama girls.

Got W-2s at work today. An early birthday present from President Obama. Punched it in to turbotax and it looks like I owe close to two grand. Thats less than I budgeted for, but it leaves an unwanted dent in my savings for a house down-payment.

Goddammit, Colin. I don't see a racing wheel in that picture. What gives?

I will try and take some better pics, and yeah, I also hate the look of the TRS jack on the front. I have that same crappy TRS jack on my Crack 2 and I am not a fan. The Pass stuff has also never been a particularly great value buy. It has that dealer premium built in. The used prices are pretty reasonable though. IMO the SuSy Dynalo is one heck of a performer so the Pass will have to be pretty great to best it.

Yeah, its the SuSy. I have @gepardcv's build on extended loan.

RIP Glenn Frey of the Eagles... man this has been a rough couple of weeks.