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Have a great BD Vickie!

Thanks Tyll for those initial impression. I could careless about "head" Monster CEO attending the meet. He should be blame for the current states of headphones. Headphones used to be off good values until he decided to commercialized Beat!

454+5 = 459.

Any speculation whether the 105 will sound better than the 95?

Read from the other site and the lighting adapter will support analog output. So the cable makers breath a huge sign of relief.

The real question is do you have a portable amp in the work (or in the future) to take an advantage of the digital output from the new connector?

I have not verified this on the iPhone or iPod touch but from my experience with my Sony Walkman and other MP3 players not apple, the line out always sound superior to headphone out using additional amplification.

I always find a true line out to sound better than one from the headphone output. This has been the case for all portable devices with a dedicate line out.

So we can say bye to a true audio line out?

Is the new connector applied to the new iPod touch too or just the iPhone 5?

Another vote for the Shure SE535. Have them awhile now and really like the smooth and balanced presentation especially the improved clarity from the old SE500/530. Midrange maybe a little too forward for some and treble extension can be a bit better. The 535 has a very nice bass, but it won't satisfy the basshead out there. Still, a very nice buy in my book if you can find it for around $350. If you have the fund, get the JH13pro though.

Look nicer than the Denon D7100. Wonder if Sony will ever release any headphones above $1000 again.

Tony, where can you buy them that cheap?

Have a peaceful birthday Matt. Enjoy those beautiful angelic tunes man!

Better than your R10s?

I think it is the JVC HA-DX1000. I like them better than the Denon D7000 though. Try this funky mods for better sound! http://www.head-fi.org/t/391515/jvc-hp-dx1000-mod

Well, I'm curious about them myself and glad that Dusty asked some questions. For 2K, it is in O2 territory as well as the HE60 price wise. Might be better off buying the O2 if you already have a good stats amp.

Please keep us posted. I'm in with whatever we are planning to do to honor him.

BTW, can we all chip in and send his family a flower or something?

RIP Matt. I met him back in 2008 on the annual Florida Meet. He was extremely friendly and heartwarming. We spent half and hour talking about his SP MPX3 and Sennheiser HD650 headphone. He is way too young to have this happened to him. You will be dearly missed Matt.

Thank you for keep the place running Todd!

You guys should check out the new Sony walkman with a S-master MX digital amp technology. I found the headphone out of my Sony NWZ-A867 (Japan Version) with an on-board digital amp to be quite superb with my JH13pro. The sound quality difference b/w the headphone out vs. amping it with the maxed out Larocco Pocket Ref is quite slim. It is more or less a side step than anything else. http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&partNumber=NWZA865BLK

Have a great great birthday Tom!! Don't forget to enjoy the birthday cake and listen to your YG!

You should have done that and taken some pics b/f shipping them out. Thanks again Justin!

Have a great BD buddy!