RudeWolf

They did fix one of my main gripes- the laughable pad mounting "mechanism". Now only they need to fix the cable mounting mechanism.

Damn, just ordered most of the parts (everything minus transistors which are coming from AMB) for my Dynalo + Sigma 22 build. It was surprisingly tiring! I can't imagine ordering parts for the more advanced builds. Must be a many day affair. I should be able to get that thing together by this weekend. Assuming I don't mess anything up too badly.

I've been contemplating forever whether or not to get a manual 300/2.8.

I wonder what industry does he/she/shkle represent...

Yeah, it's good to know that I could use them to fill up medium sized rooms in addition to desktop use. For bass heavy music I can always fire up my Jamo HT system, plenty of watts there. Still- the popular notion of what is bass still lingers around 50Hz, not much content that goes lower. I'm not that much of an organ music fan anyway (my girlfriend is, but I can drag her to a church for her um... organ needs).

I have thought about the Adam's as well but I was under the impression that Quad 12L Active is "the" speaker at sub 1k$ range. From what I can infer from earlier posts they were quite the rage at one time around here. Also the woofers on the Quad are a tad larger 6,6'' vs 5,5'' on the Adam A5X, that difference may mean not getting a subwoofer. At least for a while. Sure, ribbons may beat conventional tweeters but good midrange is what I'm looking for. And I wouldn't like them to go completely mute under 60Hz. Regarding the wall may main concern was the bare plasterboard wall 2m behind my back. I'm afraid that it may reflect upper-mids and highs in a really nasty way.

Thank you for the thorough information! One last thing- the seller has three different finishes- cherry, rosewood and silver. Any idea what may be meant by this? I have seen the first two but "silver" completely eludes me. The same seller once had the passive 12l2 in ebony which also seems a bit unusual. Are there any rare or limited edition finishes? Most likely though I'll go cherry because that also matches some of my other furniture and well.. Because they'll be my first proper speakers.

Looks like my paycheck this month will be fatter than usual and that may mean buying a pair of decent speakers. Quad 12l Actives to be precise. As these sort of seem to be THE Quad L's to get. I'd like to know how well do these do in an untreated room. We're talking one plasterboard back wall, other three walls are solid brick (painted stucco); ceiling is 3.5m high and the floor fortunately has a rug. I'm planning to set them up for nearfield desktop listening, so the back wall might be a problem. Also- how did you work around the separate power-up/volume control situation? A DAC/Pre-amp and a switchable mains divider?

Pricing aside, are there any flaws in the headphone or the energizer unit? Something you don't find to be all that good and could see being improved in the future?

Too bad that there isn't some magical way to get your own box of the same sort... Oh, wait!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logorrhea_(psychology)

Amnesia has left me permascarred. Limbo was great first 2/3, but then it got kinda generic. Psychonauts and Bastion are the big names for me. Psychonauts is well... Psychonauts but Bastion reached to me in a way I never thought a game could.

Am I the only one who smells a tiny bit of advertising/shilling in this thread?

Looks like Heir Audio has made some buzz with their woodies.

I'm sure there's some kind of hygiene product that makes them sound wonderful. And upgrades the looks as well.

Got any specific examples? Pico, Dacport LX, HRT products?

Haha, the kitchen at Eldsmiðjan always looked like a meeting place for all kinds of party people. So no wonder the dough gets some "exotic" additives. It did taste pretty good nonetheless, Reykjavik 101 was the name of the pizza, if my memory serves me well. Ontopic: it's been like 15 years since I've had crawfish. My family went crawfishing quite frequently when I was little. All I remember was being scared shitless from the pincers.

Eldsmiðjan? Or home baked?

Yeah, I know what "normal" A. Palmer sounds like- quite Dresden Dollishly, as you said. Not my cup of tea unfortunately. Currenty:

I really liked A. Palmer's Ukelele Album.

Happy Birthday!

That was the intention of my illustration. Signature wise they are neither Sennheiser (the dark end) OR Grado. The main departure from Grado flavor is a bit toned down highs and more bass quantity. Also some soundstage. Anyway- try to audition them. Otherwise this may turn into one of those "appreciation" threads.

+1 I had a SR80i before I got the HD25-II. These Senns are darker and have some soundstage. I'd place them right between a HD650 and SR80i, only closed.

I too suggest looking for a used HD25 as they come up at prices under 150$. I bought mine mint for 120$+logistics. I've been using them daily for half a year and my only gripes are as follows: 1. Cable length [for me] seems dumb. 1,5m is too short for stationary listening and a perfect length to get caught onto stuff when on the go. This is easily remedied by retermination. 2. Whilst at first the HD25 isolates quite well though in time the clamp lessens and so does the isolation. You can still bend the headband back but that is only temporary. It's a good headphone, no doubt. However not a no-brainer it used to be.