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Frank actually did a great job and you can't really see anything unless you look closely. Since I can't remember what he called the bent thing, and am entirely comfortable with sounding like the technological fool I am, I'll just stay the that stick thingy that is attached to the knob thingy that goes into the amp for the source selector switch thingy to actually select was horribly bent. He straightened it and all works well. I'm not real comfortable selling it as it was broken, and I couldn't get close to what it is worth sq-wise. But thanks for the offer!

"joshing" sounds like my grandmother

Okay, I'm not older than your mother, but thanks for the clarification. Re women, I trust quite a few, but most, like men, only conditionally. If you ever wanted to buy something from me, you could trust me. I'm too much of a wimp to screw anybody over.

I'm probably older than your momma, and haven't figured out what that means yet It does, but at least flecom did an amazing job consider how I got it (all bent up), and the amp sounds really good. I'm chalking this one up as a lesson learned. Oh, and NEVER buy from a woman named Catherine on audiogon. She uses things as demos, but then sells them, but denies she's a dealer. The audiogon people wouldn't let me use her emails to me as proof of my claims...go figure.

I was thinking of using him. What do you mean when you say they sound great? What differences?

John's backing out. He just picked up a pair of L3000s. Gene's fully in. I can't sell the Heed. It was my one audiogon nightmare. It arrived damaged, (single box, no packing material), without doumentation, and the bitch lied her ass off, using my lack of feedback against me. I filed a complaint, but they wanted $95 to mediate. I gave the money to flecom to repair it, but the selector knob will never be flush, and I accidentally tossed the remote in one of my let's clean up everything now moods. It's a great sounding little amp, though. I was using it with my Abbys before I picked up the F1.

Could be. Not enough people have heard them, and they're ugly and not cheap, so I don't know if they'll ever go fotm. I really want to try them out, though.

arrrgh. I know. It's soooo tempting. And I have this lonely second system with a Heed integrated amp that would be perfect.

So I sold some stuff and want to use the money to hardwire my K1000s. Should I go Equinox as tried and true, or explore other options. I've only heard a Mogami hardwire,which offered minimal improvements to my ears and made the highs a little too much for me (I'm overly sensitive in this area), and the Equinox, which I liked very much, but heard it on a system very different than my own, so can't really compare. What have you guys heard that you could recommend? I'm using an Exemplar modded Denon 2900 > Extreme Platinum > FirstWatt F1. If I can't decide soon, I know I'm going to blow my money on that dang TakeT group buy, so help me out here.

Now that statement's just an evil tease.

I also like the volume knob. Will you be bring it to Florida in October? After reading impressions so far in the meet threads, I'm very intrigued.

I really like a good pedicure. For a 45-min. break in the day, there's nothing quite like sitting back in a nice vibrating chair with headphones on, having a nice soak, massage, and someone making your toes pretty. I'm on my way now. Bye.

Dollar value is relative. I'm working class as far as income goes and worked two full-time jobs last year, which paid for my toys. My main amp, with the upgrades, would run someone about $2200 if ordered new (all my upgrades ended up being freebies, I think due to already mentioned delays...nice for me). That would be the same as someone with double my income getting a 5K amp. Two of my headphones weren't exactly value-minded decisions either. So, who is crazier, assuming neither are irresponsible with money for basics, the rich person who drops bucks for what he or she really likes, or someone like me, who picks up some extra work to do the same. Probably me, but I'm happy, which is more than I can say for a lot of people I know.

Does any know if there's a significant difference between the MS2i and the MS1s? I had the MS1s awhile ago, but sold them after a few months. I thought they sounded like toys compared to my other headphones. I liked enough about them, though, to be curious if there's something better in the same line.

The wait is long, the communication spotty and unreliable as far as dates go (but always friendly), but soooo worth it.

No, I'm post-dirt days. Not sure what they had going on before.

We didn't even have Walkmans back in my day! Live music and drugs. That's all we had to live on.

Just replaced my MacBook G4 with a MacBook Pro a couple weeks ago. I've had Windows-based computers both at home and at work before. For me, the Mac was worth the extra money, and used my teacher discount to make me feel a little better. I picked up a mac mini for a head-fi friend and he'll be using it as a music server with a Cosecant dac. I've never used my computer as a source before, but since getting into Oink and picking up an external hard drive, I might have to start, and maybe explore the mini mac as well.

I'm not sure I'd call them the best headphones ever, but I've been lucky enough to hear most, except the Stax line (other than Thrice's modded Lambda Pros, which I...sacrilege...preferred to the HE-90s with an Esoteric SA10 and Woo), and they're up there with my fav listening experiences. I especially like them with thick choral works. Do you think that's because the right amps weren't yet hit upon? I can't imagine that anyone hearing them in a proper set up could totally dis them, even if they preferred a different sound.

I don't know what they go for now, but I also know that when I bought mine, I really wasn't thinking about the overall cost. First, I bought the headphones (NOS) for $1000 about a year ago, then I bought the Extreme Platinum back in Dec. after hearing the stock version with the K1000s. I then bought a FirstWatt F1 after hearing it and picked up an Equinox tail. Then, I sent the Extreme back for pre-amp outs for my now very nice set up of Exemplar modded Denon 2900>Extreme Platinum with secondary power supply>FirstWatt F1>K1000. Now, I'm deciding which hardwire to get and to go cage mod or no. These are turning into the most expensive headphones I've owned, but zero regrets. I love them.

That's pretty out there, but doesn't suprise me. On a perfectly casual day, I had a guy offer me $500 to let me let him clean my tile grout while he wore a little maid's outfit (this, btw, was not connected to current job). I turned him down, which was almost sad as I would have liked my tile grout cleaned. I just didn't want him in my home.

Nevermind. I found it. The Zeppelin. That's about right.

Does it have a name? I wonder what an overpaid marketing team did with that one.

What is that thing? It looks like a really uncomfotable headrest with a lost ipod section attached.

I am happily behind the times on that one.