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I concur. Especially when modded with Beyer pads (which are available from B&H.)

On most boards I delete PMs after I receive them. If it's important, I save it locally. Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get you. :tinfoilhat:

Other possible criteria: You have to phone at least two friends if you wish to move them. They they let you pursue the fun hobby of coin fusing. Your space heater has been a dust collector since you got them. The lights dim when you turn them on ...four houses down. You need a snake hook the wrangle the power cord. The binding posts are bigger than your garden hose spigot. Additionally, if they double as boat anchors ...for the Queen Mary 2.

Crikey, that's one ferocious looking beast. [The amp, that is. The cat looks rather sedate in that shot.]

WIN. Last B-Stock 880s they have. It is indeed a day to be thankful.

What drives me nuts about DLPs is the RGB strobing when you turn your head. I find this to be particularly bad with front projection, but it's certainly noticeable with rear projection as well. Caveat: I have not gone TV shopping in about 6 months, it maybe that there are newer models where this is less of an issue.

This shot is particularly good. Nice use of natural light. Being the retentive photographer that I am, I'd crop out that little strip of blue on the right. I find it kind of distracting. Those cans are the "Highly Furry Ones?"

This evening I am going to a celebration put on by the sous chef at the best restaurant in Northampton, who's also a Latin house DJ and one of my best friends. After that I'm doing lights for a Klute show down the street. I am going to give thanks by ceasing to be a cynical asshole for the rest of the day. This probably means I should log off Head-Case now.

For soundstage: Global Communication - Epsilon Phase (last track on Pentamerous Metamorphosis EP) Biosphere - Caboose, En-Trance (the last two tracks on Patashnik) For bass response: Bandulu - Come Forward (on the Macro Dub Infection compilation) General tracks: Bisophere - Endurium, the whole Substrata album The Knife - Off to On, Heartbeats Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues

Nice looking 1200, too. I have three of them, but none are currently hooked up to my headphone rig.

Justin said the following in this thread: That makes the likelihood of a HeadAmp-made "KGTT" not so great, at least in the foreseeable future. It may, however, extend the popularity of the KGBH SE, at least for those with deep enough pockets to swing one. I wonder if the KGST will be able to drive the H2. As I said in this thread when I first got my H2/TR2 and attempted to power them with my 10-year old Yamaha reciever, they sounded horrific. Getting my Hafler P125 fixed, and most recently getting proper cabling has brought out a lot of the H2's potential. Personally, I've grown to deal with the fit. They stay on my head, and the drivers stay pointed where I want. I occasionally have to pull the rubber coating on one of the wire loops back in place, but that's a minor issue. I still find some issues in the H2's midrange, and I do suspect the TR2 as the primary culprit. My source is very organic and textural, and the H2s convey these qualities with ease. The Hafler P125 is not a huge amp (60WPC), but it's absolutely loafing in its current role and consequently the H2s never sound like they're wanting for power. I would like to hear the TakeTs driven by a serious tube amp. I have an open invitation to bring them in to the local hi fi snob store (Spearit Sound/NoHo) and plug them in their various C-J space heaters and Krell arc-welders. That should prove interesting.

I commented to a fellow head-fier about how I felt strangled by the enforced politeness and artificial nicety of Head-Fi. He suggested the 'Case. The first thread I read was Kevin Gilmore eviscerating Ray Samuels and the BHD-52

Images like that are the reason I love AdBlock.

Will the new series of HeadAmp stat amps have one volume knob, or two? I, for one, would pay more to have a single knob. I used to have a preamp with independent L/R volume pots, and I got rid of it for precisely that reason. Of course, what I really want to know is how any of the above will drive the TakeT H2s.

I was in Spearit/NoHo last week, and they had a huge sign advertising the fact. The salesdroid claims Siltech makes silver cables that even serious silver-haters like myself would like. I'm due to lug the Fug rig into their shop in a week or so to audition power amps, I might give a few Siltech interconnects a listen. I seriously doubt I'l buy, however.

I'm a big fan of Kimber, and most of their line is available in XLR. I have 1M PBJcs and uh... 4M Toniks (meant for powered monitors that I still haven't purchased two years later.) I'm very happy with the sound of Kimber's stuff, and their price/performance is very good (especially if you buy used) but be wared their cables are fragile. Most have zero strain relief. This is less of an issue with XLR than RCA, but none of them will respond well to rough handling. I also have some Cardas *mumble* XLRs, which are tanklike in comparison. I just got some XLR/TRS cables for the Fuglyphone rig from Blue Jeans Cable. Their stuff is 100% zero-bullshit and 0% sex appeal. I opted for the Canare Star Quad with Neutrik termination (of course.) I've had them in my rig for oh, about five minutes now so I can't properly evaluate them, but are far better than what they replaced (Monster DJs... ugh.)

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That is an insert patch cable, but with an 1/8" TRS end, instead of a 1/4" one. The two 1/4" ends are labeled "tip and "ring" so daffy description or not, it's pretty clear that the cable splits a stereo signal into left and right.

Certainly those two suggestions are more productive, both as an individual and a member of society at large, than battling crowds of fevered, morbidly obese sheeple hellbent on scarfing up the last $50 vibrating portable media player/contact lens case and standing in line for hours to save 28% on a nine-DVD set the eighth season of television show that stopped being entertaining when Clinton was in office. The reason I'm working on Thursday is that Klute is playing in a local club, and I'm doing the lights. This is the third time he's played here, and it's sure to be a killer show.

If that's the "Christmas spirit" then the true religion we're talking about here is voracious consumption. There are many more productive things one can do to catch the Christmas spirit ...like visit elders in a nursing home, volunteer for a soup kitchen ...or stay home and rubbing one out.

Mindless consumerism and sheep mentality for the lose. I make selective use for FatWallet, and stay the hell out of brick & mortar stores. It helps that I'm going to be working Thanksgiving night until about 3 in the morning.

Those are some serious interconnects. 0_o

Duggeh, you've retrofitted your H2-TRS and TR2-TRS with Neutriks, effectively making them *-XLRs? Nice one. How are you connecting the H2 directly to the Aleph amp? With a custom speaker cable that terminates in a female XLR4? This would be a good opportunity for some pictures. I am curious how the H2s sound without the TR2 in the signal path. I have no doubts it's causing some of the midrange mud that I am hearing. I remember Kevin said that to be fully effective, the it would have to be four times the size it is. 0_o Once I have the cables and termination necessary to properly integrate the TakeTs into my rig, I'm going to begin a more evaluative listening process using music I know well. When you use an amp designed for dynamic drivers, do you run the risk of overloading the H2s with current? For reasons, I'd rather not get into, I uh, sent some dubstep through Hafler into the TR2/H2s are full blast, and they didn't appear to suffer any ill effects. It was only for a second... Also, re: the fit, in the discussion about the H2's pads on that other site, I read that the point was to have the drivers has close to one's ears as possible. I don't wear mine HD280-style (skull crushingly tight) but I do keep them so that the pads are in contact with the side of my head. If I pull the cups away from my head, the H2s tend to slip off. Have you tightened the screws on the inside of the headband? I have considered this, but I read about at least one head-fier stripping them attempting to do that.

What is this that has an XLR4 output? I googled Eddie Current HD2, but most links are on a site that uh, happens to be down at the moment.

The official Sony Turd in the Punchbowl is the MDR-V700DJ. I am (not so) proud to say I am an owner. They are useless for any purpose besides breaking (and make oft-reposted lesbian porn.) I do have a pair of MDR-V7506s with Beyer pads which are my favorite DJ cans. The pads greatly improve their comfort and isolation, which is key for extended DJ sets.