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Yeah, the basic article is fine. I don't see anything that I would consider to inaccurate as far as it goes. It is meant to be an entry level overview of amplifier concepts, and as such is fine.

Happy Birthday kidz!!!

Dual volume controls have been used on a few classic preamps, notably the Audible Illusions Modulus. And these aren't even balanced... two mono volume pots. As noted earlier, this also handles any balance concerns in a speaker rig.

Sometimes Partsolver carries sony parts, but I couldn't fine that model. Direct from Sony: http://servicesales.sel.sony.com/ecom/accessories/web/viewItemDetail.do?operation=getItemDetail&itemID=38046&category=6&categoryName=Headphone&searchOperation=modelSearch&searchText=mdrf1 Hope yer bending over already....

I'd be interested in reading that also, if you don't mind. Chris

Oh, you have a chassis BNC and need to put an RCA terminated cable on it? I thought you needed to go the other way... BNC cable to an RCA jack

Yeah, it's called replace the RCA with a 75 ohm BNC

Cherry x2, natural finish, like this:

Bike racer?

I had a full beard for 20+ years (including my wedding ). I had a good beard trimmer, and kept it rather short all the time (never liked the long beards). Finally shaved it off a little over a year ago (right before winter, naturally), and immediately remembered why I grew it in the first place... I hate shaving . Still clean shaven, but I try to limit my shaving to once a week, on Sunday, whether I need it or not My only problem is that stubble looks good on younger guys, but on old guys, you look like a fucking bum... oh well.

Happy Birthday!

Who's the dude that is a metrologist over on head-fi? I thought he said to stay away from the Fluke 17x series and go for the 18x series instead... dammit, can't remember his name (handle). bigcat39 is the one. But, $135 isn't a bad price I wouldn't think (haven't priced them lately though).

No, that was coco-treating... different. A friend told me that he heard from someone that if you do the dynamat mod, it takes like 47 man-years for burn in or something like that. I'd let em go 50 before listening, just to be safe tho...

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How about the non-responsiveness to any technical questions (from what I have read)? I find that disturbing... not that I would be a likely customer anyhow, but still.

Just watched a marathon of the first 3-4 episodes of this the other night... not bad. About a HS chem teacher (played by the guy who was the dad on Malcolm in the Middle) who is diagnosed with terminal cancer, and decides to make meth to provide for his family when he's gone.

Just wait for the poll Wayne's reply was a good one... the OP seems to be contemplating it

Yep. Never met him, but I've always enjoyed meet pics, stories, etc. when he's been there. I'd like to have a few beers with this guy... hehe.

x2 on the Panavise. Check ebay. Strippers (loaded ?) Ideal T-strippers... great. Home Depot carries some of these... get the ones that go from 22-30ga. They also have a set from 14 or so up to 22 maybe. Teflon, no problem with these. Drill press. Lowes used to have a 10" Delta for around $100 that is nice. If you make PCBs, carbide indexed drill bits like these. Don't use them without the drill press above, however. x2 on the head magnifier. Optivisors (like you see the jeweler's wearing) work really well.

Correct for the 8 outlet models. Zerosurge makes the Brickwall units. I haven't priced them lately, so I don't know who has the better deal.

Incoming isolation isn't a problem (could actually be good)... I'll have to hope I run across some of these to listen to sometime. I like the K271s but their tonal balance is a bit off for me, and I would like more bass. Maybe breaking down and buying the velour pads will change them...

Hmm, I would love to listen to a pair of these sometime, as I need a set of isolating phones for work. How would you compare these to AKG K-271s, which is what I currently use? I do use a dynalo at work also, so amp required is fine. Also, I've never tried any IEMs, so maybe that would be a better route...

Yes, I'd noticed that Theil doesn't do this. Of course, from the sounds of it, driver manufacturers are the ones that do this to get a supposed flatter upper end response. Since Thiel makes their own drivers (from the website), they only have to impress their listeners

I don't mean to thread crap the Thiel-centric thing, I'm only asking this here because there appears to be several knowledgeable speaker peeps here. Do any of you have an opinion on this. Looking at the Thiel website, this doesn't appear to be an issue with Thiels, but may be with other speakers...

Hehe, nice pussy cat. No, really, she's a very cute cat.