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I think the problem with the DNA amp is that it doesn't put out enough power for hard to drive headphones like the HD800. I borrowed the LCD-1 to see how it sounded out of my Platinum Extreme. However, somebody was listening to it so I plugged it into the (single-ended) DNA. It produced OK volume if I turned it up all the way. Still the sound was very flat. The LCD-1 is a hard headphone to drive as it has low impedance and, apparently, low sensitivity. When I was able to plug the LCD-1 into my Extreme, it was able to easily drive it to acceptable volumes and the LCD-1 came alive. The DNA amps are for people with easy to drive headphones. She was there because the Bottlehead people were there. She is associated with them. I bought my JN album through the Bottlehead website several years ago. Dan (Doc Bottlehead) wrote the liner notes for it. I think that he's also engineered at least one of her recordings. She is not a headphone geek but obviously interested enough to try them out. She was very nice and friendly. I'm not much of a groupie type, so I kept my distance as I assume any even slightly well known performer gets tired of people approaching them. She actually came out from behind the Bottlehead table and introduced herself to me. So she gets points for being "human" from me. Al was doing very well on his leg. He didn't limp and seemed to be in no pain. He had an MRI that morning, so he'll know for sure very soon. Then we'll know too.

Woke up late at the NorCal meet hotel. Almost immediately got a call from the woman with whom we boarded our birds. She wanted to know when we were coming to pick them up as they had become noisy (this is the third time the birds have stayed with her) and her neighbors had complained. So we got dressed, checked out and headed home. 6 hours later we picked picked up the birds and got the scoop. Anyway, now we need to find a new place to leave the birds when we are gone. Stupid birds.

That was Paul, right? He was the young guy at the table. Are you sure he said 1000 hours? He told me about 100 hours, but wasn't sure.

The person listening here is Jacqui Naylor. I got one of her CDs from Doc Bottlehead a couple of years ago. She seems to be selling them on her own now. Those are Bottlehead Quickies with 1/4" headphone jacks installed. They are combo preamps/headphone amps. The green one in the back with the blue tape (which says "sold" btw) is mine. The tubes are CS4s. The amp is a single-ended triode and sounds pretty darn good. It drives high impedence and low impedence/high sensitivity headphones well. K701, K340, etc. need not apply.

Sorry I didn't get to meet you. Maybe at the next CA meet. I finally tried them too. They sounded great but are still IEMs. I won't be ordering one in the foreseeable future. The 2006 SoCal meet was my first meet. I was explicitly looking for an amp for my K340s. I really liked the Zana Deux but was "never going to spend $1600 for a headphone amp". I sure wish I had more foresight then, I'd be an EC owner instead of an SP owner. I did my first listening of a WOO amp with the WES. It is gorgeous. I liked how the Omegas sounded from it. I didn't like the sound of the HE prototype (can't remember which it was). You listened to either Ric's (blessingx) or my setup. Mine was on the left side of the table and was sourced by the eXemplar Denon 2900. I really like the sound of both the HD800 and HF2 from this amp. Fortunately, the Platinum Extremes seem to be holding up. If you really like the Platinum Extreme, just wait until the price drops to almost nothing and pick up a used one. Needless to say, don't even consider trying to buy anything from Mikhail. I'll continue to use mine until it dies. I listened to Ti's demo B22 for about 15 minutes. It sounds great and it is as pretty as any amp I've ever seen. The workmanship is absolutely first class and the casing is both well built and aesthetically pleasing. It's the ultimate "anti-SP" amp. I wonder how much it would it take to pry it away from Ti.

Good night Greg and WS.

I finally ran into Craig and his family. Steve (ASR) came by while we were talking. Now it's time to rest up for tomorrow's full day of fun.

Then I must have misunderstood his 10:30 am PST to mean tomorrow when it really meant today. I'll give him a call.

Justin gets in at 10 am tomorrow. However, if you have a set of electrostatics, I happen to have a decent amplifier to drive them.

Stacy and I are at the Doubletree. Stacy is crashing. I'll be heading down to the restaurant here in a few minutes. Is anybody else here yet?

Carnegie Hall would be about right.

Abstract art.

Or both.

Just put them in parallel.

You know that if you spray them and the calipers with armor-all, they'll last a lot longer and also stand up to the NE rainy weather and salted roads better.

Or not. They may go higher. That's why this is hard.

Another 24 hours of wireless service, even though I'll only be here 4 or 5 more hours.

Yes, but he'd hate his neighbors.

Peter, don't take chances with your eyes. Go see a professional to diagnose your "eye fatugue" as it may be something else altogether. Then you'll have choices for treatment/prevention. I prefer an LCD screen to a CRT as I get no flicker issues from the LCD.

Stacy and I will be at the hotel sometime Friday evening. When exactly depends on if she finds something for us to do first. At least it will be a short drive. We're currently in the beautiful Milpitas Embassy Suites.

Well for one reason, he can actually fit into the cockpit.

He's better pals with Vince Vaughn.

Gabby Pahinui - Gabby Various artists - Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters Vol 1 Both are really good. I especially like Gabby. Thanks to Laine for recommending them.

Happy Birthday Guys!

My wife will be there and she's from Bakersfield. So your girlfriend could do something with her. Of course, she can't mind spending time with a 39+ year old. Grahame, maybe you could talk Joanne into coming? Stacy would like the company and hopefully Joanne would enjoy it.