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Buddy 'Bones' Jenkins. Hey, I always thought Dr. McCoy was pretty cool. Oh wait, Blues...

Exactly. Your point may be valid but in response to that point you're letting tools out into the wild that can be abused in incredible ways. Tools that will stay long after the current administration, congress, senate, w/e is out of power unless they're struck down by the supreme court. So you're essentially gambling on them not being abused in the long term, and historical precedent is not on your side.

If SOPA and PIPA pass we'll have a lot more problems than not having the Slow Forum. And yes, I don't see anything wrong in taking an overly alarmist tone over this. These regulations need to die and whoever endorsed them needs to be voted out of office. Civic rights are not a right, they're a constant struggle, and this one is ours. My only issue with these blackouts is that the people that they're likely to reach are already against these regulations, so all they can really do is make them a bit more vocal. Now if google blacks out all of its services... now we're talking.

Also, there are so many $1k+ headphones floating around now (and apparently finding some success) that I'm beginning to wonder if there isn't a perception in the market that if a headphone isn't priced at $1k it's not that high-end... and if that factored into Senn's decision to price it this way. Also I have to wonder if they intentionally didn't make it as good as it could be to make sure that it didn't sound better than the HD800 (in which case they should be called Porsche). Anyway, that's enough idle speculation from me. Looking forward to more impressions from the show.

Don't know much about price discrimination, but I did have a feeling that Senn are charging as much as they are just because they can. I'm not a fan of the looks but I'm hardly a qualified judge in that area. I don't know jack about trends or urbal lifestyle products or any of that nonsense. I like vintage steam cars, vacuum tubes, and monocles, what the hell do I know. I like the HD600/HD650, at their price they're solid buys and I think they sound like they measure: good. At HD700/HD800 levels I don't see any reason to not get something planar. But again, once a Stax fanboy... and so on. I would like to hear these, but I won't get a pair just because. Eagerly looking forward to the measurements though.

Celebrating New Year's with a hangover that Charles Bukowski could be proud of. This sucker is so massive it can be seen from outer space. Happy New Year's everybody - and remember, don't drink too much cask strength whisky. That stuff bites!.

How do they measure better? I see slightly higher THD for the LCD3, and possibly slightly more linear FR for the Rev2 though the measurements on the whole look very similar. But maybe I'm reading it wrong.

Oh yeah. This thread. Been digging Coroner lately. Well, by digging I mean amazed at and seriously upset that they aren't better known. Why this band isn't routinely mentioned in the same vein as Atheist and Watchtower is beyond me. Well, actually, it is, but by not enough people. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCT7j41Qa5o Some call them the Rush of thrash, but I'm not entirely sure that's valid. They're the Coroner of thrash. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BIfXhILMEc

You walked into the lion's den here. But seriously, check out www.innerfidelity.com - Tyll's recommendations are worth a hundred times more than all the noise you'll get on head-fi. Alternatively, buy this car: No, technically it's not quite what you're looking for, but by my flawless logic, if you can afford this, you can afford any headphones you want!

I especially like the thinly veiled threats among the moral high ground. Real classy.

Abyss 2011. A huge beer. Huge hops, huge roast coffee, huge liquorice on the finish. But, also somewhat unbalanced, especially as it warms up. I agree that a year in the bottle - or more - ought to mellow it out and make it really nice. What's a good temperature at which to store beer? Is a dark cupboard at room temperature good enough? I don't have a cellar though I do have a dedicated beer fridge...

As long as the cheaper chinese stuff doesn't undercut sales of the less expensive Stax models, I'm all for it. Improving the Lambda look is also a very good thing in my book, they're almost comically ugly. However the biggest thing would be marketing and distribution - I think we've all said it already and Stax's US distribution network is pathetic. Just fixing that alone, as well as easing up on international pricing and increasing exposure would be a significant step in the right direction. And fix the bloody 007 mk2 already. Look at Tyll's graphs - I'm sure Stax have their own measurements. How can they let that slip past their QC?

Yeah, I made that mistake too. I'm also not surprised that there's some variance among the 404s. Without the midrange problem the 404 would be a significantly better phone for sure.

I'm actually kinda irritated to find SG's reviews on innerfidelity. Tyll's reviews are concise, objective, backed up by measurements, comparative, basically everything that your typical 6-moons style audiophile review isn't. Which is why SG's reviews seem to me completely out of place with innerfidelity's content. Obviously I appreciate anybody that supports the headphone hobby but speaking of just his reviews, I don't like them at all.

To me the 404's biggest failing was pronounced upper midrange emphasis which screwed up the tone and made it sound unnatural. It was also on the bright side. The FR graphs seem to support this. I haven't heard the 404LE but it does seem to be a lot less emphasized in the upper mids which would be a big improvement.

This is not encouraging. But maybe if Stax does tank it will create a vacuum for other manufacturers to put electrostatics out there. Though more likely it will show everyone that making top-end electrostatics is not financially viable. Either way, I think I may get the 009 just a little bit sooner. And maybe some spare drivers too.

I once chased a tarantula that size with a broom and a can of bug repellant. Admittedly, that was halfway around the world from my house. They're mostly just creepy, they're not really dangerous.

Allagash 11th Anniversary Ale. Way better than I thought - not quite a thermonuclear maltbomb of apocalyptic proportions, but getting there. Much of the subtlety and complexity that Allagash is known for it definitely there. Not one of their top beers, but good.

Yikes, that's quite a treble peak on the T70. Not much initial overshoot on the 30hz square wave - is it the 300hz square wave that's more indicative of brightness? Or am I completely wrong? What's the overshoot an indication of in mechanical terms, as in diaphragm behavior? Man, not having the right technical background for any of this puts me at such a massive disadvantage. Here's a fairly important question: if I wanted to self-educate when it comes to electrical engineering basics and as it relates to audio - where should I start?

Agree on DT going to hell once Kevin Moore left. He was the melodic talent behind the band and without him they've been empty and soulless. Images & Words and Awake were the only good things they ever did. I did however like the Liquid Tension Experiment disks.

Was meaning to ask - the measurements from the Solo HD, that's not a malfunctioning pair? There's quite a bit of difference in THD from right to left channel and THD approaching 100% at 2kHz... holy crap. If they really are like that, that's catastrophically bad. Oh, and I never said this, but I find the measurement database to be probably the single most useful thing I have ever found in the headphone hobby. Congrats on the NY times mention but given the quality of your content I think that publicity is inevitable.

2005 Albert Boxler Gewurztraminer. Don't you love it when booze buys that start with "I have no idea what this is but I'll get it anyway" work out. And a full bottle on an empty stomach later it's working out quite nicely, thank you very much. Still, I like it - creme brulee in wine form.

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I liked Powered Up as well, and damn it it makes me want a 1M. I'll probably end up with a 135i eventually, the 1M is just too pricey... and not being made any more either. But the rumor mill has it that while the 1-series is migrating to a front-wheel-drive platform soon (really BMW... really? ) the current one will become a 2-series and the 1M will become the M2. Well, one can only hope. Errr carried away with geeky car talk there. Powered Up! Good!

Tripel Karmeliet. All the TK I've found locally up till now has been in green bottles - it's skunked well before it hits the shelf. But this was fresh on tap, and man, it's good. Quite a spicy and multi-layered tripel. Rochefort 10 not long before.