justin

40% the size, but its an amp, not a DAC

a fun size bag of pretzels doesn't cut it for 5-6 hours

cinnabon is my cross country flight survival food of choice since the airlines decided to stop feeding us

I think a better question is How many owners can a headphone have before it needs repair

that reminded me of juice boxes followed by nap time on one of these which i think everyone should do after lunch at CanJam

Seller has DECLINED the offer at this time. That was quick

not quite bought, but I submitted an offer of $2200 for lobster_king's SR-Omegas

I called when looking to buy the XA-5400ES. A woman answered. They don't actually stock the unit, but say it doesn't take long to get it. Typical internet dealer. I wouldn't have cared but I wanted to send it to the NYC meet. I bought from United Online Shopping instead, same as KG. You might pay $50-100 more.

^ This belongs in a Newbie's Guide to First Posts on Head-Case

Just one step away from this prediction coming true.. Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio - View Single Post - A-10 Thunderbolt ll, Fully Balanced Electrostatic Amp/Pre-Amp

I would assume it is a 6SL7 as a differential amplifier, 2nd 6SL7 drives the EL34 outputs

spritzer, have you tried this mod? Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio - View Single Post - Detroit "Mini" Meet - Impressions

I think that's partly why it will get worse. Smaller economy in the state + growing millions of illegals = moar taxes for everyone

I have a blue capacitor and a black capacitor it looks prettier that way

I wouldn't expect anyone who has grown up in CA to leave, but I don't know why anyone would consider living there unless its for a great job opportunity. The living expenses and taxes are ridiculous and it's only going to get worse

Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Arizona, would be the places I would consider living

I don't think you're a shill, but I think you know where I stand on these mega-reviews. It does not matter if you rank something a 10.000 and something else a 9.999. At any given time something is ranked a 10.000 on Head-Fi. This is what everyone will buy. The few percent who miss one of the 100 links to the mega-review thread or can't read English might pick the 9.999. Because everyone just wants to be told what to buy and if everyone else is doing it then it must be the right/safe/popular choice. Consider making a review thread where there are no numerical rankings, in fact no rankings at all. I think you'll find that nobody will read it, but it would be a step in the right direction.

see here: PSA Sports Card Grading Standards Most of the cards on ebay selling for anything will be graded PSA 9 or PSA 10.

I used to collect basketball cards when I was ~10-13. Then eBay came around, and for the first time we had real supply and demand for cards, and we found out they actually have very little value unless you have some cards that go for >4 figures. What happened next was in order for a card to have any value, you had to send it off to some grading company where they inspect it with a microscope and give it a grade. Because only a few % of the cards make the top grades, this helped restore the value of cards by lowering the supply. So in summary, your cards are probably worthless.

Which one? On the for sale forum? It's been 1 day! I don't get emails about the BHSE every day. In fact, I can only recall 1 email about it since I put the finished amp on my website, and it was also at the NY meet. I think Head-Fi is all out of $5k e-stat amp buyers + the economy..

he asked me how to wire the jacks at CanJam, which means he had never plugged a headphone into an amp design at that time. jamato's thread was a few weeks before that: Who knows what the pin out is for Stax and Sennheiser electrostatics? - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

final scores? Current Score: 124 Best Possible Score: 124 out of 192

The GS-X also has a 3 way gain switch, which effectively triples the number of volume levels with a stepped attenuator

I think you're forgetting the AC voltages. you could do it but you'd need 8 tubes total if you want to use 5687 (parallel both halves of each tube) and 4 floating highly isolated filament supplies. hmm where have i heard this before. anyway, if there is a separate heater supply for the top tube, ignoring the AC voltages, i think it would be OK as in you're not going to hear about it if a tube breaks, it will just get replaced, unless it takes amp/PSU components with it and then can't be repaired...like that other amp

I already had a pallet arrive yesterday and they had to leave it in the street