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I remember some retarded assclown on HF claiming that the K701 doesn't open up until the 2000 hour mark, that's right, two thousand fucking hours. I still think the K701 is highly overrated to say the least, and I'd take a Grado SR60 over them any day, nevermind my 225 or RS-1. It's been a while since I wrote that review, and my opinion of them has only gotten worse.

Maybe he meant Shaded Dog RCA...

This clearly explains why a Senn 650 which has a 10' cable has more bass than my Grados which have 6.5' cables. It's so obvious now that I think of it.

Gary Pimm is somewhere in the north-west as well, he's got some really cool stuff. Wright Sound is also in that area somewhere, and there's others with high-end gear from what I've seen on diyaudio. You just gotta network and find the people with all the cool gear.

My stuff mid-fi at best, I'm just lucky in that there's a bunch of friendly audiophiles & high-end stores in my area so I can get a taste of the good stuff every once in a while. I get to live the high life for a half day or so every month.

Bio cellulose drivers...hmmm...I wonder how long it'll be until people start pulling out the drivers and putting them in wooden housings to make a poor man's R10?

Anyone who listens to music as loud as Ray does would be mostly deaf by the time they're his age.

Clearly a non-Canadian who had his brain frozen into mush by our cold winters. Or maybe he was just born stupid.

Football is where they play a one hour "game" so that they can show 3 hours of commercials, and most of that hour consists of men huddled in a circle or lined up on the field doing nothing.

Masturbation.

Parts cost alone is probably in the $5-7k range with all those transformers & chokes, add in the labour to build it by hand and the final cost is likely going to break 5 figures. As far as I can tell, the amp is quality gear and worth it. Anyways, impressions of the reel to reel tape system!

Well, given that a balanced Dynahi or ?22 is fairly close to that level of power output, I don't see why not. Plus the tubes are big and look cool, and from what I've read on diyaudio the performance is pretty good too.

At least it isn't as painful as Ori's page, but that's the only positive thing I can say about it.

If it fall over when you let it go, it's not balanced.

I've pretty much accepted the fact that I can't write reviews for beans, I worked on a Senn 580 vs. Grado 225 review on & off for around 2 years before giving up and putting it away. Impressions, no problem, I can crank those out in an hour or two at most but I have issues with long term reviews, I just don't know what the hell to put in them without making it sound like the pretentious garbage found in Stereophile or TAS.

I saw a blurb on the player some time ago on this page, and there are conflicting opinions. It might be a breakthrough or it could just be a glorified overpriced computer, personally I lean more towards the latter given all the marketing fluff on the Nova Physics webpage. For the price it's going for, I'd rather just get a Simaudio Andromeda and be done with it.

I believe this is something the DHS would like to know about. Buy a 'stat, or else a couple guys in black suits with no sense of humour will be along to escort you to the Hotel Gitmo.

Another possibility is the Solen film & foil teflon caps which are said to be very good. I haven't heard them myself so I can't say either way. One thing's for sure, they're a fair bit cheaper than those v-caps.

Granted, my sample size is pretty limited and quite possibly biased, but I've found that Japanese remasters do tend to sound better. The main difference I've noted is that the Japanese versions have better dynamic range and they don't get EQ'd to death. Speaking with people who have far more music & experience than I do, the general consensus is that when looking at the "audiophile approved" remasters alone (ie, Mo-Fi, DCC) there's no real difference between Japanese, Euro, and US versions. But the problem is there's lots of shitty remasters being done in the US by various record companies trying to make a quick buck, which leads to the impression that US remasters are no damn good since the good stuff is drowned out by all the crap. I think that's a plausible explanation.

Stuck the picture on my own webhosting, should show up now.

Clusterfuck Nation

Make sure you never buy one of these Pioneer CD players, it's also an upside down loader.

With regards to the 880, the old one is like getting a root canal with no anesthetic, the new one is like getting a root canal without enough anesthetic. To me, it's just a matter of which one's treble is more piercing and painful. I own a Senn 580 which I'm enjoying a lot on my vinyl rig, and it's actually pretty decent on my tube amp setup. I've heard all versions of the 880 & 990 and to be honest I hated the damn things, and I can't really see how a Senn person could like them. I can see how Grados and AKGs can compliment Senns and make for a good alternate 'phone to listen to, but to me the Beyers are so far out there that they don't make sense at all.

No kidding, the Leafs should just tank it for the rest of the season and next season as well to score some high draft picks. Not that it'll help anyway since their management is retarded and will end up trading away the picks after a year for yet another bunch of washed up players. The way I see it, as long as the Teachers' Pension Plan has a large stake in MLSE, the Leafs will be doomed to mediocrity.

In which case, you must buy some Wyetech Labs gear.