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No, I wasn't thinking about those -- those are the exceptions. Nope -- default cables for 600's are 1/8" w/ 1/4" adapter, I think Grados are 1/4", don't know about AKG's; Beyers are 1/8" w/ 1/4" adapters; Sony CD3000's and MDR-7506/-V6's are all 1/8" w/ 1/4" adapters. The only ones I know of that are 1/4" are: Grados (the one I have, and the ones I remember, anyway); Audio-Technica Japan (except for at least the A100Ti, which is 1/8" w/ 1/4" adapter); and Sony R10's.

Uh...no. And I wasn't suggesting you register at AudioKarma.org and PM the guy, I was suggesting you register at AudioKarma.org and start a thread in their McIntosh section -- it's fairly active. And I doubt you're the only person who wants to know. I actually need to log in there some time soon and put a pair of speakers up for sale over there, perhaps I'll PM the guy and point him to this thread. Or I could start a thread there, and put a link to it here. I'll probably do both, so that he can answer over there, and be aware that there are some lurkers to the thread over here. And I disagree with the assessment that 1/4" is associated with pro -- most headphone amps I've ever seen have 1/4" jacks...up until recently, what with the portable market and so on. And that includes the ones built in to my entry level CD players. But I completely agree with this: They really are like that. L, for all I know, that information is already out there on ak.org.

Yes, but then the adjective form would be assfaceholy (from assfacehole-y), with the relative and superlative forms being assfaceholier and assfaceholiest.

You should ask this guy (must be a member of AudioKarma.org to see ron-c's profile) -- he's a McIntosh rep. Though, knowing them, I suspect the reason goes something like this: Most headphones these days have a 1/8" termination with a 1/4" adapter, so it minimizes the number of connections on most phones.

You bought Quantum Mechanics? Dude, you was robbed. Me: Shahinian Obelisks (the Dynaudio Special Twenty-Fives and the Pioneer HPM-100's are now definitely going up for sale)

Hey, markl, good to see you taking these criticisms in good form, very civil of you. There was definitely something wrong with the Singlepower that you had -- Hirsch has had multiple iterations of Singlepower amps -- including the first Supra -- and they all drove R10's, and to a level that was satisfactory to Hirsch (and I doubt he tolerates distortion). Burned out tubes? Something else? I don't know, but I know that they can drive R10's just fine. I suspect they can drive Denons just fine, too.

I think he was making fun of the fact that you said "likely" instead of "likey". Oh, and anyone knows the correct response is: Primus sucks.

Yeah! That self-titled album was a slayer, wunnit? Me: Kylie Minogue -- Yeah, I know, she's got a not-small audience, but most of the people I know (read: indie music hipster snobs) have only heard of her, and all they know is that she's some knicker-on-stage-wearing disco pop-diva-bimbo, and have no idea what I see in her. "[noembed] [/noembed]" is a synth-pop masterpiece (warning: the video is probably a little too much for anyone who is even remotely homophobic to watch more than once -- cracks me up, though -- the irony of having one of the hottest women in the world surrounded by a bunch of [wink wink nudge nudge] male model types is not lost on me). *Hey, Todd, why isn't "noembed" working? Did I use it incorrectly?

So basically, they used all this high-tech technology to remove his grunts.

Yeah, I know, and I know there are a lot of other computer geeks out there that would be interested in the story, that's why I posted it.

Good one -- I don't get them either. So you like them for the music. (to everyone else) See? It is possible to like them without "experiencing the experience".

News Story Link Okay, so I want one.

Unless they just checked the coax or USB connections. Did you specifically tell them to check out the optical connection?

Yeah, so am I (haven't received them yet, and I ain't checkin' my post office box tomorrow, so earliest -- next week).

Snot?

Can you be specific? You're treading right on the line of "I agree with you completely" and For example, Romantic Warrior by Return to Forever is one of my favourite albums of all time, mostly because of its lyricism and melodicism, but I agree that a lot of recent mainstream jazz is basically elevator music played by really good musicians. Case in point, a lot of Miles Davis' post-1980 output.

I fully intend to -- that's why I mentioned January on the pads, because I'll probably just buy those, the A500's, and some pads all at the same time.

Sure -- it'll probably be in January.

I could be good at all those things -- too bad Illinois would be a bit of a commute for me.

Well, you knew this was going to happen didn't you? You start a thread like this, someone you like is bound to get listed. I'm with grawk on the Beatles and for the same reason, not because they're bad, but just because I've heard all the Beatles in my life that I will ever need to hear. Oh, and I don't think I've heard those albums in their entirety -- I mostly only know the Stones from the radio. I'll see if I can track them down (but knowing they're available on SACD makes me not want to settle for anything less, and I'm not sure I want to pay Japanese import prices without hearing them first).

Well, they do sell replacement pads for the W5000, maybe I'll give those a try if this doesn't work out.

He misses bass.

Great topic idea. I don't get Flaming Lips, I just don't. Bright Eyes -- yuppers, I agree there. I'm one of those people who likes Opeth and Dream Theater a lot. I suspect one of the differences is that I don't take the lead singer seriously in either case, and am listening to the rest of the band, while you are having a hard time getting over the lead singer. To the point where I'm used to both of them by now, and, like Robert Smith, can't imagine anyone else singing their songs. Rolling Stones -- a couple good songs, but they should not have been anywhere near as huge as they are/were. Shattered just goes nowhere, for example. U2 -- well, that's not really fair, I saw them live around the time of Under a Blood Red Sky, and (a) they were nowhere near as good as they were on that live record, and ( they annoyed the shit out of me by telling everyone else in the stadium to ignore security and come on down to the front, despite my desires to the contrary, just to feed their (his?) ego(s). And Rattle and Hum just sucked -- it, to me was like their Coda (Led Zeppelin) -- just a mishmash of stuff thrown together hastily. But it's hard to fault Achtung Baby. Mahler -- I don't like him as much as I should -- I love bombast, usually. How can you not like Portishead? I've got two words for you: Moody Atmosphere. See the live DVD if you can, you may appreciate them a bit more. Or not -- I am one of those people who says, "don't force yourself" if we end up disagreeing on something, if the fact that I like them makes you doublethink for yourself whether or not you like them. I love "Roads" (in fact, now that I think about it, I'll have to put it on Sad Vol. 2). Grateful Dead -- I love jamming, why the hell don't I like Grateful Dead? I've only heard one song by them that I like ("estimated prophet"). Wilco -- just boring, from what I've heard.

Dude, it works out to like $2.50/disk.

I'm pretty sure I'm not communicating with Kohn: I've already implied to them that I won't order any more limited headphones if this is how they show support to their customers (yes, I bought my A100Ti from them). I've already responded to this, explaining to them that Kohn already responded as recently as March that this was do-able, I was just verifying before I did it (my bad for not getting around to it right then and there) (and actually, I was going to go ahead and just do it, and then show them the email after the fact, but I didn't want them to get the order wrong, so I wanted to put it in the front of their minds, so that when they actually got the order, the chances of it registering would go up just a little bit). I also explained to them that the W2002 is also discontinued, and yet they still sell the pads for that. Grrr...Pfff...(whine)...Lppp...