Dusty Chalk

Follow-up: no worries, they finally got back to me, I'm in.

First response: you're going to fit right in -- favourite newb of the weak week. Second thought: hey, wait, you do realize that alcohol is inflammable, and "inflammable" means very flammable, not "not flammable". So either you intend to go up like a marshmallow, or your approach is such that I don't understand it.

The word, "curmudgeon" comes to mind.

Rarum, Vols. 5 (Bill Frisell), 9 (Pat Metheny), 12 (Jack DeJohnette), and 18 (Eberhard Weber) (already have Vols. 1 [Keith Jarrett] and 3 [Chick Corea]...I think). I think I'm going to go all out on the rest of the Rarum series. Too bad they don't have a box set...(wanders off to check that there really isn't before committing)...ach du lieber and dagnabit, there is: I-VIII, IX-XX...I guess I'll have to return these.

Retro 51 all-black Stealth

And beyers.

Hey, I tried. Oh, and: pretty much anything else.

I usually do, but every once in a while I clear my history, then use just "head-case.org", which usually pops me straight to www.head-case.org.

Yeah, I know, the dollar sucks right now. That's why I want to push forth with this transaction -- before it sucks any worse. But still -- all they have to do is update their freakin' website with the correct amounts -- then I wouldn't have had anything to complain about. It's called "truth in advertising". They managed to update the prices on their headphones, why can't they update the prices on their shipping page?

Sure, Vince, sure.

Any advice on dealing with BlueTin? I got a quote from them, and it was a bit more than what their website said, so I gave them a hard time about it. Then I asked for another quote (the 5 days had expired), and again, it was a bit higher, so I asked them to explain it to me again. Then I had them drop the A500 out of the quote (it was cheaper at audiocubes), and now I stopped hearing from them. Should I threaten to go to PayPal? They tried to charge me the PayPal fees (which I heard is against their TOS, but I can't find it). I wasn't going to go to PayPal (and I really don't want to), I just want the headphones. I may have sounded threatening, but I really don't care if they charge a bit more for the headphones, I just want a quote at this point and get the sale over with.

I get a funny "subscribe to our newsletters...poz...realhealth...tusalad" page when I accidentally went to head-case.org --

No, your opinion of low impedance headphones get no credibility because you try to listen to them out of RSA amps. As I explained in the other thread.

64 ohms nominal vs. 25 ohms nominal. Ray's amps don't like low impedance headphones...or rather, low impedance phones don't like Ray's amps...or rather, people don't like Ray's amps when trying to drive low impedance headphones. I bet the difference would be a lot less audible even on an entry level goliath-killer like Headroom's balanced thingy.

AudioValve RKV with Impedanzer is intended to drive speakers...but it's not SET.

Apache? As in RSA Apache? You should try a real amp. The bass via my Singlepower Supra++ is anything but loose and out-of-control as you described.

Camille (I wish.)

Yeah, when I heard tkam's recabled L3000 on the Singlepower dragon vs. my unrecabled L3000, it made that last little bit of difference. I could still hear the slight midrange suckout with mine (though it was at its most mild on tkam's rig), but on his it was completely gone. Well nigh perfect setup, that was. I was just emailing someone else, telling them -- after having heard tkam's rig -- that a recable should go without saying. I haven't yet, but my solution sounds surprisingly good.

Now that's a refreshing font.

Pay no attention to him, he's just an old curmudgeon -- I'd never seen it before. And enjoyed it.

It is my understanding that it will be available in SACD.

Because that's more than we need to know.

Dude, it's free beer -- my favourite.

Chicken, rice, and green beans

You could recase it. Or just put little potpourri baskets around it. No, wait, bad idea (dust near player -- subwoofer causes dust to cloud up, etc.).