Dusty Chalk

I disagree -- I mean, c'mon, it goes up to 11! (And yes, I've seen confirmation that that is indeed a purposeful Spinal Tap reference.)

The Headroom, Apogee, Benchmark, and Grace units would all be on my short list, and all but the Headroom frequently show up used on audiogon, eBay, and H**d-F*. So I'd take it slowly and buy all the others one at a time at a decent price and try them all, and sell off the ones you don't like. I'd save the Headroom for last, because it's probably the best choice, and that's the one you're probably going to end up with, so by then you'd have a warm fuzzy that you're making the right decision. There's also a tube based one with a USB input from the same gal who sold a co-worker their Xiang Sheng -- I don't remember if it's also a Xiang Sheng, I'll look later. Also, the thing to look at is the drivers -- do your research, and make sure you buy one that bypasses the kmixer, or has the option to do so.

I don't want to revisit the thread right now, but the guy said the speakers were from quite a while ago, I think he mentions a year and dimensions. Are those the same speakers? And, IIRC, those in the picture are just a bunch of HP1 drivers or something. Maybe RS1 drivers. It's in the first NY meet thread. And re: troll -- I have insider information. It could still be wrong, though.

Which ones, the L3000? Yeah, maybe. The 4070? I don't even own them yet.

Except (a) he's probably just regurgitating information from Stereophile, and ( has he even heard it for himself? Just make sure that if/when you buy it, you're able to return it. So, you actually listen to salesmen? I bet they love you.

Link Warning: do not engage, this guy is most probably a troll. But if anyone lives near this guy, definitely try to get yourself invited up for a listen.

:D I actually did think about selling them, I have still not come to grips with their sound signature. But then I remembered that I love them. So, no.

And most importantly, the two RSA amps I heard (admittedly: under meet conditions, etc.), were a terrible match with W2002's, which were my headphone of choice back then. Oh, and you'll definitely want to keep whatever tube amp you end up getting on the outside of the isolation booth, otherwise it will get intolerably warm in there.

Carl has. I'm getting a pair, for no other reason than to try them. Stax markets them as one of their top two headphones (the other being the Omega II's), and that alone was enough to entice me, but Carl's review made me drool even more. It's over on that other H**d-F* site, but he's also a member here.

The W2002's were great headphones, I kind of regret selling mine, but I just never listened to them. I never heard wrong with them what everyone else didn't like about theirs. They're also easily the most gorgeous headphones ever, anywhere.

Because we're not allowed to, at least, not through Head-Fi.

I haven't been following -- what's a 595? I mean, I know it's a pair of headphones, but where does it rate in Sennheiser's lineup? Do they even qualify as decent headphones? Closed, open, somewhere in the middlin'? Do they have that family sound? Do they "scale like bastards"? In other words, HOW DO THEY SOUND? I'd write to them. Tell them you really wanted your HD580's back, and if they don't have another headband, could they please just give you a headband from the HD600, you don't care if they don't match (it'd be a collector's item on Head-Fi -- just like MacDEF's one MDR-7506 driver/one MDR-V6 driver headphones). That is, if you really don't prefer the 595's. If you do, then I'd write them and say, "thanks for replacing my HD580's with 595's, they are an adequate substitute, your customer service is the best". Or some such.

Because there's something wrong with you. Well...not wrong with you in a way that isn't wrong with many other people -- I suspect the allure is this feeling of "getting away from the world", which, now that I phrase it that way, can be very appealing. But yeah, the whole point in having headphones (to me, anyway) is that one doesn't have to worry about all the things one has to worry about with speakers -- including room treatments. Just MHO. If you do do it, I won't think any less of you (in fact, I rather admire people that know what they want and go after it with a gusto). I'd be curious as to your results, too.

Were they competitive with the Ety ER-6i? I like the gunmetal ones (or rather, black chrome, is what they look like). And no, Mark and Billy, I'm just confident enough with my sexuality to pull that look off. So fuck off, fuckoffs.

linky I'd look like I was wearing earrings, though.

Yeah: switch to closed phones.

No, you're fucking queer.

You could just buy an isolation booth.

No, the sweet spot on the Sennheisers is just a bit too loud for my tastes -- that's why I don't like them. Supposedly the GS1000 sound good low, but I don't like them. You may want to just try a few different phones.

Yes, I used to be able to enjoy music without even thinking about the veil. But the bell cannot be unrung. And I have to admit to feeling a certain thrill when I hear something reproduced particularly well. I remember two such incidents -- one was at Hirsch's place, he played me that Weavers Live at Carnegie Hall, and that was the first time I heard "you are there" imaging. The second was prior to that, when I thought they had a live musician playing in the next room at Deja Vu Audio (in their old location). It was a recording. Every time I break through a wall, I get a similar kind of thrill. So no, not entirely do I wish that.

Although this isn't exactly wrong, it takes a trained ear to be able to imagine what's wrong with a system and be able to imagine what cables it would take to fix it. For example, I've seen Hirsch be completely unhappy with the Meridian source until he used a very specific pair of interconnects and power cord (and headphone amp and headphones). It's really hard not to be able to determine what a source (for example) is capable of without a lot of trial and error, when it comes to cables. So although I fundamentally agree with this suggestion, I would amend it as follows: try a lot of different cables, expect a lot of trial and error.

I've heard good things about White Zombie Audio, but I haven't tried them myself yet. Me, personally, I use Pure Silver Sound and may have to get more from them.

The amp is enough.

Thanks, got it this time.

WTL, dude, I just saw all of these messages. Give us a couple of hours. Jeez. Days even maybe.