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Actually, this joke of pedantry is kind of lost on me, since I actually do listen very quietly. But -- yeah, you know what I mean, no external amplifier. See? Thanks for all the offers everyone. I'm going to see what I can find out about getting it repaired from an Audio Technica serviceperson first, I'm also going to crack it open and see how difficult it might be to recable, but right now I'm waiting to hear back from audiocubes.

Yeah, I saw the GRQ S S -- thanks for the warning about soldering. And yes, it definitely needs fixing -- it works right now, but I'll be using it minimally until I can get 'em fixed. Haven't decided on recabling them, though, going to look at them tonight based on inside info in terms of getting into them. Fuck you, they're good. Probably my favourite unamplified headphone.

Fuck, I tripped over my headphone cable of my ATH-A100Ti, and bent/broke the plug. I also broke my soundcard in my computer, but care a lot less about that, since I usually use an external one -- I don't think I'll get that fixed. So I'm thinking: rewire it! So what's the best 1/4" plug out there right now? Does Cardas make one? Or should I just get any old one? Should I also recable my headphones while I'm at it? Or should I sent it back to audiocubes or eifl for fixing? Can that even be done? Actually, just tested it out on a different connection, it appears it still works, must be the soundcard that got disconnected on one channel.

You fuck, don't even post spoilers. I read this board backwards, so I don't see the warning until after I see the end of the post. At least put a warning at the end as well.

I hate you both.

This thread is just yet another excuse to talk about music, so if it's something you feel worth talking about, feel free.

Just got back from Sleepytime Gorilla Museum w/Secret Chiefs 3. SC3 sucked -- they just don't translate well live, or I was in a really bad mood, but SGM were awesome -- I went in mostly cold (had never heard them before except I think there's a track on a sampler, but I knew pretty much what they were like). Recommended only to people who are open-minded and are into weirdness, as this is some pretty fucked up shit. Think Unexpect without the caffeine, or maybe Mr. Bungle from an alternate universe where...I don't know, something is different...a butterfly flapped its wings or sumpin'...

It's like Christmas in March...no, wait, you don't celebrate Christmas...it's like, birthday presents from yourself to yourself, like a time machine traveller, "here, I left these here for you." You should put a silly note in one of your boxes of tubes for your later self to find later and say, "hey, I don't remember writing that..." I have the same problem with CD's...

I can vouch for this. I can also tell you you do not want Hirsch's tube storage solution. You may want his problem, but you do not want his solution. Of course, you don't want mine neither -- I have mine all spread out over the guest bed right now.

I only say otherwise because of the "ton of plastic" comment -- I could be wrong about it -- sure looks like metal to me.

Goddamnit, quit posting spoilers! I can't avoid reading the thread, the way I read this fucking board.

...and those of us who aren't banned, yet still don't frequent that site. And: thanks! Goddamn, those are sexy looking headphones. I wonder how sexy they'll stay when the chrome starts flaking off the plastic...

That's awesome.

I'm reading this on my work system, which, although it doesn't have as much resolution as my home system, is more properly set up. Yet both are perfectly adequate for this kind of post. It's all about resonance, and what you say resonates with me greater than other kinds of posts. I can read these kinds of posts for 8 hours day with zero fatigue. My home system is a little bit more fatiguing, but I still prefer it, due to its greater comfort, so I'd still read it there, too. I'll post more later as I digest this information.

I've heard a lot of >US$1K amps -- the Singlepower ES-1 and Headamp's Blue Hawaii and KGSS. I've also heard several Stax amps, including the one I own, the SRM-310.

Get the MacAlister. The best <US$1K electrostatic amp that I've heard (I think).

I don't think he's used to threads going off in entirely different directions, plus he didn't get very many helpful answers. And don't expect a question like that to be taken in any way other than antagonistic.

It may be irrelevant to you, but it is not irrelevant to Head-Fi. To wit: Now, you might have me at "manufacturer representative", but it's not as cut-and-dry to me as it apparently is to everyone else. And: what's the problem? The only problem I have is that he denies it. He has a relationship with them. Whether or not it is profitable to him is still a matter of conjecture at this point, but a relationship does exist. As to whether or not that makes him a member of the trade or a groupie is up to definition, and quite frankly, you're really cutting your definition a little too fine if someone merely having a relationship of some sort with someone else makes him a member of the trade -- sounds to me like you're just trying to state your definition in such a way as to make him a member of the trade. Let me turn this around a little bit: what if someone who happened to live in the same city as someone else asked his help to move a warehouse full of tubes, but instead of offering to pay him, offered him something else (I'll deliberately leave that something else vague, since in a world of bartering, it often is left vague...but it's probably tubes). Does that person become a member of the trade? If it is an ongoing relationship? If it only happens the once? I don't know about you, but if I can't get into CES for free, then I'm not a member of the trade. Just helping someone out with a bunch of tubes isn't sufficient. For example.

"endorsed" is not the same as "compensated". Just in case some of you missed that.

No, you're stupid.

It's a completely different sound. It can sound good under the right amplification (and if you hold your nose), but it's still the current Grado "house" sound. Think of it as a really refined blue cheese dressing -- will be really good to fans of blue cheese dressing, but some people hate blue cheese dressing, no matter how good it is.

I thought it was a great movie, but I can definitely see going into it with overly high expectations -- that's probably what ruined Sideways for me.

The funny thing is, I didn't open this thread -- I use "View the most recent posts on the forum", and as a result, saw all the contents of this thread.