Dusty Chalk

I don't think it's just one spike, I think there's a small mountain range in the frequency spectrum. Maybe even the letters M and/or W, possibly a whole word. At least, to my admittedly amateurish ears. I'd be curious how they measure.

Or maybe in a yard with a lot of trees. And I mean, a lot of trees.

If it's justifiable, it's not idiocy.

What is your problem? An iPod is a damn fine source, as long as you use the line out. I'm not saying it's on the order of Wadia or Meridian, but it's pretty good... If I had an iPod, I'd amplify it with my Manley. As far as I'm concerned, if you haven't heard the combo, this is just mindless prejudice. Idiot, indeed.

Headroom or Headamp.

I wanna go back to the booby stage.

Well, if it's any consolation, I want them really really badly. I was already planning on getting a pair before you got yours, but at the time, I thought I was going to be trying them out -- now I'm pretty sure I'm going to be just plain enjoying them.

Hey, when did you join? You the guy making me want to get a pair of 4070's? What did you do to yours?

Yes, get an iPod. In fact, if it's for exercise, you hardly need any interface at all, I would think that an iPod Shuffle would be optimal for those circumstances. You could also get a cheap CD player, yes. Current flavour of the month is the Oppo universal player at < US$200. I wouldn't get a portable -- I'm not even sure those exist any more, and if they do, they suck (that I've heard). I actually like my ER-6i's straight out of the player with no amp (in my case, I have a Creative Nomad Jukebox 3). I don't believe in getting an amp just for the sake of getting an amp, it needs to have sufficient improvement over the headphone jack for me to want one. I've only ever heard one "mint", and when it worked it sounded fine, but it also sounded fine straight out of the headphone jack. Now the Shure's need an amp. I don't know about the Etymotic ER-4p's, though. It is my understanding that they shine the most with an amp, but I've heard very few impressions of them unamped. Maybe ER-4i's...? I've never tried the ER-4...anything, but I know it's in an improvement over the ER-6...anything. I'd be curious if I'd like the ER-4i unamped. Your best bet is to get an amp from a company that will allow returns -- say, Headroom. You end up paying more than for a cmoy, but you get quality control, customer service, warranty, an upgrade path in most cases, &c. Oh, and in terms of sites -- this one will do fine. You asked the right questions, the problem is your overwhelmed with the number of things you have to take care of (source, amp, headphones). No site is going to fix that, only a methodical approach will do. And don't be afraid to ask all at once (like you did), your choice in one area affects your options in another.

It strikes me as DualDisc all over again.

Why would it sound like poo? Ignore him... Be very careful. Other than that, no, but I'd be interested in what you end up getting. I see no reason to have a limit on optical, other than the fragility of glass... EDIT: Just thinking out loud, look into optical network cable.

Note avatar. I basically don't watch television. Every once in a while, I'll pass by when my housemate is watching, and I'll get sucked in. Got sucked in for several hours over the weekend, but I was sick and didn't feel like getting up, don't know what her excuse was...she keeps considering getting cable, I really hope she doesn't. I'll probably get sucked in by concerts on M2 and stuff, but I told her, since I watch 1/10th of what she watches, I ain't payin' for it, so it's entirely up to her to get it... Now...DVDs, that's something else entirely...I love watching those... Oh, and: Ditters, more or less (back when I was addicted to television around 1999 or so, I watched more television than surfed the internet, but if I were to get addicted again, I'd probably surf more than watch television).

Yes, you did. I mean, let me rephrase... Don't think of it as a holier-than-thou-music-lecture, think of it as my take on things -- I been there, myself, man, I was getting bored with my listening system, I thought it was too austere...then I said, "fuck it, I feel like listening to some headbanging music", and I was in bliss again. I was just trying to help out -- perhaps point out something you hadn't realized. Don't get all hoighty-toity on me.

If you're bored with the music you listen to, listen to less boring music. Don't blame the headphones.

Hey, TheSloth, did you see that they revamped the Quad site? Looks like they've reintroduced the active series, and they're introducing an upgrade on the L series, the L2 series. I wonder if they're going to do away with the L series? I hope not...

Bah, Humbug! No, wait, that's Christmas... Happy New Year!

But...but...but...they're in series! That makes it twice as good, right?

Nice. I really like the look of the Quad L series speakers. I've seen that Bird's Eye finish in person, and it really is nice.

She's a great musician, energetic, amazingly cute, and that strawberry blonde that I like so much. I want to hump her leg.

No, you missed the part where he said something bad about the RA-1 (or perhaps in relation to his own amp), and then was told he couldn't because he was a MOT. It was a way of silencing him. That's the part that pissed him off.

You can say goatsex here. You can even say goatfuck. You can even say go fuck yourself. Goatpenis, goatpussy, goatrack, goathanger. It's all good. Welcome back. A word of warning: you can post drunk here, just post pics of what you're drinking. You cannot take shit back. The rest is up to you.

I can only hope that he actually did pay for it. That will be its own punishment. When he compares it to listening to the iPod straight out of the headphone jack, and asks himself, "Why did I actually pay money for this?" maybe he will finally stop providing his Head-Fi.org site as a free shilling site for Ray Samuels Audio. Shill! Shill! Shill! Head-Fi.Org used to be a not-for-profit...

Bands I Useta Like Some really funny stuff in there. Make sure you read Smashing Pumpkins and Stabbing Westward in order. I also particularly liked the Phish one and laughed my ass off at the Stone Temple Pilots one. In fact, I'm getting the giggles right now.

I love 'em. Listen to them practically every day. Well, not lately, since my schedule actually corresponds with my co-workers', but whenever no-one else is around, the headphones come off, and they come on. I actually investigated their industrial division for a project for work, but they never got back to me with prices. I should revisit that. We still don't have a multimedia room.

* One glutton for punishment user And that comes standard, too.