Dusty Chalk

I assume you're criticizing my over-generalization in using the expression "Audio-Technica" house sound -- fair enough. But in broad, sweeping terms, I was just trying to get rid of the Grado house sound, so inasmuch as it's not a Grado, there you have a house sound. So, to synopsize: ESW-9:HF-2::all A-T's:all Grado's ...meaning it doesn't have the Grado forwardness that the HF-2 does, which admittedly, it doesn't as much as other Grado's. Better?

Maybe, it's worth trying. I doubt you'll hear a difference, meself.

...and my personal favorite:

Big Pappa?

Winnie the Pooh

Batman Begins soundtrack

It depends on the receiver you have -- a lot of them redigitize the signal, so I'd go even further -- take the digital out from your PC and plug it straight into your receiver. Upsampling may or may not have benefits -- I think the general thinking is a well-designed output stage contributes more "better" to the final sound of a DAC than any upsampling may or may not contribute. Of course, the engineers amongst us will say, "just try it for yourself and determine for yourself".

Actually, you probably could trust Ray, since he's not exactly competing with Krell.

I would compare them to the HF-2. But substitute "Grado house sound" with "Audio-Technica house sound".

It's going to take a while. They don't come up all that often. Just be patient and haunt auctions.yahoo.co.jp...

First-Person Tetris

Vestal - Sabbath Vestal - Black Sabbath

Yeah, I should have phrased that moar positively/imperatively/differently: get the PWT.

Well he just got US$45M out of NBC...[/running gag]

Coincidentally, I was in the mall today and...OMJFHWTFBBQCG that thing is huge. 65mm! Why don't they just call it what it is, 6.5cm? It's like a teacup saucer on your wrist. I was back and forth between "fugly" and "so fugly it's cute" with the pics but in person, obtains full squatting residence in Fuglyville. DO. NOT. WANT.

(makes mental note to try and remember where VTGs are)

You realize you can't use it PerfectLy well without the corresponding transport, right?

Chick Fil-A charbroiled chicken sandwich and half & half (half unsweetened iced tea, half regular lemonade) -- I need to remember to ask for 1/3 lemonade, 2/3 ice tea.

If you're really curious about the W5000, then go for it, but the consistent thing I've heard about the W5000 (and I've experienced it myself) is that they fit funny on many heads. You should not trade your VTG's for anything. If anything, you should sell the HD650 and see if you can track down an 11JPN.

Very simply: because it can. The only way to prevent it is in the software, which is what he's doing. It's just a big iTouch, yes.

No worries. I sometimes err on the side of too much information, myself. It's laziness, you see, because then I don't have to respond twice. Oh really? I missed that, I thought it was the same chip.

VTG's are really a completely different headphone, but just as lovable as the L3000. Definitely get a pair, with at least the intention of long-term in-home-system audition. Worst thing that happens is, if you don't like it, you turn around and sell them for little to no loss, financially.

I bet we did alright, lining it up by ear. But no, the hard part was...when you're doing A/B type comparisons, you want them to be the same level. Well, if one of them is at 100%, and the other is at 40%, then the one at 40% is at a disadvantage, because it's doing attenuation in the digital domain, which can be good or bad, but is almost always worse than no attenuation in the digital domain, which is what Mr. 100% had. Optimal situation would be both at 100% into a pre that has individual attenuation on the inputs (such as the McIntoshes) into the same amp & drivers, or both into the same model amp & drivers. We'll see what we can come up with, but I'm not going to worry about it too much, I'm just going to listen to (and watch) it(s output). Hirsch actually couldn't come up with two of the same of anything.

^ That.

Thoughts went like this: Mmm...purple guitar...mmm...black leather coat...oh hey, that's Katie Melua!