Dusty Chalk

I like to get them locally -- Target for me.

I had to set mine to 50%, which is good because then it's just a single bit shift...assuming I got it at exactly 50%, which is probably presumptuous. Is there a way to set it exactly (I.E. with the numeric keypad rather than by mouse or some such manner)?

That would be too much like government.

!!! That's really great.

I'm with stretch on this one -- at worst, they've disassembled the phones in preparation, and that's as far as they've gotten. Except for the one, which they fucked up. Hence the talk about "bullet-proofing the process". No idea whose pair that is, though. Probably theirs.

"...while working".

Please do, and report back, even if you've already decided not to keep it.

Just don't forget to listen to Pretty Hate Machine and The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste before it stops being 1989 day. (MHO)

Also: this. So yeah, either they're (real/genuine/non-cloned) PCM1704s, or they're not. I'm not sure they could be "knocked off" (pretty sure that isn't the correct way to put that in the past tense, but...whatever).

Yeah, but that doesn't mean they don't have a legitimate stash of them. Not everything is on eBay. It should be fairly easy to test, no? Does it decode HDCD?

That's not good.

Well, it's not so much that they sound good, as I think they have the treble energy you're after. And the bass extension and control. They're worth hearing, is all.

Don't laugh, I've considered it just for sampling (not high-hats, but an entire drum kit). Don't have the room right now, will resume considering after I move (not for another year or so).

I'm glad you brought up the zero-feedback -- that is intriguing, and I don't think it's been mentioned before.

I should have known you'd get it right. Sounds perfect.

I love that picture of her.

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I <3 meatloaf. Yours looks particularly good, but I'm not a big fan of minced garlic -- I like to stab them with garlic cloves at the last minute. Just a touch. Doesn't help that I haven't had breakfast yet. (stomach gurgles comicly)

'cause it's not that bad. And you can find out for yourself.

As opposed to "...in your presence"?

Yes. Of course, you're going to need a subwoofer to go with that.

"He had nothing on, but a smile...and some slow-moving liquid."

I'd probably go vinyl.

I accidentally saw Tracy at Humphrey's Half Moon -- it was rather delightful. (Accidentally == I checked into the hotel for the first time, not realizing that (a) she was playing there, ( that there were concerts there at all, © that I'd have a magnificent view of the show from where I was staying, (d) so it was effectively free.)

Oh, yeah, we're definitely going to have to do some work on my Orthos, now that I've heard what good modding can do. I already have the felt -- how does one attach it? I want to have all the necessary materials and tools before I ask that we get together again. Marc -- thanks from me as well for sending those along just for us to hear, that was really nice of you to do so. My wallet hates you however. I really liked the LCD-1's, despite the apparent lack of bass -- I thought it still went down quite a ways, it just sounded more attenuated than the HE-5's. Detail freaks like Hirsch would love it as is, methinks (which, admittedly, was modded), but I still really liked the sound (which is weird, because I hated the non-bass R10's). So from what I hear of the rumors of the differences between the LCD-1's and the LCD-2's, it sounds like they're improving it in exactly the right areas. The HE-5's were superb as is, I'm getting a pair, even though they're open. I'm also probably going to have to get the LCD-2's. And yeah, the SRX Mk3's sounded awesome out of your SRD-7 and Yamaha. The Stax amp was the SRM-310 -- and yeah, it sounded like shit after listening to the Orthos and whatnot, which is weird, because I had been listening to it out of the Oppo all week, and I don't remember it sounding like this then. And the O2 MkII's aren't as bad as everyone else says it does, it's only mildly more bassier, but of course, there will be a resultant relative drop in treble, but it's like the bass in the LCD-1's -- it's there, it's just attenuated. Nothing a little EQ can't fix. Also, didn't think of it until later, but you should give the Sony MDR-V6/-7506's a go, I think you'd like them.