Dusty Chalk

Jarvi, Berlioz, SACD

What amp are you using? That's a big deal with the HD800's.

So they're the next house over?

Okay, now read up on capitalization.

Looks like he's ... <deleted> ... so hard that her head is popping off.

Self-rectifying? Not likely.

Jesus. Actually, I wouldn't mind hearing The Birth of the Cool bleeped out.

I constantly confuse Jim White and Joseph Arthur. And now that you mention Leonard Cohen, I hear that, too. Don't know what you're talking about on the other part, though. It's not part of any album, if that's what you mean -- it was a standalone single. I'll have to hear some Mark Lanegan...

Looks photoshopped.

You know those songs that you can listen to at any time? And pretty much as soon as you think of it, you kind of have to? This is one of those songs.

Well, (a) he already had some Schubert on his list, and ( he was talking about chamber music, and I consider Schubert to be the king of chamber music, so I thought it was a safe suggestion. It also doesn't sound as romantic as much post-Beethoven composers do, so still "sounds" pre-Beethoven.

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Schubert-Piano-Alternative-Movement-Video/dp/B0000503W5/ref=sr_1_3]Amazon.com: Schubert: Piano Trio, Op. 100 (with Alternative Movement) [Video DVD]: Franz Schubert, Trio Italiano: Movies & TV[/ame] 24/96, + one of my more favorite performances of it, and easily my favorite piece of chamber music ever.

Was reading the HD800 review in Hi>Fi+, here are a few excerpts: Don't agree with the second one, which is why I quoted it. The Stereophile review also claims it's easy to drive, and they only measure the impedance (not even the frequency response). I'm tempted to write John Atkinson, since he probably has the ability to measure it correctly.

I think I got a little wood out of that description.

So the smoky earpiece is "translucent black"? I actually think the head-case logo turned out great.

Definitely start with Segovia (my favorite) and Bream (Jacob's favorite, I believe).

Yes, thanks.

Not doing this to feed your paranoia, just being realistic -- there is no way they're going to be able to get that amount of detail on the earpieces. I would ask.

To be fair, I suspect it's pronounced "nigh" (as in the first syllable in Nigeria) "gas" (as in, well, gas, which is what gazprom is based on).

I want to say I heard Hirsch's rendition once -- stevieo owns it now, so if we can get him to actually post, he can talk about its sound quality. I have the ASL unit, and was pretty much underwhelmed. Perhaps I should open it up and take pics? I suspect the sound quality is entirely dependent on the quality of the transformer.

I grew up on Henry Mancini -- especially the Pink Panther soundtrack and this version of much of his music done by 101 Strings (I think). In high school, I was famous for Henry Mancini and Black Sabbath being my two favorite acts.

But theoretically, you could do the same sort of thing (present loads between the two sides to ground, then run another resistor in series with the headphones), right? In fact, in that case, you'd run the two sides of each headphone against each other and not to ground.

So if Jin and Dinny got together and created a David Bowie tribute band, would you call yourselves Djinn Djinny? :rimshot:

Maybe not that simple? EDIT: Meaning, "perhaps a bit more specific?"