Iron_Dreamer

A VERY difficult sale at that price. The T1 is definitely the best sounding Beyer headphone yet made, but that is just a tough price to swallow for what I heard from them. They did nothing exceptionally enough to compete with the highest-end headphones, but do outperform the sub-$500 crowd.

The HF2 is a fun headphone, but not remotely in the league of the JH13. That would be like comparing a Dodge Viper to a Formula 1 car. The Clip+ is no slouch as a player, so your assessment seems about right to me.

Definitely. They are about the most balanced, well-performing, relatively inexpensive closed headphones I can think of. And they really sing with the Pico Slim (just spent a couple of hours listening to that combo).

The 4070 is a pretty damn awesome headphone. Wayne and Ric have done a great job describing its' many pros, and few cons. Personally, I'd take one over an R10 as the best closed headphones out there. The bass-light R10 is just too bass light, the bass-heavy loses the R10 magic in the upper-mids/lower highs. The 4070 is certainly the best closed headphone in current production.

If you aren't already familiar with his site, Reks, Bjorn Rorslett has a pretty extensive rating of the sutability of various Nikon lenses for IR work: NRFOTO Bjrn Rrslett

I still need to listen to Sigmas one of these days. I can't think of a more desirable headphone I haven't had the chance to audition.

Picked up my Pico Slim

Happy Birthday Ryan! Looking forward to meeting you come CanJam.

To each their own, I suppose. I shoot the D700 exclusively these days, and I split my time fairly evenly between the M and A modes. I always use manual when shooting with flash, as well as for most all tripod-mounted uses. I also often like to use manual mode when shooting handheld, controlling aperture for the desired depth of field, shutter speed to counteract camera and/or subject movement, letting the ISO float in Auto ISO mode. This has been the best method I've found, for fast moving action where there isn't really a second chance to get any particular shot.

I believe you are correct, Reks. All the Dx0 and Dx000 Nikon only meter with AF or AI-P lenses (i.e. CPU lenses). You need a Dx or Dx00 to meter non-CPU lenses.

I can only agree. The JH13 has essentially cured me of audiophilitis.

Just be very careful using the JH13. It has been known to induce multi-hour listening sessions when no such lengthy application had been intended

At least in my case, they rebuilt them, but it was necessary, seeing as how the color was also wrong.

Shameless beer sucking bozos!

Day 1: Tornado Beer Bar: We wondered if this guy was going to show up at the meet: Day 2: the Grahame chronicles: Day 2: City Beer: This one's for grawk! And this one's for cetoole! Ken couldn't wait to get out of the restaurant... ...to get to the Josh Readman show! Day 4: Morning in Mayberry: Day 4: Buddhist Breakfast: Day 4: A tour of Berkeley: And finally, Voltron's redneck neighborhood!

Happy Birthday Vince Nugget!

Well, I've always been one to crop shots to whatever aspect ratio fits the scene, within reason. The wider ones I assume you are talking about just fit best that way. I don't think seeing a whole bunch of ceiling would necessarily make a few of those indoor wide shots look any better. It doesn't help that the forum software here shrinks everything based on width. I originally sized all my pics to be 800px on their longest side, but the forum software is shrinking the wider ones, making them seem much smaller overall than the tall shots which it is not shrinking. At least for once, I think this is something done better at H-F.

Here are my meet pics, Mayberry pics are still cookin': The meet got off to a cracklin’ start: The grace and beauty of the SR-Omega was on full display: Headamp debuted the Pico Slim in its’ final dress, with a fancy new piece of leather outerwear: Of course, the Beyerdynamic T1 was the subject of much listening and discussion: And many members lusted after listening to the lovely Luxman: One of two vinyl rigs to appear, this one ran the new Eddie Current phono stage: A comparison of JH13’s: plain and smoked! Many Grados appeared, both modern and vintage: First you had guzziguy’s tubes in the Menace Lite: Then FrankCooter’s ubertubes: Finally tubes, tubes, and more tubes! The K1000’s had plenty of listeners, despite the noise: While others chose to block it all out: Raffle time! The room continued to buzz with activity, all afternoon and into the evening: In the end a good time was had by all!

I have not tried it, but I doubt it. Beyer has long designed their headphones to work optimally with a 120-ohm output impedance. It has been well documented by Jan Meier among others. So AFAIK this is an issue unique to their products.

I was using the Pico, I think Matt was using the Luxman.

The T1 needs to be used with a 120-ohm adapter for optimal sound quality. Without it, the sound signature is pretty thin and focused on the upper midrange. With the adapter, it fills out nicely and has a very good overall tonal balance. The highs have a bit more glare/harshness than I am used to with the JH13 (possibly a symptom of the T1's harmonic distortion profile). It's not bad by any means, and not annoying or overly distracting, but not perfect either. The HD800 exhibits some of the same issue. The T1 doesn't have as large a soundstage as the HD800, but otherwise performs fairly comparably.

Glad to see they arrived, Al! I look forward to checking them out in Mayberry.

Yeah, generally when I see crap like that, it ends up being more cost effective to just reload Windows on a customer's machine. Aside from the fact that they usually have a ton of other malware, OEM installed junk, Norton, and the like. I always look at things like Spybot or Malwarebytes as possible solutions, whereas reloading windows is a guaranteed solution that usually solves any other problems a user might be having, simultaneously.

I've done a bit of such driving relatively recently. Here is a route that I think would run you into the least amount of weather problems, this time of year: Los Angeles, CA to Baltimore, MD - Google Maps I'd take the 60 out of LA rather than the 10, generally less traffic IME. Of course, this decision could easily be based on up-to-date traffic reports. Once you get to El Paso on I-10, there is very little in the way of amenities before until you get to San Antonio. West Texas is DEAD! Like being on the moon. So keep an eye on the gas gauge, and make sure you're stocked up before you leave El Paso. If you do this part at night, you can easily go over an hour without seeing another vehicle going either direction. At least when I've driven it, I've never seen cops, and even the Semi's were going 90. Once you get to the cities in TX, do be a bit more vigilant about cops. Houston is a traffic nightmare. Try to go through well before/after rush hours. If you time it right, and leave LA in the early morning (4-5am) to beat LA traffic, you should be to Houston in time to beat the next morning's rush hour, provided you maintain a good speed, and don't take too many/long stops. I-10 is pretty much easy sliding from LA to New Orleans, minus going through LA, Phoenix, and Houston, if your timing is bad. I've not gone further east than that, so the route was based on what looks like the easiest terrain, and least likely to lead you through snow. The following route would help you avoid traffic in Atlanta, North Carolina, and Richmond, but might be more likely to expose you to wintry weather: Los Angeles, CA to Baltimore, MD - Google Maps

I only lived in Nawlins for about a month before being rudely ejected by Katrina. Nevertheless, I certainly developed a bond with the city, and was happy as hell to see the Saints finally become more than just the "ain'ts" tonight. Amazing to think that just a few years ago, the Superdome had a hole in the roof, a sewer on the floor, and the Saints were considering relocation.