Iron_Dreamer

A few first shots from the D700:

Yeesh, 5 out of 6, really? Argh, well I hope mine turn out ok. Not looking forward to having to send them back right after I just get them.

Just spoke to Brittany, my pair should arrive Wednesday!

I have a pretty good guess at what the artwork will be!

Par-tay! I know how much you've been anticipating this one!

AFAIK you can choose any color you want. If in doubt, discuss with Adam Roberts ([email protected]).

We shall see. I'd like to actually listen to the things first!

Haha I love that you have your CanJam badge on the shelf. All of our hard work making them lives on

Jerry gave me word that my set is shipping early next week Edwood did a great job cleaning up their logo, and making a nice model for them:

Glad to know someone else thinks I wasn't nuts saying stuff like that. Now if the darned things would show up already!

I would tend to agree. As much as I love my Pico, it is not cut out for driving a heavy load like the K701.

Sheesh...funniest thread in a while, guys!

Sounds like a you need to get the ES3X recast for her after the JH13 arrives!

LOL, you got me good with that one. A quite apt, if unsuspected analogy!

Well, I'd tend to think that it is because the most all-around capable transducers tend to be the most even sounding, hence free of colorations. As I think most of us know, certain colorations can enhance the listening experience with certain music, even if it just effectively EQ'ing. Hence the reason that many of the very best headphones are not all-arounders, they have colorations which put them at an advantage with some music, and a disadvantage with others. And once you reach a certain (high) level of objective performance (detail, etc.) it all really just comes down to personal preference, and the colorations (or lack thereof) all have their own places.

Your thoughts on the HD800 pretty much mirror mine. It is a great all-around headphone, and certainly the best dynamic in current production. But it just doesn't quite do anything special enough to stack up to the very best of the best in any one category of performance. So it's not a top 5 all-time headphone, but certainly a top 15, if not top 10.

Have a great birthday, Greg, and remember, don't do anything Tyll wouldn't

Hey, just sayin'! Actually, I think it IS starting to kill me nonetheless. Sonic memories of that wonderful 15-20 minutes from a month ago are starting to fade!

If I didn't have L3000's, the wait would really be starting to kill me now!

LOL, Pico DAC w/RSA Amp.

Hehe, so we weren't lying, eh?

Not so much for the more pixels, but that the "old tech" D3/D700 will be a lot cheaper at that point.

So I guess that means they are worse than Al's power supply?

Hey, I'd be all over the 5DII if I could tolerate Canon ergonomics! The only thing holding me back from the D700 is that I know within a year to 18 months there will be a 20+mp Nikon at the same price point.

Sorry to hear about that JP, but the initial prognosis for your mini wasn't exactly rosy.