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Those are excellent prices. Good catch.

Happy Birthday!

I would definitely take stretch up on his offer for the Grado. If you decide the Grado is not for you and want to get back to an Ortofon, try the 2M Red. It lists for $99 but you can get it for less with patience.

The most common comment at Chiunifi was that the BA had the blackest background they had heard. May not be madness afterall.

Unless you feel there is something wrong with the sound of the Ortofon I would stick with it. The Ortofons seem to work very well with the Dual tonearms. You could always move up the Ortofon food chain.

Nah, you should get a pair of Manufaktur 880-600s instead, especially if they are as black as you can get them.

Another vote for dbpoweramp. It is easy, rips with bit-perfect accuracy (if you want it to), comes with great transcoding tools, has good metadata tools and it will use multiple cores/processors.

Thanks, that helps put things into better perspective. That was hardly a Head-Case style thread hijack, just look around a little.

Since you did not feel it was worth your time to fill in any profile details, can you help us put your comments into context? Letting us know the source, amp and headphones would be a good start.

WIN!

But you don't.

^^^For some reason I have little confidence in linear scaling in this application.

Ba

Nope, me and "The Man in Black".

Nice. Based upon its alcohol content it should also be classified as HazMat.

Shhhhhh. We're trying to convince the baby elephant to buy one.

Ill definitely be there physically and I'll probably be there mentally as well. The "official" dates are Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th. There will definitely be pre- and post events for the willing and brave-at-heart. I will definitely be at-in-around the hotel on Thursday but may be there even earlier. Do. It. Now.

Happy Birthday to the Number Man. Make sure to drink some GTS HAZMAT!

Actually, a monkey-wrench can absolutely hurt an elephant, if it hits him in the right spot.

Are Wham turkeys as dumb as real domestic turkeys?

They did sound really, really good out of the BA.

Good job sir!

[MonkeyWrench]But if the BHSE is that transparent, then aren't you just hearing the source? Unless the sources on the WES and BHSE were the same it may say more about the sources than the amps. [/MonkeyWrench] I re-fuse to give Elephas an excuse to not buy the WES.

Wow. A big move for the family. What is the timetable for this event?