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If he somehow got the O2 MkI to actually sound bright, I tip my hat off to him.

What's this dropbox you speak of and can I get some of dat Kodaly as well?

Seems accurate to me.

It's somewhat common knowledge that women look hotter after a couple of drinks.

Dammit, now I want a pair. No monies though so it's all good.

I'm not a good enough DIYer, first thing I think of with racks is something else.

Registered, bought airline tickets, have hotel room arrangements, know and posted what headphones I will bring. I'm pretty set to go now.

The soundstage observations you made make a lot of sense and are expected imo, since the HD800 drivers are angled and distanced further from the ears. Only thing that would stop this from happening is funky things happening with backwave reflection. It's odd that you keep finding the LCD-1 to sound worse at this place than at your house. Aren't you also using an Xcan at home? The 0404 USB is not terrible but it's not great either. But I don't see any reason for it to favor the HD800 over the LCD-1 for the purposes of your test.

This thread reaffirms the fact that this is the best headphone forum that ever existed. Fuck yeah pics of large pet raccoons are awesome, as are funny people.

Ah dude, true dat. Reason enough to pretend to be hipster (sorry but I associate real male hipsters with metrosexual pricks). Also NY(C?) girls in general are niiiiice.

Nice... hipsters are hip, yo.

Now you just need the glasses and the skinny jeans. And the flannel. And the Converse sneakers. Or maybe you have all those already?

x2 Sorry to hear that. I hope things work out and you get a good Qualia for a nice price/deal. That's just devastating, to pay $4100 and having the owner be deceitful about the condition.

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The thread at HF has no pics so I might be the only one who has posted any pics from the meet. And as I said before, most of the pics I took were after most people had packed and left since I completely forgot about taking pics and also listening to headphones for most of the meet so it ended up being (crappy) pics of Colin's rig and various people. It really was hard for me to tell much of anything when I was actually trying to listen to stuff, which was weird since I don't remember that happening the last DC area meet I attended. My (actual) highlight of the meet was the funky tube amp with the funky tubes.

Might as well buy a Lambda variant or two and build an Exstata so you can use these jacks. That was my plan.

I would need a longer period of time with the Thunderpants in a quiet listening environment to really get a good view on the sound. But again, I typically just don't like the sound of closed headphones. There are exceptions to that of the ones I've heard such as the T40v1... no, I think that's it for me, and the TP possibly could end up being another. Most orthos are closed-back but vented level with the magnets, which helps, and I usually damp the backs of the cups. It's not ideal, as absorbing the backwave completely would mean absolutely no comb filter effect/controlled backwave reflection, and typically whatever is used to damp doesn't damp all frequencies the same amount. As to the price of the YH1000, I think it's mainly the rarity that keeps prices so high, though the aluminum cups and overall design seem to be quite good (and different from the lower end Yammy orthos). I liked the Don-modded LCD1 as well. Only things I remember it lacking soundwise were a bit of bass extension and soundstage.

Cool, thanks for the link to the pics! Very informative. And at the price that I got Vincent's Mk1 pads, I'm not at all complaining. Even though I did not spend very long with O2 Mk1's at any given time, I did not seem to find sweat build-up a problem but extended listening may change that.

Hell yeah 'stats. But I can imagine that not working so well if you need the isolation, in which something like the Thunderpants is a good solution. I didn't get a great grasp on the sound of Colin's pair at the meet but it seemed a bit mid-bassy to me so maybe one bass port could be sealed. I heard Kabeer's old YH1000 that Hirsch bought and they were better than I expected for a stock ortho but still needed work to sound decent, just like any other ortho.

Congrats! Holy crap you don't mess around when it comes to headphones.

Oh, so the foams on the Mk1 pads wear down fast? Is there an easy way to open up the pads and make copies of the foams before they wear down? Also are there any changes in sound between the Mk1 and Mk2 pads?

Hey Rudi, if you want to plug it in single ended and not have to bother with a balanced amp (I know it's hard for you) don't forget to tie the negatives to earth as well. Also, the swearing is the best part.

To be honest, there are many many headphones I would rather listen to, than stock (undamped) vintage orthos, quite possibly including iBuds. Only after modding does the sound become presentable. I also for the most part can't stand the coloration in sound caused by closed-back headphones. Still kicking myself for forgetting to listen to the HD800 at the meet.