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Post pictures of the wiring gary and explain what goes where on each board. Did you follow the beta22 setup guide on amb's site? (I hope so)

CanJam is certainly shaping up to be a tour de force of high-end stat amps. From the commercial to DIY scene it seems like a good time to love high-voltage.

Says the guy with an HD800 preorder. Hell to the yes, me love my O2s long time and they will definitely be making the trip.

You might holla when you get the bill.

Aw frick dude, that sucks. Call Senn and see if they'll sell you the drivers (or driver), the 600 drivers are available online and only $60 each. If they'll sell you the driver or a new matched pair I'll install them for you.

Just call Avel, there's no need to have doubt about what is what. They've always been kind and helpful on the phone with me.

Get a few trash bags, there's a lot of packing material in there.

Agreed, that's my temporary rig and is so far below the O2/BHSE combo as to not be worthy of comparison. It is simply insufficient for the O2s.

Yeah, 160ma is pretty huge overkill even by beta22 standards. I wonder what sort of overshoot it might have when loaded at half the rated capacity (or less)?

Feel free to shoot me a PM about the "xlr thingy", I might have one kicking around if it is what I think it is.

Google will do a better job of providing a synopsis than I could, all I'd say is that it's good funny and I heart Portia De Rossi.

Better Off Ted I really like this show.

The Ultra, standalone DAC is based on the Sabre chip, the MAX DAC will remain the top of the line "module" offered in the amps. What is new on the Ultra DAC (in addition to the chip) is the front panel mounted switches which IIRC are at least relay based if not micro-controller based. I really should start bugging Tyll again about whether or not he's going to let me compare the new DAC to his namesake.

As far as I understand it (and I'll try to confirm it) the new Max DAC shares essentially nothing in common with the old and represents the first step of what you'll see headroom moving towards. You are correct though that the Balanced Ultra Desktop Amp is based on the old/current MAX modules and will be the top of the line amp for them for a little while.

Thanks Mike, it was a great time until we tried to get home. The stupid marathon had so many streets shut down that we had to drive nearly an hour out of the way just to get out of the friggen city. Boston is a nightmare to navigate when everything is open, close a bunch of streets and I'm not sure we could have made it without GPS. This morning, woke up, went to breakfast with the wife, grocery shopping, now it's down to the woodshop to have a little fun. We don't pick Lily up till later in the afternoon. This day just feels weird.

Our seats are under cover so we should be ok regardless but all the same it's be nice if it was dry. Onto V&T #3.

Two vodka tonics down - many more to go. We're across the street from the park watching Dinny's Yankees get shelled.

Left Lily with Nana and Papa for the night so the wife and I could catch a sox game in Boston.

Unlikely, I doubt there's enough there to turn it into a full time business. There's a reason that you don't see 100 operations like this. It's not because there aren't talented people to do it, it's a cut-throat, low-margin, compete with China electronics world. Ask yourself, would you still buy their kits and boards if the prices were 3 to 4x what they are now? Cause that's what it'd take to make it profitable enough to go full time.

Nice! Please share your thought. I've actually be using my Ipod Touch as a mini-kindle lately and I've been surprised at how well it works in that regard. Not sure I could ever justify the real thing at the current prices but it's still fun to dream.

I was wrong, the Cardas bits are uncommonly affordable in terms of audiophile XLRs... KOSMIC.us | Interconnect Connectors

This just in...

Yes, but if that's at $100/sf (even roughly) it's a bargain. My house is assessed right around $200/sf.

Pfft, it's the better part of double that in my neck of the woods. Your average 1500sf house will run $250k+ (out in the sticks) and "in town" it's not uncommon (still) for 1200sf condos to be well into the 300s. It's also worth mentioning that while NH does not have an income tax our property taxes are pretty astronomical, I pay ~$20/$1000 on my house which is about average for the area.