n_maher

What were you using to shrink it?

Ok, so we all know about the various issue SP has delivering product on time. Several long standing members here have had rather large issues but everything always seemed to get sorted out, with the exception of Elephas. And, quite frankly, because I've always found Mikhail to be a nice guy when I've seen him at meets I've treated this all pretty lightly and figured that he'd just gotten behind again or underestimated the amount of time that it was going to take for a custom build. That was until today when I read some of the more recent posts in the SP thread on Head-Fi (thread starts here). What I find most troubling are the posts by Elephas, tom hankins and Kang on page 17. Between the 3 of them Mikhail has $30k+ and in each case is way beyond promised shipping deadlines and how (in tom's case) appears to be providing fraudulent shipping information. In addition there is the odd coincidence that moon audio has removed all of the SP information from their site (it's still hosted, but the links are gone). I posted this because while it's not my intention to fan the flames or rip Mikhail I think this is one of those issues that is vital to the community as a whole. Mikhail/SP is a major player and this is bad, really bad.

Techflex FTL. If you want some 3/8" nylon multifilament, jacob, just shoot me a PM. IIRC it'll fit right over the mogami jacket.

The Nuetrik XLR's tough? Get a vice Vincent, they're easy as can be if you have something to hold them and they're impossible to beat for the price.

Let's hope that Mike's experience doesn't become the standard, 5hrs on standby is absolutely unacceptable.

Whoa, is that yours?!?!?

Yeah, I probably need to revise my motto: no more Stax in '08.

yeah, the mom is awful. But I agree, otherwise a pretty good start to the season.

The SRM and L/pro were the ones listed on Audiogon with the $5750 asking price. I correctly guessed that it was a typo and ended up getting them for $575. Considering that the amps have been selling for that much I feel like I got a good deal. And I now have serious motivation to get the Koss adapter built so that some side by side comparisons can be done.

You'll have to talk to the immoderator about them when he gets his cables.

Well, the L/pros certainly have their strengths. I can see anyone who's a midrange freak simply loving them, and their detail retrieval and presentation is also excellent. Granted, these are initial impressions which are based on limited listening. I hope to both try them with the SRD7 soon as well as move part of the setup into my upstairs rig or bring a proper source downstairs to play around with.

It's pretty shiny yes. It's also gdang expensive - Neotech NES-3004. I think VHAudio wants something like $50/M for it, good thing I don't use them although I can't get it much cheaper.

I spy at least one OsCon, don't I?

How's it sound?

Speaker cable parts.

Jay is of course correct, she's an angel. I say that, now, as she's been asleep pretty well for the last hour and a half allowing me to have a little fun. I haven't had a chance to try the SRD yet, but it's now perched atop the beta22 ready to be wired up. Maybe tomorrow...

Just fired up the Lambda Pros and SRM1 MKII, they sound pretty good out of the box and everything is in great condition. I hope to be able to let them charge for a few hours and then I'll revisit them and report back. That is assuming the little devil, I mean Lily, gives me a window of time to do all that.

Orange man brings the funny on a regular basis.

FIFY

That was pretty uncalled for, donchathink? You'd have said the same thing he did if you weren't the one jonesing for the phone.

I'm using windoz and spell check works ok for me.

Rumor has it that you got a killer deal too, congrats.

Come on UPS, get here damnit. I have to leave in an hour and a half which is right about the time they usually deliver.

Translation The Edge service at CanJam was very slow. I was quite surprised. I discussed this fact with my friends in Chicago and they shared my amazement that such a populated area would have such poor service. I would think that Florida would be getting widespread 3G coverage soon if they don't have it already.

Yeah, I really don't need a $1000 a year mobile phone.