n_maher

I think there's a KGSS on Head-Fi right now.

Do deepak a favor and send him a PM.

I think if you get in on the first batch it's around $4k, maybe more. After that I think the price is going to be going up more, in the range of $4500 but I can't remember the exact figures. I can say one thing, given the choice between $8k for just a pair of HE90s (an offer that was recently refused I hear) and the O2/BHSE at around $6k it'd be an easy choice. And *shock* thrice my goodness what is that in your mouth?!??!

Very interesting results, I noticed on Justin's BHSE that the 950's definitely had less bass than the O2's. Not necessarily in a bad way, just different, but it wouldn't hurt my feelings if running the bias supply higher was all that was needed to round things out a bit more.

A couple of quick notes from work: 1. No news is bad news... - about the lack of introduction of any new, flagship dynamic headphones. I was not the only one surprised that there weren't at least 2 pairs there. The reason given, for at least one of them, was that it's largely related to the current economic climate and the man'f is questioning what the demand for a high-end headphone will be like. The price bracket that is being bantered about is a lot more than any of their current offerings so it wouldn't be a replacement for anything but an addition to their lineup. 2. I will never bring that much gear to a meet that is 1500 miles from home again! I spent 3hrs Sunday just packing and as a result didn't get to listen to squat. I did spend just a bit more time with the BH/O2 setup and continued to be amazed by just how good it sounded. And knowing what Justin is planning for the final chassis, eek, it's going to be sweet.

TTVJ Millett 307A amp sourced by the Meridian 808 is my vote. My balanced HF-1's sounded fracken great out of it. I'm going back tomorrow to through the Hd650s at it. It also looks really nice in person - much less plain jane than I expected. Justin's BH + O2 rig was also exceptional. His plans for the production chassis are just sick.

Like any same person I bought a second pair. And I listened to Vicki's R10's on my amp and while they are very nicc I could never justify their cost over cans I like just as much.

If a Bh ever finds its way into my rig it'll use some very different pcbs.

I'm pretty sure a BH is out of reach but I'm looking forward to using the star trafo box with the Koss phones.

Clearly you weren't thinking. I just switched to Dan's ESP950s and while they aren't up to the level of the o2 they are pretty damn good.

I'm at this rig right now - sweet Jesus. Listening to Goldfrapp's 7th tree and man it just sounds good.

Sorry - the real question is where is postjack? He hasn't been seen since 3pm!

nopix posting from the touch, so it'll have to wait.

Dan and Nate coming to you live from Canjam. All is well with the menace and the party is in full swing.

again...

Happy Birthday.

What, you think that I'd find something missing if I only had mono?

No worries, he's already stuck in Canada.

Yup, lots of choices for Icepower stuff. Anything from single-channel small form-factor amps like the ones already mentioned to multi-channel HT stuff.

I think the Bel Canto's use a different module. Headroom opted for one of the lower power modules since nothing on your desktop is ever going to need the 1000W that the Bel Canto ICE amps are rated at. IIRC they've licensed various forms of the tech to folks like Rotel and others so they're all over the place at this point.

Open one of headrooms new monoblock amps and you'll likely find something very similar.

I'm hoping they sound good too since my next project is this:

The single-ended desktop series has always had pre-outs. Tyll has had the idea for the Audiophile desktop (or some version of it) for a long time now, at least back to '05 when I first met him, so pre-out functionality was part of the required feature set. There's just no room for them so there's no option to add them unfortunately.

Let's just hope it's back up in time for live CanJam impressions on Saturday. I'll only have the touch with me but I'm sure others will have lappys with them. Hell, I almost bought an eeepc just for the trip but the wife would have killed me.

Clearly the packages aren't meant for folks like us, they're for the guy/gal who doesn't want to take the time to obsessively research all the ins and outs of what it would take to put that all together. So I don't even look at the preconfigured stuff. The components, specifically the stands, interest me a great deal and I'm going to try like heck to pick up a pair for my workspace downstairs (solder rig).