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You're already convinced, what exactly are we supposed to do? For me it would come down to whether or not you're tied to using the Ipod as your transport. If you're not, the Imod/dock treatment sounds like a shite load of money for a solution that limits what you can do with it. You can couple the pico to anything that can output usb audio, you can't do anything else with the Imod other than use it with the dock and you can't use the dock with anything other than the Imod.

I think it was more related to jet engines than music.

Ray is old, therefore his designs must be superior.

Or permanent if you don't feel like tearing something apart.

Regardless of who you were rooting for I don't think that was a good game. Two mostly inept offenses, one very inept offensive line, one lucky quarterback. The Giants definitely deserved to win, but it wasn't by virtue of playing particularly well in all phases of the game or anything like that. This really was one of those games that hinged on a single play. What a friggen waste of 4 hrs.

Steve, seems to me that you could try a couple simple experiements. First have a look and see if the ground pin on your XLR cables (should be pin 1) is connected on both ends. If it is you could try disconnecting it at the speaker end and see if that helps. Or you could try using a cheater plug on the power cords for the monitors and see if that makes a difference.

I think having a balanced digital output and cheap probably don't coexist all that often. Why do you need AES/EBU? I know there's the supposed benefit of having a 120ohm impedance (or something like that) but I'm not sure my ears care.

That's about what I was figuring, aerius.

I can't imagine what the price would be for something like that, probably high.

That is a question with many answers...

I think what you're seeing is all one amp, 2 separate power supplies tied to the central amplification section.

Happy birthday!

Nah, I'm still a slave to dynamic headphones. NO STATS! [me=Vince]arms explosive in salty's b22...[/me]

Bunch o' tubes for an upcoming project, parts to follow shortly.

Nice one Steve, although I do prefer the look of the black 600 grills to the painted 580 grills. Actually, the 586s (what I call them) are a pretty sexy headphone, much more so than the marbled blech that is the 600s.

Hmmmm, best black headphones... I'd go with custom woody Grados (insert HF-1/225/325) w/ Ebony, black grills and an old-school black leather headband.

True enough, but at least when it fits someone it's comfortable.

As far as I know you're correct, Jay. Just look at either a 2-channel or 3-channel beta22 wired as a speaker amp. The L and R speaker taps share a common ground for the '-' portion of the speaker output. And since I've used that exact amp wired exactly as amb shows it I think it's safe to say that it works and doesn't cause any issues. If it could blow up I'd be the one to blow it up. :)And if IIRC my gainclone works the exact same way and works just fine too.

PLASTIC FANTASTIC!! Eh, I dunno. I guess they're black enough but I've been left pretty wanting by a lot of AKG's more recent offerings (601/701). That doesn't exactly give me great hope for a lower end open can, limited edition or not. About the best thing that I can sy is that they're probably pretty darn comfortable, AKG seems to get that part right more often than not.

Thanks Dan, and yes I know that your cable should have inputs as well. But I'm all out of RCA plugs and wanted to get a proof of concept put together for you to test. So that cable will be headed your way on Monday to test fit and function before I invest more $$ in the project.

No.

Perhaps the world's first Apogee Duet Breakout Cable Note, there is no designation for L or R on that cable because apogee doesn't assign L or R on their freakin' pin-out diagram. There's your homework assignment, Dan.

Nah, I just think it's a deliberate attempt at dick.

One of these days when I get my poop together I'll be contacting you about another stand.

Pffft, our gov't is too busy investigating sports leagues to worry about lil ol me. NO STATS!