n_maher

Another nail in the coffin. http://www.electronichouse.com/article/blu_ray_sales_are_up_a_lot/C175 Short version:

I think we need to wait and see exactly how that power rating was come by and what the true potential of the amp is. When the beta22 first launched I don't think it was widely known that with a little tweaking you can get 50WPC of pure class A power out of it. My guess is that the 100WPC one might get out of the 24 isn't all that's available.

I think what some folks are forgetting so far is that the construction cost of the 24 is going to be pretty significant (at least from what I see). Most importantly you're now talking about having to get custom heat sinks for both the amp and probably the power supplies. I'm not saying that I won't build one at some point but it'll be a good long while before I even think about it.

That thought had occurred to me and then I realized that it might officially be the most excessive setup ever. ...yeah, my preamp only puts out 50WPC so I coupled it to a 100WPC power amp...

You all of a sudden think the 22 is a turd? I'd rather have the 22 quite frankly. Sure the 24 has more power but requires an active preamp (needs a low impedance on the input) up stream which in my book is kind of a downer. I'm guessing that if you're building a b22 speaker amp it'll be more than powerful enough unless you're driving something crazy with it.

What the F kind of wire is that?

I'm pretty sure that Dusty was being funny and that it was understood that Ed meant a gain of 1.

Care to elaborate on what the VH Audio configuration is? If it's just special litz braiding I think that HGA's braid already qualifies.

While I've never heard them I certainly haven't heard great things about Grover's stuff. In your budget range it looks to me like you're doing just fine with what you've got.

Welcome to head-case, you can't edit posts after 5 minutes. And for the record, I doubt anyone cares what you did or didn't sell your headphones for. That's between you and the buyer.

Happy Birthday!

Can you elaborate, Kevin? Have you told Ti about this? I think it's worth clarifying in this case that TI means Texas Instruments, right? I know I got confused since amb's name is Ti.

Well, you can pay $50 for shit veneer plywood if you want but this is about building something nice. And sure, free lumber is great if you can get it but the equivalent 32 board feet of Cherry would have cost ~$400 and taken 5x as much time to laminate together. This way I can get this piece built in a couple weekends.

[1] Sheet of 3/4" Cherry veneer plywood ($125) [14] board feet of Cherry ($75) = time for a new entertainment center.

I'll be honest, I can't figure out what you're describing. A picture might be worth 1000 words in this case.

The more I look at it the more it strikes me as a product that will improve in its second generation.

You're the one who put items up without a price, deal with the consequences. Bottom line, for most of the stuff you're selling you could just set a price and say that you're accepting offers through some pre-set date and get the same result. I think it always helps thing the heard of asshats that you have to deal with if you at least set a minimum. Otherwise you have no one to blame but yourself for saying "make an offer" or whatever. And in the end for stuff like the 501s is it really worth it to you to have to haggle for days on end to get another $15 to $20? Here's what I'd do: K501 mint $150 K240 sextett in good condition, w/box $150 HD580 with HD600 grilles, HD650 cables 2 spare head cushions, 1 set of foam disks and a set of left/right fork thingies $150 grado hf-1 mint w/ box and papers, 2 sets of HD414 pads, flat pads and headphile c-pads $450 stax sr-001mk2 mint w/box and papers $200

Does the Cosecant not count?

Yeah, see in my head the c-pads are a liability (would have to resell them) so they're a minus, not a plus.

Someone offered you over $450 for stock HF-1s, jesus there really is a sucker born every minute.

Pico very good. Predator not so good. Thus ends the extent of my knowledge.

I could care less about the review, what I want is for you to back up your claim that grawk offered an opinion about the gear, which you claimed he did.

Potentially dumb question since I'm sure I could research this myself but does this thing have enough processing power to play media files?

Quote it or STFU.