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Very good point, and really the only reason I'd spend more on an NOS pair. I'm pretty sure there's a recabled pair on HF for $2200 right now which seems f'ing insane. Sorry Haj, didn't mean to pour salt on Salty's wound.

The HA-2 was hard to find but I've got friends in low places, it wouldn't be impossible to replace. Agreed, on both counts. It's really the fact that I'd end up needing to (or wanting to) build a dedicated amp for the HE60s that has me tweaked. The only part that I would want to clarify is that the purchase wouldn't mean selling the yet-to-be-built balanced beta22. I'd still have a pretty serious dynamic rig but your advice Re: the HEV60 is very valid and part of what is giving me pause. More than anything, looking at what I'd have to sell to justify the purchase has me a bit concerned with how much I've already got tied up in what is supposed to be a "hobby". Time to do a bit of self reflection and see if up is really the direction I should be headed. Thanks for the thoughts guys.

Ok, I generally hate these "advice" type threads but dammit, I'm considering some serious insanity and want the opinions of the other inmates at the asylum. I've been offered the opportunity to purchase a NOS HE60/HEV60 combo for what seems like a decent price so my questions are the following: 1. Is it worth abandoning (and selling) half my dynamic rig which would basically consist of the HA-2, both pair of Senn cans that I have and also the K340s in the name of a basic stat rig? 2. What would you consider a "fair price" for an NOS Baby O setup? Ugh, this is killing me.

Actually, all it took on my 325s was multiple thin coats to give a nice, smooth, uniform finish. I'm with Reks, it's purely a function of lazy that they turn out like they do. Idiots keep buying them so who can blame Grado for maintaining the same crappy standard?

No Button > Button New Font < Old Font The quality issue remains up in the air, so far your chances of getting a good looking example are 50/50 but clearly we need a larger sample size.

Be forewarned, rerouting a package sometimes causes the shipper to be back-charged an additional fee. I used to do the whole reroute thing all the time and then one of my parts suppliers chewed me out one day asking me why I didn't just ship the package to the address I wanted instead. I guess he was getting hit with something like a $5 fee every time a package got rerouted.

I take it that you can't have stuff like that delivered to your office? They guys in my office joke that I'm on a first name basis with all the major carriers.

Pfffft, I have a DAC that's 1 of 1.

Thanks for the tip, I guess I'll try my hand at braiding this weekend.

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A bunch of parts from Markertek for cables and 50' of HGA's best silver wire.

Patrick's newest?

I'm a whore but I ain't no ho!

Sweet, now if only those damn 325s would sell!

Yeah, I'm still on a 3G 20gig, which is woefully too small and sooooooooo black and white.

The new classic is probably my next Ipod. Although I'll be keeping a watchful eye on the refurb store since it would stand to reason that the old 80gig model should be less than the new especially if it's a refurb.

Thanks man, that's pretty darn cheap!

Any tips for threading the wire through the insulation? Handmade makes it sound like anything over a couple of feet could be problematic unless you upsize the covering. I only need 1M interconnects so I'm torn whether or not to go with the 20ga teflon vs. 22ga to use with 22ga wire. Thanks again.

I'm building a couple of cables for a friend and he'd like them to be made of solid silver. My first thought was to buy some of Homegrown Audio's prebraided silver wire. It's not the cheapest but it is the easiest route to good looking silver cables in my opinion. And for what's it worth I've done the google thing and seen some stuff like VH Audio offers which is actually more than HGA. The first couple of pages of links that I found yielded nothing useful so here at am, at the mercy of your help. My only other experience buying bulk silver wire (from a GB on head-fi) wasn't particularly good so I'm wondering if any one wants to point me in the direction of a good supplier. Anything in the 22 to 24ga should work just fine and either pre-braided or bulk would be something I'd consider.

Carrot juice does that?

Let's hope I make it. Right now I'm trying to figure out if I want to push my luck and go to FLA at the end of October and then try to get away with going to NYC two weeks later. That'd be like the Fonz trying to jump the shark while riding a shark.

IIRC TTVJ closed them out at $550 or something like that.

All I've seen is north of $1000, which pains me since I turned down a new pair at $500ish two years ago.

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