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Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPMZCCCrpPY Missed this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JY3q1GAsHc

I loved that one! It should be real.

Well, I'd like to blame the guy who pulled out in front of the speeding car, but...

Tyler, from what I have read drobo seems to have improved with each new model. The 5N is supposedly much better than the older Drobo FS. I'm pretty happy with mine, and the speed is pretty good. I have PLEX loaded and running fine, so I can access all my ripped DVD's and CD's from anywhere. One complaint is that if I'm logged into into the drobo dashboard as Admin on the iMac I can't always log in as Admin on the Macbook Pro. But other times when I load the drobo dashboard on the macbook Pro again on another day I'll find that I'm already logged in as Admin. My second complaint is that I'm having some issues with configuring FireFly to serve as an iTunes shared library, because I can't configure it via web browser on port 3689. I really need to get a uPNP or DLNA server up and running on this. Any suggestions?

I really miss my STi

With an EF-6 or a strong speaker amp the HE-6 do have that special visceral punch, but with my ZDT amp (or any other non-speaker amp in my house) the HE-6 bass feels a bit too soft with less impact. On an amp like the ZDT the HE-500 and HE-560 bass impact tops the HE-6 easily. I agree, it's not just the ear pads and light weight, but also the new headband that contributes to the improved comfort. I left that out of my impressions. As for the HE-6 pads, if I got some about 14 months ago, do you know if they would they be the new ones or old ones?

HE-560 INITIAL IMPRESSIONS: I received the HE-560 today, and plugged them into my Nuforce CDP-8 > PWD Mk2 coax > ZDT amp right away. I was impressed right away in the first 5 minutes. Again, the following was with just a 60 second listen with 5 or 6 songs off the CD player before heading out the door. My initial thoughts about them when I put on the HE-560 to listen were (1) spacious (2) detailed and crisp (3) fast. I'd say that my 1st thought was actually on the soundstage, where the HE-560 reminded me a little of my HE-60 - the sound seemed to come from everywhere except the ear cups. I need to listen more to see if they have a somewhat more vague & wide imaging and/or placement of instruments, there just wasn't time tonight. The HE-5 had that issue, which was improved with the HE-5LE and then HE-500; but the HE-5 never had this big of a head-stage. Their soundstage may very well belong in the group with HD800, SR-009, and HE-60. I can say that they are not as forward sounding as the HE-500, and they sound more light and airy or delicate than my HE-500 which sound a little more rich and organic at times. Maybe the description would be, they have more finesse and speed (like a stat) than the HE-500. This probably brings them closer to the HE-6 (which I did not compare to yet tonight). PRAT is excellent. From this brief exposure I'd say they are fairly well balanced sounding, as far as frequency response goes. Bass is tight and fast, mids are crisp and clear, and treble for me was sparkly or plucky. You could almost believe the guitar was in the room with you. With my 52 year old ears I won't know if they are more or less extended in the treble than the HE-500 or HE-6 though, even when I compare them side by side later with test tones and music. They may still turn out to be a little more dry and analytical than my HE-6 when I compare them later, but they were just as smooth and grain free during my brief listen. The 560's disappear pretty quickly, physically and audibly, due to excellent transparency, out of head projection, and light weight. Comfort is improved with the ear pads being more like the HE-60 pads, and due to the big drop in weight vs all of my other orthodynamics (although I think these are planar dynamic not ortho, right?). Compared to the HE-500 these things could float away. I was heading out the door and couldn't listen much till tomorrow, but I did try them briefly with my iPad Air and I felt that it could drive them fairly well, although the volume was set at 75-95% most of the time. Lack of power didn't result in a lack of bass, and with the iPad at 100% there was no distortion - it was louder than I like for casual listening but not close to concert levels. They definitely benefit from an amp, but they are not unusable at all un-amped. I. WILL. BUY. THESE. HEADPHONES.

Happy songs are sad, Sad songs are happy - just by a key and tempo change http://www.youtube.com/embed/CAXrgl_oF-8

I enjoyed the LCD-X more at RMAF for their larger soundstage and improved efficiency. Of course we all talk about how no "one" headphone does everything perfectly, but many top tier phones have an area where they excel over others. I couldn't say the LCD-X were #1 in any area, but they did a lot of things right, which averages out to a high score in my book. But not high enough to ditch my LCD-2 rev2 for a bigger dent in the wallet.

Thanks for the impressions - I have a review sample arriving tomorrow! I've always been a fan of HiFiMan headphones (most of them anyways), so I might be a slightly biased reviewer. But I'll try to be objective about them.

Get better soon Shelly! As we age we just have to deal with our increasing physical limitations, as we'll get new ones on a regular basis until it's over. I know it sucks to try to stay healthy when our body keeps letting us down. So, we're in Pagosa Springs CO for spring break, and wife and kids go skiing at Wolf Creek Monday. I'll stay in the condo and read or watch movies, due my lung issue. Tuesday we'll spend a large part of the day at the hot springs, and return home Wednesday. We had the condo till Thursday, but my wife has to work then - otherwise they would ski two days.

Well, my used ones are still running after a year (came with amp).

I've got it hooked up to the network now, once I had it loaded up via direct connect. I'll just leave the default setting for now.

I've been running Mullard XF2 but I have a backup set of winged-C that you guys and scared me out of using in the future.

I was blown away by the Duke game. My daughter has gone into isolation after the game, may not hear from her until next year.... In a way I'm not surprised that a team full of seniors with 113 games together beat a team full of freshmen and sophomores with a defense that's ranked #98.

I left everything at the default - the frame size (MTU) is set at 1500 (out of 1500-9000). I honestly don't know what that means.

Happy Birthday!