Voltron

Back at MOA, a few of us put together a little package for the father-to-be. Nate just sent me the most awesome pic of Lily in the most appropriate onesy that ever was. She is gorgeous and very fortunate to have you, geek daddy.

While I would never call you a saint, Mike, I agree with Nate that two new amps makes more sense, and I thought you have been having trouble with them throughout. Didn't know it was a one-man company, which does excuse things a little in my book. Good luck in any case.

What the fuck, Mike. Did you buy those things new? Sorry for the hassle but it is big of you to stick with them.

Good luck Ken! Correct answer is obviously Zamfir, King of the Pan Flute.

That would take longer than setting them up, which I may well do tonight if I stick around here long enough...

There are three boxes from HeadRoom torturing me right now. I simply do not have time to set up the new system and I am not sure whether I can do it later today or tomorrow either. Argh!

Understood. The other reason I asked was the big chunky plug jacked into the output on the Micro Portable in this pic. I wondered whether it was connected to a helmet or something other than regular IEMs. Plus, I just love the fact that the XM is playing Barbara Streisand, Draw Me a Circle.

Ain't that illegal/inadvisable?

You live in Montana! Nice work Tyll! How does the sound get into your ears?

I would like some smoked meats from Schwartz's in Montreal after all the poutine talk. I wouldn't mind a little poutine on the side, but I needs me some smoked meats. Been to Montreal only once in my life, but want to return. Vive les Qu

And who is the most recent beneficiary of JP's gear-flipping tendencies? Hmm, I wonder...

Possibly, even according to Harry Westfield of VPI. Check out Hoffman forum's thread on this because it has other links that follow the issue.

VPI rim drive:

Fuck, I never even got to tell him he's a douche! I saw this last night briefly but did not have time to respond. Oh well, you guys did a fine job in my stead. Too bad we won't have PP's insightful commentary to broaden our knowledge base. Maybe we can get that sales engineer to join up to make up for this loss. No, I don't think he ever did in any detail. I recall people asking him repeatedly and then him posting a non-exclusive list of a few shitty headphones but I don't think he really responded. He doesn't have much experience with quality headphones, and he never had any real basis for his massive defense of the Proline (Pro) 750. Did he ever disclose his alleged "audio profession"?

Well, then he might as well just donate the $2500 and keep the damn kidney.

Gorgeous as always Peter. I was just at Tioga/Tuloumne/Lembert Dome on Saturday, and stayed near but not on June Lake. Nice spot on earth.

Why do you need to wait until payday to donate your kidney?

Agreed.

The Great Schlep on Vimeo

Signed up, thanks Ric.

I was told that I could listen to my music through that cable at a reasonable level. /mumbles* Ok, but I can set this building on fire.

All this talk of desktop systems -- let alone the collapse of the economy -- finally got me to pull the trigger on my dream office system: First, some Nugget Vaughn Collective cables (RCAs, super shorty bi-wire speaker cables). Next, a couple of these HeadRoom Bi-Amp MonoBlocks that will be fed by my existing HeadRoom Desktop Amp/Dac, which just received completely new amp board, modules, and volume pot: Then, a couple of these HeadRoom Speaker Stands: To hold these beautiful Harbeth HL-P3ES-2 mini-monitors: Well, I hope it will all seem worthwhile once it is set up and rocking my office. The anticipation already has me worked up pretty good.

Random shots that I am posting on Flickr from weekend trips with some buddies. Trinity Lake 2004 Mono Lake 2008 June Lake 2008

Done and done.

Eww, does that have a mini jack? And I want pics of the GrawkSonicMono!