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I cannot wait to know what markl will do to improve them! If his D5000 is the R10 equivalent, then he should be able to make this one induce orgasms while listening.

Strangely disturbing photo.

I'm not a huge fan of Cary gear, but that sounds like a fantastic pre and headamp. The Manley 300B Preamp that Todd had at CanJam also has a fine headamp built in with 300B goodness to boot. The Manley is not balanced. I would like to hear these side-by-side. Enjoy it now that you can fit your cans into it!

Sweet setup PJ! I hope you enjoy the Week of Tweak, hereinafter, WoT. Someday I will claim a listening room but it will be interesting to hear how yours pans out. Enjoy!

That could be good. Funny collection of initial guests.

Happy birthday Mike and Birgir! I have to send Mike his Black Maple Hill 23yo and take pics of the inside of the ED-1 for Birgir. Sorry for being a slacker, and hope you guys had great birthdays!

Congrats! Looks great and I am dying to hear some impressions. Enjoy!

From Stereophile CES Report: We ran into SinglePower Inc.'s Mikhail Rotenberg as he was sprinting down the hall to the Synergistic Research room. "Check these out," he said. "These are a 1932 Tung Argon 4327 and a 1943 722A (323), labeled Centennial, but manufactured by Western Electric." Rotenberg has a warehouse full of NOS treasures like this he bought from a MilSpec supplier near West Point. A few minutes later, we saw them in action, but we could have never guessed what they were being used in. This is the Synergistic Research/SinglePower Enigma power supply ($6000) for Synergistic's active shielded Tesla cables (interconnect $1200

Congrats 4N6! Have a fantastic time with the amp, and let's hear some real comparisons to the B52 when you have some time. Assuming you don't get banned for holding out on pics! I have had some more time with the 307A but not enough. Todd has allowed me to hold onto it for the next week and with my wife and kids traveling for most of the week, I predict some serious 307A time!

How is that possible? Did they really ever go on sale? I signed up for the set from Acoustic Sounds but they aren't even out yet.

I was trolling you, but only in the nicest possible way.

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I assume I know his source, and wonder why he hasn't said anything publicly.

I would believe that. It didn't sound like what I am used to, and the competing DACs were competing too well.

What is the grounding issue?

I was guessing $750.

Although I am not sure I will send him my cans, I agree that Justin needs more of them to test out his amps. Also agree that he needs some good old NOS tubes. The new stock Mullards he had in Florida were better than the ones he had this last weekend and may account for some of the differences I was hearing. He should have some NOS options for review and then for purchase when he starts shipping.

Hope you didn't have too much Remy last night and that you are feeling chipper for your big day! Happy listening! Cheers

The Onion Rulz

I don't think it was possible to get a good handle on that comparison, because when I was doing the same thing with Neil it was difficult to tell what was happening with the sound at all. The output was so much higher on Filburt's DAC that the fluctuation in level was all that you could hear. I don't know what kind of magic Filburt did to that DAC or even what DAC it is in the first place, but the NWO topped by EMM Labs SE stack in side-by-side comparisons so I gotta believe that the differences would be VERY noticeable in the proper setting.

You have such a great eye and camera skilz too! Thanks for sharing the pics, but any good stories to go along with them? I have got to go to Germany and Berlin especially before too much longer.

I intend to talk to Justin about his thoughts on the rig at the NorCal meet because I was duly blown away by the BHSE-->O2mk2 at CanJam but thought it did not sound right this weekend. I also heard the HE90s and 4070 on it Saturday and they did not sound good either. I am not going to put words in other people's mouths, but I was far from the only one to think it was off. I think there was a lot of can-switching going on and the amp was opened up at one point and lots of little things, so charging of the cans could have some small part in it. I know some changes have been made to this prototype and the tubes are different, I believe, so those could factor in as well. The source is a viciously revealing animal, so one theory would be that the NWO was showing something to be "wrong" in that setup. Unfortunately I did not hear the NWO direct into cans (which is pretty awesome, btw) so I don't know if it was part of the problem, but neilvg did not suggest he was having any issues with it. Also, it was a meet and you cannot get great listening done with electrostats in those conditions. (Unlike guzzi, however, I don't think the speakers playing at barely audible levels at times and not at all at other times really had an impact because the meet room did not seem that loud.) All I know is that the sound never seemed close to the CanJam version, and it was disappointing. I was hoping that Justin would get yet another well-deserved boost out of this meet, but the Picos are the only HeadAmps getting lots of props (as well they should). Curious what was going on.

Admit it, you're trying to decide which you are more excited about: Los Lonely Boys or Night Ranger!

Shitty week.