I am interested if the meeting place is accessible via public transportation

Extravagant purchases are only okay when they are for her.

extravagant purchases - two words - "engagement ring" . . it is an orpheus that lives on her hand.

Best NYC Steakhouses 1. Del Frisco's - hands down 2. Ruths Chris 3. Smith & Wollensky 3. Peter Lugers (doesn't serve filet minion) 5. Sparks 6. MarkJoseph 7. Michael Jordan's I haven't tried Palm or Morton's yet.

Quote: Originally posted by kelly *boggle* Send your Corda back to Jan. It's defective. (I own both amps.) [edit:] It could be that there was a difference in bass response between the person demo'ing the McCormack's source and cables and your own if you didn't do a direct AB...

Tuberoller - I checked out your pictures - very nice - it seems that we visited many of the same places!

Jude - Yesterday I auditioned the McCormack headphone unit at the Music Direct Booth, they also have Ety's there - also, there is a booth in that area that has an Earmax, but at the time had no headphones to play with it - just FYI. It's too bad I didn't know you were going to attend the show...

I'll be there on Thursday afternoon - I'm thinking of wearing either a propellor hat or a viking helmet. Most likely I'll be the one with a notepad listening and scribbling. Session -- anyone else going Thursday?

Session76, which theatre in NYC has the digital projector? Is it the Sony near Lincoln center? I definitely want to see it presented digitally the first time.

Tangent is right, the most difficult part is sorting out the components. The instructions could be presented more clearly, but generally contain everything you need to know. The Corda was my first DIY electronic kit, and I'm glad I did it.

This weekend I visited the Red Rose Store on 74th and Madison in Manhattan and saw their studio / showroom as well as their DSD hardware. Mark Levinson was not in the store that day, which was really unfortunate as I was looking forward to meeting him. The salespeople I met were wonderful and...

Like Jon said, check out www.audioasylum.com and do a search for a thread written by attendies of the West Chester audio society. They compare a modded 9000ES with an unmodded 333 as well as a few others. While in that meeting they didn't directly compare a modded and unmodded 9000, they do seem...

While standing in line to get an egg sandwich this morning, I leaned over the shoulder of the person ahead in line (yes, I am that guy sometimes) and spotted a review of portable headphones with photo's, tables of info, prices etc. I only got a few quick glances, but all the phones reviewed...

I've heard that Sony Music is working on remastering at least 60 SACD titles - I eagerly anticipate Fiona Apple's "Tidal" I've received so much pleasure from the few SACD's I own, that it has made my purchase worth it. The incredible attacks, the harmonics, and the dead silence all contribute.

aeberbach, Your KID A + K1000 comment really made me want to get a pair of the K1000's. I live in NYC also, if there is anything I have that you would be vaguely interested in listening to (S9000ES SACD, or Corda) I'd be willing to supply it in return for a listen.

I vote Greg Freeman receive the Hunter S. Thompson award for substance-induced, blatant and gross disregard for convention. Also, I would like to come to your house to play music really loud, build audio powered rocket launchers, and smash stuff in the backyard. Let me know what day is good...

Vert, please let us know how you like the DI/O with the 9000, I've been thinking about getting one for mine. I could swap it between the 9000, my cable box and my soundcard for fun.

Thanks Shivohum, those look familiar to me now - and uncomfortable as well.

The specification of this recently issued patent indicates this technology may be used for HiFi headphones and hearing aid devices. I've never seen in-ear electrostats. Does anyone know if Stax or others are making them? http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...=AN/sennheiser I'd be very...

I recommend Koss Porta-Pros - they are comfortable, inexpensive, sound good, and don't require an amp.

I'm betting they only review phones that "look" like they should be driven by portables (i.e. lots of buds and clip-ons, nothing bulky, certainly not the K1000). Awards will probably go to a pair of Sony earplugs (888's maybe), with Koss's and Senn's (one of the new 400 series models or...

Very Cute

EE + JD = Patent Attorney

Quote: Originally posted by Tempus Have you considered that the SIGNAL might at times include a recording of a similar hiss? Tell me how you would isolate one hiss from the other, given no copy of the clean signal from which to work. It may please you to know that I, and many...

Originally posted by Tempus As you no doubt know, being an EE, you cannot increase the signal to noise ratio by adding a component to an existing chain of components . . . . . .my rule about adding components not improving S/N still holds. (You may consider this mere semantics, but...