KurtW
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If HeadRoom wants to send them down for the Bay Area meeting this coming weekend we'll review them! I have a bunch of HeadRoom amps but they are all the old versions.
New HeadRoom Amp(s) Reviewed
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Neruda
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why do we need reviews? I can sum it up pretty fast: they sound killer and people need them. easy as that!
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Awright neruda,don't make me come over there !
would not be pretty man
would not be pretty man
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ha! I'm not afraid, come on over, we'll take it outside!
And I'll get my ass kicked...
And I'll get my ass kicked...
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Thanks for all of the gnashing of teeth from those of you who took the post in the spirit it was intended. After a week of fighting switches, power entry modules, discontinued parts, and a particularly virulent virus (Windows I think it is called), I just had to tweak someone.
However, someone did ask why I could not review the amps. There are several possible reasons, you may pick the one(s) that best fit your world view.
1. I have a tin ear.
2. I designed the new amps, if I was to critique them, it would skew the feedback that I get from the users/buyers, and perhaps lead me to make poor design choices in the future.
3. I hate to write, I went into engineering so I would not have to. (And all of you experienced engineers out there know how well that worked out.
)
4. Todd would shoot me.
5. Tyll would write me a long post.
6. I am lazy.
7. I do not have the time.
8. It is more fun to torture you.
9. I really am a evil, cruel, sick, twisted person that enjoys torturing unsuspecting headphone types.
For those of you who are undecided which reason(s) to pick, I would just like to point out that I have spent the last two days listening to:
1. A BlockHead driving 600's.
2. A BlockHead driving RS-1's.
3. An Orpheus.
(Oh, I almost forgot, 'my' amps had the new stepped attenuator option.)
danny
However, someone did ask why I could not review the amps. There are several possible reasons, you may pick the one(s) that best fit your world view.
1. I have a tin ear.
2. I designed the new amps, if I was to critique them, it would skew the feedback that I get from the users/buyers, and perhaps lead me to make poor design choices in the future.
3. I hate to write, I went into engineering so I would not have to. (And all of you experienced engineers out there know how well that worked out.
4. Todd would shoot me.
5. Tyll would write me a long post.
6. I am lazy.
7. I do not have the time.
8. It is more fun to torture you.
9. I really am a evil, cruel, sick, twisted person that enjoys torturing unsuspecting headphone types.
For those of you who are undecided which reason(s) to pick, I would just like to point out that I have spent the last two days listening to:
1. A BlockHead driving 600's.
2. A BlockHead driving RS-1's.
3. An Orpheus.
(Oh, I almost forgot, 'my' amps had the new stepped attenuator option.)
danny
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hmm...I'll take 5, 6, 8, and 9.
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cruel person!
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Grrrr... alright danny, that did it...
Hey Neruda, mind lending me that butter knife for a minute?
| For those of you who are undecided which reason(s) to pick, I would just like to point out that I have spent the last two days listening to: 1. A BlockHead driving 600's. 2. A BlockHead driving RS-1's. 3. An Orpheus. (Oh, I almost forgot, 'my' amps had the new stepped attenuator option.) |
Grrrr... alright danny, that did it...
Hey Neruda, mind lending me that butter knife for a minute?
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9! definitely 9!
So, when are you going to come up with a tubed max?
So, when are you going to come up with a tubed max?
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I would tell you, but then you would tell Tyll, and he would tell everyone else. As all experienced engineers will tell you, do not tell marketing what you are doing, or what is possible. A case in point, is the 'Red Rose' thread. Some engineer was asked (probably over a beer) 'could you build a headphone amplifier?'. The poor fool said yes. Marketing is now advertizing it, and the engineer is about to be asked 'SO WHERE IS IT?'. His/her reply will be 'what are you talking about, I am designing speakers for the next two years', to which Marketing will say, well we are taking orders (another marketing untruth) and the conversation will degenerate quickly from there.
This is why engineering does not talk to Marketing, and I will not tell you about the new tubed Max.
aren't you sorry you asked
| So, when are you going to come up with a tubed max? |
I would tell you, but then you would tell Tyll, and he would tell everyone else. As all experienced engineers will tell you, do not tell marketing what you are doing, or what is possible. A case in point, is the 'Red Rose' thread. Some engineer was asked (probably over a beer) 'could you build a headphone amplifier?'. The poor fool said yes. Marketing is now advertizing it, and the engineer is about to be asked 'SO WHERE IS IT?'. His/her reply will be 'what are you talking about, I am designing speakers for the next two years', to which Marketing will say, well we are taking orders (another marketing untruth) and the conversation will degenerate quickly from there.
This is why engineering does not talk to Marketing, and I will not tell you about the new tubed Max.
aren't you sorry you asked
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I vote for 9, especially after that last post!
--Andre
--Andre
bootman
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LOL!!!
Being an engineer myself I know EXACTLY what you mean.
I know all too well the evil
that is marketing!
"what do you mean this town is not ready for cable modem service yet?!? I have already sold 1000 orders!"
and no, I'm not sorry I asked.
so between us engineers, when is the tubed max coming?
I won't tell the dark side a word!
| This is why engineering does not talk to Marketing, and I will not tell you about the new tubed Max. |
LOL!!!
Being an engineer myself I know EXACTLY what you mean.
I know all too well the evil
"what do you mean this town is not ready for cable modem service yet?!? I have already sold 1000 orders!"
and no, I'm not sorry I asked.
so between us engineers, when is the tubed max coming?
I won't tell the dark side a word!
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Hehe, welcome to marketing - 2 drinks minimum
| what do you mean this town is not ready for cable modem service yet?!? I have already sold 1000 orders! |
Hehe, welcome to marketing - 2 drinks minimum
dhwilkin
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Ever see the Dilbert cartoon where a random engineer is re-assigned to marketing? The boss slaps him really hard, so his head is spinning, all the while saying, "This will let you fit in for now."
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I LOVE THAT ONE, dhwilkin!
And isn't the two drinks minimum gag from dilbert, too?
And isn't the two drinks minimum gag from dilbert, too?
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