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  I don't think that dark necessarily implies heavy or veiled, I think that the latter two terms indicate that you're losing some energy or detail in the music. Makes me think of a Dynavector 10X5, warm/dark but still capable of picking up small detail and reacting quickly. Similarly, a bright...

  Have you ever seen the HD800?   I spent a while with the Nighthawks this afternoon, I'm struck by how comfortable and well-built the headphones are. The pads are extremely soft, the pseudo-AKG style headband is comfy (more so than any actual AKG I've tried), and the rubber suspension is a...

A special someone has performed your experiment for you:  1, 2, 3, last page for those who hate reading   However, I believe that castleofargh was talking about your average head-fier who believes that, over the course of 1 month of normal use, their headphones have completely changed...

  :D:D:D:D   Alright, so we have one K701 in a sock drawer filled with luxurious alpaca wool undies travelling at .99c, how long must an observer at rest wait such that, due only to relativistic burn-in effects, the K701 becomes more powerful than a god and consumes the universe?

  I see that you use balanced headphones and an expensive solid state amplifier ;) But that is for another discussion.     We can measure the differences between a new headphone and a burned in headphone, but I assume that you, like I, believe that these differences are below the...

  Wow it's pretty amazing that you've managed to rid your body of all opinion! You must have flawless understanding of Nature! You Must Send A Letter To CERN Explaining It All!

  Tr00

  :D   Let us move on to Tyll Hertsen's fascinating set of articles on the subject! 1, 2, 3, last page for those who hate reading The fact that Tyll was able to reliably identify the headphone with more playtime is pretty convincing evidence that there are perceivable changes, to me at...

  tight record dawg

omg that Delphi! and the Nakamichi! and the Leben! and the Paint!   Super cool rig :)

  I'm pretty sure that the HD800 released at $1350 in the US.

Oh yeah definitely bring your W1000X! Just bring anything that you think sounds good, bonus points for headphones/amps that are a little more esoteric.

Hey hey, I kinda forgot to RSVP here, but Ken knows that I'm coming. I'll bring my HD650s (you can never have too many 650s), HF2s, Gilmore Lite, and Rein Audio X-DAC.   I'm working on getting a couple demo units sent out to us, let's keep our fingers crossed  

Those headphones are so beautiful, I've always wanted a pair 

For the longest time I didn't really think that they did much of anything (I bought my set used), but on our demo pair the hinges actually hold shape!   I prefer the useless hinges.

  The manufacturer's figures aren't necessarily misleading, the way that you presented them is. P-P amplitude and RMS amplitude are completely different ways of expressing the voltage. The way that you stated the values was at best ignorant, and at worst deliberately confusing.   I took a...

  And as a side note, you present some very misleading measurements.   Let's express that 2.1V (rms) as peak-to-peak amplitude. 2.1V*sqrt(2)= 3.0V (peak amplitude). 3.0V*2= 6.0V (peak-to-peak)!!! Not so different from that E17 now that we've bothered to express our values coherently!  ...

Priority Mail Flat Rate Box is the best way to ship stuff like that domestically.

  Beautiful!! What is that gorgeous finish on the Crack??

    Thanks guys  Yep, they are the Emotiva Airmotiv 6, I bought them off a local head-fier a couple months ago, they do good work. I really miss the DM+ to use as a preamp with the speakers, I'm trying to figure out if there are any phono preamps that also have line level input so I can...

My room! The dacmagic+ was on loan from work (to do a comparison between the two), now I'm checking out the Music Hall 25.3. I'm in the process of buying a Rein Audio X-DAC, I'm very excited for that.  

Just try not to burn your house down, buckaroo.

Quote:   Looks like it's not in the cards, we got rid of our last open box last week I guess :/

I could see if my boss will let me take one of the open box Black Cube Linears home... That would be nice.   First impressions, this is one really nice amplifier, I'm getting a fair amount more impact out of my HD650s when compared to the Glite+DPS. I was listening to Kurt Vile last night...