I feel honored to get praise from such accomplished reviewers as Skylab and Hi-Finthen -- thanks for the compliments. And thanks also, Hi-Finthen, for the advice about how to get around some of the Opera's minor drawbacks. If I do indeed get an Opera, I'll contact Dr. Meier about getting a custom version, and I'll definitely be trying the plane of glass on top -- great idea.
Lucky me, Brynn from TTVJ e-mailed to say I could keep the Opera a little bit longer. The benefits of being last on the review list. 
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Headphones: Audio-Technica ATH-W5000 (Balanced) & AD2000 (SE), Ultrasone Edition 9 (SE), Sennheiser HD-600 (Balanced), Beyerdynamic DT-880 (SE)
Amps: Singlepower Harmony XLR (coming soon), Singlepower Extreme Platinum, Headroom BitHead (2006)
DACs: Channel Islands VDA-2 + VAC-1, Modded Adcom GDA-600
Previously Owned: Headphones: Grado RS-1 and SR-60, AKG K-701, Sennheiser HD-555 and HD-570 // Amps & DACS: Headamp GS-1, Singlepower MPX Slam, Headroom Micro Amp and Micro Dac, Lite DAC-AH, Rega Ear, and Meier Opera (extended loan)
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