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Darn I've been away for a few days; Just got back from a short holiday.

Anyway, I got a quote from them for the Senn HE60 headband pads in $. The thing is, I'm not sure whether it's USD or AUD. They also told me to deposit money directly into their bank account in Australia, so I'm guessing it's AUD?

Best of luck with your HE60 assembly! it would be nice if you could take pictures of each part and the "site description and part number" they correspond to. Thanks!

These are great and what I use too, for my head-fi and my speaker-fi setups.

I used to use power conditioners and line filters of every kind (over the years: PS Audio, Running Springs Audio, ExactPower, Audio Magic Stealth, etc.). Then I got a dedicated line from my breaker box to my listening room, on the opposite leg from my big appliances, unbroken run from box to outlet. I decided at that point that the conditioners and filters were robbing more than they were helping.

The Wiremolds give you extra outlets without taking anything away from the sound.

Perhaps the SR-X IIIs are simply synergistic with transformers. And perhaps the 404s, designed as they were to be used with dedicated amps, are synergistic with amps.

If so this would be similar to the evolution of another mechanical transducer (and one produced in disproportionate numbers in Japan) - the phono cartridge. Older moving coil carts were designed to be used with step-up transformers, and they perform better with them - they prefer inductive loading to resistors on an all-active phono stage. Examples include the Ortofon SPU and the Denon 103, neither of which you've ever heard if you haven't heard them through the right tranny. But modern MCs prefer all-active gain stages - carts from Dynavector, Lyra, Benz etc.

Patrick

Pics, please. The headphones, not the head.

Well, you can include the head if you want

The Decca carts I know are about 6V output, so straight into moving magnet input for sure and no step-up needed. Even that MM input might come close to overloading with that kind of output

Yeah, its AUD and they accept credit cards too fyi. Just waiting for them to process my order now, though it might take a little longer than usual since I didn't use the reference they asked me to use... (the automated reply ended up in my spam :O)

One of them being me? my SR-X was hardly fit for making any comparisons =P

I haven't tried those yet. It's easy enough to do since I have a spare SR-3 housing if I'm ever bored.

BigWarehouse; not so big....

I saw MP's post regarding HE60 parts in a different thread and promptly order the HE60 case and stand/cover. The cost is in AUD, and when/if, you use PayPal, it gets converted correctly (140 was converted to 120, roughly)

Anyway, a few days later I got an email stating that the shipping cost was for local only; that US delivery would be more (AUD$40.00). I responded in the affirmitive, really wanting the HE60 case.

This morning, I received an email stating that my money was refunded because the item was "no longer available from the factory." I guess I was expecting that if it was listed, it was already in their "Big Warehouse" inventory.

I'm bummed; no cradle for the Baby. However, even thought my order did not pan out, I gotta type that their auto-sent email after the order, other status emails, and the final email that my money was refunded, were all well done and seemed completely professional. And yes, the funds are in my PP account.

Wanted to share this experience to indicate that they seem like a good company to deal with, but the parts listed do not automatically mean that they are readily available. If I spy something else that I want, I'll try to first shoot them an email.

Dave

Man that is a lot. Good table though

I've been trying out my second set of SR-Lambda's without any backwave treatment and it's a positive improvement all over except a slight coloration creeps up now and again but it sounds very promising.

Intriguing. That turntable is a beast though. Someone obviously prepared to dish out the slpondulicks for it.

Duderuuds Jecklin Float stats just arrived with me, the sound is certainly not what I expected it might be. Fuller impressions later after proper charge up and a good listen.

Also in the news today. TakeT have agreed to send me an H2 and TR2 for review.