Recent content by billm
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Help me with intimate blues (guitar and voice)
Stuart, Have you listened to any John Hammond? There's a new CD collecting his covers of Robert Johnson songs called "At The Crossroads", or you could try his first album (from 1964) "Country Blues" - my favorite, and all solo acoustic and voice. The other one you might like is his more... -
New Grado RA-1 Amp (High Gain)?
Not really, unless you count the Etymotic 4S's, which have an impedance of about 100 ohms and sounded great. My other two cans, the RS-1 and CD3000, are low impedance (32 ohms). I'm hoping to get the 650's from Headroom soon (since I apparently had one of the first pre-orders) so I'll post once...- billm
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- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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New Grado RA-1 Amp (High Gain)?
I just mentioned in another thread that I had bought this amp from Todd, so I thought I'd follow up here as well. I've only had it a week or so, but have been really enjoying it with my HD600's, and hope to do the same with my HD650's when they arrive. I also have a battery-powered RA-1 which...- billm
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- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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VERY BEST amplifier for Sennheiser HD600?
Thanks, vrom. I'm obviously a newbie here, but I'll try to post my impressions once I've had a chance to listen to it for a while. Great forum, by the way, folks.- billm
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- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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VERY BEST amplifier for Sennheiser HD600?
Note that this is the new model too - the RA-1 HG (High Gain). It's designed for high impedance headphones like the HD600, and it works, too. It's (honestly) an awesome head amp for those types of cans - at least in the twenty-four hours I've had to listen to them (admittedly without a whole lot...- billm
- Post #11
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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VERY BEST amplifier for Sennheiser HD600?
Grado RA-1 HG. Got it from Todd yesterday. It absolutely rocks with my HD600's.- billm
- Post #8
- Forum: Headphones (full-size)
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Today's DVD releases...my wallet is screaming!
Quote: Originally posted by brent_mr2 There is a good scene at the end of Raiders where the Ark lid flies up and falls down. I know someone that uses that to show off his home theater system Per the above, thought you might find this (from yesterday's Atlanta Journal-Constitution)...- billm
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- Forum: Members' Lounge (General Discussion)