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    Fatty Flats, a new Grado pad mod

    After reading about the new bowls inside out mod, I would like to mention another mod that I tried some time ago: the "Fatty Flats" . I talked about it in Auriculares.org. It's nothing radical, just a variant of the classic flats using two filler foam strips of about 6mm to move away the driver...
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    Allariz (Spain) Mini-Meet Impressions - Saturday September 20th (2008) - 5th Galicia Area Meet

    What a meeting we had! Allariz is a lovely place to meet. You can see some pictures in Fuzzyshot | auriculares's Mobile Photos. We photo blogged the event "live" with an iPhone . I'm still in Allariz packing and will return home in a few moments, but I will post more impressions in the next days.
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    Allariz (Spain) - 5th Galicia Area Mini-Meet - Saturday September 20th

    Hello, I have the pleasure of announcing that we will be meeting the next September 20th in Allariz (pictures), a pretty small town in the galician mountainous region ideal to spend the weekend. The meet will be celebrated in the Hotel AC Vila de Allariz. Please, forgive us if we...
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    The last film I worked in: The Hairy Tooth Fairy 2

    Just wanted to show the first teaser of The Hairy Tooth Fairy 2, the last film I worked in . It is a small CGI production made for young kids. Teaser - The Hairy Tooth Fairy 2 It will be premiered the next christmas. Synopsis: Lucas is an 8 year old boy who doesnt believe in magic and...
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    Santiago de Compostela (Spain) Mini-Meet IV - February 9th, 2008 - Impressions

    I am still with the hangover of the meet in Santiago, but here you have some photos. This time I took many, many pictures . Selecting a few of them was a job in itself... The meet was a complete success. I think it was the best of the four ones we have celebrated in Santiago. The hotel was...
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    Santiago de Compostela (Spain) Mini-Meet IV ->> Sister City of S. Francisco :) << Saturday February 9th

    Hello, I have the pleasure of announcing that we will be meeting the next February 9th in Santiago de Compostela (pictures). The meet will be celebrated in the Hotel Los Abetos. A copy of the announcement of this meet can be found too in Auriculares.org, a spanish forum. Please...
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    Robert Randolph & The Family Band - Live at the Wetlands. Could you recommend something similar?

    The title says all . I've been listening to this album for a few years now and still can't believe the good it is. Could you recommend similar albums?
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    Santiago de Compostela (Spain) Mini-Meet III - November 24th, 2007 - Impressions

    Santiago de Compostela (Spain) Mini-Meet III - November 24th, 2007 - Impressions Here we are with another edition of the Santiago de Compostela Mini Meet . This one was celebrated during the Head-Fi outage with the bad luck that we had to change the local a few days before the meet. Several...
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    Santiago de Compostela (Spain) Mini-Meet III- Saturday November 24th

    Hello, I have the pleasure of announcing that we will be meeting the next Novemeber 24th in in Santiago de Compostela (pictures). The meet will be celebrated in the Hotel Tryp San Lázaro. Please, reply to this thread if you are planning to attend and do not forget to include a list...
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    Complement vs. compliment

    I am not even an english speaker, and god knows we all make mistakes, but this error is too frequent in this forum. We must STOP the wrong use of "compliment" when in fact we want to say complement. It cringes me every time I see it Cambridge dictionary: compliment: 1. A remark that...
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    Santiago de Compostela (Spain) Mini-Meet II - May 26th, 2007 - Impressions

    I just wanted to open the impressions thread before going to bed . I will try to post some pictures tomorrow, and some comments as soon as possible. I would like to thank everybody for coming. It was a pleasure to meet you for second time!
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    Santiago de Compostela (Spain) Mini-Meet II- Saturday May 26th

    Hello, After a few months trying to organize a new mini-meet in Santiago de Compostela (pictures), I have the pleasure of announcing that we will be meeting the next May 26th. The meet will be celebrated in the Hotel Tryp San Lázaro (definitive location). Please, reply to this...
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    Help with RS-1 with FLATS, taking the HF-1 with flats as reference

    I am trying to decide my next "toy". It would be a pair of RS-1s (with flats) or the new Denon D5000, both in the "bass" side of the balance, I think . But let's talk about grados... I use my HF-1 with flats and I love it. I love the bass, and although I realize is a little too bloated, I...
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    Santiago de Compostela (Spain) Mini-Meet - Oct. 21th, 2006 - Impressions

    Hello, This was the first Head-Fi meeting in Spain and a success . What a great evening we had. It was really nice to meet Marianitu, Picodeloro, Jorgillo and Jltower. Unfotunately, Rodaballo was not able to come (we missed you!). Yago, the owner of J. Portela Seijo HiFi store was a great...
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    Santiago de Compostela (Spain) Mini-Meet

    Hello, Four or five galician headfiers will meet in Santiago de Compostela (photos) next october 21th. The meet will be celebrated in J. Portela Seijo hifi store, who kindly will open only to accomodate us in the evening. With luck we will get a taste of some interesting equipment in the...
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    HD650 - defoaming vs. recabling

    This is an attempt to assess the relative impact of recabling and defoaming over hd650 sound. I would say defoaming makes a big difference, maybe something around a 15% of final sound. What is your opinion? I'm assumming defoaming makes a much bigger impact in sound than recabling. And...
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    The Not-so-ghetto Headphone Stand (warning PICS)

    Inspired by the genius of LFF in the thread How To Make A Ghetto Can Stand (now without pics), I needed to do my own ghetto stand, but... The result has been better than I thought. And cheaper it is impossible Materials: Empty spindle. Ceys two component epoxy putty. Pretty mineral water...
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    Mac Intel with Windows (BootCamp) - Any thought?

    As you know, it is now possible to install windows natively in Mac intels using the Apple software BootCamp. Being the iMacs compact, quite silent and having an optical output, I think they are really good sources. I'm using one with an aqvox dac and Mac OS X with excellent results. They only...
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    Cheap and tough headphones - Recommendations?

    I need to buy a certain number of headphones for monitoring with only three parameters in mind: 1. They have to be cheap. 2. They have to be resistant. The tougher the better. They are going to endure a lot of misuse. 3. Better if they are comfortable, but this is not absolutly essential...
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