Ok, first set of Philips tubes I tried had a bit of a (microphonic?) hum, but the second pair sound absolutely fabulous. Probably has the edge over the Telefunken for me on the HD800. Both sound lovely. TF probably wins for detail still and Philips for character.

Just got my Torpedo and it is singing with my HD800s. Tried a few tubes, so far the quietest & clearest have been the Telefunken E90CC. A real gem of relatively straightforward amp design. Thanks tomb and dsavitsk. Fun to put in a Beezar order again after I first bought some SSMH boards there...

For what it is worth, and this is obviously super late, but I picked up the 1B. Can't believe these have been available for so long given the builder reputation and value here. Curious to see how the SumR toroid holds up, rocky past but I am still excited to give it a good home. That T2 looks...

I am a solid maybe, could be able to make this; been many a year since I have attended. Would bring HD800 and... some amps/dacs TBD.

Haven't been to a meet in a number of years, but I might stop by. If I make it I will bring at least my HD600s, Bottlehead Crack, Cambridge Audio DACMagic, O2. Might bring a Denon CN-C680 CD player as transport, or just a laptop. Any new acquisitions might come around too. Not going to commit...

I may be coming, and I would bring both a Bottlehead Crack and HD600s and HD650s. It's a Senn/Crack party! There certainly will be no lack of Sennheisers - there never is a lack at the major meets.

These days diesel fuel is available at 90% of gas stations, even in the US. 100% in Europe.

That was some hardcore necromancy indeed. It's been a while since I've run the server these days.

Spoiler: It's not an animation error.

You were either given a beta key or you signed up for the beta. And it's a MOBA game. If you've ever played DotA or League of Legends, it's similar (but a bit more "hardcore") As a counter to DotA 2, gotta throw down my Starcraft II gauntlet. Starcraft II: 9.5/10. HIYOOO!

Tanlines: Mixed Emotions (Vinyl) Beach House: Bloom (Vinyl) Godspeed You! Black Emperor: F# A# ∞ (Vinyl) Damien Jurado: Maraqopa (CD) Wilco: Summerteeth (CD)

Man, these recent results really hating my liquibet points.

They look like Quad ESL-2805s or possibly 2905s or similar Quads to me.

Finally decided to take some pictures of my Stowa.

A product of boredom. And something I took for the watch thread.