Quote:   Thank you!

I think he means the university.

  Quote:   Awesome set-up!    What kind of spikes are those and how do you attach them?  Do you need to screw/bolt them in?    

Quote: Or to end.  Crazy rig man!

Quote:   What were the various Sennheisers and Beyers?    

Quote: Even the Fiio E9 drives the T1 to amp listening levels at 9 o'clock.  That's not what it's about.  Try it on a real amp and the difference will be there.      

Quote: It's way more than enough to bring it beyond listening levels but that doesn't always pan out optimally in reality.  I don't think many people who consider 500mW overkill.

Quote: Alienware has pretty nice service.  They even ship you a packaging box and schedule a FedEx pick-up when sending your unit back in for service.  Turn-around time between shipping out and receiving back takes less than a week.

Quote: Why don't you just listen to both and draw your own conclusions?  I'm not sure how the opinions of others on something as subjective as this should be instrumental in your decision.  

Quote: x2.   Toxic Cables does a great job at an incredible price.  Excuse the picture quality, but the individual strands of silver are actually very visible in person.    

Quote: I still can't believe you're still advertising the Cardas Clear cable.  Do you get a stipend from them?

OCC silver cable by Toxic Cables    

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Quote: Thanks.   I am using the Dac1 USB still.  The Phoenix is the 2 black boxes.

Quote: Yeah, sorry my iPad 2 camera is awful.   It sounds great with the HD800.  I wouldn't call it dark by any means but the treble is tamed a bit.  However, it doesn't give up any technicalities such as detail, separation, and soundstage to achieve the slight touch of warmth like...

Quote: Yeah it's the UK Toxic Cables.  I think they'll do whatever cable you ask them to do.  Just email them instead of buying the pre-made ones through their eBay store.

Quote: Frank at Toxic Cables did an amazing job.  The iPad 2's camera is awful but in person, you can actually see the individual strands of silver within the cable.     Quote:   Yep that's a Phoenix.    

Here's what I'll be sticking with for a while.     The cable is OCC silver made by Toxic Cables.  Workmanship is absolutely stellar.

Quote: Oh snap.  Is an edit to the "HD800/T1 Musings" in order?   

Quote: No offence, but that sounds like a crap EQ.  How are you so sure that the EQ has absolutely nothing to do with the problem?

Quote: Are you going to have an HD 800 handy to do the comparison or are you just going to do it from memory?  

I do notice that some of the very early SNs tend to be lighter in bass: http://www.head-fi.org/t/433059/sennheiser-hd800-certificate-for-frequency-response-arrived/165   It seems like whatever change they made (if any) was done well before the commonly rumored SN of 10xxx.  My pair SN05823...

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