http://www.digido.com/honor-roll.html   This is an article by Bob Katz (mastering engineer). It's a good read and provided some new finds for me.

I decided to start tagging my library with an indicator of high-dr albums.

http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/   It's a database giving an indication of the dynamic range of a given CD.   Thought it may be of interest. I found it very helpful, though I wish it was more complete.

Quote: I would not necessarily agree with that. A CMoy with proper gain setting can drive just about any headphone.

I found this on a Swiss site, written 2009.   http://www.sg-acoustics.ch/analogue_audio/ic_opamps/pdf/opamp_distortion.pdf   What are your thoughts?

All of the solder work I have ever done was without flux (pen). When desoldering, I think it could be useful to make the solder flow better. Desoldering braid has flux already in it. You can always reflow a little to make a part easier to remove. Now having said all that, one of my recent orders...

Could you point me in the right direction on how to determine optimal bias current for a given opamp?

I am not sure. I read through some articles which mentioned higher values based on volume and load. Driving higher impedance headphones, or so I understood, require a higher bias level. I am still studying this, so please excuse my ignorance.

That looks just like what I needed. Thank you.

With the default RBLIM of 1k and 24V PS, is is correct to only be able to dial in about 2.8mA maximum for the Bias?

Can anyone help to point me in the right direction for a nice panel mount 3.5mm phone jack? I have looked primarily on DigiKey to no avail. Thanks!

Please put me down for one (silver). #27 if available. Thanks!

Wilkommen! Vieleicht bleibst Du ja eine Weile hier. Where is the obligatory "sorry about your wallet"?

Quote: Originally Posted by Ant0nik If thats the case then I'm sold, but as far as that goes what wouldn't a predator be able to drive? A K-1000

The 325, just like all Grados, are easy to drive. Even the HD-600's are nicely driven.

Quote: Originally Posted by Megalomaniac When are these going to be available to purchase? It will probably be ready before Christmas, maybe middle of December.

Quote: Originally Posted by tyrion ... I want to welcome the new guys (no names until your second meet as we don't want to get too attached only to find out we scared you off ). Just for the record, I am not easily scared, and there is no way in hell I am going to miss CanJam '08...

Quote: Originally Posted by misterDX nobody listened to pico through a k701???? I rarely get mine out anyway. I do not recall seeing a K701 on the Pico. An HD600 sounded great!

Quote: Originally Posted by tyrion I am honored to have my ugly mug as the Defender of the Universe's avatar, well at least a tiny bit longer. Not only did these guys break my a/c (fixed the same night it crashed) but they also broke my big screen tv (replacement lamp arriving...

Voltron, you have got to fix that avatar (well, give it a little while longer )!

Alright, since you asked so nicely. I am posting pics for the first time and am not so sure what it will do for my bandwidth. I'll post larger in the future if this does not turn out to be an issue. Presonally I don't like huge pictures in forums since a) I want to be concious of...

Quote: Originally Posted by grawk It was the picture of justin, and the repeated discussion of some random gary that made me comment But no matter where justin gets the work done, the quality of the finish is entirely justin. I know what he goes through to get it I couldn't...

Quote: Originally Posted by Salt Peanuts What is that silver amp in the pic? I believe it's a HeadAmp Aristaeus and the source is a SCD-1. This is guss2's setup

I am sure some of you are glad, as this is all I have. This is to be an indication of how fun the meet was. tyrion did a great job herding this crazy group. It was a pleasure to be part of it.

Quote: Originally Posted by Voltron Actually, grawk, I could be wrong but I think Marcus is referring to Rick (also not named Gary) who makes the cases for Justin's amps. His Head-Fi name is rixtrix and this is a pic of him with some hot AE-2 colors: Oops, my bad. I am sorry...