I am not a fan of skulls. I don't need the universal symbol of death in my home. Additionally, the glass heads are in my office and they are now my friends. We talk and hang out. It is nice to have friends. Haha

I have already bought the he-6s which are on the way. I have a fairly decent two channel set-up and will be using my speaker amp and vinyl rig with those. Also on the horizon is the hd800 and t1. I am waiting to make any more big purchases until I go to the Austin headfi meet in a few months.

They are glass and from Pier One. I have included the link for you. http://www.pier1.com/Recycled-Glass-Head/2188209,default,pd.html

My desk setup... Still waiting on the nice stuff to arrive. However, I wanted to put together a budget system in an effort to establish a baseline to which I could compare high-end products. In my reviews I will then be able to compare the sound of summit products to the modest equipment I have...

Cool story bro

That bothers me, too. I have been meaning to upgrade to a vpi 16.5 or an okki noki... but I have had other audio priorities. 

Currently wearing my new black q701s.... Still have to do the mod, but I think I am going to wait awhile.... Now if my HE-6's would hurry up and arrive I will be a truly happy camper!

I use a dishwasher and the magic eraser for my stylus

If it is only external and not near any electrical connections, then no, although eventually, it will fully rot away, as we all will, given the appropriate amount of time....

My top four in order, Youtube, ebay, audiogon, head-fi... All four used for exploring my audio pursuits. 

Please forgive my ignorance but what is a board house? Is that the entity that manufactures the circuit boards?

The people that mention the intense highs must listen at high volumes. I only notice this when the level is too high, I think grades are great for 75-80db listening... Which is the perfect level

Will be putting my order in shortly! Excited, now time to go shopping for a new soldering iron and multimeter!

Awesome, excited to here the Alpha dogs! 

  Is that an sa-9100 I spy? I had one of those a few years back!

Pretty cool, I am happy to see seenheiser's excellent customer service at work. Makes the Hd800 an even more tempting purchase

If the phone is marked with a serial number you could always run it by beyerdynamic and they should be able to tell you

I think the Cambridge is decent, but if you can find a deal on the pro-ject tube box ds... It is one of the best sub $1000 phono stages I have heard. The phono box rs is much better if you can stretch your budget. If you are handy with a soldering iron, the bottle head reduction is supposedly...

Who needs to keep money anyway... 

When you think about leaving a stable and well paying career to pursue your love of electrical engineering... 

I like your style... It is always nice to be able to try different headphones and associated equipment to figure out what works best for you. It is the only real way to do it. 

To the original question.... No I am not.... Oh well, can't take it with you. 

Thanks again for your input. Time to jump down the rabbit hole and learn the ways of electrical design.   I should be able to replace the resistors myself, I have a fair bit of experience with a soldering iron and assembling electronics (I just fail to grasp how everything works, its like...

I would look seriously at the Objective2 amplifier with a ODAC. It will be a little more than your budget if you buy them pre-made, but should provide you with what you desire. 

The HE-6 is on the way, ordered the headphones today. Again I appreciate the help. So if I understand correctly, the higher the resistance in the circuit, in my case 330ohms (not sure if these are wired in parallel or series), the more the power is reduced? If I reduced the value of the...