I was not complaining, but I would like to be able to plug my balanced headphones directly into the Realizer for the sake of convenience, and I actually do want "the best possible feed for the headphone /amp". I am a backer, and I can't wait to experience this device as it is.

I wish that I could remember that, I already asked for balanced inputs and outputs (it's not happening). 

I was able to notice a slight difference between lossless and compressed. I decided to err on the side of caution and go with lossless, but the downside is that I had to put my music into subgroups since the files are so large. I didn't want to have to re-record my music if I changed my mind in...

Oppo BDP-83

I fell for the Grado sound immediately, but I don't necessarily consider myself a "Grado" man. I am looking forward to owning many different brands in the future (like so many fortunate people here).

Sennheiser HD540's from the early 90's. Don't know why I keep them around, maybe I'm just sentimental.

I've been on the list since Dec of 2007 (soon after I discovered Head-Fi). I just put it on the back burner and enjoy all of the other things that Head-Fi has introduced me to.