Update 4/12/12
 
Tonight I placed the order for Mike's FitEar To Go! MH334.  It should ship out to him sometime next week.
 
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Attention Head-Fi! 
 
I know that most, if not all of you reading this, have used Joker as a reference, sounding board and portable guru to ask our many IEM/headphone questions, on the quest for our own personal holy grail.  Mike, or Joker to the masses, has spent countless hours and dollars to create one of the finest pieces of work I have ever seen in the audio world.  His multi-review threads serve as a baseline and reference for members and lurkers alike.  In case you’ve been hiding under a rock here are links to his massive threads:
 
Multi IEM Review: http://www.head-fi.org/t/478568/multi-iem-review-223-iems-compared-dunu-dn-17-crater-dn-18-hawkeye-added-02-22-12
 
Portable Headphone Review: http://www.head-fi.org/t/433318/shootout-98-portable-headphones-reviewed-sony-mdr-pq2-and-philips-oneill-sho9560-added-01-02-12
 
So some of the regulars around here decided it was time to do something nice for Mike, again!  In order to express our gratitude, for his continued and unending work on these threads, we’ve decided to raise money in order to get him the new hybrid AKG K3003 universal.  For those of you unfamiliar with this universal, it goes for approximately $1,300.  I’m going to be organizing the collection of the money and purchasing the K3003 for Mike.  **UPDATE** Due to a couple new developments, Mike is going to get plenty of time with an AKG K3003 in the near future, so in replacement of the AKG, we are looking to get him the soon to be released FitEar To Go MH334 universal. 
 
For your reference, we’ve done this before and raised money to purchase him a Unique Melody Miracle custom a little over a year ago.  Here are the threads related to that effort:
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/532670/we-got-ljokerl-a-um-miracle#post_7182933
http://www.head-fi.org/t/531704/please-vote-um-miracle-jh13-es5-or-ue-capitol-for-ljokerl
 
The next post contains the rules for submitting donations and how you can win a Sennheiser IE80.  If you are not a registered member, please do register to participate.
 
List of members who donated (Donators will be listed by Head-Fi name, self-chosen nickname or anonymous)
1.    shotgunshane
2.    James444
3.    k3oxkjo
4.    tstarn06
5.    vaed
6.    deadguy99
7.    Poimandres
8.    -y0-
9.    whitefroded
10.  anonymous
11.  Anaxilus
12.  swbf2cheater
13.  Punslayer
14.  kckc
15.  gilly87
16.  jupiterknight
17.  DaBomb77766
18.  rawrster
19.  esanthosh
20.  monoglycer
21.  rroseperry
22.  BRCMRGN
23.  Triggerfish
24.  JoeyRusso
25.  spkrs01
26.  JamesMcProgger
27.  Poetik
28.  Kuroda Tsubasa
29.  a_recording
30.  Finalsonic
31.  jude

 
Rules for Donations:
 
All donations must be made thru PayPal as GIFT option only.  Inside the note of the PayPal gift, please include the following information:
1.       Your Head-Fi profile name, self chosen nickname or type anonymous.
2.       You must include the phrase, “Donation for Mike” or “Donation for Joker”.
 
Minimum donation is $10 and increases in increments of $10.  If your donation is made by credit card, PayPal may charge a fee.  I ask that you pay that fee, so the math stays nice and simple.
 
As an incentive to donate, there will be a raffle amongst all donators to win a Sennheiser IE80, provided courtesy of James444.  Every donator will get one entry and the drawing will be held once the goal is met.  Your PayPal email ID will be used as your contact information and the winner will be announced on this thread.  Your PayPal ID will be kept confidential.
 
We hope to have the money raised by the end of March.  Please PM me for my PayPal ID to donate.

Sign me up!

Don't forget to include your head-fi names in the note in PayPal.

How about I not donate because I am poor but give an immense thank you to him anyway? <3

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swbf2cheater said:

How about I not donate because I am poor but give an immense thank you to him anyway? <3

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I donated enough to cover you.  Please send an IOU.  On a serious note many thanks from all of us here for all of your hard work Joker, we all truly appreciate it. I just wish that I wouldn't have missed it the first time around. 

Oh ty, I already owe Joker a portion of my immortal soul so I was hoping that was enough

I probably owe joker a good chunk just for the IEMs I havent had to buy because of his reviews. Will donate when I get home.

My thank you speech to Joker.  
 
Ahem.  Dear Joker.  
 
 
As I sit here in my dark corner, rocking back and forth in attempt to salvage what little sanity I've left after investing so much money into just a small fraction of what you have reviewed, I can't help but to thank you for absolutely incinerating my wallet multiple times.  Teasing me, taunting me, beckoning me every week with an update of a new audio product.  I can't help but to think of what you actually look like, do you resemble the Joker from Batman? Would it be the movie versions, the comics, or the Arkham games, you know, the ones with Mark Hamill from Star Wars voicing him! Anywho, I picture you in the same sadistic fashion, having a ton of fun with some hot chick at your side named Harley, dancing about the streets reviewing audio gear of all sorts for random people you meet.  I cannot help but to Envy and thank you for all you have done for us over the years.  You are one of the backbones here at Head Fi, you are our glue:  Ye' Wrecker of Wallets and Paypal Accounts.  
 
In all seriousness, you are the man.  Can't thank you enough for the love and passion you have given the community.  Keep up the good work and I hope you enjoy your new AKGs when you get them.
 
-Another Mike 
 
 

Count me in! The first thread I ever found on head-fi just happened to be Jokers's multi-iem thread. 

Ditto It was the first thread that introduced me to the world beyond Klipsch S4 and Sennheiser CX400
 
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Count me in! The first thread I ever found on head-fi just happened to be Jokers's multi-iem thread. 

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Update:  15 separate donations in half a day! 

Not too shabby. Well on the way to meeting the end of March deadline!

Just giving a friendly bump.  Feel free to make a post to this thread,once you've donated, to keep it bumped to the top for awareness.  We really made a lot of progress in one day!

What's the actual amount thus far?