[blownaway]

Black makes them look smaller. I'm sold on the Alpha Dogs!

 

[bootdsc]

That is one nice paint job and it must take some long hours sanding and filling to get such a smooth finish from a printed part. Would love to see some pictures of the inside of the cups, curious to know if the final internal design still looks like the pic's from the prototype. Lets hope they don't run out of t50rp drivers to use.

 

[PRaT]

We're not too far from metal flake. 

 

[Lorspeaker]

  It's a quite interesting paint.  In direct sunlight it's black with colored sparkles.  In office light it can be a midnight blue or a super-dark green/black with silver highlights.  It's imperfect to call it black, though the paint maker describes it this way.  

looks blue to me...v nice !

 

[Beagle]

  I have been really, really tired of all the color discussion on this thread.  But that new 'black' looks seriously awesome.  How in the world did matte trump that in the initial voting?

 
I chose the claret because it looks like a beautiful classic wine.

 

[Hutnicks]

   
I chose the claret because it looks like a beautiful classic wine.

I'll have to wait for the Smokey Amber then

 

[mrspeakers]

The Ardbeg Dog?

 

[Hutnicks]

The Ardbeg Dog?

Or the Laphroaig edition

 
 
Actually the more I think about it a clear amber casing would probably sell like hotcakes in the far east.

 

[achristilaw]

My classic red is classic sexy.... in a Freudian vane......

 

[mrspeakers]

As a general point of interest, for most new phones, we are tuning with two BlueMonkeyDots, but some tune ups are only getting one.  We're now including the felt tuning discs with Alphas and Pros.  Do play with them, they can make a subtle but signifiant shift in the tone of the phone, and people are liking 0, 1 and 2 pads.  
 
I personally am opting for the 1 pad a lot.   Anyone who's not posted yet about them?  

 

[grizzlybeast]

if it is for hot treble, which the PRO doesnt have much of then how does it affect the sound in a positive way?

 

[mrspeakers]

  if it is for hot treble, which the PRO doesnt have much of then how does it affect the sound in a positive way?

 
It's not for "hot treble" in the sense of bright headphones.  It's that people have preferences that fall across a spectrum.

What I have learned is that if I give three people one phone and a tuning kit i will get 3 ideal solutions.  It's really like tube rolling to take the amp and tweak it "just so."

 

[dc-k]

  As a general point of interest, for most new phones, we are tuning with two BlueMonkeyDots, but some tune ups are only getting one.  We're now including the felt tuning discs with Alphas and Pros.  Do play with them, they can make a subtle but signifiant shift in the tone of the phone, and people are liking 0, 1 and 2 pads.  
 
I personally am opting for the 1 pad a lot.   Anyone who's not posted yet about them?  

I have the kit ready to go but I'm awaiting some minor ear work before engaging in tuning activity as the lug holes are not at peak sensitivity at the moment 
 
will report when ears and Alpha have been suitably adjusted

 

[TeskR]

I ordered a doggie treats kit with my ADs just in case, is that basically what it is?

 

[muziq]

  As a general point of interest, for most new phones, we are tuning with two BlueMonkeyDots, but some tune ups are only getting one.  We're now including the felt tuning discs with Alphas and Pros.  Do play with them, they can make a subtle but signifiant shift in the tone of the phone, and people are liking 0, 1 and 2 pads.  
 
I personally am opting for the 1 pad a lot.   Anyone who's not posted yet about them?  

Mine arrived as Dan notes--two dots and one pad per side.  After about a month of listening and getting to know them, I pulled the pads and enjoyed the sound signature even more.  Not so much brighter, but seemed to be faster--some of my older jazz went from having an antiseptic recording studio sound to more of a live room sound.  Things buzzing about.  Recent metal/doom like SunnO))) & Ulver's "Terrestrials" became terrifyingly spacious (a good thing).  
 
I've so enjoyed my AD's that I used them as a benchmark for repositioning my main 2-ch rig--the AD's have revealed so much that I never realized I hadn't really found the sweet spot for my Triangle Alteas in our new home.