[Hisoundfi]

Heavenly:

 

[warrior1975]

First time I wore jeans in 3 years.....     

Damn, don't you hate having to get formally dressed?

 

[Watagump]

Damn, don't you hate having to get formally dressed?

 
He didn't wear his Croc's.

 

[FullCircle]

   
He didn't wear his Croc's.

 
 
I did the second day of the show.  

 

[Watagump]

I can see it now, John takes Timberlands and paints them black just like George on Seinfeld.

 

 

[FullCircle]

  I can see it now, John takes Timberlands and paints them black just like George on Seinfeld.

 

 
 
if they are comfortable, I say go for it
 
 
http://blogmaverick.com/2007/01/16/why-i-dont-wear-a-suit-and-cant-figure-out-why-anyone-does/

 

[zachawry]

Well, I went to the store all ready to go the custom route. But, they had a used Katana in very good condition for pretty relatively cheap. 
 
I'm in Japan, and the custom route is even more expensive and time-consuming than in the States (rush charge was about $650, for example), so I decided to get the used Katana. I'm very happy. 
 
Thanks all for input. 

 

[FullCircle]

Well, I went to the store all ready to go the custom route. But, they had a used Katana in very good condition for pretty relatively cheap. 

I'm in Japan, and the custom route is even more expensive and time-consuming than in the States (rush charge was about $650, for example), so I decided to get the used Katana. I'm very happy. 

Thanks all for input. 

Fantastic!

Have a happy new year!

 

[zachawry]

Fantastic!

Have a happy new year!

Thanks!
 
Is there a trick to putting on the blue tips? I've been struggling and they seem too squishy to get past the nozzle...

 

[FullCircle]

Thanks!

Is there a trick to putting on the blue tips? I've been struggling and they seem too squishy to get past the nozzle...

I make a reverse mushroom out of the ear tip, then grasp the ear tip by the black portion, and force the blue portion onto the housing

Presto

 

[zachawry]

I make a reverse mushroom out of the ear tip, then grasp the ear tip by the black portion, and force the blue portion onto the housing

Presto

That did the trick. Thx. Have a happy thanksgiving, and if you're ever in Kobe or Kyoto, message me and I'll show you a good time! (Not that way, get your mind out of the gutter.) 

 

[FullCircle]

That did the trick. Thx. Have a happy thanksgiving, and if you're ever in Kobe or Kyoto, message me and I'll show you a good time! (Not that way, get your mind out of the gutter.) 

Im an old man with a beautiful wife and kids, my idea of a good time in japan is korean bbq

 

[stemast]

True, true....

But the instant gratification demon is perched on my shoulder telling me I could take a Universal home today!! 

My personal opinion...it definitely worths the wait. There's also the 'rush order' option (I opted in for mine and had them within a month)

 

[Sorensiim]

  Well, I went to the store all ready to go the custom route. But, they had a used Katana in very good condition for pretty relatively cheap. 
 
I'm in Japan, and the custom route is even more expensive and time-consuming than in the States (rush charge was about $650, for example), so I decided to get the used Katana. I'm very happy. 
 
Thanks all for input. 

Katana is amazeballs. Keeps me sane while scripting my way through SCCM client management with WMI calls.
 


No, that's not sloppy or ugly handwriting, it's on-the-fly encryption, by hand. I'm kinda proud of it, actually.

 

[zachawry]

I'm indulging in my first extended Katana listening session. 
 
Confession time: I am a treble-head and a detail addict. I listen to a lot of close-mic'd acoustic/classical stuff, but EDM and Led Zeppelin are also on heavy rotation. 
 
I've had the Sure 1500KSE (electrostatic IEMs) for a while, and I love those. But, it's not a sound signature I want all the time. 
 
The Katana is smooth and silky. There's plenty of air and a wide soundstage, but it's also got a beautiful lustrous tone. There is a delicacy and subtlety that the Sure lacks (though the Sure has other strengths). 
 
I know it's a neutral, detail-oriented voicing, but to me it feels like the Katana is a strong statement of sonic values: delicate, subtle, precise, airy, ethereal. (In other words, micro-dynamics up the whazoo. I wonder if this is the best IEM on the planet right now for micro-dynamics.) 
 
All these adjectives make it sound like it should be lean or thin-sounding, but it's not. It's got kick where and when it needs it. That being said, I still feel like the bass is more characterized as "fast and accurate" than "powerful and impactful." But that's OK, because that's the way I like it. 
 
OK, enough abstract BS.  Back to listening.