[eddypoon]

Finally some proper science here on Head-Fi. 

 

[jacal01]

 
Obviously you guys have never heard about the Mars Climate Orbiter. 

 
You can blame the persistence of the imperial system of measurement on American engineering.  After WWII as one of the dominant economies left standing, global engineering projects, equipment design advances and consumer products were all driven by entrenched mathematical tools based on imperial units.
 
When I degreed in chemistry in college, all my science related coursework was based in the metric system, but when I changed to post-grad engineering, I had to get used to doing everything in imperial units again.

 

[bigro]

  Please give generously to the Society for Educating the Satire Challenged.  The humor you save might be your own.

Where do I send the check?  I guess The Advanced Math Never really took either, If Memory serves me right the good people of the City of Detroit seem to have a problem with a balanced budget.
 
Moving on
 

 I also gave it to Mike. He listened for, like, 5 seconds in the shop, then picked up the prototype and put it in his bag.

Hilarious, Mike Practically Mugged Jason. I am currently enjoying a Vali Now. For Something that started off on a whim while trolling the web and stumbling on some random tubes and then was the victim of a crime. It is a great Hybrid amp. I Agree it can be bit bright but That's where the transducer selection makes a difference. I Plugged in a Pair of Grado SR 80e's and while the Grado's Sounded really good female vocals especially became unbearable to me(That Grado Signature sound was always a matter of debate for me but that's for another post). Where As with The AT M50X's The Vali Impressed the hell out of me and with my mediocre Can Selection this is my combo of choice. The H/K CL's which seemed somewhat lacking in the mid to upper range became very lively with the Vali. Not Knocking any company as they all make Good products However it goes to show that the combination of Amp and Transducer can make a difference. Ill spring for some Fancier Headphones Eventually. Maybe After the [Redacted] Is released.
 
P.S. I would Really Like to hear Mikes Side of that Story

 

[wink]

Imperial or metric doesn't really matter when you have a ton, tonne, metric ton and short ton. That's tons of them.
 
Take your pick because they are all HEAVY....    

 

 

[upstateguy]

 

 
Slightly less than a schiit-ton? 
 
Sorry, I'll shut up now.

GigaSchiit? 

And then there are those who don't give a GigaSchiit.

 
Jason, why don't you come over to Sound Science and post a bit?

 

[Alex Martin]

...and the Fulla?

The working prototype name for the Fulla was the Dingleberry.  It almost made it to release but wiser and less humorous sensibilities prevailed and it became Fulla Schiit.

 

[Velomane]

   
Obviously you guys have never heard about the Mars Climate Orbiter. 

 

I was waiting for someone to mention this.

 

[warrenpchi]

 

Sorry, a bit off-topic here, but if any of y'all just got a PM from me... you should really check it out... RIGHT NOW.  

I didn't get the message...what's up Mr. Chi?

 
Oh, I was just going to tell you about a super-secret Schiit launch event... http://www.head-fi.org/t/775189/welcome-to-the-schiitshow  

 
 

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[Insidious Meme]

Well, that was fun reading. It will be interesting what they announce.

 

[jacal01]

  Imperial or metric doesn't really matter when you have a ton, tonne, metric ton and short ton. That's tons of them.
 
Take your pick because they are all HEAVY....    

 
There's that word again.  Is something wrong with gravity in the future?

 

[StanD]

Quote:

 
The working prototype name for the Fulla was the Dingleberry.  It almost made it to release but wiser and less humorous sensibilities prevailed and it became Fulla Schiit.

I hope you know what a Dingleberry is. Some know it as a Winnet. I'd get banned for calling a product that name. 

 

[jacal01]

Winnet or loose it.

 

[StanD]

  Winnet or loose it.

I'd rather not have it.

 

[Alex Martin]

  I hope you know what a Dingleberry is. Some know it as a Winnet. I'd get banned for calling a product that name. 

 
The Fulla is small Schiit attached by a USB cable to a computer.

 

[Ableza]

... thus demonstrating that as an audio device, a computer is much like an anus...