Smitty

I'll keep that in mind. This is an x99 system, and I got the OEM tray, so no stock cooler for me. I have plans for my next upgrade/rebuild to do an EK-based custom loop, but that is 9 months out.

Custom loop is really the only way to do water.

A reseat failed, so now I'm going to get a new cooler, still cheaper than getting a Mobo.

Some more on this: https://diyaudioheaven.wordpress.com/schematics/headphone/

I sent you a pm of the article. Great find.

For the more discerning listener, a dedicated AC line and ground isn't enough...

Holy shit, though. I thought the non-electrician guys rewiring their houses to have dedicated mains were crazy enough. What's next? Anechoic chamber house extensions?

http://bit.ly/1Dwpf3D

I just get back from the post office after shipping off a DAC and a LPS to see this!!! Sheeeit!!

@Riotvan , you mean USPS or UPS? I found that shipping companies are generally fine if you take non national couriers. USPS though, they gave me a heart attack. 1 month delay with tracking seemingly stopped.

Counterintuitively, I have found the private companies - those who actually need to compete to survive and be profitable - perform worse than USPS. Go figure.

Now get some sleep. It will wake you up ;-)

Yeah, I know. 8.5 hours at night, and a 2 hour nap have done wonders.

Jason is so funny and eloquent in describing what many of us have felt for a while. An absolutely terrific chapter. Hope it gets more circulation on other Hi-End audio websites (but I doubt many of those sites have the balls to speak on it and/or link to it).

I personally wouldn't put money down on coverage. Hell, for the first time in a long while the HF admins didn't give Jason a highlight on the front page.

U mean Chord Dave -> Focal Utopia is not da best outside of da Orpheus 2? How dare u.

That's why I'm not doing critical listening, just indulging in the new and fun sound for the time being.

I'm not even interested in getting a different amp right now, yet I'm somehow jealous. Silly human nature. Enjoy your new toy!

Thanks @rott !

I increasingly enjoy what I call "pencil days" at my office. Something happens and all connectivity is down. Put on headphones, pick up pencil, and doodle while pretending to work despite no internet.

I wish my day was like that, I've got SLAs that require shit to be working. C'est la vie.

ah, yes, a job where connectivity is literally the job. sorry.

Fantastic :) Very good to hear!

Mazel tov!

Ya, a thread or post here is due @CEE TEE , I just *now* saw the HF one and realized what this was all about... Late late congrats!

"I dont come down to where you work and slap the dick out of your mouth."

Mr. Show ftw.

I miss that can from time to time.. owned it twice (and the LCD-2F once).. in the end, the slants won out over them.. but the LCD-2.2 pre-fazor definitely have a place in my heart (and ears). Terrific bass and mids.. but the zero soundstage and decisively shelved treble were aspects I couldn't overlook after some extended time with them.. bet they'd sound lovely out of a MJ2 or Bryston, though.

Yessir!

@TMoney , now you need to tell me how to get your extra special ECP amp

I was late in the batch, so I ordered in October 2014. That's something like a year and a half, give or take a bit. Though I'm slightly peeved since I paid the final payment a month ago. I thought it was just a week on the burn-in rack, apparently I was wrong.

Good things come to those who wait. :)

Tell that to the guys in the BHSE thread on HF, that place is a shitstorm.

Holy hell.

Last time I flashed a new bios version my computer stopped booting into Windows entirely. I was on the verge of ordering a replacement chip from ebay until I luckily found a newer, beta version that worked. Not touching that stuff again, especially with 5 year old hardware.

From what I can Tess, it fucked up the Efi boot area of the drive, and then somehow made the drive read only so I can't rebuild the efi stuff. Well, bit the billet and have a new drive coming today.

It is a thing of beauty.

Only thing is, I wouldn't consider those "applied science" people to be scientists, just people with better than average knowledge of science. Not that they are bad or stupid per se, but they simply aren't "doing" science; the goals and methods are too different.

In education this tends to lead to confusion. Create application specialists without proper scientific foundation and WTF science follows at one point. Society needs more classical training when it is done complaining about not understanding science...

@TMoney and @No_One411 - It's about 11 months total.

Thanks for sharing. I also am waiting on a new amp that is taking a bit of time. Congrats on finally taking delivery of your new baby.

This is the first of three I have on order, one should be finished and in testing, and the last is a EC BW due soonishkindamaybe.

That's always a good feeling :-)

The better feeling is actually being told it ships next week, just in time for the next meet.

Nah, black ice is. https://goo.gl/pZXX1m

come to Toronto!

If I hit the lottery or suddenly inherit a fortune, Toronto is high on the list of places to move to.

Funny, I no longer have a city, there's just a snow drift where it was parked.

I don't have a shovel, and all the ones at the apartment complex have been stolen already. Looks like I gotta do the walk of shame to Walmart if I wanna go into work on monday.