From the Real Deal:
Manhattan office leasing is back, baby
After finishing last year on a high note, the Manhattan office market came out the gate even hotter in 2025.
Office leasing volume reached 12.2 million square feet in the first quarter, the most since the fourth quarter of 2019, when the borough logged 12.7 million square feet, according to a new report from Savills. The leasing boom comes as work-in-office rates reach 76 percent of pre-pandemic levels, with one in four employers planning to further increase office attendance, according to The Partnership for New York City.
“Manhattan, in general, is in a class of its own right now as far as major U.S. office markets,” said Savills’ Matthew Schreck, a co-author of the report. “We’ve had three to four straight quarters of continually accelerating demand. The reason is due in part to the tenant mix that exists in this market… and their attitude towards work on-site.”
The market was boosted by a wave of large leases, including 16 deals for 100,000 square feet or more.
The largest lease of the quarter, according to Savills, was Jane Street Capital’s 400,000-square-foot expansion at Brookfield’s 250 Vesey Street, which increased the firm’s footprint to nearly 1 million square feet. Eight of the ten largest leases were renewals, some including expansion components.
The second-largest lease was Horizon Media Group’s 367,000-square-foot renewal at Hudson Square Properties’ 75 Varick Street. Universal Music Group’s 334,000-square-foot lease to relocate to Vornado’s Penn 2 office tower, came in third.
Availability continued to tighten, especially in Class A buildings. The overall availability rate was 17.7 percent, down from 20 percent a year ago. Availability at the highest-end buildings, classified as trophy and Class A+, dipped below 12 percent across Manhattan and fell to 7.5 percent in Midtown.
Frist
Aggressive no holds barred critique of the D party. If you are not a D, you will find some of it funny (and true). If you are a D, likely you will be exasperated as the party needs a progressivectamy(made up word). Lib & Eddie might agree on some of the content.
The Dangerous Ones podcast interviews Billy Ray, comments on D messaging
https://youtu.be/7u8HvPcTOiA?si=uDB3QnWXM2hLzZeB
Chi, you finally got your needs met.
On a happier note, nice to see the GOP vote collapsing in WI and FL.
https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1907297159214498174
So we need to wait after the midterm for the hangings to start?
When you lose the BBQ guy!
https://x.com/meathead/status/1907168158362050925
Meathead “BBQ Hall of Famer, Hedonism Evangelist”
@meathead
Your health is at risk. My wife is a PhD microbiologist. She retired from the FDA in 2018. She and her team did vital research on food safety. They developed rapid testing methods for detecting pathogens (one of her tests was adopted by McDonalds). She was involved in identifying the pathogens found in BlueBell ice cream and Jack-in-the-Box and many other cases. There were a dozen or so other teams in her lab working to save lives and make food safer. They all got the axe today. And don’t give me the BS that the FDA is corrupt. These are scientists not politicians. She couldn’t even accept a box of donuts from an equipment salesman and they made me sell my stock in OXO Good Grips because the FDA regulates kitchen tools. They worked long and hard for you. This is sad.
Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford on her victory, and to the people of Wisconsin for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.
– President Barack Obama
Elon Musk was just decisively rejected by the voters of Wisconsin.
He tried to use his unlimited resources to buy a state Supreme Court seat in Wisconsin—and it failed spectacularly
Grim,
The kangaroo courts have already started.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjbTzOIzCXY&t=88s
Guy deported to El Salvador by error denied Habeus Corpus as the DOJ argues that he cant file the writ as he is no longer under US detention.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/trump-administration-cecot-black-site-el-salvador.html
BREAKING NEWS!
WED, APR 2 2025
9:30 AM EDT
Dow drops 300 points as Wall Street braces for Trump tariff rollout: Live updates
Brian Evans
Sean Conlon
Mahmoud Khalil, a true Patriot who understands the price of freedom, though I hope is deported, had his trial moved back to NJ. Trump tried to move his trial, and all trials to Louisiana where the judges have all kissed the MAGA ring.
This is MAGA.
Markets down big today. Big surprise.
Trump is paying El Salvador 6 million to house the alleged Venezuelan gang members who were deported without a trial or judgement.
This is MAGA justice.
Read the editorial from Mike Bloomberg in his paper today for all you need to know.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-04-02/michael-bloomberg-us-is-heading-for-a-grim-fiscal-reckoning?srnd=phx-opinion
Good win for Dems in WI. I like that. There’s hope again!
6:53 – regarding Dems messaging. Good share – thanks. I skipped through parts.. too long. I’ll say that the Dems messaging may need to improve… but it also needs to improve in attacking Republicans. Republicans have a lot of things going wrong, but their attack message is great.
Instead of saying “Pregnant Person” – dems should accuse Republicans of “Pregnant woman killers” every chance they get. Offense is the best form of defense.
DJT back into the 18s.
Ten 413
also point out that boomers get maoist universal communist healthcare but babies do not
RentL0rd says:
April 2, 2025 at 9:44 am
Instead of saying “Pregnant Person” – dems should accuse Republicans of “Pregnant woman killers” every chance they get. Offense is the best form of defense.
Why are you advocating for someone who would gladly slit your throat if he thought there would be no repercussions since you are a filthy Jew? I’m not kidding.
Libturd says:
April 2, 2025 at 9:36 am
Mahmoud Khalil, a true Patriot who understands the price of freedom, though I hope is deported, had his trial moved back to NJ. Trump tried to move his trial, and all trials to Louisiana where the judges have all kissed the MAGA ring.
This is MAGA.
Markets down big today. Big surprise.
Not advocating for a Hamas protester. Advocating for returning our legal system to first-world status after Trump has done everything in his power to circumvent the purpose of so many laws. He’ll still be found guilty. But it won’t be a kangaroo court.
By the way. What’s your take on AutoNation. I just peroused the ValueLines for every major publicly traded used car reseller in light of the incoming tariffs and AutoNation seems to be the tightest ship. I also noticed that they purchased a lending facility, which should be really profitable considering the impending recession. What say you? Too much risk for me in Carvana.
Lib: Kahil is no patriot. And, he cares nothing about freedom or patriotism. I see in the WSJ that people in Gaza are starting to fight back against Hamas. A member of a prominent Palestinian family was shot dead by a member of the Hamas police and the family hunted him down and killed him. Hamas had bought nothing but death and destruction to their own people. Kahil if he really cared about his people would go home and help them, instead of destroying university property and harassing Jewish students.
Libturd,
Here’s a paper about school choice, including details about FL. Programs in FL may have expanded more since the data in the study. It basically says that school choice has helped scores, and surprisingly it helped scores of kids who stayed in public schools the most, presumably due to competitive effects.
https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w26758/w26758.pdf
One thing I notice at nationsreportcard dot gov is that FL fourth graders tested near the top of the country in math and reading, but FL eighth graders are moderately below average. In the past what I’ve seen when looking at the data, Floridian hispanic and black kids tested as good or better than their NJ peers. FL just has a lot more hispanic kids than NJ, and a lot less Chinese and Indians than NJ, which if you know the mean scores of those groups, will pull up NJ avg and push down FL avg.
Val Kilmer has passed away.
You guys are missing my read. I hope he is found guilty. But if I’m arrested for doing something stupid, I too would want to be tried in a real court. Not one that is renowned for doing anything Kind Trump wants. Believe me, I’m not rooting for that asshole. But MAGA is wrecking our legal system and it needs to stop. Even threatening to fire federal judges. But MAGA can do no wrong.
No One,
I am sort of on the fence with the voucher program. I really wish they were only available to low income families where the help is needed. In Glen Ridge, no one needs a voucher to get a great education. Well, besides the special needs kids.
I just bought some top of the line Stax Electrostatic headphones in case they were about to be hit by tariffs.
Adams clear-cut campaign contribution abuse case dismissed with prejudice which means it can’t be retried. Of course, this was done by another corrupt Trump judge. Kiss the ring. Go free.
This is MAGA. MAGA can do no wrong.
Libturd,
I’m not in favor of discriminating against people based on their income. I think the customer/service provider relationship desperately needs re-establishing in education. In general the principle of “pay in according to the value of your house” vs “eat all you want of the education slop we choose to pour into your government-run, geographically determined trough” is destined to generate massive market failure.
Vouchers can help provide some additional options for some, which then might motivate some schools to try harder to win customers, or differentiate their product.
Just remember. Ignore March data. All demand was pushed massively forward. April is going to kick off the bloodbath. You’ve been warned.
No One. Where did your kids go to school?
Harvard University is introducing a new mandatory Math class called MA5. This is a remedial math clsss to address “gaps” in algebra, geometry, and quantitative reasoning. The class meets 5 days a week. That says a lot in my view.
Khalil did not slit anyone’s throat. So quit fear mongering and spreading Islamophobia.
If someone is misguided and support Hamas or supporting Hamas because they align with one of the many issues that Hamas may be fighting against.. it doesn’t make them a Jewish throat slitter. By the way, there’s a guy who tried to slit Rushdie’s throat too. And there are a lot of cases where Sunni or Shia factions slit each other’s throat.
Let justice do the right thing. No shortcuts.
In other news, Pam Bondi is advocating for Luigi’s throat to be slit.
Lib,
MAGA is ruining our legal system? What about all the legal gymnastics to get Trump in New York and elsewhere? Nobody else is ever going to face charges like that in New York again, unless it is Trump or one of his family members. Yes, no one is above the law, but no one should be below the law either.
Mmmmmmmm stax.
1,000 volts mere millimeters from your head, on either side of your brain, is a glorious.l way to experience music.
Grim,
Last year I got Stax’s new cheap SR-X1 powered by a new cheap electrostatic amp (EHA5). Combined about $1000. With equalization I liked the sound slightly better than my Sennheiser 800s. But the SR-X1 isn’t as comfortable. The Stax X9000 felt pretty comfy when I demoed it in Tokyo in February.
I haven’t heard of anyone actually getting hurt by Stax “earspeakers” have you?
Chad,
There were stupid witch hunts and there times Trump was truly guilty. He never follows the essence of our laws. As a matter of fact, he is the master of circumventing their purpose. So yes, the Dems were guilty of this with Trump. But MAGA is completely destroying the courts to obtain everything they want.
“I haven’t heard of anyone actually getting hurt by Stax “earspeakers” have you?”
Besides hearing loss?
Lib,
I actually don’t listen particularly loud. My eardrums seem to saturate before most people’s do. I try to wear etymotic acoustic earplugs to concerts.
My kid went to Scotch Plains a couple years, then Bridgewater for most elementary/and early middle, but then it turned into a factory, some of my kid’s teachers realized that the govt setup was that we worked for them, not them for us. So then she went to Princeton Day School, and just last year graduated from Vanderbilt. Working and (just barely) paying for her rent in a nice part of Miami.
I had to look up this Stax ear thingy – $500!
And it’s cheap?!
This is what is wrong with America.
No One, thanks. Bridgewater is pretty middle of the road, if I am not mistaken. I could only imagine what you paid for Princeton Day. To each their own. I paid 6 figures a year for the D. Was well worth it. Glad I had the means. Kid is kicking ass considering his medical history. big advocate of early ABA.
Other kid continues to kick butt in FL. Just scheduled his 3rd and final year at UF. Majoring in Behavioral Psych with a focus on Business Psychology, though he is already a certified RBT. Couldn’t be prouder. Just landed the same Summer internship for his third year so he will still be paying for his college and his spending money. Couldn’t ask for more.
No One, How was Princeton Day? Do you recommend?
I’m seriously looking into it for #3. And I may use some of the 529 to get the 10k/yr distribution.
Important difference
Libturd says:
April 2, 2025 at 10:20 am
But MAGA is ATTEMPTING TO wreck our legal system and it needs to stop. Even threatening to fire federal judges. But MAGA can do no wrong.
Radical Islam is doing a great job creating Islamophobia. One should travel to Europe to actually see what’s going on there. Even the left in many European countries no they have a huge problem with radical Islam, and massive migration from third world countries. Of course some will say this is racist, but it’s true.
Elon stepping away from “Doge” … gee, I cannot imagine why .
Elon has to manage all of the sales of Tesla that are about to occur now that ever other car is going up 5 to 15K rooting out any and all competition. Kiss the ring, make a fortune.
Newsmax returning to earth in a hurry.
The Trump 2.0 stock market is off to one of the worst starts of any presidency since 1950.
New data crunched by SunDial Capital Research strategist Jason Goepfert on Wednesday shows the market’s response to President Trump since the inauguration is among the bottom of all presidents since 1950. In the first 50 trading sessions since Inauguration Day, the S&P 500 (^GSPC) has dropped about 6.4%.
The only two worse starts were Richard Nixon’s first 50 days (-7.2%) and George W. Bush’s (-13.6%).
The best 50-day starts are held by John F. Kennedy (+9.4%), Barack Obama (+5.7%), and Bill Clinton (+4.2%).
Rough starts are a “bad open” for stocks when zooming out, warns Goepfert.
The S&P 500’s median return six months after negative returns in the first 50 days was -1.9%. Even a year later, it was flat. Only four of the 10 instances showed a larger maximum gain than loss over the following year.
“While it is generally foolhardy to assign political motives to stock movements, the correlation seems pretty clear in this case. The new administration’s take on tariffs has not impressed the stock market, which overshadows what is perceived as a bevy of more business-friendly policies. Whether the tariffs will take effect in announced form is guesswork,” said Goepfert.
“I try to wear etymotic acoustic earplugs to concerts.”
Me too, I also try to wear them at concerts, but I end up taking them out and rocking out.
My tinnitus is off the charts. If I were to meditate, it would drive me crazy.
Rent,
I am considering upgrading my $750 coffee bean grinder to something between double and triple that price. What is there left in life if not adult hobbies?
12:53, you could try charity for a cause you can get behind.
Btw, White Lotus gives a great perspective on humanity. I always remind myself of the $450/ month apartment that I lived with my gf (now wife) and just as happy 20+ years ago – when facing an urge to splurge.
3b, agreed with Radical Islam. Keyword: radical.
Did WI have anything to do with Elon’s change in heart?
So who is going to lead External Revenue Service now?
12:44 good luck with his new demographic.
1:16 I’d love to see a stop payment for all federal taxes from every blue state.
I chaperoned a middle school dance party last friday for two hours. Earplugs were my saviour.
At concerts and sporting events, I try to remember to bring industrial ear plugs.
The nagging from a wife that complains when you spend a nickel is worse than anything that comes out of a loudspeaker or headphone.
Libturd says:
April 2, 2025 at 11:35 am
“I haven’t heard of anyone actually getting hurt by Stax “earspeakers” have you?”
Besides hearing loss?
yep, hedonic adaptation is a very real thing.
Tremendous advice that few follow.
RentL0rd says:
April 2, 2025 at 1:13 pm
12:53, you could try charity for a cause you can get behind.
Yuck Yuck Yuck
RentLord,
PDS client service was great, and academics was pretty good. Mind you she graduated from there in 2020. Lots of on-campus clubs and sports, great theater program. My daughter didn’t take full advantage because she was involved in one big extracurricular outside of PDS, yet teachers would accommodate her being out for a day, and help her catch up on what she missed, reschedule a test, etc. Small class sizes with pretty good communication between teachers and students. In public school, no way, miss a test date, zero, ask for an extra day, FU. PDS college admissions department was super helpful, it’s basically an extra class throughout the year for Juniors where they assist by having each kid plan their process, step by step, make sure they are making progress, etc. Teachers were very helpful in providing recommendation letters.
Note that PDS doesn’t offer a ton of AP classes, which they see as “cookie cutter”, though my daughter did take a couple. I think they were about to restructure the math program as she graduated. It seemed pretty “sink or swim” where for advanced math classes both student and parent probably needed to be a math wiz. My kid didn’t qualify, but fortunately they had an easier calc class my kid could pass. I didn’t have a great grip on how great their science department was for kids interested in that, because that was always my kid’s least favorite subject.
But over the course of four years I think they moved way too woke, some became really obsessed with DEI, “white fragility” etc, both faculties and students. Perhaps this was the way to get into Ivys back then. Maybe this was in all schools back then, not just PDS.
Lib,
Agree on Due Process, essential for a functioning legal system and democracy Could be more to it regarding the kid
If you have not seen October H8TE, worth investing a few bucks and your time
Norcal, when you get settled in, Check out the firepit at the Ritz in Half Moon Bay & make sure you go have a drink fireside to watch the sun go down
Thanks! Will do. Just heard that our temporary housing through August will be in Palo Alto. Definitely looking forward to getting to know the area.
Plan to proceed with caution. May even decide to rent for a while. One thing is for sure. Good properties go very quickly up there and for a premium.
Great feedback N-O. Thank you!
There’s a 13 year gap between my oldest and youngest. The older kids went through public schools and doing well – balanced, happy kids. The youngest though is a little too smart for her own good and we have the luxury now to consider private schools.
I bet there are good deals in Oakland
Palo Alto is great. Seems so down to earth until you see a billionaire or a nobel prize winner when you get coffee down the road.
I hope I’m left in better shape when I am liberated by Trump than the Auschwitz residents were when they were liberated by FDR. I fear, it is going to work the other way. We will need liberating from MAGA.
3:04 you aren’t wrong. Oakland apparently has some amazing areas. Kind of like “Orange” NJ….perhaps.
3:04 I really think we’ll like spending the summer there. I have a very good friend in Fremont I intend to hang out with. My daughter will be around too. Bringing some cool toys: The Bimmer, golf clubs, Guitars, etc….going to try to purge a lot of stuff prior to the move.
Summer in San Fran is quite windy and cool. You’ve been warned if you didn’t know it. Best coffee by far in the area is Highwire. In Oakland too, if I recall properly.
Try their Conscientious Objector. Had it first at the San Fran Farmers Market down by the old ferry terminal.
One of my gigs on the west coast was at the linear accelerator (SLAC) as part of a DOE project. Loved the gig, except that like with many govt contracts, didn’t get paid for over a year. But when they finally did, it was great :-)
Do you have to be liberal to be liberated?
3:36 Totes. thanks! Yeah, I won’t miss wild fire season though. I tend to love the cooler weather as a child of the midwest. But yeah, I have heard about the difference.
Here’s another fine Republican:
Ex-NYC councilman Dan Halloran caught with 1,000 child porn files: FED
From corruption to pedophilia. I wonder if the King will pardon him?
DJT
18.76 -1.50 -7.40%
And on Liberation Day!
Looks like MAGA supporters are giving up.
Trump is an economic moron. I really hope you guys all protected your assets.
I am convinced foreigners don’t want North American cars for the same reason that I don’t want a North American car: questionable design choices and poor quality.
Why is this so difficult to comprehend?
I started just now to try and watch. I can’t get through 3 minutes…. what the hell is this crap?
34% on Gina. Ay caramba!
Futures are gonna go max down
APPL down 5 1/2%
I thought they agreed to build $500 billion worth of factories here according to Trump.
NASDAQ futures down 3 1/4%
Trump is now repeating the lie about inflation, claiming it was the highest ever under Biden, which it wasn’t. You would think Trump wasn’t alive in the 90s.
Elect a clown…..expect a circus. Honestly, I tune him out. NEVER listen to his “speeches” dropped every maga-loving fool I know including Kid’s Rock’s BFF (my high school friend) and tuned out the media. Never been happier.
Everyone enjoying the show?
I am watching CNBC for the first time in about five years. I can’t wait to see them go crazy.
After hours bloodbath.
What happened to all the Maga supporters?
I have been on the chat+call for almost 2 hours now with comcast. What I thought would be a quick 10 minute call to resolve a billing discrepancy.
2 hours of multiple chats, dropped chats, lies by the chat agent trying to have me sign on to a 2 year agreement, etc. the live chat guys from india seem to be reading off of scripts from AI, and don’t have a clue what is happening with the billing discrepancy.
Welcome to the new customer service in this country. I don’t even care about the monthly plan.. just need to resolve the double billing.
As a kid I remember standing in line with my dad to pay the electricity bill. This experience is a lot worse. Imagine AI taking over every aspect of customer service. Ugh
Bill Gates says that within the next decade, AI will replace most teachers and doctors.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have an agency that protects consumers… oh wait!
Lib: Except for the WSJ I don’t bother with any other news media, including Fox and MSNBC. As for the tariffs I suspect Trump will pull back on most of them. If the market continues to decline, Powell can step and lower rates, and then inflation will dramatically increase. The US is continuing its decline. Democrats, Republicans, they are all bad, as such I don’t participate in the charade of voting for President anymore.
The greatest debate for US POTUS historians a century for now will be a tough 2 part question.
First, is the rating of a POTUS in a reverse – worst to best scale based on non-sequential terms in office or is it just the person.
Which will decide question 2. Will King Krasnov the OrangeTurd qualify as the worst POTUS based on 47 and the second worst POTUS based on 45.
BREAKING NEWS!
UPDATED WED, APR 2 20256:32 PM EDT
Dow futures tumble more than 950 points on fear Trump’s tariffs will spark trade war: Live updates
John Melloy
Pia Singh
S&P 500 FUTURES TUMBLE 3.5%, NASDAQ 100 FUTURES DOWN 4.2%
Dow futures : -1100 points(-2.65%)
Nasdaq fut : 920 points (-4.69 % )
Trillions wiped out from the market .
Have said Thank you once ?
my trading account is still green, +$21. I guess I’m successfully hedged.
Refresh your screen tomorrow BRT. Don’t forget to hold on to your chair tight while you do.
I’m hedged bro. I’m largely out of stocks. I’m short a few stonks, 50% cash, the other 50% is a mix of VYMI, VYM, Gold & Silver. VYMI has held up well the past few weeks as it’s international dividend stocks. I spoke on here mid last year about how Gold goes through periods where it outperforms the S&P and believed we were in that. It’s up 33%.
The infinite money glitch sends stocks up perpetually until it doesn’t.
BREAKING!
Recession odds surged to ~50% on Polymarket
Libturd,
I thought a few months ago you were more in the market when I expressed doubts.
My PA has been about 80% money market and bonds. My main regret now is not buying more bonds at over 4.5%
Let’s stay calm. I’m sure the guy who went bankrupt 6 times and ran a fraudulent university knows what he’s doing.
Stax – no I’ve owned many – lambdas, sr5, 407. In all cases I’ve preferred the transformer drivers powered by my amp vs the integrated amps.
I’ve toyed with building an OTL tube amp to direct drive them, which is actually dangerous compared with the very very low bias current on the stax driver units.
I’ve built electrostatic drivers from scratch. Nothing huge but 3’ x 1’ panels.
UPDATED!
WED, APR 2 2025 7:55 PM EDT
Asia-Pacific markets poised to plunge following Trump’s hefty tariffs on countries in the region
Amala Balakrishner
This is CNBC’s live blog covering Asia-Pacific markets.
So I just got off a Financial Aid webinar with a top tier school . They have no idea what impact the changes at the DOE are going to have on the upcoming year.
With the DOE changes the Admin are shifting loans over to the SBA, a department that has just announced a 40% RIF.
This is going to be an absolute Sh1tShow.
oh no, what will Stanford do without their 2 to 1 Student to Administration Ratio!
Fabius, my son applied to about 10 colleges for his Ph.D. He got into Carnegie Mellon, but none of the public schools have replied yet because of the uncertainty. He received 1 rejection so far. If he got into CMU, you would think the lower bar schools would give out admissions. But nope.
It is a sh1t show… and it just started.
It is worse in the sciences.
Millions of funding that has already been granted is also frozen. And nobody responsible for the disbursement is even responding to emails or phone calls. Nobody knows what to do next.
BRT, you miss the point. It isn’t just about the money… it is about planning. There is NO PLAN! Stanford would need to be told what happens to the grants and if the decisions will stick through after law suits and counter law suits, as well as other schools. You seem to have no brains if you still think this is okay.
No One,
I lowered my long positions to 33/long 66 stable when the Trump bump was at peak (Mid Decmber). In late February, when the tire fire really started burning and Trump recommitted to both these tariffs and corporate tax cuts, I went to 25/75. Last week I took it down to 20/80, which is the lowest I ever go. Keep in mind, I was 100% large cap growth from 2014 until Covid erupted in China which was a triple.
Now the key is to figure out when to get back in. It will occur when the market is convinced MAGA is done. Once Trump’s economically destructive agenda is sure to be reversed, the market will again return to easy gains.
Wife’s company does work with the government. Their government invoices are going unpaid, company is considering furloughs and layoffs.
It’s frustrating to leave one reduction in force to find oneself in another potential reduction in force just months later.
They created their own mess with a bloated admin, the gravy train couldn’t last forever, they need to figure this out on their own. Maybe they can raise tuition to $200k?
Cable companies and others moved to that business model 15 years ago
RentL0rd says:
April 2, 2025 at 5:44 pm
Welcome to the new customer service in this country. I don’t even care about the monthly plan.. just need to resolve the double billing.
Grim,
I guess I could buy one of those transformer adapters used, and a new amp. Or try to convince you to build one for me. There’s a “Stax Mafia” that wants to convince people that only $5000 tube amps sound good with these headphones. Honestly the Topping EHA5 sounds perfectly clean to me at all volumes I’m willing to listen to.
My favorite Stax combo was using a pretty boring Dynaco ST35 and the SRD-6 transformer. For whatever reason, the damn things were perfect together. Audio gear was pretty good in the late 60s and 70s..
Regret selling both of those.
Harrrrdy Harrrrr Harrrrr
Not me,
I have been putting off contacting comcast for a few weeks. I know how bad Comcast support is – which by the way after 3 hours is still not resolved. I declined a 2 year agreement and the system does not know what to do!
But this time the service was remarkably worse. They would not get on the phone and the chat was full of errors and nonsensical “I apologize .. message every other minute.