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Ended up buying the Spot Acme in Mercedes Grey with fenders, rack, Brooks vegetarian seat in grey, Dynamo front hub, Schmidt Edelux II dynamo front light, XTR disc brakes and some sweet panier bags from Basil. Now I need to buy locks, what do you guys use?

just learned this existed i has a happy

I got a Microstreamer a few weeks ago. So in case anyone still cares, I'll chime in. I spent a while yesterday comparing its DAC to that of the Pico, using the Pico amp in both cases. It seems to present as much a sense of depth as the Pico does. The sound is different though. For now, I can't say which one is more accurate. I'd probably have to compare both to my Lavry DA10 to figure that out, and I'm currently too lazy to do so. The software controlled amp works as they claim. There's a little delay after you hit the volume key on your phone, tablet, or computer, then the volume changes. There's also a line out, which is a good thing for me. Unfortunately, the amp only has one gain setting, which is way too high for IEMs. With the Roxannes, which are efficient even for IEMs, the Microstreamer amp is unlistenable. The noise floor is terrible. I can't really fault HRT for this though. They have to build to a common denominator. The first thing half the fools on Head-Fi do when they get new portables is plug their HD800s in. At the very least, there's an expectation that LCD-2s will have sufficient gain. I wrote HRT and asked them if there was a firmware modification to drop the gain. Unfortunately, they sent me a link to an attenuator cable. The DAC is the stand out. I'm impressed with it thus far. The sample rate indicator is nice too. But it's all of very limited use because of the amp's high gain and associated noise.

Yeah... would be even better with a computer controlled, auto shift mode. Hmmm, I think I just talked myself into an idea.

Interested in this. It haz lightses. I like.

http://www.schwans.com/products/productDetail.aspx?id=61406&c1=10432 (Zesty Jalapeno Bites) Served with Mango habanero salsa. Not to bad for 10 minutes out of the oven.

Just finished Season 1 of a True Detective - liked it a lot and looking forward to Season 2!

Maybe inspiration for next one?

The BD proto I had for awhile appeared to have more bass and just a ballsier sound. Not sure if that fits your definition of livelier

Guess I'll have to get one and play around with it a bit.

Thank you gents and Brent. Julie got a full ride for another year and finished the semester with straight A's. Both her daughters got straight A's as well and got into a special medical program for middle school. Yacht formal tonight to celebrate where I shall have an opportunity to wear my nautical themed pashmina afghan while singing I'm on a boat. Another print on 500px got sold. It is a good day indeed.

Waiting to take it home