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MENSA my ass! That picture says "WARNING" in every possible way! It can't be denied! That picture is future Brent sending you a signal to buy a good book, find a comfy chair in the lounge, by the fireplace, and watch every other idiot fall on their ass! Future Brent has much more sense than present Brent, listen to him! God help him if he had anything resembling a biscuit this morning!

I am the true creator of RedVodka -- even if you provided the components -- and I don't even remember.

24 hr 120f prime rib roast. Pressure cooker red potatoes. Steamed broccoli.

Hopefully.

Are there thorn bushes on the ski slope?

Not today but last evening, we had fascinating eastern european cultural education over mexican food. Learned first hand what it is like to grow up in Kazakhstan and Moscow. It is encouraging that whether it be Moscow, Kazakhstan, Brescia Italy, or Armenia , they all share a common humor based upon "pull my finger".

Just joined a MassDrop order for Dekoni HD800 earpads. It was $49 this morning so it may go down a little. Unfortunately, I have no experience with these but considering the Amazon price is $80 for the Senn replacements, I'll give 'em a shot. https://www.massdrop.com/buy/dekoni-premium-ear-pads-for-sennheiser-hd-800?1=1&utm_placement=0&referer=69JPD7&mode=guest_open&utm_campaign=Automated Daily Promotional 2017-12-25&utm_source=SparkPost&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily Promotional&utm_content=1514187367394.056221453049630832774918

Brent's breakfast. I had the same but I'm allowed. Something is getting fucked up today, and it's probably going to be either my car, or Brent. Hopefully just the latter.

I'd like a bacon cheeseburger roll right now.

Not currently, but last night at Dogfish Head Alehouse: Bacon Cheeseburger Rolls: and Shepherd's Pie:

Hmmm here I was thinking I had a trademark on RedVodka?

I totally understand you Antonio. You want me to step/think accurately. We used 3 speakers: Twenty.23 Twenty.24 and Ib1s. And 3 different DACs with computer (using foobar 2k with ripped waw files from cds' which we also tested from CD player) and roksan CD player benchmark dac2 L, spl director, and antelope zodiac premium. And one roksan integrated amplifier. Benchmark made the all combinations sound similar on bass and treble regions. Slightly rolled off sub basses and tad bit digital upper regions. From CD player or computer. We used spl director as dac. It has less dominant character, bass regions from different speakers are differed with it. It seemed it has less detail And seperation after benchmark but as i heard it's due to more body it can deliver. Also it sounded more analogue. Zodiac was the best, at least from computer Via USB. Speakers' soundstage differances And bass performances (abilty to go deep And being dynamic wise differed most with it. I liked zodiac as DAC And Ib1s most, but they are out of my budget. And the performance difference between 23 and 24 was so little, so spending 1k more on 24 is, imho, pointless to me. And director can be used as preamp. So for price/performance wise 23 + director sounded best as I heard. But I decided, before I decide, I want to change my house, move to a apartment with min. 30m2 room and want to listen quads with class a powers such as krell ksa, bryston or some pass amplifiers. I mostly rush things and act/decide without proper thinking. But I want to be patient now. I might be misjudged quads.

@Antonio: Thanks for reminding me to order my Spanish ham, olives and pepper sampler for New Years. Will get here on the 29th.

Happy holidays my friends, and a better 2018 for all of us and for the world's!

Prime NY strip

I did it for Grahame! Solidarity my Brutha!

Bottled the cranberry infused vodka for later consumption.

Bring "real" biscuits from oven, pull apart, add to plate, cover with gravy and eat. Later research triple bypass operations.

Figured I'd drop by and see what's up. Been doing lots of riding and not much computer time these days. No hospital trips this year so it was a success.

If you're looking for a pair of monitors to only do critical listening of other components in the system, I suggest giving a pair of Amphion One 18 with one of their matching amps a listen. I did some mixing on a pair of these and while I'd never want to own a pair just for listening, they are audio microscopes. They've been the FOTM for mix engineers for a year or two and the internet is packing with raves. You can pick up a pair for around $3k USD and the matching amp is $1500 IIRC. When you get into this realm, don't buy without hearing them! Like I said, they were amazing to do a mix on but personally, I hate them. http://www.amphion.fi/en/create/products/one18/

I'd be happy to. We've gotten about 6" already and it's still snowing hard.