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I've been listening to nothing but Cowboy Bebop for the past two weeks. I think I have every CD released. Gooood stuff!

Thanks everyone!

Went to the hospital to visit my brother and sis-in-law with their firstborn. I am now an uncle.

Yay!

Ok, made a four-level rack. Runs to about $300. But this doesn't include the shelves themselves, as this is only the rack itself. This is with 1x1" extruded aluminum, includes feet and cover caps at top. http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://docserv.epiphan.ru/1298327082.35.pdf http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://docserv.epiphan.ru/1298327246.76.pdf Note: There is something called "slot panel" in the programs that can be used for shelving, but I don't think it's meant for heavy equipment at all. I don't even know what material it is. My idea was to sit maple slabs across the beams or something along those lines. It would be considerably cheaper than the boutique stuff and still have that look. Dang, extruded aluminum is expensive...

Depends on the thickness of the beams used and height, number of beams, etc. EDIT: I will make a simple 3-shelf rack and see what that comes out to for a definitive answer.

On a side-note, even if extruded aluminum isn't the preferred choice, this makes a nice creation template for wood projects. On that train of thought, I wonder how a project would look entirely out of wood, with the groove accents on the wood itself (extruded wood, if you will). Hmmmm... Needless to say, the right machinery would be required to do something really clean-looking, but I'm liking the idea...

Happy happy joy joy! Hope you had a blast! NOTE: wow, lots of birthdays recently!

How could I miss saying happy birthday to WoodMan. Happy birthday!

Happy birthday!

Cheap USB Turntable. Would make a decent gift to a youngin, I suppose, or a self-gift out of curiosity. THIRTY FIVE BUCKS with shipping: https://1saleaday.com/

Oh, the number of times I have mentioned how much I like Steve Blinn or Adona rack designs! Extruded aluminum exudes strength and elegance, gotta love those T-slots... but, the price, yikes! Well, in my never-ending quest to one day build myself something along those lines, I came across this little gem of a site: http://www.framexpert.com/ What's so special about it? A FREE download program that lets you build whatever you want using the t-slots. I've been playing with the erector set for about an hour now and it is pretty easy to use, especially given the fact that I have no experience with 3-D software whatsoever. It even provides a cost estimate of your build as you progress (which looks substantially lower than buying from the aforementioned gods of rack awesomeness). Extrude aluminum and exude sexiness, my friends!

Heck no. I almost bought it the first time around out of curiosity, but they couldn't give me an orange one, so I said screw it. The newest one is crazy-priced! You could get a more-than-decent DAC over THIS: it's just a USB-to-BNC converter. I don't care how exact it is, the price is just exorbitant for what it does. If it was also a DAC then yea...

On the matter of transports, you guys remember the SonicWeld Diverter that retailed for about $1,200.00? Well: http://www.cryo-parts.com/index.php/sonicweld-diverter-192 $1,700.00 for a usb to bnc converter. Now it's 192 AND asynchronous. How about that...

May you have an awesome birthday and have time to eat some good cake despite whatever top secret mission you may be engaged in right now!

Tickets for one-week stay in Nicaragua in April.

Might as well use this thread since it is in the same vein of inquiry: I'm not asking about power conditioners, but rather, power distributors/power strips (no filters, no conditioning, etc). I've seen some crazy prices for these marketed as audiophile grade. Any of you have/tested one of these? Heard any differences between one and say, a $15 power strip bought in Home Depot?

I got my shirt on Friday! Great work!

Can I have a taste? "...even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs." Also, as for the K1000, finally mine arrived, albeit the high serial number version. I will listen tomorrow. By the way, the seller included 8 of the temple pad pillows, so I have, what, two spare sets now over the as-new ones already on it. I'm waiting for LCD2 FOTM to wane to snatch a pair...

NOTE: the result of today's evening chat

I read the title of this and thought it was about that Geico commercial... with the car... and the piggy....

I see what you did there... heh.

Acoustic Radar.