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What happened to the D6000s?
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Well, I IMed them today to get an update since a shipping notice wasn't sent on Thursday as expected. They said the corrected faceplates were received Monday and they were assembling the cases today and sending orders out tomorrow and next day. On the plus side since the full-price has gone up higher than originally listed, the intro sale is even a better deal and in the end even though a few deadlines passed, combined not much time has actually passed (not counting weekends or holiday). Hopefully we'll have them soon.
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In case you guys weren't aware...http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/arts/television/07arts-THECOSTELLOS_BRF.html. Looks like it could be interesting.
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Hmmm... I use it daily as my primary IM 'client', but that's mostly on the laptop. Probably only used it half a dozen times on the touch. Have others had this experience?meebo is slow as hell, though, in my experience. -
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My very limited experience with the Denons have not been positive so far. They're not for everyone, but I'd consider the Ultrasone 780s. They're decent with the iPod at max, but you would do better with an amp. Another easier to drive phone would be the AT A900. And I'd go closed with a roommate even if they didn't complain. Just seems common courtesy.
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Yeah we had several people hear the prototype at the NorCal meet last weekend, and most seemed impressed (especially with the price). With the time consuming nature of the meet and leaving town immediately after, not to mention two of the three inputs missing on the prototype which made it a little difficult with most of my gear on hand, I was unable to do serious listening with it before it went back. It's certainly a smooth, pleasant sound that beats its price-point. I want to run it through the tests though on staging and detail before commenting further. Soon.
Looking forward to production units arriving (in the end I ordered two). I guess the earlier mentioned faceplate issues delayed a little longer than expected, but like mapstec I was told they'll be shipping tomorrow.
I also seen the normal price has now increased $15, but that's not bad ... and makes the earlier discount $70 off.
There's also a little dialog on it over at AV123.
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Since this was mentioned recently in another thread, I thought I'd post this sale I just came across. Seems a good deal for those looking for storage.
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Yeah, that first 5 is awful close to the $ on a keyboard. I wrote him about half an hour ago too (just out of curiosity). We'll see what he says. $750 isn't bad though for a good condition set though. The only set I've seen lately in the $500 range (on eBay) was really beaten up.
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There's a srm-1/mk2 pro and lambda pro set over at Audiogon for only $5750.
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Hopefully it will be so (or with any web interface). Kinda like the iPeng plugin to control Squeezeboxes with the iPhone/touch.
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A little more info via Digg.
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Via Audio Junkies, Gizmodo & ABC, glance at the audio rigs of everyones favorite sub-culture. Very short video here.
BTW, Devil's Playground is an excellent documentary on Rumspringa.
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Sounds great Grahame. BTW, how difficult is it to setup the Sqeezeboxes/Transporter even without a network? I've seen some of the 45 minute tries at meet and always left mine at home. Would be interested in bringing here. And could bring the Touch which I also use with iPeng.
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No, no that makes you strong ... or I'm weak too.
BTW, the person I talked with previously thought USB was probably a SP/DIF conversion, but he was going to confirm and email me. I haven't heard anything since then so I think we should assume that's so.
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On the bad news front there's been some faceplate issues and shipping has been delayed a few days. On the good news side they're shipping a prototype for the meet. No AES/EBU input and different case, but otherwise internally same. Should be able to get several opinions on this now (maybe even before sale ends).
Person I talked to is trying to get an answer on the USB conversion issue.
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Funny thing is I think the GS1K sounds best with some not terribly liked amps here - WA6 with 5U4x rectifier, Raptor, etc. Guess equalizing roller-coasters taking care of the midrange and spectrum end problems.
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I tend not to spend much on digital cables, and due to the magiDAC thread, now need a short coaxial. Anyone have a recommendation?
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We're going to try to do a little Pico/Transporter/Duet test at this weekends meet. Not sure if the magiDAC will make it in time, but at least the memory should be fresh. I'd love if the magiDAC could compete with the Pico/Duet - I'm not necessarily expecting it to, but those both have to be corded to a computer and my use here is to get away from one (like Star to use with a Squeezebox). Fingers crossed though.
On the likely unrealistic expectations front, I see the stock Citypulse DAC DA7.2 has been compared to the DAC1 a couple times. If Audiomagus thinks the magiDAC compares to a heavily modified DA7.2 ....
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Well, I bought one. Did speedy shipment to hopefully get it by the San Mateo meet, but I'm not sure if that will happen. Either way it will be cutting it close to give feedback before sale goes off, but if I can I'll post some impressions. I upgraded the clock, but nothing on the transformer because of the rumored future upgrade.
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Great shots. I actually love images with the exposure slightly off.