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WILCO (the album)

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I should mention the film festival recently in SF had a big deal to do with my positive Twitter experience (as opposed to when I originally signed up). Could get immediate reviews and general buzz that would have been impossible on FB. We'll see with CanJam. For those who like to watch, there's always Twitterfall

Except over 2% of the worlds population is on Facebook and there's a whole lot more of that over there from my experience. Like you said, I could give a shit what people had for lunch and although maybe it's my friends, a bunch of people who know each other chatting becomes just that. Lunch and dumb Star Trek movie references. And we all know which has more housewives who barely use the net talking about packing up the kids for soccer. I still think FB is a great service (and has helped me rediscover old friends), just too much like a new AOL for regular use for me. But they're changing, including looking more Twitter-like and opening up to alternative clients shortly. We'll see. The two services of course aren't the exact same experience or direct competition, but Twitter easily gives you options to follow (which works much better than "friending" though FB wins on finding) interesting people. For instance read Mark Polansky getting ready for a shuttle launch @ Mark Polansky (Astro_127) on Twitter. Anyway, I'm getting fed up with FB, so resurrecting this thread. As I don't really have enough time for both, and since some of their functionality overlaps, I'm using Tw more and FB less recently. Should humanflyz or anyone else want to post their username I'll follow. I'm blessingx, for general info, and blessingflix (just split), for film & related.

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I prefer the Apogee Duets more dynamic punch to the 1100 (and if brief listening is representative over the 1600 very slightly). Course inputs differ greatly. The Parasounds get much more use though. Should do a more detailed A/B comparison one of these days. Also if memory serves the Parasounds over the Lavry, but I didn't have them at the same time, so impossible to give any specifics besides a gut feeling of satisfaction (and that's heavily tainted by the 1/4 price). Overall for $250 they're killer DACs, with the caveats of large size and lack of bitrate options (which if using with something like the Airport Express isn't an issue). Like I said I bought two. I have Icarium to thank for introducing me to them.

1000, 1500, 1600 and 2000.

I paid $250 USD for each of the two 1100 HDs I picked up (one of Audiogon and one off eBay) in the last year. So that price is right on target (as opposed to a certain other sale going on). About the only thing I can think of testing, and yes this is obvious, is to try each of the inputs for a few songs to check for any electrical issues. Other than that if you have a preference for a rack mounted model or not, they come in both, though the dimensions don't change radically. It's a very good DAC for the price and built like a tank.

Wasn't this the plot of THX 1138?

This is a fun thread documenting the paranoia around here. Canz3D has been discussed over at the other site by several members and in lots of Mac audio circles. It's far from an unknown app and been around years (the first time I mentioned it on HF was in '03). It's never been "pushed" by the developer. Why assume the worse guys?

That's one day before Virgin goes out of business in SF, right?

morphsci, could you say a few things about the amp & pre performance? Have to admit I'm tempted by price and design.

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Curious if there is a SATA and IDE BlacX-like device? I see adapters like this, but nothing in the more convenient form factor. Anyone know of one?

Good to hear. Dynamics was one of the issues I was wondering of choosing the RPA over the XPA. That's nearly all I've heard about the XPA

Well, after a couple phone calls and questions on two other boards I ordered the RPA-2 this morning. I'll let you know how it goes. If it goes well I may pick up an UMC-1 when it is released too.

Goddamn it, I hate that name.

Found some positive reviews of Emotiva bang-for-buck, but they've been a bit short on details. Anyone here have experience with the RPA2, XPA2 or any other Emotiva offerings? Not sure what speakers I'll finally mate with these, but at least initially it was be some CSW M80s. Likely use the Extreme Platinum as a preamp. Any guidance much appreciated. Emotiva Audio RPA-2 Two Channel Power Amplifier Emotiva Audio XPA-2 Two Channel Power Amplifier