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    KEF LS50s or ?

    Same here. 3.1 gets it done. More speakers don't seem to make the movies any better.
  2. Looks like Razordog's trick of holding list price but offering $100 off at checkout pissed off Sennheiser, they no longer carry Senn's. I guess I haven't been paying much attention to the market.
  3. Interesting. For a while Sennheiser had everyone holding the line on 600's and 650's for price. Looks like that's changed.
  4. Gee just what we need. Apple killing off standard audio interfaces and replacing them with their own. Bad enough they are messing with the studio recording process.
  5. Windows background processes take over and cause 100% cpu or disk usage. Then the playback gets flakey. Tuning things is harder in 8/8.1. There most likely is a fix, I just haven't found it yet. And Metro sucks. But from a baseline perspective, foobar runs just fine . I tried to do a downgrade to 7 (which is supposed to be supported and free). But support told me I had to buy a support contract in order for them to give me a downgrade keycode, which cost more than a copy of win 7. I've got a Lenovo laptop on Vista that runs with no issues at all. Normal round of tweaks worked great on it.
  6. It's a combo of design, experience, trial and error. And more often than not, $$$ comes into play. You have to cut some corners to keep the cost down. Bean counting has killed good audio more than anything else I can think of. And no, I don't think all amps sound the same. That whole chain of thought drives me crazy (not that I'm not crazy).
  7. You're going to have to pull apart the power supply to see what you need. Most likely, the switch is held in place with plastic tabs you will have to compress, and it will pop right out. That isn't a big issue. Radio shack may still carry one that works. OR you could scab one out of a broken computer power supply.(thrift shop!). The big issue is that XP is dead. At the beginning of the year I tried reloading a couple of XP machines. Nothing but headaches. At that time, updates weren't working. I had to spend hours researching why. Seems MS knew it was broken, but why worry about a soon to be dead OS? Who knows if you could get it updated or activated. I have a couple of XP beaters here, and all they do is nag me about upgrading. I use a Antec quiet case with my music PC. Works fairly well. A couple year old laptop in a docking station works well too, and it's quiet. Whatever you do, avoid windows 8 like the plague. I just can't seem to get it to behave with Foobar. XP was easy, win 7 ok. But 8 just is such a pita.
  8. I did a 4 post flexi with 5/8" rod and 2'x2' shelves. I'ts about 4-1/2' high. I beveled the rods using a grinder to make points. I measured up and started with a double nut. To space between shelves(and make all 4 corners even) I cut off 4 pieces of pvc tubing. The pvc was painted, and I loosely wrapped electrical tape around the threads to make it tight and prevent rattles. Fender washer, rubber pad I cut up to match washer, shelf, another rubber pad, nut, pvc pipe, nut, washer, rubber pad, shelf. I used a nylon insert nut for the top. the rod was cut off even with the nut top. All the nuts/washers were painted black before assembly. I cut a hole in all for corners of all shelves at the same time to make them even, and stained them before assembly. The whole thing is sturdy enough to be moved without taking it apart. A bit heavy but it works. The PVC also serves to prevent scraping knuckles or gear against the threads.
  9. ktm

    Steven Seagal: Lawman

    I though only stars from Predator could run for governor.
  10. The real question- how many will have Bushmills spelled wrong?
  11. Really? Ever look at some NAD gear of the past? There are a lot of crappy solder jobs out there. With all the far east hack shops, it's all too common. But in premium priced gear, you'd expect a lot better than this.
  12. Bring your hooks and hitch a ride.
  13. So, a happy ending? Or agony?
  14. Given that a US headphone maker labeled some cans Head-F1, likely not.
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    Watches

    Nice. How do rate the deep bule watches? I've been thinking about a sea diver 1000 for a while now.
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    Amish Mafia

    Haiku -The essence of haiku is "cutting" (kiru).This is often represented by the juxtaposition of two images or ideasand a kireji ("cutting word") between them, a kind of verbal punctuation mark which signals the moment of separation and colours the manner in which the juxtaposed elements are related. A couple posts here and I've already leaned new word! If I wasn't married, I most likely wouldn't have a tv.
  17. ktm

    Amish Mafia

    Well, there's always "too cute" corney, but fun. Who doesn't like kittens and puppies?
  18. ktm

    Amish Mafia

    Yeah, I know. Stupid is spreading accross the tv dial. Good morning America turns my stomach. The evening news is all fluff. I miss Walter Cronkite. You forget "ancient aliens". Because if you're a moron, eveything looks like alien technology. Check out the guy with the Don King hairdo.
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    Amish Mafia

    Maybe it's time to sell my tv. I can only assume it's thinly disguised fiction. I know those towing tv shows are all recreations. I'll stick to the history channel and animal planet.
  20. Comfort? Poor. I had my 650's, a pair of 700's, and 800's at a mini meet..Hard to believe the 700's were built by Sennheiser. Sound wise both the 700's and 800's are a whole different sound form the 6x0 series. I prefer the 800 to 700. But I'm not sure I'd spend the $$ for the 800's. At this point, the Stax 202's are hanging around for a while. I liked the 800's, but not $1499 of like. The 800's are the most comfortable of any cans ever on my head.
  21. The other problem is that some amps have a bit of background hum thats hard to notice with speakers, but really is noticable with a transformer box. My ARC vt60 (tubes) has this issue. 20 year old tube amps would take a lot of work to rid yourself of any hum. I have since splurged for some Stax energizers. Problem solved. I had an old H/K receiver from about 1980 that worked great, also used a Rotel rb980 SS amp that worked well.
  22. That would be like having a conversation with a model. Past the good looks, the rest would be a let down.
  23. I've done pretty well with used. Most people who trade Stax stuff are pretty decent to deal with at the audio sites. The bad news is all things Stax have been shooting up in price the last couple of years. I've seen starter rigs like sr-40's going for higher and higher amounts. Take a look at the EBAY stax stuff right now, and there's a number of things listed at insane prices. And the people selling them there don't know crap, and throw around phrases like "untested" or "worked last time I used them 5 years ago" and the every popular "returns not accepted". Stay clear of EBAY, and you'll be a lot happier in the long run.
  24. Buy used and the money goes further, and you lose less on reselling what you don't like. Headphone wise, there isn't much 30 day trial going on. Many people wouldn't ever want used headphones, so it's a short list of dealers who would do a trial on headphones.
  25. I've got a Exstata hybrid I rotate in and out of my system. Sound? Pretty good with sr202's. The tubes seem to mix well with the Lambda series. I have a re-capped srm1 MKII that also sounds good, but different. The mid range is more pronounced with the Stax amp. The power supply worries me in the Exstata, and and some point I need to build a bit more robust one from other designs. I have heard KGSS and BH at meets and certainly could find no fault with them other than cost, and if I ever get around to DIYing one, finding parts is a chore. As fun as it is to throw rocks, I am content to just judge gear on it's merits and leave people out it. If I want conflict, all I have to do is go to work. 60 hours a week of that crap is more than enough for me.
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