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RIP. I was sad to hear some bad stories about his new business and customers getting threats, delays and up-charges. But his products were near-legendary..... Don't have a Grado phone anymore, but will raise a glass tonight in his memory.

Not sure I agree with this.....

^^ This Is The Sea is a fairly close second in my book, like them both a lot..... Now: some fun Greek Synthpop....2 by Marsheaux, the second being a complete cover of the Depeche Mode album of the same name....

Then: Diana Krall - Wallflower. Kind of meh, seems sellout-ish..... Now: Waterboys - Modern Blues. Not bad, but will anything reach the level of Fisherman's Blues?

That was just left in someone's back pocket, it's the iPhone "bend" issue.....still good......

Just went out myself and cleared out part of our non-plowed-area with Andrew. You're right, Haj, seems to have dropped several inches quickly. And it's fucking cold out too......went quickly through my scarf layer on my face....

Going to roof-rake today, just in time for that additional snow that Haj & Nate mentioned......lovely.....

I seriously think Mother Nature's New England contingent forgot about us for much of the late Fall & Winter, then said, "Oh, shit....have to make up for that....!"

RIP Rod McKuen......

Crap, Iain, sick going in, sick coming back.....how was the middle? Hope all is OK soon. EDIT: Nate, my wife and I are on AAA for reasons just like that. We even use them for occasional discounts.....

Ouch, ugly shit. No "lights on" alarm or auto-shut-off I'm guessing?

Not just today, but over the last couple days..... Had a chat with my mom who said a long-lost cousin was trying to get in touch with me through Facebook. Hardly get on anymore, but did, and sent a reply. The woman's name was familiar to me, and I found out she and I worked at the same company for ~4 months in the mid-90's. Her grandmother and my grandmother were sisters. So several email exchanges, a family tree on Ancestry.com, and a dropbox download of a recording made in 1977 during the Shiva visit for her grandmother. In that recording MY grandparents and the only other sibling I regularly saw (and her husband) were talking a lot about stories of the "old days" and the family. What a treat! My grandparents both died over 20 years ago, and the other aunt and uncle even before that.... Now we are working on plans to meet up with these long-lost cousins, and enjoying a romp through our family history! I love this stuff.....

^^^ Very cool, Steve! At 16, I had a Fisher all-in-one.....

Cocktail Audio X12? You add the hard drive, up to 4TB. Volume controlled pre-out (RCA's still), can do more if/when you want it to, like if you connect to a good network.....

Craig, don't try Tofu-Bacon then..... I work with a woman who is a Pescetarian (sp? Someone vegetarian plus eats fish). her coolness factor increased multi-fold when she said, "...except for bacon....I have that several times a month...."

Heh heh....looks like your work vinyl setup WILL come to fruition Nate (?)

I had that one at my college suite my senior year, would play it on an Onkyo receiver driving (forgot) speakers and a Phase Tech subwoofer. The cannons would literally cause the sub to dance a bit, but it played it pretty damn well. One of my suitemates was a transfer from Norwich University and said it reminded him of "home."

Wow, that's crazy Haj. North Andover is looking pretty good, though some side roads are pretty ugly here too. I don't think we'll get another day cancelled though.

The Z1ES won't do volume control, so unless you want to always adjust at the speaker side you'll need that. I'm using my Airmotiv 4's with a Benchmark DAC-2D (the version without analog in), it is a very nice pairing! I just go USB from laptop, or coax from disc player. Does your Dell not do USB out well? EDIT: in thinking more, do the cheaper Sony, it's $1K and still should sound pretty darn good.

A nice cheap possible option: http://uturnaudio.com/ This was a kickstarter turntable project, likely close to the cheaper Pro-Ject or Music Hall MMF series. Only downside is a 6 week wait.....

I'm in agreement with the "yeah, not really" opinion. Used to own the SA5K's as well, best I heard them driven was with a good DIY Dynahi. It DID take some of the leanness/edge off, but I still would say they weren't so close to the HD-800's.

Yup.... We'll be giving our local specialty store more business. Have to figure out Halloween though..... My wife spent a semester in England though, acquired quite the taste; and just knowing there won't be British Kit Kat's is setting her off like she has the DT's.....

This is an "after" picture of the drift on our deck, my wife took it this afternoon. Andrew and I did some shoveling today, luckily fluffy shit because there was a lot (and we have a plow service too, but he can't get certain areas).

Shit like that just annoys the hell out of me. First time I ever signed an online petition..... We don't do a lot of candy anyway, but certainly won't buy Hershey's brand anymore if we can help it. http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/protest-hersheys-lawsuit?source=s.tw&r_by=12343362 And what does Hershey make: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_products_manufactured_by_The_Hershey_Company

Maybe a little over a foot right now, still coming down steady here too. It's all about the drifts though.....