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I just had a decent second interview at a company that isn't a hell-hole If this goes well, I may have a choice between two good companies. Been reading up here, sorry to hear of the ailments, and hope all get well soon!

Bummer, Wes, but must be done....... I've been keeping my eye out for a used one of these, and not surprised they aren't really available.... I saw the demo's on Audiogon, but that's still a little more than I can afford right now. I'm sure these are worth every penny, though, even with the price increase.

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18 beers? Nice......a VERY happy birthday then!

Took my 12-year old son out shopping for an Xbox 360 (250G) / K'nect / XBox Live year membership. Came home, set it up, connected, and I will not see him again for months... The nice part is, though, that he saved up the $ and is paying for half the hardware, and the full year membership to Live. Reks: sorry to hear about the day, unless you're truly good with the breakup; even if best, never easy. I know a few Jewish Yenta's if you want to meet a "nice girl"

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I love the first sentence: "the egg is the tits" Pro reviewers beware!

25th Anniversary Edition of Propaganda - A Secret Wish. One of my favorite debut's........

I owned the Apollo for a while, and heard the Saturn at a dealer visit. Dusty is absolutely right, re:PRaT and (less) detail. But it isn't as bad as one thinks; the details were often there, but just a little deeper in stage, or softer in tone. Not a top to bottom balanced sound in some aspects, but quite enjoyable for listening, and always kept me involved with the music. Again, I'd like to see something on the filter options on this DAC. The Tone Audio review didn't get into them.....

Happy Birthday.....! In your honor, I drank some port with your name on it last night

This does look interesting, it also includes a series of filters that can be applied. I've tended to like Rega's "strive" to sound like analog with their digital gear, so indeed this holds promiose for me. Good small form factor, too. Oh, and they make it in silver, too

THAT is incredible! I think wherever I've been or seen, they AIM for people if they're too close to the streets And yes, we have plow service; he came and cleared the driveway bottom out (it reached almost 2 1/2 feet!).....but I'll still need to go out and push around a few more inches that came down. Lots of phunn.....

I'm a few towns away from Haj and Nate, we've got a large mess. At least 20" I'd say, and still snowing (though certainly lighter now). We have a plow service, but it doesn't get everything, and we had my son out there with us shoveling a bit. We left the big snowplow pile at the end, our plow guys should be coming around again. Out snow wasn't as wet and heavy as I was hearing though.....not super fluffy, but certainly have shoveled a LOT worse.

I ALMOST bought this for a neighbor's 50th BDay party, but instead tried something I had heard of but not tried: Dalwhinnie 15 year. Not a Scotch afficianado by any means, but it was pretty good IMO, and two others who partook (?) agreed. One person didn't like it as much as a few others he tried. [ATTACH=CONFIG]4214[/ATTACH]

Nice..... I always wanted to hear this CD77 unit. I used to subscribe to Thorsten Loesch's mail/chat list, was a great resource...he was very generous with his thoughts and designs.....

Had a 50% off at Borders, couldn't resist.....

Too many Aardvark's not enough baguettes! [ATTACH=CONFIG]4183[/ATTACH] And a very happy birthday, too!

^^^ Good on NYI, such an underdog team, I almost always root for them if the Bruins aren't playing them. It's funny to see the reactions to great players like Crosby and Stamkos. Maybe it's the media hype, maybe it's the reputation for whining. But outside of Pitt, it seems many a folk don't like Sidney, and tons of folks like - or at least strongly respect - Stamkos. Ovechkin is another one, but I think he has a lot more detractors outside of Washington.

That's daring, for sure...... I always liked this sign in Boston [ATTACH=CONFIG]4181[/ATTACH]

Didn't George Carlin design a component under that company name? As far as Schiit goes, I also have the Asgard, but haven't turned it on in many a month. Am likely going to sell it. Good, perhaps VERY good.....but not quite great. At the price, though, a real winner I'd say.

Only with a non-switching power supply Can't remember where I read it, but some poeple were trying various power conditioning on PC's, and trying to measure if there was improvements in things like read rates on CD, seek times on HDD, etc.... I think they didn't come up with anything conclusive, though there may have been some differences......

I think Stretch forgot to mention the giant chess game he played....those ARE Rooks in the last pic, yes? Jealousy abounds here, too, looks awesome.... Also love that Santa "generation" pic, too.... Wayne, love both your suits, and your mom makes the perfect Mrs. Claus! I'm writing checks today, Chanukkah celebration at my mom's. She held off so all the kids are back from college and we could all be together, very nice stuff. Then tomorrow, my son's 12th birthday. He'll get to play as much XBox as he wants!

I've certainly noticed this on the less expensive noise-cancelling phones I've tried (been a few years, though, so technology may be better). I had this odd sensation of being surrounded by a cloud when I used the NC function. A little bit of added hiss, a lot of "consistent" noise vanished, but murky drips of "inconsistent" sound sometimes leaked thru at low levels. Didn't bother me when playing music, but when I had a long delay and put them on to help let me rest, I found it odd to adjust.

Thanks, all! To be even MENTIONED in the same sentence as Dave Brubeck is an honor so I don't mind a belated at all. A nice time was had, even though I was fighting a bit of a cold.....

Happy Birthday....hope you get to spend it with family, but get some "me" time too.