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Happy Birthday!

RIP to both, Trapper John and Natalie Cole.....

Happy Birthday, and Happy New Year!

^^^ In hindsight, that's a bit freaking creepy

Happy Birthday Chris, hope it is/was grand!

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Ah, fuck fuck fuck.....fuck cancer BIG time......RIP Lemmy.

RIP Meadowlark, perhaps my favorite as well; it was because of him/them that I do the only good thing I can do with a basketball: spin it on my finger. I saw the Globetrotters a couple times in Boston with my dad, not a huge basketball fan but always loved them!

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday!

Peace and Love, everyone! Enjoy the season, whatever you do or don't celebrate!

Wasn't today, but this weekend I was at a Game Stop store. Andrew has had $75 of gift card/reward $ accumulated, but he's not interested in any games right now. I traded some of it for iTunes $, which he DID want, and went to the nearest store. They used to sell iPods, and I'm getting a nice radio/dock off Craigslist tomorrow, so thought I'd maybe use the $ towards a higher capacity player. Got there, they don't sell them anymore. So thinking to look for a nice headset for chats. As I walked through, I basically said "screw this" and looked around the store. Cued up in line was a kid, maybe 10 years old, with some cash in hand. I asked him what he was getting and he told me the game. I gave him $50 worth of credit and wished him Merry Xmas. I then gave the last $25 to an older woman who just got in line to get a game for he grandson. Seeing both their smiles felt a hell of a lot better than a headset.

x2. Every little bit of good news.....keep it up!

Glad things worked out CJ, congrats to you and Julie. I don't have the patience to deal with asshats like that. I have walked out as well and received better deals elsewhere (and made sure the manager of place # 1 knew that).

No Pecan Pie Forwarding Service? What kind of hick town is that?! Another Pecan Pie fan, sorry you missed it Shelly.

Shpongle ^2

Rant away Larry. Ultimately it's better to have you here ranting then not to have you here. Only wishing the best for you and your daughter with each new day. And hoping the slogan "no pain no gain" is appropriate, and it means you ARE progressing with PT.

I'm done for the holidays! Had a very nice Hanukkah celebration at my sister's tonight, the last family party of the season. It was a little low key, normally my dad and step-mom host; but my dad wasn't feeling well so it moved. It was a little bit "thrown together" but that made it actually more personable. Saw some very nice folks we see only a few times a year, and had some great food and chats. But that's it now. The benefit of being Jewish with early holidays....now I can relax and coast through Christmas!

Only good thing is that its done. Hope all heals well, and quickly....sorry about your meat bath, too....

Hope rest helped some, and hope things get better soon!

Thanks all! The Patriots managed to fuck some of it up, but Karen made a nice birthday/Hanukkah meal with things like potato latkes, matzoh ball soup....and pork loin A nice relaxing day otherwise, watched some other good football and managed to put up a couple lights after some painting was done..... Still have a dinner out Tuesday to look forward to..... Now to settle with a wee dram methinks.

Sounds a bit stupid and corny, but I always loved his OJ commercial..... RIP Robert...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZIzRqDOSZo

Hope it's a day filled with good food (love those Noo Yawk deli's....), family, friends, and whatever you wish!

Different systems, and one person's opinion, so grain of salt warning.... I think it may be more the surrounding pieces, not the DAC itself, that are different. (EDIT for clarity: I mean the DAC CHIP itself, and the inside the box changes: output stage, I/V stage, etc. Didn't mean the other equipment) To my ears, the new M12 had a slightly more balanced tonal quality. I never seemed to lose details with the M51, but the mids seemed recessed sometimes (that may have contributed to the huge soundstage they seemed to throw), and the highs also seemed slightly rolled. Again, no seeming loss of detail, but that proverbial "air" wasn't fully there. The M12 seemed to flesh out vocals a bit better, and did seem to have more air up top without any harshness. At the dealer, I was able to plug in my USB stick and play some of my music. I was able to discern a large soundstage still, but a more even/prominent midrange especially for female vocals, piano, etc. And cymbals on good recordings had a nice decay to them that could be a bit muted on the M51. Just a couple examples. As Purk said, the M51 still is available, so as a less expensive option than the M12 is still a good option. I am just one of those who agrees that it betters the M51 in sound quality.

Wow, so sad....I'm also assuming related to current or past drug use....fuck addiction (and there are WAY too many young kids dying) RIP.....