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I like the older meridian gear but I haven't heard the 566.24. Going by the specs which I know doesn't really mean much the VDA-2 should be a good dac. The BB179x series of dacs that it uses are one of the best dac chips in current production.

I haven't heard the Mark III but the older versions couldn't drive low impedance phones well at all. Also knowing ASL's terrible quality control history I'd be hesitant to buy anything from them.

I think your best bet on selling it and not taking a total loss would be a craigslist type of place. You could always try hardocp forums or other tech related forums but your more likely to only get bottom dollar for it from places like that.

Get yourself an E6600 and a 8800GTS that'll run pretty much any current game at max settings.

Quad is a bit beyond "outsourcing quite a bit" to China . Pretty much their entire operation is in China now.

yeah you'll have to install the latest nvidia driver none of the linux distros come with correct drivers for ati or nvidia graphics cards since they wont release their drivers under the gpl.

It's talking about your boot partition not your root partition. You should be able to make your boot partition smaller than 512. Also when you did the install, did you check the option from GRUB to install to the MBR?

Ok guys sorry for the mess, the hosting provider managed to nuke some of the hardware in the server when they took it down while they were installing new cooling equipment in their new data center. Luckily I had just backed up the site prior to them taking the server down so I was able to move the site to a different server for the time being. As of now everything should be 100% working (still adding themes back though)

There will be some additional downtime today. It's related to the server move on Friday and some issues the provider is having with their cooling system. Should only be down for an hour at most.

Since you liked the VR4 SR you might want to check out the Tyler Acoustic Linbrook Signature System: http://www.tyleracoustics.com/linbrook.html

At that price I'd keep an eye out for a pair of Legacy Audio Focus 20/20. They are easily one of the best speakers I've heard regardless of price. Another speaker you might want to consider is the Selah Audio 3D: http://selahaudio.com/id134.html. I heard a pair of these recently and was very very impressed. Are you planning to use your Aleph30? If so the Focus 20/20 will be a better match as they are very efficient speakers.

Nice catch the modwright players are usually really good.

Nice, can't wait

The site will be down for an extended period of time (at least a few hours) sometime during the following time frame: Friday, February 9, 2007 9:00pm - 5:00am MST. Our hosting provider is moving into a new data center facility and will be physically moving the server at some point during the previously listed time frame.

Pretty much any graphics card on the market now even the very cheap ones will suit your needs. I'd get one with dvi-output to keep it all digital to you monitor. Does your current computer have a PCI-E slot for graphics? Or AGP? If it's only AGP you'll find your options to be pretty limited and it won't work in your new computer as just about all motherboards these days have phased out AGP in favor of PCI-E

I actually prefer the sound of the older Meridians to their latest stuff.

Sounds like a cookie problem on your end as there have been zero server changes.

From m-w.com Stairway: one or more flights of stairs usually with landings to pass from one level to another Stairwell: a vertical shaft in which stairs are located

A hammer usually works pretty well

Congrats the W11JPN's are the only AT's I like other than my L3K's. They share a fairly similar tonality and richness through the mid-range.

Yes lose Norton it's probably done more harm than good. For Anti-Virus get something like NOD32 or Kaspersky. Also download Spybot it's a free spyware/adware remover.

It cost enough . I've been doing quite a bit of tube rolling today just to try and get a handle on some of these tubes I've never heard before. A few combos have stood out so far: Raytheon 6414 -> Chalmer CV181/ECC32 -> Raytheon 6528 - This combination just might be the perfect combination for the K1000. I've never heard the K1000 sound this good before. GE5965 -> Sylvania 6bx7gt (2nd gain stage disabled) -> Tung-Sol 2399 - If your someone that puts a lot of focus and importance on soundstage then this might be the combo for you. Just a huge soundstage that stays amazingly cohesive.

I wonder if the head-fier is just confusing the KGST as a "special edition" BH?

Haha thanks, the Opus 21 is a fantastic player. In stock form I think it's the best player available under $5k. In it's current modded form (reference level mods from GNSC) it's fair to say it competes with players in the 5 figure price range.