The Monkey

Store clerk at 11:00am today: "Um, Mr. Koss, do you have another card you could use? Amex appears to have a block on any charges over $3.00 on this card."

^ Any one of those cc companies have any number of internal controls that should picks up this behavior up in a hearbeat. And they have extensive obligations under the various Anti-Money Laundering laws (and their ilk) to do something about it.

Shall I send my bill to Koss today?

In other news....I just jumped in a cab after getting soaked in the pouring rain and promptly sat on my balls. This is going to be a great day.

Stretch is back! Huzzah!

You have been buying and selling much in the way of excellent gear. The force is strong with you.

Droid Eris or Eros or Evod whatever the fuck it's called.

Take a look at this possibility before parting with the PWD.

I think based on the current SQ of the PWD and the future capabilities of it with the bridge, it is worth that price range. However, we will likely see excellent condition used models coming up on the gon for less in a couple of months. Regardless, I bought mine from Liquid HiFi and have no regrets. I will note, however, that the Parasound D/AC 1100 is a great sounding DAC that I think actually belongs in the same league as the PWD. I think the PWD is better, but at quite a substantial price increase. My point is that I think price and DAC satisfaction bear little relationship to each other. EDIT: and my experience buying from Liquid HiFI was excellent.

Yup, I'll get some together at some point in the next couple of weeks. Life is a bit hectic at the moment, but I'll get something going. I'll also have the Luxman and the Neko DAC in tha hizzouse, so that should provide for some more robust impressions.

Probably this much:

Jin, I love that watch.

Matt, I think you need to give it a listen. We really don't have that many listening impressions of the ESS stuff. Did you listen to the HR UltraDAC at all?

I think you'd like the show. Definitely a little bit of silliness (though nothing like most reality shows), and the chefs are the real deal, as are the judges.

I remember well listening to Rumors on my parents' rig growing up. Still one of my favorites.

Indeed. If I can ever summon the courage to send this thing through the mail.

Reks, have you been watching Top Chef? You need to come to NYC some time and we'll fill our bellies.

That sounds awesome reksy. Do you find cooking relaxing? My wife loves to cook and sort of zones out while doing so.

jive turkeys.

me like.

Ate fondue last night.

^arthritis in the hands is rough, sorry to hear that. I, too, eagerly await the MBP refresh. I had been thinking the 13", but I'm not tempted by the 15" matte screen...

Yes, but reksy is balking at splitting the control.

Ah, you don't really see the Hulihee in action too much these days.

It works well, except for the volume slider, which I don't like. Fortunately, the remote can do everything and the display is otherwise very user friendly. Also, an iPhone remote app is in the works. Oh it's on. Just don't know when yet...