The Monkey

I find this watch face diameter chart helpful. Maybe you guys will, too. Maybe not. watchsizing_roun.pdf

Please point me to some of the best examples of hi rez classical recordings available for download.

I had a Vic-20.

I got mine for under 2200 new, which was very competitive. Not sure where his prices are now. Here's his website: http://www.liquidhifi.com. He's very responsive via email, and I believe has an account here. Also, not sure how much of a difference this makes to you, but I consider the PWD to be slightly warm sounding.

I have some new thoughts about the tablet and the general "philosophy" that Apple appears to be espousing. I bought a Verizon Droid device yesterday for various annoying reasons. The device is fine. Some very nice features, and relatively well thought out. And as a phone, it makes the ATT/iPhone combo seem like using a tin can with string (which I think actually may be the case). Anyway, despite these niceties of the Droid device, I find myself interacting with its "innards" more than I want to. Put another way, the workings of the phone's OS and its idiosyncrasies are readily apparent. And while there is a level of customization possible as a result, I just don't give a shit. Give me something that works out of the box--intuitively. Maybe it's my old age and general crankiness, but I want the device to work for me not vice-versa. There are two mobile devices that I truly love (in a device love kind of way): the good Blackberries and the iPhone. So once iPhone comes to Verizon, I will be switching to that for personal use. And once my Company gets its head on straight I will use a blackberry for bidness. And this is all a long-winded way of saying that the lack of the whiz-bang on the tablet no longer seems so awful to me. I need to keep it simple because I am stupid.

Happy birfday, Dan. Sorry for the belated.

Ha! The great irony of it all is that I jumped in that cab right in front of the Amex building. Those fuckers!

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.