The Monkey

Sorry to be so slow on the uptake, but congrats! I love those speakers.

Jack and his family are also really nice. I think you'll enjoy meeting them.

Wait, so you got the Harbeths, right?

Wait...what?

Shitty tech aside, you just came up with a pretty great new event for the Summer Olympics.

I feel like we're in a weird holding pattern with respect to tech. I know that CES always has it's fair share of "and it'll be available next year!" and just pure vaporware, but it seems like there's more of that than usual. Maybe it's just me. I suppose some of it could be due to the fact that the companies are scratching their eyeballs out trying to get share prices up now that they've cut headcount to the bone, so might as well try to scare up as much buzz-related stock spike as possible. It's a pain in the ass; I don't like waiting around for stuff. On a completely unrelated note, I think history will reflect that Verizon played the AT&T/iPhone deal perfectly.

I asked for smoky blue and they couldn't do it.

The Engadget review of the Nexus One basically concludes that they prefer the Droid.

"They"

After further listening, I am now pretty sure that I will sell the Dodson and keep the 1100. I think the Dodson is just slightly better overall, but it is not necessarily $1k better (which is roughly the spread on the used market), especially considering what may be possible with modz. I love the Dodson, but I think my DAC strategy now is to have my one bang-for-the-buck 90s DAC, and see how things progress this year now that it appears the DAC is back on the audio industry's map. I'm still tempted by the PS Audio PWD.

Another basic question: Why does firewire not suffer from the same limitations that one finds with most USB DAC implementations? Or, put another way, is FW SQ the same as S/PDIF?

I wonder if high end DAC manufacturers will be able to sustain these prices. This space is only getting more competitive, and the economy is still in the shitter and not likely to come back strong any time soon. $6500 is a lot of money.

Yeah, Amarra is probably afraid of not working Jeff. Their customer service is good, right?

I wish the Nexus 1 had a real fucking keyboard.

Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy

I know there's an approved hardware list, but is it safe to assume that Amarra is compatible with all DACs at this point? Or is that stupid?

Ugh, that's tempting. I really wish it had more of the EQ stuff of the full-blown version.

Are wireless cans that big a deal?

I may just get the Nexus One for work. EDIT: when it comes to a provider that works in NYC, that is (i.e., Verizon).

Thanks, much appreciated. I think I've heard similar grumblings.

Does anyone have experience with this device. For some unknown ridiculous reason, my company only supports Windows Mobile devices. The device they supply is the Samsung Jack (on horrible ATT). This is the free and easy option. I could get another (Windows Mobile) device and have them jam it into the network, but I'm not sure how much of the tab they'll pick up. So for the moment, I'm trying to determine whether the Samsung Jack at least approaches the business feature set of a Blackberry or whether this is just a waste of time.

That fucking lizard scares me.

Yeah, John, I'm sure you are limited in what you can say about what you know, if anything; however, if you are privy to any info, can you at least characterize whether any new products would be of interest to this particular group?