The Monkey

Guillaume, this is typical UPS Holiday Season horseshit. They will be very difficult about any kind of concession, but stay on them. The next time they pull this nonsense with me, I am reporting them to my credit card's fraud department.

Jeff, I'd love to check out the PerfectWave. I'll shoot you a PM to see what works for you.

The Bryston BDA-1 was just named The Absolute Sound's "Digital Separate of the Year" for 2009. I recently sold mine because, while proficient, it just didn't have enough "life" or "musicality" or whatever that ethereal/elusive quality is that we all seek. And it reminds me that DAC reviews, just like everything else in our audio world, need to be taken with a large salt lick.

Glad the package arrived! Although I did panic for a moment because I actually did send the Bryston to a Canadian buyer.

My laptop is dying. I want a MacBook Pro, but I'm not sure that's in the cards right now. So I'm considering a Netbook. I wouldn't be doing much more than surfing the ol' internets and some light MS Office stuff. But I would also want to be able to load the thing up with tunes and be able to use it as a portable listening/server solution. Is a Netbook in the $300 range capable of this? Oh, and I want it to be reasonably fast.

Are the MBPs being refreshed soon?

UPS tends to have some major foul ups around the holidays. You should seek a credit of some kind.

Yeah, but they were all, like, blurry. Plus, I didn't see them side by side. This makes sense. Thanks.

One thing that appears to keep emerging from various meet impressions is that the Luxman is a damn good amp. How does the size of the TTVJ portable compare to that of the Pico Slim?

Ken, whatcha building?

I had the Michter's US1 rye recently and liked it. A lot.

Heh, snow.

Yup, mine is headed North.

Are comply tips the kind you squeeze/compress and then they expand in your ear canal?

A new DAC you say?

I really wish I could sing.

Tyler, are the "solid" colors completely solid or are they just a bit transparent? I have seen differing reports.

The goal is for us all to have the same rig.

Slim ordered.

Done. Muddy water blue translucent.

Ok, gang, I'm passing on the artwork. Now I just need to decide between muddy water blue trans and black trans. I think muddy water blue is awesome, but black is more stealthy and less noticeable, which is also cool.

Very helpful, Salty, thank you.

I'm thinking about getting the Beatles version for my mom. I think she would love the idea of it, I'm just not sure she would actually be able to play the game.

I'm thinking that the "L" train symbol won't show up on trans black...

Which is better and why?