The Monkey

Steve, that looks absolutely awesome.

Happy Birthday.

Yeah, but it's not exactly like this has been a mom & pop shop for decades. This has been some sort of private equity play for a long time now and has also changed hands more times than I've had DACs in its history. And it is in at least its 2nd BK. Maybe this business model isn't working? Regardless, it seems that brand stewardship either wasn't a priority or simply wasn't possible anymore in this environment. It would be interesting to see who picks up the brands (who's #3 in the space?).

That's the kind of thing that would cause me to have a wee tantrum.

Well, you can still get yourself a Reggie Bar, so I would anticipate it happening...

There has to be some balance between the rape and pillage private equity guys and the company-be-damned labor unions. They're beginning to resemble each other very closely.

I've rebooted it a bunch. And I've been using the built-in tethering tool. I guess I was just hoping that there was some app that was better than the built-in tool--rather than an app that basically is a shortcut to the tool itself. But it also could be that both AT&T and Verizon have been sucky post-Sandy. The Galaxy S3 is really a good phone, but it reminds me why I am perfectly happy remaining a slave to the Apple ecosystem for now. Though I am not as happy with my enslavement as I used to be.

As I look back over the DACs I have loved, I think it's the upsamplers I tend to love the most. That sounds dirty for some reason. Anyway, the Dodson, the Electrocompaniet, and the NAD immediately come to mind.

Thank you all for the kind birthday wishes. I spent tonight doing exactly what I wanted to do: hanging out with the Little Monkey, eating pizza, and having cupcakes. Thanks again, everyone.

CHOCOLATE MILK x GAZILLION

Im liking the Galaxy S3 but I an having problems with tethering/hotspot. As in sometimes it works great and sometimes it sucks. Maybe its the builtin tethering tool? Are there third party tethering apps that work?

Sorry to hear this Vicki. Proud of your hard work I am, though.

This just made me laugh and fart.

I love this one.

Happy birthday to two good guys. Enjoy!

So "You were in the drunk tank, now put me in the dunk tank!" would be bad?

Ric, do you mean hi res in general, or just with respect to the Parasounds?

I also wish I had kept the 1100.

FUCK YOU I'M GONNA GET OUT OF THIS TANK AND SLAP YOUR STUPID FACE YOU DIPSHIT. (too much?)

Sweet Jesus I like that watch, Mike.

Like this.

Get an old Parasound and an Electrocompaniet ECD-1

I'm going to try to make it. That news give me a sad.

Ok, so I think we can settle on 3-4 DACs. That's what everyone needs.

I think you need to thin the herd and buy one more excellent DAC.