deepak

How much is it costing to build a KGSS? I'm guessing it will come close to a $1k with the new power supply?

Yup. I can't wait to listen to the Omega 2

Stax SRD7 pro boxen

Yup I know about the chicken pox ones.

Tame compared to the "HIV parties". Parties people organize for the sole purpose of spreading HIV. Where people voluntarily want to contract HIV.

I like your moon logic

It looks like the 840c has coax and toslink. So the adapter that Salt Peanuts linked should work fine with an optical cable. I assume the 1/8" SPDIF is optical and not an electrical connection on the laptop.

I don't even care if it's not catchy. The Fragile is my favorite NIN album. This album lacks the "glue" that holds it together. And it's boring, lacking in energy, emotion and just feels bland. I should probably just stop listening to NIN, Trent knows the direction he is taking the band already.

I've given this a few good listens. IMO it's terrible; the album sounds like With Teeth B-sides.

I don't know. Your stereotypical audiophile could probably live off Diana Krall alone *snore*

You can't. 16/44.1 is redbook audio standard.

IMO for an SR-Omega that is a great price. Ones on ebay have sold in the $3500 range. Plus you have the benefit of dealing with a trusted member in this case.

I know about BootCamp, Parallels, VMWare, etc. I'm not buying an Apple only to run Windows on it all the time. And my friend has a 17" MBP and he has some problems running some games on Windows, he has gotten a few BSOD due to Nvidia video card drivers. We've tried every version including beta drivers and they still happen with WCIII and CoH.

That's true. I've been thinking about picking up the RAKK DAC kit (tube output stage version), but I bet I'll see a used one on the Gon sometime.

KG any thoughts on the Emm CDSA or CDSD/DCC2? If I recall they don't convert to PCM?

Thanks I have a Lenovo employee discount access code already.

Unless you really like headphones the HP-2 and L3000 are over valued right now. Considering how easily you can sell any one of them, all of them are worth trying out.

Both instances I'd load XP Pro on it. I'm still trying to find the service manual for my CL56. Google tells me it will be pretty easy to disassemble... Look at that beautiful ATi Radeon 9700... still hella fast for all the games I play. Faster than most non-gaming laptops video cards out today... I really hope it's just a loose pin and it's not corroded or anything.

I gots some Mofi and DCC, send me a PM if you're serious, still haven't heard the d2000 or d5000

To sum it up: Head-Case ftw

Stay away from the stats, they will doom you! GPH beat me to it

Yeah I've been leaning towards #1. GMA will play DoTA fine... I'm trying to find the service manual for it now. Compal CL56, pretty popular "gaming" laptop three years ago. The last thing I want to do is buy a new laptop, so hopefully I can fix it.

My laptop of three years might not be of use any more The charger pin is either loose or faulty since I have to wiggle the charger wire a lot in order for it to get a secure connection. It's got to the point where I have to fiddle with it for as much as a half an hour before it sticks, only for it to loosen up with the slightest movement. And since it was an OEM (Compal) I'm not exactly sure how to get it repaired...if any one has any ideas I'd appreciate it. So I'm considering a new laptop. I paid $1300 for this one back in the day and I'm fed up paying so much for what's pretty much a two to three year disposable device (previous Dell lasted same amount of time). So my budget is $500-700 max. Apple is out of the question since majority of the time I'm running patient software that works best on Windows. Two Thinkpad configs with discount: #1 ($650) ThinkPad T61 Intel

Nerf:

The SR-Lambda sounded great out of my North Star M192 and Denon DA-500. But it was very capable of revealing source differences. Much better than my lesser dynamic combo. That's not to say the Lambda sounded worse on the cheaper source, it was still really, really good.