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This is the advice I was given. I just use Blue Jeans LC-1 interconnects and Volex power cords. Not until I'm 99.9% satisfied with my other components will I start considering buying spendier cables.

True. Even the complete columbia sessions of miles davis and john coltrane only has about 43 seconds of banter.

Wow, congrats! Be sure to let us know how you like it when it arrives.

My PPX3 does this, but I always considered it a non-issue. But now that someone on the internet has told me otherwise, I'm going to get totally neurotic over it.

you ever read any jeff vandermeer or china mieville? Vandermeer is my favorite of all time.

Its just one game. Link'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcanum:_Of_Steamworks_and_Magick_Obscura"]Link to Wikipedia [url=http://www.terra-arcanum.com/]Terra Arcanum, Fan site Game was released in 2001. Really cool steampunk/technoslip world. Victorian-esque setting with magic, highly customizable character system, non-linear gameplay. Actually this makes me want to find another copy and play it again, such a fun game!

I was a huge fan of Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura.

Okay, so maki-e a bit to middle class? A bit to bohemian & artsy? How about a diamond encrusted Montblanc?

I probably should have put the instead of the . I did indeed start into this hobby because I knew I could get better sound for less money then with speakers. But after buying an HP2, a Modwright, and a few amps... hell, I could sell just my amps and my headphones and get a pretty decent speaker rig. What I'm saying is at some point it became more then just "i can get better sound for cheaper."

I got into headphones because I saw it as a cheap way to get great sound.

Yes, MMORPG's do have a story! How the story is implemented and advanced is the decision of the developers. Oftentimes Blizzard would have huge world "events" where all sorts of crazy things were happening all around the world, like players randomly being mind controlled in major cities, or monsters appearing out of nowhere, etc., to precede the release of new content (i.e. new dungeon). Having said that, WoW was reduced to absurdity once you KNOW the queen of Stormwind is actually Onyxia the Dragon, and you have KILLED Onyxia the dragon and hung her head on the gates of Stormwind like a hundred times, and have seen every other raiding guild on the server do the same, yet the queen continues to appear in human form in the stormwind throne room so the next newb can start the onyxia chain. LOTRO seems to have fixed this a bit by having what they call Fellowship quests. Once I do this quest, I won't have access to any of the quests I gathered before, because the world around me fundamentally changes. I've only done the first of the Fellowship quests, but afterwards an entire town had burned down. This is actually really cool, and makes me want to continue to play to at least see what happens in the story.

Since I played WoW, I've had a real hard time getting immersed in a regular RPG. I bought Oblivion, and played it for a little bit, but it just didn't do it for me. Neither did FFXII (on PS2). I figure MMORPGs might have screwed me, because I quit playing WoW a few months ago, and now I can't find anything else that really engrosses me. I'm playing LOTRO, but I'm not really into it. I'm thinking something in a sci-fi setting might be a nice change of pace.

have you ever given an MMORPG a shot?

"It takes forever to cook a baked potato in a conventional oven. Sometimes I'll just throw one in there, even if I don't want one. By the time it's done, who knows?" "It takes forever to get a custom Singlepower. Sometimes I'll just call Mikhail, even if I don't want one. By the time it's done, who knows?" hedberg, r.i.p.

i dunno. i don't understand kmixer, asio, or whatever. i was computer as source with my stello da100. sounded great, i used foobar and asio4all. but I was relieved when i got my modwright and was free to just drop in the disc and hit play, without having to stress over whether or not my tunes were bitperfect. windows just doesn't strike me as audiophile-friendly software for a transport. i've definitely regressed (or progressed, whichever way you choose to look at it) from digital. most of my time and energy is currently going into a new analog rig. i've definitely got the vinyl bug, bad. so I'm not the guy to trust on computer-as-source matters!

Thanks! Another great part is the extra $28 or so bucks in my pocket each week. I've been very good about spending all that and more on music every week.

snes dominates genesis you fool!!

FWIW I quit smoking in March, after having smoked a pack a day for 7 years or so. Nicotine is crazy, crazy addictive. I still crave one, though its purely in my head. The physical effects passed after just a few days. However, the results as far as health and overall well being are nothing short of astounding. Being able to take one, big, deep breath that goes all the way to the tickly ends of my lungs is an experience I haven't had since I was a kid. I can exercise now, too. Before cigarettes made any kind of aerobic exercise (jogging etc) near impossible. Now I'm slowly working a run into my daily regiment. But, I opted to start my online support me quit smoking thread over at the fountain pen network, since they are nicer then you bastards.

secret of mana is the shit!! the fucking shit!!! great game!

There really is something very cool about writing with a fountain pen. Most of us are so used to ballpoints, which require lots of pressure to jam that ink down in the paper. With a properly tuned fountain pen, almost zero pressure is needed. The nib just makes contact with the paper, and ink flows through the feed and down the tines and onto the paper. Beyond the writing experience is of course the asthetic value of certain pens.

FWIW I tend towards the integrated transport + dac camp. I think adding an external DAC with an optical cable is just one more connection to worry about... IMO of course, and this is based on nothing but a gut feeling. i gotta go with what feels right.

Awesome!! Its just like musicdirect said! also to the OP, don't get sucked in by team computer-as-source. computers are for gamin' and internetin', not for listenin'. and if anyone tells you different smack 'em a good one right in the mouth, ya here me boy? good smack right to the teeth'll teach 'em good... you want a world class transport, not a $90 external western digital mybook.

I don't have the high end experience of some of these other cats, but I'm in the "drop a healthy portion of your budget on a super dank source" camp. Then listen to a ton of cans to decide what you like. Best way to do this is get out to meets or shops, but if you live in audio wasteland like me a decent enough alternative is to buy and sell cans used. Then once you find a can whose signature really impresses you, get an amp to match. also keep asking questions around here. HC is a good resource, you can benefit from the experience of others.

I'm a bit over two years sober. Best two years of my life. 12 step meetings, etc. Having said that I got no beef with drugs or alcohol. I just have a problem when I use them.

Can someone explain to me exactly what a tube buffer does? Is it specifically for use between solid state components only?