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My initial gut reaction tells me USB DAC, just because its only one component as opposed to two, and you'll likely get better SQ off an external DAC then a soundcard. There are others who will know more about this then I, I'm sure. FWIW, the Stello DA100 sounded fantastic with games before I sold it. World Of Warcraft, Half-Life 2, and Oblivion all sounded brilliant.

Right on, I don't know how I browsed past them earlier. I just put it in the cart, thanks for the heads up.

It is what was recommended to me, and hell, its worth a shot for $30.

If you find yourself enjoying it, I recommend you pick up a record cleaning machine. It has worked wonders for me, particularly on brand new records, which apparently need a good cleaning when you first get them. I still think CD is a good format, but I have had a hell of a lot of fun listening to vinyl.

Good point.

I want to get a modest stereo setup going in my listening room, as well as a couch instead of just an office chair, so that more then one person can enjoy music. Someone over at sh.tv recommended I check out Orb Audio. I'm looking at their Classic Two Stereo Speaker System, and possibly a Sonic Impact T-Amp to drive them. Their tiny footprint is ideal, because the listening area is small, and these would fit well on the front corners of my desk. Has anyone ever heard these speakers?

Keep in mind that if you activate now, you're price per CD will be $6.99. Still a great deal for the box sets, though.

I've got two bad 6sn7s. What do you personally do with your tubes once they go badly microphonic? Do you just throw them away? Is it worth it to try to open the tube up so maybe I can check out the insides, as an educational experiment?

I had to make a lot of cuts from the cart, but you're right. I've been meaning to do this for months, and there is no better time then now, and there will never be a better deal on these boxed sets then now, at yourmusic. Here it is, lazily cut and pasted: Stereolab: ABC Music...The Radio 1 Sessions Stereolab ABC Music...The Radio 1 Sessions $11.98 The Police: Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings The Police Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings $23.96 John Prine: John Prine John Prine John Prine $5.99 Miles Davis: The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 Miles Davis The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 $35.94 Miles Davis: The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions Miles Davis The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions $29.95 Miles Davis: The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions Miles Davis The Complete "Bitches Brew" Sessions $23.96 Miles Davis: The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions Miles Davis The Complete "In A Silent Way" Sessions $17.97 Miles Davis: Quintet, 1965-1968 Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-1968 $35.94 Miles Davis: Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1963-1964 Miles Davis Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1963-1964 $41.93 Miles Davis & John Coltrane: The Complete Columbia Recordings Miles Davis & John Coltrane The Complete Columbia Recordings $35.94 R.E.M.: Murmur R.E.M. Murmur $5.99 SUBTOTAL: $269.55 That is a lot of Miles Davis.

Yeah, thats about right. I've loaded up my cart with about $300 worth of CDs, time to go eliminate what I really don't need right at this second.

Just a reminder for those yourmusic members for whom the price increase didn't take effect on the first of the year: today is the last day to place an order at the $5.99 per cd price. I just got through wading through the entire rock/pop section A-Z, and have got myself a mighty full cart of music. And I haven't even thought about which Miles Davis boxed sets to get yet.

My friend just emailed me this quote: :'(

Listening to "Plastic Ono Band" MFSL right now, just got it in today. I've never heard the original, but I think it sounds great. When the folks at SH said it was the remix and not the original master, I was thinking it would be a remix like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aSVd9TD-E4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aSVd9TD-E4

\ I should read more.

I never really got into Bjork. Timbaland is great though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-GRADO-HP-1000-AUDIOPHILE-HEADPHONE-HP-2_W0QQitemZ190101384730QQihZ009QQcategoryZ40137QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Whats the deal with this seller? I know he had an auction up for this exact same pair of HP-2s a couple weeks back or so. Scam?

bass for yo' face london, everybody in the house make some noise!!!!

Lies!

SPOILER ALERT! I would like to think it is Odama. Remember oh so many episodes ago, in season 1, when that Cylon, the model that in season 2 tried to make starbuck fall in love with him, grabbed laura right before she through him in the airlock and said "odama's a cylon"? That was always explained away as just more cylon lies. but then again how the hell could he know when the other cylons don't know who the other 5 are? anyway, could just be there to prove cylons lie, or it could be a plot line that went nowhere. SPOILER ALERT!

For years I have been listening to the cable news talking heads and NPR say that the next/current "big thing" are all-in-one handheld entertainment/utility devices, like when everyone in America shit their pants when the first cell phone/mp3 player came out. Even when I was a big iPod guy, I never got this. I never had a desire to even own a phone that did anything else except make phone calls. No camera phones, no internet, no mp3 player. I'd rather have a nice phone, a nice camera, and a nice DAP, all separately, rather then an all-in-one device with a crappy camera and a crappy DAP. I also don't want to surf the web on a tiny screen. Though I am sure quality has increased in recent years, such a product still doesn't hold much fascination for me. Looking at the mass market, I could understand how just a few gadget loving consumers could enjoy such a product, but surely not enough people for these products to really be viable? Well, apparently I really didn't have my finger on the pulse of this one, because now everyone at least has a camera phone, if not a video phone, or a phone that plays MP3s. But I do have some positive expectations for the iPhone. I've never really owned a cellphone I would describe as overly complicated, but I have never handled one for which all the functions are intuitive. I hate having to dig around a bunch of similarly named menus just to turn my ringer down, or put the phone in manner mode. I'm hoping the iPhone will have a super slick and super easy to use design that will hopefully inspire other cell phone makers to work on their own designs. Basically, I want a design so intuitive, that my mother could pick it up and have a grasp of all of its functions in a short amount of time.

did you ever sell your Apollo?

Still jealous. If today I was forced at gunpoint to buy a strictly redbook player in this price range, it would be a Saturn. Glad you are still enjoying it.

Thanks for sharing your experiences, I'll take this advice and apply it. The 6sn7 was definitely not new, probably had many hundreds of hours on it (it came with the amp, was used by previous owner). The 5687s were newer, but I'd been using them for about three weeks, so around 50 hours, give or take. Newb question: when you say burn in the tubes for 100 hours at full current before use, do you mean playing music through them, or just leaving them on with some cans plugged in, with the volume turned up?

Right on, thanks for the feedback. So far, it hasn't blown any of the Senns, and it sounds fine. I'm using different tubes now, but the tubes I had in before had been fine for a good month, great sound, no splodin' grados. Is it possible that a tube that had been operating fine could suddenly "do some wonky shit" all of the sudden, to use aerius's terms? anyway, gtg, just got a great offer on myspace to check out nude pics of this hot chick. man, she must be real pissed at her ex-boyfriend!!

Are these the replacement modules I've read about? In a recent thread over at HF, a recent buyer of the GS-1 said Justin would provide these modules free to him when they were released. $175 value, IIRC. Pretty sweet way to keep sales up. I like that the GS-1 has two inputs as well. This is a must have feature for me now that I use two sources regularly.