Eric5676

^^ I like this. And again, it means a lot coming from someone like yourself that I know has gone through a LOT of gear firsthand trying to find that thing that's "just right" for you.

It is. I confess I might have a little bit of it myself but I tend to temper it with some pretty outrageous fence sitting and even some buyer's guilt that I can feel BEFORE actually buying something. It gets interesting.

I'm a lightweight. I drink a couple of cups in the morning of Folger's Black Silk with a little Milk and a pack of Equal per cup. I'm not sure I could say this is coffee is "mild" with a straight face although it may as well be water vs. Espresson and stuff like that. This is pretty much the only caffeine I take. Rest of the day it's juice and water. Soda I rarely drink. Since you can always control how much you use, I'd just pick a leading brand and see which flavor description suits you and go from there.

All too true. You're probably right. Throw out the first part of my previous post.

So PWD owners: How are you doing these days? Are you all still happy with your units? If you had to do it over again, would you? Why or why not? The reason I'm asking is because in my information overload runs I've seen some interesting mixed feedback where some owners end up putting their units up on Audiogon and move on to "better things" while of course others continue to be very satisfied.

^^ Great post. Thanks for the information. Antelope Zodiac + Arrived | Computer Audiophile Some folks are starting to tinker and put out some new impressions at last. Someone here is putting out numbers as it relates to the XLRs on the Zodiac Plus. review33.com - ? Some pictures and odds and ends. Slowly but surely data and firsthand accounts are starting to trickle out.

A lot of vile hate and insanity.

Best guess: Demand vs. R&D costs.

I did a lot of hit and run skimming at best. Enough to where I got some good laughs.

Scary stuff. Any crazy person and lowlife really can get on the Internet. It's the wild west.

I'm forever spoiled by PC gaming myself. I do have a PS3 that I use for the occasional odds and ends like a Red Dead Redemption, which I sorely hope Rockstar reconsiders and brings to the PC down the road, but otherwise it's all PC for me.

Thou hast chosen wisely.

Nice work. It really has gotten a lot easier to DIY with a PC then it used to be. Even I almost couldn't screw it up now if I tried, and that's saying something. It can't be overstated: If you shop smart and can build it yourself you really do save a lot of money.

Go. Preferably with some kind of hidden camera and mic. I'm amazed Audiogon hasn't taken that down yet. I'd love to see some of the responses that post has fielded by now.

Maybe I have the wrong attitude about this but ideally I believe in an "open box" policy. What I mean by that is: Regardless of manufacterer, small or large, at some point during a review process there should be interior shots of the equipment provided. That way folks that are well informed on hardware like yourself or any number of folks around here (can't include myself) could look at those interior shots and swim right past any flowery marketing to the truth: Is it a $<$1000 piece of gear masquerading as a $3500 one or is it the real deal? Unfortunately I know the very first downside to my concept is: You leave yourself wide open to con artists who will rip your designs off and turn around and sell eerily similar equipment 8-12 months later with an appreciable markup. Why does that sound familiar to me?

He's guilty of everything he's ranting and railing against.

Waaaaaaay at the bottom of that phone book is this: DakiOm - The Power of True Sound - Audio Accessories For Improving The Sound Quality of Audio Systems. Discover Dakiom Feedback Stabilizers! Some DIY amp kit or something? Beats me. Some sound stabilizer thing. You know you're in trouble when you see something like this: Only. And so on.

Maybe the stuff he's smoking? Some $79 piece of scrap metal that no one in their right mind would buy and he knows it deep down in his heart. It's worth it for a laugh. Take it in pieces and skim it. This has to be the most crazy rant of a "sale" I've ever seen. How many times does the word "stupid" of a variant thereof show in this mess? In all CAPS of course, because he's really angry and upset and he wants us to feel his angst. The more I look this thing over the more I laugh. I might preserve it before Audigon takes it down. I probably shouldn't laugh. This is the kind of person that might go out and go postal or something with this kind of meltdown.

Um...I realize I'm probably not the most experienced person in sales of all time but: Does he really think that's going to make people want to buy something from him? Not seeing it. Hell, that's downright disturbing. Audiogon ought to shut that mess down.

I didn't do that part but I did do the sig.

Done.

Not the most awe inspiring early first impressions of a product I've ever seen. Hope it ends up working out for you better than this would seem to indicate.

LOL

Certainly fair enough. I know you're making a generous exception to the norm here and I appreciate it.

Mucho gracias, senior.