Knuckledragger

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6919298318909498564&hl=en

Sound Wave.

Another pair in cherry, ending in a couple days. I can, ahem, attest firsthand as to the quality of the cherry finish. My only objection to the Quads thusfar has been the overly bright blue LEDs. I'm going to have to cover them with a few layers of matte scotch tape. Ever since I got my GLite and DPS, I have appreciated how the LEDs are both not overly bright and somewhat recessed. I wish more audio designers would follow Justin's lead. I'm not a fan of being blinded by my electronics.

58mm circular polarizer 58mm FLD filter 58mm 812 warming filter 58mm ND 2 filter 77mm circular polarizer Lowepro Filter Pocket Total cost: $42, or about half the price of the 77mm CP if I bought it new.

Even larger version here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDW_Hj2K0wo

I dunno about the music, but that video was pretty cool. It reminded me of Donnie Darko, not furries.

I now have a pair of matching black 12L Active sitting on my desk. They're being feed directly via the balanced output of my Adcom GCD. This arrangement is suboptimal for a number of reasons, but it was simple, and there's not much in the signal path. It'll be weeks before I can offer any real insight into these things (I am ponderously slow at getting to know a piece of kit. I'll say this offhand, the Quads appear to be closer to the Gilmore "clear light of day" sound than the "beer goggling" of a Millett. I've already found one recording that I can't stand to listen to (the promo version of Kyuss - Sky Valley is mastered horribly.) The GLite + DPS perch quite nicely on the left speaker. I'll take pix ...real soon now. I've got to clean off my desk and get some of these building materials out of the kitchen before I even think of taking pictures.

Perique is some strong stuff. In my pipe smoking days, I mixed it with some other type of tobacco, usually English. I think I did smoke Latakia straight.

Managed to get out of bed and stack around 2/3 of a cord of wood. This is a fairly major accomplishment, as I've been seriously ill and mostly bed-ridden for the last 36 hours. I also took delivery of the replacement Quad 12L Active (hopefully black) and the shipping label for the cherry one. If all goes well, I'll get it in the mail tomorrow. For my next trick, I'm going to try to eat some solid food, and hopefully keep it down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfv28MNwyqg

I can get two people in focus @ F/2 with my 35mm quite often. To a lesser extent, with my 50mm as well. Thusfar with the 85mm, I've had some difficulty getting one cat completely in focus @ F/2: This is one of those instances in which both the fore- and background are quite fuzzy.

I have T-Mobile, I am eligible for a new phone in about two weeks. I for one am psyched by this development.