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I can beat that price, if you order over 10,000, and you want those crappy shirts... You can get the same breathability out of a similar weight 50-50 WITHOUT all the shirinking and fading that 100% hanes shit gives you. Oh, and the ends won't roll up like hanes or most 100% cotton cheap shirts do over time. Sometimes, it benefits you to spend $1-2 extra per shirt. FWIW, Gap Inc(that includes Old Navy and Banana Republic), BARELY gets thier shirts at those good of prices, and I have access to the same shirt vendor they use. And they're ordering in the amounts of millions. So umm...yeah, I can beat any price, if you give me a high enough quantity.

Those shirts are junk, lol. I can't beat that(mainly due to amount of screens needing to be burned), but I don't use trash shirts like Hanes.

Shouldn't it be "MAT" member of a trade...cause I'm not a member of the audio industry trade Just tossin it out there...lol.

FWIW, I run a clothing company, so if you DO decide to make these shirts, I have no minimums and can definitly beat any internet or printer price. Made on high quality 50/50 shirts, cotton, or any thickness kinda hoody you'de want...well, anything really. I can put it on whatever you want clothing wise. Screen print, heat transfer, embroidery, it's all done in house. We have a 5 head printing press and a 7 head embroidery machine which can also do hats and beanies. I can do all over prints as well because I have LARGE screens. My websites: http://www.getlocalized.com (in serious need of an update) http://www.fitforkingsclothing.com (FFK,not quite up yet, but there's a little video on there) myspace pages: http://www.myspace.com/getlocalized http://www.myspace.com/oicdn http://www.myspace.com/localnate We're saving all of our higher end FFK stuff for our debut(polos, button ups, reversable hoodies, etc)which may air soon on MTV, so there's not really much to show on that site yet as I don't want to give anything away. But it's dope. Meh...

Now...lets all wait to see all the massive amounts of "was head-fi down?" posts when it's back up and running. Also, all the bitching that shit is missing, and they're "omg, so glad it's back up, I was going crazy!!!!"

Hmm, see, lower end is where I'll be, lol. I'm looking to stay at under $2K. 3000 hours....I don't watch TV but like 4 hours a day max...so 3K hours is a decent life. So I'm still kinda stuck between what to get. I can get bigger for cheaper with DLP, but at the same time, I dunno if I really NEED bigger. I barely watch TV, that, and I could never hang up a DLP on the wall. Well, I could, but it'd look like shit, lol. Maybe I should just spend $700 and get a 1080p projector with a dece screen.

Who has experiance here? I've been in the market for a lil while, and since I'll be sitting about 2-3m away, I figure the resolution isn't that important since I'll be in the 40-44" range. Most likely in the lower range. Well, that's according to this chart atleast: http://s3.carltonbale.com/resolution_chart.html Now, I've pretty much ruled out LCD due to it's trailing and blacks. I know there are fan boys out there who will dispute otherwise ("the only time it's noticeable is when you have a huge pioneer elite, blah blah blah"), but I think the difference is fairly marginal, on any of the TV's I've looked at. I like the idea of LCD being lighter and less energy consuming, but that's really about it. After staring at a plasma screen for awhile, going to even a 5ms LCD was kinda funky for me. So how do the modern slim DLPs fare against these two? I see that you can get about 10 more inches for the same price as a plasma or LCD for the same price AND it be 1080p. Judging by some of the demo's I've seen at the big retailers it seems like they're fairly identical, and DLP has come a long way. How is the half-life in comparison? I know 1080p is 1080p, but actual output is different. I've seen a 1080p projector on a nice screen, and it was wasn't as crisp as the same size LCD or plasma. Brilliant contrast, but not as crisp.

I'm in the "6 month old kid" boat right now. I can tell you bro, spending the extra money on DR. BROWN BOTTLES was more than worth the investment. We found out he wasn't colick, but he was lactose intolerant, so we had to switch his formula to that Nutramigen $$$ stuff. We likely wouldn't have been able to find out that was the problem if we didn't have those bottles. He's never pissed off from gas cause those bottles are the shit. He also has only thrown up TWICE since he was born, and it was my fault cause I was tossing him around in the air playing. Not to mention, he sleeps from 9pm-10am, with only ONE wake-up at 6am for a diaper change and feeding(buying GOOD diapers are also a godsend, no leaking and they hold more crap/piss). Those bottles are like magic. Seriously, go get them. Those plastic bag bottles or Playtex or Advent bottles are trash....DR. Brown ftw and nothing else....never looked back and I've never lost a night of sleep.

I was wondering what you meant. I chose to leave it alone, incase it was something completely obvious, lol.

Yeah...been on there for a lil while. So those of you that do, how many of you actually shim? Or do you just replace the foam and be done with it? The funky looking paper mache' dustcap looks to be fine, but the surrounds are completely gone.

Too good to be true...although the Marantz's are in perfect shape, the Advents need to be refoamed. I finally got around to taking off the burlap cover. I'm just curious now, if the coil is damaged from it being sagged for possibly/likely a LONG time. There's literally NO FOAM, just coil and dustcap. The red tweeter above though, looks fine. Well, I guess the cosmetic condition kinda had me assuming on the Advents. There's only one cosmetic flaw on the cabinets, and it's actually on the burlap cover, it has a snagged string. Otherwise, mint. Well, maybe 9/10 for you really discerning folk. How hard is it to refoam one of those? Or would it be better for me to just get new drivers?

I honestly didn't even notice the Advents till I started putting the Marantz's in the van. When I noticed they were Advents, I about crapped my pants. I've been looking for some dece ones for a long time. Pretty stoked.

Different strokes I guess. I have KSC35's and 75's, and although a BIG step up from buds, they still didn't have enough coloration, errr, punch for for my tastes. Really great neutral cans though, just not my flavor..

Bringing my pops back from the airport, and tomorrow is trash day. I'm driving down my street when I see some speakers, a large bunch of electronics rather, sitting on the side of the road. My house is like 8 houses down, so I decide to just go home grab the cargo van and drive back by and if they're even decent, I'll pick them up. So, what do I find? I'll let the crappy pics speak for themselves (GF has the camera, so I had to use my phone). They are: Marantz SP 2050 The Smaller Advent Loudspeaker Air Suspension Quadra Linear Horn System All the speakers are in MINT condition. Foam and everything is MINT. Hopefully the dew that was starting to build-up on them didn't damage anything. When I stopped, I figured the centers would be pushed in , or need to be refoamed. Nopes. All of them are in great shape. I was expecting the larger speakers to be some white van speaker, or at most something like Pioneer or whatever. Now I know it may not be a TOTL speaker, but a dece find none the less...FREE. I grabbed those other horn speakers cause frankly, they looked cool, and they were the other speakers out there in good shape. I have no idea what they are or have never heard of them before. It says the model is "KDD-R W". My googling found nothing. Pretty sweet find though. The other electronics and stuff there was what appeared to either be remodeling/purging of audio equipment, or his wife got mad and threw his stuff on the curb cause the stands and shelving were all broken. Doubtful though, cause it was all neatly placed. I was looking to get some smaller speakers for my room, but now that I have these Advents....I won't need to buy anything. I haven't powered them up yet, cause it's 11:15pm here and I don't want to wake anybody, and I have to get up at 5am tomorrow, but I thought I would just share my find. And if anybody is able to lend me any info on the speakers, feel free to post them here! Especially those funky looking air suspension ones....

Worth a listen? I have the chance to get one of these for fairly cheap at $279. http://www.consumer.philips.com/consumer/en/us/consumer/cc/_productid_MCD908_37_US_CONSUMER/DVD-Micro-Theater+MCD908-37 Reads that it has "Hi-Fi tubes". Although it doesn't say which ones, you think it roll-able? Also, it has HDMI slots, and a 720p and 1080i output abilities. Doesn't sound like a bad deal for $279... Even at the $459 street price, it doesn't sound like it'd be a bad deal. Anybody hear one of these?

Have the opportunity to get a 16gb version. Right now I'm fairly content running my 2gb Nano/Hornet combo, but wondering if the line-out of the touch is superior the the line-out of the 1st Gen Nano with the Wolfson DAC. I read somewhere on head-fi and other places that Apple has cleaned up the LOD portion of the docks with minimal PCB traces and a clean signal. I just can't remember if the touch was part of that "cleaning up". The only advantages the touch (DAP wise, no other features taken into consideration) would have over my Nano would be the storage space with the SQ. So is it a worthwhile upgrade? Or should I just stick with my Nano? If anything, I may pick it up for the GF for xmas....

Although, they sound like POOP when they're fresh out the box. I'm not too big a believer in burn-in, but these did change quite substantially in 1000 hours. Cleaner, tighter, and not as boomy. I just left them plugged in for a month, and every other day listened, and at each time, the changed were subtle, but I'll never forget how it sounded out of the box....blech. I actually have a fairly significantly modded Kramer'd KSC75, the only thing missing is a recable, as it has a screen, the thicker foam, blue tack, etc. Although it sound really airy by comparison, it sound a little shrill on some songs, and doesn't have the bass that the Mallows do...in any respect. But meh...to each thier own.

Seems kinda like the DIY version of the iMod. Seeing as how it removes the PCB board traces, replaces caps, etc. But instead of using the HP jack, it still uses the dock connection. http://ipastudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2905 Seems like it could be fairly easily done on your own. I haven't seen the pics myself, as I'm not a member of ipastudio, but this was on another forum, and was curious if any of you DIYers did this? how do you think this SQ wise compares to the iMod? "Will it sound as good as my meridian CDP????" lol.

So I guess you failed to point out the part where I said "I personally could care less what it's classified as..." before the bold in the last sentance. I guess you also failed to read that I DID buy an amp that was aesthetically plain, and all performance, and was a DIY design to boot. Nice. I like people that only read what they want to read. Point I was making with that last portion of the post you bolded is, regardless of HOW little you show it, you like to have aesthetically nice looking things, even if it DOES play #2, 3, 4 or 908763249875639876 to sound quality(or whatever it pertains to). If you didn't like nice looking things, and cared STRICTLY on performance or practicality in everything, you'de have a really ugly wife with an awesome personality and ride a bicycle to work cause it's the best for the environment, keeps you in shape, has the cheapest maintenance and you don't have to worry about rising gas prices. Hey look, I can be a fecetious fuck too /end crap

That's what I said at the very beginning... I chose the $50 option. Why? Cause I didn't need the charging circuit OR the metal case cause it was going to be in a bag at all times....that's called smart shopping. Wink Not pointed at either of you, but a perfect example of people not reading and jumping on the lynching wagon. I personally AM for function over form and could care less what's classified as what....95% of the time. That other 5% of the time is when I can either afford it or make it pretty myself. And that 5% only comes around 5% of the time, lol.

FUnny thing is...to the general public...they do.

I never said it couldn't.... So a DIY designed piston head, connecting rod, main bearings, motorcycle rearsets, fabricated turbo kits, home speakers, DIY TT....hmm, I think I've seen alot of DIY things, ESPECIALLY outside of the realm of headphones. If anything, that's the MAIN place I've seen "diy". I've just been fortuneate enough to have been spoiled by those DIY things being done by a machine (CNC) and other parts being pieced together for an end product. See above Because, the parts are fabricated from scratch, i.e. raw Reynolds tubing cut, madrel bent, welded and finished to parts self designed and assembled from a CNC machine. Just because he has the tooling available doesn't make it any less DIY. Everything was made from scratch, even at times, the ball bearings themselves because he couldn't find the appropriate size. He is essentially DOING IT HIMSELF FROM SCRATCH. See above. umm...see above again. I'm ALL FOR doing it myself and saving money whenever possible. But personally, if it's not cost effective and feasible for MYSELF(time, experiance, and knowledge), I would rather buy from somebody, either building it for me, or from a manufacturer to save myself the headaches. Sometimes it is. Your statement right there, as sarcastic as it is, is the answer. If somebody can make the end product AESTHETICALLY look better for within reason for slightly more money, that IS what seperates them. If you would have taken the time to read, you woulda saw that I said from a CONSUMER POV, aesthetics are sometimes important. And alot of times, aesthetics are what seperates the "diy" from the manufacturer. Shit, look at Ray, he has overpriced cMoys....they sell because they're in a nice case. Does it make them any better? No. But you can see, aesthetics(price) made it "high end". As for the "lol", I really am chuckling at that point. No hard feelings...this isn't head-fi, lol.

Altmann is an example of a company who doesn't use a case. I was using 'DIY' as an example cause it's a bit more popular for it to be left "naked". Stop taking everything so literal, it's annoying. When I was saying "internal matching the externals", it meaning, the exterior should looks just as HQ as the boutique parts are inside of it...again, taken out of context/taken literally. I was referring to a plastic case, because well, lets see, your DIY amps are housed in what? Plastic or metal hammond cases. Graham Slee's amps are in a portables plastic case....remember his beta amp that mrarroyo posted? It was SLAMMED because the case/switch holes looked very DIY, and it was just a beta!

I hear ya...but alot of people CAN'T build and buy a DIY design, like the ones you listed. And unfortuneatly, some of the builders use cheap-ass-wanker parts and it as a whole, makes the whole DIY amp a sour view, especially if they use the WRONG parts, but same general lay-out. Obviously the buyer has no fucking clue of the specifics of what they're buying into other than a DIY design that somebody has to build because they can't built it themselves, and they've heard "dat Beta double-duece is mad tyte soundin yo!".... If I could EFFECTIVELY build my own amp I would, and aside from the browsing of boards, I don't really have that much time on my hands. I built a cMoy once, and was exceedingly proud of myself, lol. Worked good for what it was. However, I didn't like the sound, and sold it for a commercial offering. And I'm willing to bet, the general unbeknowing noob will associate that cMoy sound/quality, with most anything DIY....

Nice how that was kinda thrown out of context, but I get the point. I shouldn't have lumped the DIY all together. Aesthetics included. But it was a general statement I should have elaborated on. But for the most part, alot of the DIY projects have generic cases, or no cases at all. I understand that there is a bit of esoteric aura around that, but the bottom line is, it looks incomplete. Hi-end is a perceived value(mostly of a commecrial context), as evident by this thread. It is of my opinion, that the externals should match the internals. I'm well aware of subtleness, etc, but from a consumers POV, if you're spending a large sum of money, and you get a plastic case, chances are, you're a little irked, and will end up venting on a forum like this one. I don't care how good it sounds. You'de be complaining if you spend a large sum of money, and got a crap fit and finish. As for the karting, just because it is a mass produced frame/part DOES NOT necessarily mean there's R&D (hell, look at RSA, lol). Granted, majority have R&D behind them, but also, many companies take the designs of PROVEN working models and just improve upon it simply because they have the resources. I can honestly say that I don't have a heavy background in karting, but a buddy does.. He has a CNC lathe and 4D machine in his garage (had his entire house rewired to accept the machines in his garage) and one offs many motorcycle and karting parts. I know simply from his abilty to cnc parts at his discretion, there have been companies who have observed his designs and actually bought his ideas from seeing the performance at the races. R&D is important, but it's not everything, as evidenced by him. He's a one man show and does karting as a hobby, it's kinda the reason I used him as an example.