Pars

Happy Birthday Justin!

^ Good idea! Me: 2012 Mac Mini (6.2), i7 Quad, 4Gb RAM, 1T HDD. Bought in Feb. this year from Apple store refurbs. Problems I have are slow startup, log-in, etc. Once stuff is running it seems pretty quick. What upgrade would bring the most bang for the buck? 1) 16Gb RAM 2) 250Gb Samsung EVO SSD 3) '??? Thanks for any input.

Holy crap x2! Good luck!

Good one Dusty! I didn't mention that the DAC was modded by Stan Warren, for whatever that is worth. It seems that the consensus is to pass on this as a trade?

The Stratos (which Reks has) runs these quite well. The larger full range ribbons were somewhat the reason that Krell came into being though, hence the nuclear power amp comment My brother used a Class D Audio SDS-254 that he and I built after he blew up his Counterpoint. He liked the Class D better than the Stratos with the Apogees, and better than a pair of Bel Canto Ref 1000 he borrowed from a friend. I have this amp as well and it is available, also cheap. The power supply was upgraded with Panasonic TSHA caps IIRC (I soldered them in).

Thanks for the thoughts. The Monarchy uses PCM63-Ks, which I think are still pretty well thought of. The particular unit has been modded by Stan Warren, and he was going to include some power cord (Tek-Line?) as well. The power cord has little value to me, but I thought the DAC would be easier to ship (and pack) than the speakers. Reks, really cheap if you can swing the Apogees! Shoot me a pm if interested.

Happy Birthday!

My brother left his Apogee Centaur speakers with me to sell when he left for South America. I've had an ad on US Audio Mart for quite awhile, and while it has attracted some responses (including 1 local, but couldn't meet up the same night he was looking at some Maggies), has not resulted in getting rid of these for my brother. I just got an offer for a trade for a Monarchy m22A, plus some Tek Line power cord. Anyone have an opinion on this DAC? It certainly would seem easier to sell for something without requiring me to pack or crate the speakers (dude would come and pick them up). Thanks for any input! p.s. And I know this is more like a bar... I am drinking a Sierra Nevada right now

Great Mike! Keep at it, it will get somewhat easier and you will find yourself riding longer and farther!

Try some anti-seize compound on the threads (or at least grease) when you put them on. Remember that the non-drive side is left-hand thread. Shop? WTF is that

Ouch! Is that current? If so, where?

Man. you're getting old Dan. Maybe even fat and slow like me And you always ride into the wind outbound, or pay the price later. Sub downhill/uphill for wind as may be.

^ Ain't that the truth! Nice move Al Me: a week ago, took Tuesday off and played golf with a good friend at a nice course. We wound up getting 36 holes in with an 11:00 am start, beat the storms home that night (for the most part). Had some good beers on the course (some brought with); Revolution A Little Crazy and some Two Brothers Sidekick. Had a great time.

If it was Firestone Walker brewery, that'd be a different thing...

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Brent! Hope you and the kids have a good time!

Happy Birthday!

Just curious on the appeal/purpose of the belt drive? Seems like an expensive "fix" for something that isn't a problem? Could be missing something of course...

Thanks all! Had a really nice one, other than working until mid-afternoon. And no reality warp; yet...

must.... re... compute....

Happy Birthday!

Kick (in the nuts) Starter... skanky IMHO

Happy Birthday Ari!

What's it got for gears/shifters on it? I fixed a friend's mtn type bike that had 7 speed Shimano. It was the type that the click shifter and brake lever were built into the same assembly, and his would not shift in front either. I did take his apart (near parts explosion), but later figured out it was just solidified lube causing the problem, and probably could have fixed it with a bunch of WD40 or similar. Once I got it cleaned out, I just re-lubed it with some Superlube, and still working fine several months later).

Happy Birthday Shelly! Hope it was a good one!