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All the providers have what is called asymmetrical service, hence the (much) lower upload speeds. They don't like talk of symmetrical service, though some do provide it at a much higher price. I don't believe current cable technologies can offer symmetrical service as their upstream bandwidth is more or less an afterthought.

I could be wrong, but viewing this as part of the recording chain: the microphone(s) pick up the sound waves and convert to an electrical representation, normally ~20-20KHz. From this point until the signal is reconverted back to sound waves, ideally that same flat 20-20KHz is maintained. As mentioned, most electronics are very flat (or can be); the microphone or any transducer won't be, but in general strives to be barring special circumstances. So, an amplifier or other electronic device that is not flat could be viewed as a tone control.

Congrats Stretch!

Same sentiment Fitz (and Steve, and Shelly). Tyll really needs to leave the lingerie at home... my effin' eyes

I was still planning to build up a pair of the boards I have as drop-in/swap-in replacements for my Dynahi (still uncased ). I could use a BOM as well. Mine are the thru-hole boards.

That sucks Jeff! Hopefully the protection units did their job <<crosses fingers>>

Did anyone who listened to this amp at CJ try different phones with it? I was meaning to, but got sidetracked and never did. My brother wants me to build this for use with his K501s. Rated impedance of these is 120 ohms.

It was great to meet everyone, and I would echo Ryan's thoughts which were much more eloquent than anything I could write. It takes a big person to put themselves out there to possible rejection or what not. This is a very special community, so I don't think you will find that here.

It was really great to meet all of you, and it was our pleasure to host this. Thanks to all the volunteers also, as you made our jobs much easier. Had a great time, especially Saturday nite!

and Saturday?

Duggeh, I have a Nokia charger, but it is marked OutputDC 5.7V, 800mA. Higher voltage and current, its gotta sound better, right? I can bring it if you want. Otherwise, I'll theoretically* have one of those lithium charger dealies with me. * assuming I don't forget it

And here I thought someone was just warming this thread up for this weekend

Marketing likes saying such things

I'd 3rd Colin's advice, and elaborate slightly. Connect the shield to the outer ring on one end only. The end with the shield connected is normally used on the source end of the cable. Looks like a nicely constructed plug.

Too bad about his passing yesterday. I can't believe his wife, which he was in divorce proceedings with, actually tried to tell the judge that he wasn't as sick as he was making out to be. If you saw him on Hollywood Blvd., you could see he was pretty frail. RIP Dennis.

Yeow! Hope you are feeling better (and are better) as well!

Thanks for all of your hard work on these Ed... they look great!

x3.

I haven't heard either the McCormack or the Ety's, but both seem to have a rep as solid performers. The Rotel I am familiar with. It uses 2xPCM63 DACs with a PMD100 digital filter. The PMD100 is still very well thought of as are the PCM63s. The output stage can be improved (greatly), but it is a solid CDP. Spritzer had one of these; I have an RCD-991 which is similar (but larger), which I really like.

^ Please don't... I'm not much of a hockey fan, but Chicago needs to win something sometime

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Late 19th century/early 20th century symphonic would be good. Mahler, Shostakovitch, Stravinsky etc. A couple of recordings that I have that are good: Holst/The Planets [url=http://www.amazon.com/Holst-Planets-Gustav/dp/B0000041S7/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1274290533&sr=1-3]Amazon.com: Holst: The Planets: Gustav Holst, Charles Dutoit, Montr

Thanks all! Had a pretty nice day and took it pretty easy, other than the bike ride.

Was looking forward to meeting you; hopefully this will change