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Iowa beats Arizona. Go Hawks!

Yep. RIP.

I heard back from Chris (anatech) already. He is going to share my PM with the other mods and keep an eye on rhysh. I think he misunderstood my PM, thinking the F5 transaction was on head-fi, not on diyaudio, so I clarified that it was indeed a diyaudio transaction (I hope I got that right!). At any rate, we'll see what happens.

I know a mod there well enough to ask him about it, so I sent him a PM (anatech). Not sure how kindly they will view the feedback that you left for him there Duggeh, but I got a chuckle out of it

Apple Airport Express card for my G5 PM. Getting fucking tired of the unsupported Linksys card in here that I have to use WirelessUtilityCardBus from I don't remember who to connect. Under WPA, takes 4-10+ tries to get connected. Enough. Refurb (from Apple) computer had the antenna, so WTF. Resurrected my Linksys router a week ago (reset and reflashed it) after a couple of power outages during the day left it's line-side port not working. Thought I was going to have to ask for router recommendations and get the usual $180 Airport Extreme recommendations that were more than I wanted to spend at the time Is using 3rd party firmware (WRT54G series 4) worth it if you don't want to fuck with settings much? If so, which one?

Good. So when you decide it sucks, send the two TDA1541A-S2s to me and I'll send you some plain that you can stick in it before you get rid of it

very noice!

Happy Birthday! Good luck on the skank

U2 360 tour opening in Chicago (Sunday night) at Soldier Field. Impressive stage/lighting, etc., but the sound was bad... very loud, but bad. Bono's voice sounded very good (when the flabby bloated bass wasn't wreaking havoc on all), better than in 2001 when I had seen them previously. They didn't dwell on old material but played alot of the new CD... too bad they didn't play one of the last 4 songs that verge on acceptable from this On Saturday 7 of 23 were from the new CD. Even the old stuff they did Sunday couldn't get me going because of the sound, and oh yeah, the sound. setlist: Breathe No Line on the Horizon Get on Your Boots Magnificent Beautiful Day Still Haven't Found Elevation Your Blue Room Unknown Caller Until the End of the World Stay Unforgettable Fire City of Blinding Lights Vertigo I'll Go Crazy If I don't Go Crazy Tonight Remix Sunday Bloody Sunday MLK Walk On One Streets Ultraviolet With or Without You Moment of Surrender We didn't get there early enough to make it to our seats while Snow Patrol was playing. I haven't listened to them at all, other that what I have caught on the radio, but they sounded OK from within the stadium. Wouldn't have minded catching them, but misjudged traffic.

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Happy Birthday Deepak!

Its a physics thing regarding the BNC can do 75 ohms; RCAs can't. Has to do with the spacing of the center pin versus the shield I believe. Much gear isn't terminated correctly (if at all) anyhow, so just changing the connector will likely not have much effect. I've replaced the clock on a CDP and it made a big difference (not as big as the discrete output stage, but still big), so I do think that minimizing jitter is beneficial; I know alot of people consider it near snake-oil so will let it go at that.

Don't know if this will help or not for your project, but I looked at this guy's website before I made mine. Didn't follow his exactly, but I like them. Cotton Silver Interconnect Construction

I assume the passive pre is for your 2 channel rig? How about a pass-thru for the headphone amp to sit off of, taken before the passive's volume control? Or would this muck with impedances, etc.?

FTFY. Not that I, of team dead fucking cheap, would consider 1K or more a bargain for anything, but for this I could see it.

Hmmm. First thought was some weird insulated banana, but then I noticed 2 conductors each. These aren't some strange RCA plug variant are they? I can't tell from your pic, but do these have a sleeve like an RCA inside the insulation of that plug?

Yes, it is fine. It is the current rating that you need to pay attention to; that and whether it is fast blow or slow-blow. Most fuses seem to be 250V anyhow...

Because this isn't head-fi, and see post #1 regarding the original HD800 thread.

Thanks for the quick shipping Marc, but you could have waited til today to ship! And thanks for all of your efforts in this as I am sure it has taken up a fair chunk of time and worry.

Sorry for your loss, Vicki.

I don't doubt that SImaudio stuff is built well, but at their typical prices, not much chance of me ever forking out for one Even if it is effing MAJIC-32 and has a 32-bit Hyperstreamtm uber pissing all over everything I've always wanted to hear a Simaudio Andromeda (though it is probably getting a bit long in the tooth by now).

Played golf for the first time since surgery 8 weeks ago, and got to drink IPA while doing it. Parred the first two holes (should have birdied the 2nd) and a couple of others, but need to do some work at the range. All in all a great way to spend the day.

Some matched 3-pin thingies for a Dyna-thingie...

Transient is a quick event. In terms of sound, something like a drum hit would be a good example. When someone speaks of transients in relation to a driver (speaker or headphone), they are usually discussing the speed of the device.

What a POS! I'll send you an address that you should ship this to for disposal... The front would be more interesting, dood