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Oh. I see no line outs available. And I'm wondering how that slider would do if the unit were rolling around in a coat pocket.

Wildly retro looking. It has the design elements of 1960's audio and Mattel's handheld Football ca. 1976. Still, the glory in the guts is pretty surprising. "Different pushrod operating experience." I love translations. So who's gonna be first? I like the idea of something that small for work/commute. I really don't have a lot of space here...

Sleek by 50 sounds like it's only 50% good. To me.

maybe he's busy

Like?

No kidding. That Celine Dion-looking person is too obtrusive.

Ouch that. As for Michael Allen, he just sent me an email reply. I guess I have to remember that in much of the world, people just don't worry a lot about email. There is other work to do. Here is what he wrote: FX Tube DAC Specifications Inputs : 1 x coaxial 1 x toslink 1 x USB PC digital input Audio outputs : 1 x pair gold plated RCA outputs D/A converters: Texas Instruments PCM1793 USB Transceiver: CM102S Tubes: 2 x 12AX7 Frequency response:10Hz to 70KHz (±1dB) THD: <0.02% Tube Out(1kHz) SNR: 80dB Dynamic Range: 113dB Supported digital input upsampling frequencies: 32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz Audio output upsampling:Fixed 24 bit 192kHz Power consumption: <25W Dimensions: (H x W x D) 52 x 215 x 191mm (2.0 x 8.6 x 7.6") Weight: (net) 6.2 lbs., 2.8 kg Finishes: Silver / Black

Me, too. We could throw a twig and a leaf in there and see if they eat anything.

I'm not sure where that could have taken place. Anywhere he would have been kept captive would be bomb bait for his followers. Still, it would have been interesting to see him in the custody of someone he hated.

Outstanding. Burn, Osama. The handful of bullets you ate were worth more than your pathetic, psychopathic life.

Is that epic sax guy with a hair color job on the right? Must've been a long show...

I see a trend forming for the new Jolida. Bummer. I don't think it's a fluke fastlane.

I sent a polite email to Jolida about the supposed specs. After two days, I am also unimpressed with their lack of response.

Of all the values posted at Jolida, that one puzzled me the most. It seems it would be fairly simple to implement Class A, right? That might bring the distortion numbers down some.

I know. I was thinking that might be due to the tubes. Not sure. I found this. Includes some crappy cellphone pics of the internals. He has left the thread hanging so who knows. Sounds like the build quality was iffy, but that happens once on a while.

Yet another futher different dac. Seems like a decent product, the Joloda Glass FX tube dac. I agree, the name is a little pretentious. I have a Jolida tuner here somewhere, the JD 402. (Out of production now.) After digging around, there were a few places for a while that offered some upgrades to the unit, which caught my attention. And when I got inside it myself, I saw that yes, there were some obvious things to change that would be both easy and useful. For starters, caps, wiring, wire routing, tubes, etc. So on to the tube dac. A standard round of questions apply. Anyone heard it? Anyone have one? Anyone think this is a great/crappy buy? I'm asking since there are very few reviews of this unit online. The price seems decent at ~$375. For any DIYer it might also hold some "ultold riches" once it's been hotrodded... Thanks. (I am adding the upgrade items for the tuner here just to give an idea what might be able to be done with the dac....) This is Underwood Hi-Fi's ungodly price for upgrades on the old tuner. $400! Jebus. Here is the list. (Thank God I can do these on the cheap all by meself) New Jolida JD-402 tube tuner modification Jolida JD-402 Level-1 mod - $790 plus freight ($400 retrofit) - Our Level-1 mod installs 4 x small EAR brand compliant Sorbothane isolation feet 2 sheets of SoundCoat chassis damping material 3 feet of DH Labs 23-gauge pure 99.999% silver signal wirewith foamed Teflon tape-wrap dielectric 2 x Auricap signal path metalized polypropylene coupling capacitors 3 x Soeln feedback coupling and power supply decoupling metalized polypropylene film capacitors 12 x Kiwame brand carbon-film 0.5 and 1-watt signal path resistors TRT WonderSolder used throughout 3.5 hours labor

Career dead. Actually dead. Career dead.

It's definitely wearing me down. I see other students in the same program just struggling with the continued push. Getting my life back will be sweet. Yes, my little gem really helps me along. Outstanding!!!!!!! Send her my congratulations! A Masters earns high respect from me (well, everybody, really) There is definitely something to taking on more education in your 40s. I have so much more focus and can put together far more complex situations than I would have expected. Sure I curse and swear and flail my arms around sometimes. But I get away and re-approach and things fall into place. It's weird. Tyll, try it. Go take a class. You're a smart guy. You'll like it! I also say a thanks to you all out here. It's nice to swing by and find friends pulling for ya, electronics discussions, and an occasional hilarious newbie ban. You help my sanity as well.

All wines seem to have different oxidizing or wait times. To me, anyway. The Venturi can give a good boost to most pours and gets more air into the wine than swirling. You do need to pour straight and lift the bottle back straight. Pouring then turning the bottle to catch the drips will only pour a bunch out the airholes in the top (done that more than once.) I like mine. I think the best test would be to decanter half the bottle. Vacuum/seal it. Wait 4 hours. Pour two glasses, one from decanter, one from Venturi. Taste. Different?

2-fer. I'm almost there myself, budling my last machine in 2004 for the release of HL2.......! It soulds like you are enjoying your windows-only software, so I'd vote for a rebuild. Rebuilding will give you the new speed you need plus updates your hardware so that it doesn't crash at an inopportune moment. No, it wont help if you have a wonky OS, but do try W7. I hear it's durn stable. As for your monitor, I dumped my 17" CRT for a 24" LCD and have been more than pleased. You'll save on daily radiation doses and your power bill will likely be better as well. One last thing: getting new hardware with an old PS: watch out. New hardware might have higher power requirements and it might be enough to push your old one over the edge.

Second Quarter complete. Grade: A. More difficult and more time-consuming. 58 days left from today. I've started the third and final quarter and it's insane. Each week this quater we take in a major concept and a couple of smaller subconcepts. For instance, this week we're working on DTO, JNDI, Datasources. Those use contexts, namespacing, and message context. I spent the first part of Saturday just trying to find a way in to make a dent. My wife has been a trooper, keeping the bills paid, the fridge filled, and my sanity intact. I'll have to book a flight somewhere to reward her once it's over. Thanks for tuning in. I'm heading back under.

Just ran across this on lifehacker. New tool called Lightworks. Free, no less. Lightworks Article at Lifehacker

Holy crap.

But we will keep posting! Hope today turned out ok, Al. I'm sure all the events keep you from complete concentration, but that's just because you care about someone. Just remember: one day at a time. That's all we can do.