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Empirical Audio Offramp. They are currently up to version 4 which now supports 44.1/88.2/176.4kHz, and 48/96/192kHz on two separate clocks. USB in, S/PDIF, AES/EBU, and I2S out. I heard an older version (V2?? along with some other Emprical gear) at a national meet and really liked it. http://www.empiricalaudio.com/products/off-ramp-converter

I'm with you and Boo. In my half-dreamy post-daylight-savings-time adjustment bus ride this morning I was contemplating how I could get myself on a plane and go help. I think I'd be better off just donating but I'd rather do more. On the other hand I just don't know how I'd react pulling bodies out of the surf.

Bieber and hallucinogenics. Now I see the match.

Fitz - Happy Birthday young man. Here is a birthday Haiku. Day of birth. No Joke. Laughter required. Rock some tunes! New headphones await.

Thanks for the ongoing reviews. I swear when I get through my diy builds I'm gonna cough up the long green for an EC. Can't wait.

After a bit of poking around, it appears that the WD Smartware encryption is just standard AES encryption. The Smartware seems to be a backup and maintenance tool that uses AES encryption. Here's some text from WD: After configuring the software the very first time you boot up the drive, SmartWare will run automatically (if you allow it), providing an automatic and continuous “backup and drive management” solution. The software comes built-in, i.e. it resides on a separate partition on the hard drive, but the auto-backup can be disabled. As for the “safer” attributes of the new drives, each one comes equipped with WD Drive Lock – password protection + 256-bit hardware encryption. Once the password is set, the owner (or anyone who knows the pw) is the only person who can access the data. If the password is lost, there is NO way to retrieve it because the password is never shared with Western Digital in any capacity. Beyond the password, every bit of data stored on the drive is protected by 256-bit AES encryption. In other words, without the password, the data is basically impossible to access. Might sound a bit over the top, but WD said they wanted to err on the side of total security. Lots of marketing reselling AES drive security if you ask me. That's from this page. So I don't think their encryption is any better than regular AES. Also, here's the link to wikipedia for AES Enctryption. Additionally, I'm with oranges: the hospital probably has rules and regulations to govern this. I think you're being a great help. The fact they think it's "more than adequate" tells me they might be seeing it as better, which it isn't. It also might mean they see that it has standard AES and that is more than adequate. Good luck. Tread carefully!

And those people with the white earbuds...they're going to hear the difference? Ha! Marketing wins again. Chalk up another one for Apple's insanity.

Happy Birthday, Nate. May all your solder joints be shiny. May all your capacitors measure at exactly their rating. May all your casework line up as it does in your mind. And may the year ahead be wonderful. No, it doesn't rhyme. Havd a beer or two. It will after that.

We defionitely need more people around like this who like to mod and tweak and think about what would make something better audio-wise. RIP.

Not a Crack, just crack. Bottlehead is what got me completely in to DIY and tube audio, God bless 'em. Enjoy the ride, Tyll.

Happy Bday, Dan. Have a great day!

The review also say Srajan has "Inner-ear" headphones. Surgical implants?

Sweet! Nice work, guys! I was guessing Sota...

Awesome. Any guess what that turntable is?

Jebus. Nice work, Pars! And BTW, that PS board is quite the trainwreck.

This has traditionally been a PITA for Seattle-area meets. That, along with finding locations which are free to use. These two items just don't go together very well. So yeah: take charge and put your own stamp on the meets cee tee. I know it's not always easy (after having put together a bunch of seattle meets.) The fact that you seem to be getting payments is excellent. The people up here just don't want to or understand why one would want to. It defies me.

Get off the table you little fucker. Momma didn't wash that tablecloth for you to wipe your feet on.

Congrats all around. This should be the "hey isn't this accomplishment cool" thread. Go team! As for me: Java homework.

That would be a great cd to leave in someone's player at a meet.

JH13

YEAH! When I got my speakers really locked in, I listened to that release. The Ferrari is brilliant. For me right now: Still amazing.

Should I be able to edit my member title? Or do I need to send money to someone first? The option does not appear on my profile page(s). Thanks.

My point is this: why are they doing it at all? Time is money, and in this case, it is taxpayer money. With all the problems states need to solve, why bother with something so frivolous and useless? Wouldn't it be nice if they wre working on something that was actually useful? Where is the benefit to the people who pay them? Meanwhile, in Japan:

Your tax dollars at work. Nice to see govt business as usual.

Last weekend I had a chance to try the ESW9's with the Ventus. Wow, that's a nice combination. The Ventus drove the 42 ohm 'phones really well. Source was my ancient DVP-S9000. Good power, lots of control, good bass.