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I'm curious, what's better about it? Is is more reliable, more performance, more features? What?

My download started off really slow. Then it suddenly sped up and finished the last 3/4's in much less time than it took the first 1/4. Maybe they put in fresh hamsters.

I bought a LinkSys wireless router/switch years ago. I had to update the firmware to get a feature I wanted, configured it and it has been running solidly ever since. It's shown exactly the kind of behavior I like from a product like this. You just "set it and forget it".

What do you expect? He is Belge after all.

I think he meant to ask if you were a SpaghettiO person.

What makes you think he was talking about food? Happy Birthday Jack. Enjoy the tasty morsels.

In that case, I'll be sure to wear my "Friends don't let friends drink 2 buck Chuck" t-shirt.

farfalle

Wait. Can't we get Greg to donate a couple of cases of wine? Then it would definitely be worth having.

David, great of you to do this. I'm in and can help as needed. Just let me know what you need me to do. I'd rather not have something that requires me to drive to LA though. Getting there once for the meet will be plenty. However, I've heard that tyrion is good at these kinds of things. You might want to ping him.

Definitely. Conditions there were pretty worthless for judging SQ. However, that doesn't change the chintzy feel of the controls in the amps. I didn't hear the headamp. There were always too many people hanging around it. I listened to the el84 based integrated amp. Fortunately, it doesn't matter to me. I'm not close to looking for a new source or amp.

The slide has already started. We need a "playing taps" emoticon.

'ya un pif aussi.

Baby carrots.

Two purchases Sunday at the LA/OC Audiophile meet from Hajime Sato of Eastwind Import: Stan Getz with Cal Tjader (xrcd2) Hiroko Kokubu, New York uncovered (xrcd2)

They did this in California a few years ago via the proposition mechanism. The bar owners fought against the proposition like hell. They were afraid that their business would die without the smokers. It got passed anyway. Lo and behold, the bars' business doubled. It seems that the smoke was keeping non-smokers away from bars. Duh. Run for your life as fast as you can. Now, before it's too late.

Actually, it's two boxes. One is the power supply. Frank used to be a cabinet maker. The woodwork is magnificent and consists of ebony and Australian lacewood. It definitely has the "retro future" look that Moth made famous. I loved the look. The power supply also has two of the famous mercury vapor tubes that were in the power supply of the MOA amp.

IMO, while they look the part, they neither felt nor (the one I listened to) sound the part. Amps at this price range should have a silky smooth motion when turning knobs and, for things like balance and tone controls, have a detent at the center position. These amps did not. If I closed my eyes, I could have easily been playing with a $100 generic receiver. I also listened to the headphone jack of a $3500 el84 based integrated amp. It was nice but nothing special. For that kind of money, it should be special. That's Frank Cooter's latest creation. If you don't remember Frank, he's the guy that brought the wonderful and bizarre diy amp to MOA. This amp sounded very nice to, but I prefer his MOA amp. Of course, the conditions here were very bad to do any listening so I reserve the right to change my mind on that. I told Frank about HC so hopefully he'll be joining us soon.

AFAIK, Wayne still has his face.

I use Kimber 4TC cables and am ecstatically happy with them.

But they seem to have a sense of justice. Maybe not. At least they have a sense of humor.

Justin who?

FS One simulator. I bought my dad an electric helicopter and he hasn't flown it yet. So my sister and I split the cost of this simulator so he can practice a while without worrying about destroying something physical.

It's sure hell getting older, isn't it?

Maybe he'll accept them in trade?