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gr. MSC part number 05752506. The S10 blade is the one I prefer so far for aluminum. Depending on what angle I can add a very slight bevel. It even works when there was a large burr and you just said f-it and torqued the screw down hard enough that the burr flattened.

Check out the MSC catalog starting here: Browse the MSC Big Book oh, and win for having a product called "The Teddy Burr" I have this one: http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/GSDRVSM?PACACHE=000000110958799

I think the main advantage is that it's a hand tool. Most of the holes I was cleaning up fit #4 or M3 screws, so depending on the size of your stepped drill bit, the above method might now work as good as a dedicated tool. Also, in the case of tapping a heat sink with a blind hole, I think that the bevel might not be ideal, as it would create a gap. Also, one of the heads I have cut cleanly through that nasty vinyl clad steel that the stepper just totally obliterated. Noga also has a tool for cleaning up threads that looks useful as well. In my (limited until now experience), I'd say yes it works better than a stepped drill bit, especially if you have to turn the piece over and use the stepper on both sides. I think we need to put one in the hands of an expert to really tell

until this point, I've just used an Xacto knife, because I'm too anal to use a small file, as it usually mars the surface and makes the hole wobbly. In general, if I was rear mounting something on a panel, I never had much luck cutting the hole myself and having it look really nice... however, I have a feeling this tool is game changing in that respect I'll see if I can do a before and after pic, as now I'm looking around for random holes to clean up

oh one more thing. The deburring system I got is absolutely amazing. Check out Noga: Deburring Systems By NOGA I'd like to get one for our resident circle hole tech, if anyone wants to pitch in a few dollars, let me know.

oh, and I officially have one stamp on my man card for the drill press. Four more stamps to go, but hey it's a start.

I'll post a pic, once my wife gets back with the camera. Spent some time measuring and organizing 7 sets of allen wrenches and one case of drill bits. Dunno why, just seemed pretty fun. Dunno if my drill press table is supposed to rotate out of the way, seems it should...but. Steve and I talked about using my drill press as a make shift vertical mill. Check out Ebay "slide vise". Everyone says it's a bad idea (for obvious reasons) and everyone says these vises suck. I still want one for some reason.

I think the tube comparison with the F5 is a pretty fair one. A lot of people bi-amp with multiple First-Watt amplifiers, and it seems that the F5 is pretty much the go to for the mid-high duty. Specifically, the F5/XA30.5 combo was one NP was using for a long time. I think this says a lot about the mids and upper range of the F5 for NP to choose this combo. It's a very liquid sound with amazing speed. I'm looking forward to listening to it more. With the beta22 I was sorta like "yeah, this sounds like it should, ... yeah, nice....". With the F5 I was more like "this is different... very different than the beta22.... hm... wow, yeah wow."

ok, try Nate's SimpleSE

grr. I'm so happy with my new LCD-1. I'd definitely like to compare them side by side to the LCD-2, if they/anyone could oblige. I don't think I'll blindly upgrade, that's for sure.

huh, the LCD-2 are different drivers?

extremely smooth, insane low end authority of the non-NoNoNoNoNoNo variety, very musical. Very different flavor than the beta22 offers.

OK, A few quick words about my initial impressions of the Audeze 1. This is swt61, posting on Marc's CPU. Through the balanced Beta22... A very smooth, clear presentation, quite familiar to the Donut MkII sound (that's a really good thing IMO). Very resolving and fast, with a pretty good sound stage as orthos go. The one real difference I notice over the Donuts is the top end. These Audeze (bare in mind these are the dBel modded units) are very hot! I didn't know that an ortho could be this hot. Now personally I like my top end just a bit softer, but I know that Marc likes his treble just short of irritating, and these are perfectly suited to his listening preference. Now don't get me wrong, I wouldn't call them harsh, and I'd most likely become accustomed to the sound quickly enough. They're just a bit brighter than what I've been using lately. Bass is really nice. Plenty of low end info, as far as I'm concerned. Though I have not heard a stock pair, I'll say that I'm quite impressed with this version. Through the Pass F5... The F5 isn't what I'd call a highly colored amp, but as compared to the almost dead neutrality of the Beta22, it's subtle flavoring is noticeable. The F5 has a slightly more euphoric sound. Somewhat tube like in presentation. The top end driven by the Pass is just about perfect to my ears. All in all a really nice headphone, and more solidly built than the pictures mislead. Can't wait to hear the 2s now!

echo "real hack0rz use vi" | tr "v" "t" | tr "i" "r"

I believe the only operating system that (might still) ship with vi is FreeBSD. The reason I surmise this to be true? I always know I'm on FreeBSD immediately when the recover functionality and visual mode don't work.

This in from Craig: "There was a recent mixup with our STAX supplier, as apparently STAX has stopped producing the separate SR-007 brown and SR-007A black pads. They now sell only the SR-007A black pads under a new part number, the EP-007. As a result, there has been a bit of a delay in getting your pads -- but they should be arriving at our office hopefully early next week."

quick reply. Finally got the F5 running last night with the K1K. A bit of hum in one channel that we need to work out. Other is dead silent, so it's a wiring issue I'm sure. We though one channel was dead for a while, even though everything measured correctly. Somehow the input came loose on the source side

as stable as the power in your wall I'd presume

ask about the upgrade price too

<awaits e-mail> whoever gets details first, post or ban.

Personally, I wouldn't buy once unless it had 0-250VAC output

I don't use vi, I vastly prefer vim. Also, ed for the win ya young whippersnappers.

I was referring to some comments in this gem of a thread: HD800 modification thread - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

doh, that's not pretty. I'm wondering if the length of the new cable has anything to do with the change in sound. Thoughts?