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just came back from a meeting, checked CNN and was shocked to learn this as well...

I have been tempted to buy a used APL player on audiogon a number of times, but I really can't figure out what I'd be buying. For instance, I've read that there have been several iterations of the DV-50 and also of the denon 3910. Using the AKM dacs or not... Then on top there are several versions of these AKM dacs as well? I've asked a couple of sellers on Agon and to this day have not got an straight answer as to what AKM dacs their unit has. Maybe they truly don't know, since this market seems to running at lightning fast pace. So, it makes it hard for me to figure out what a reasonable price for a used unit is. I'd for sure love to hear one though, specially in my rig : - )

Well funny you should mention this because all of the sudden there have been two on audiogon. The second one sold quickly. I heard the T1S once and it was not bad with the Lambda sig pro. Is the T1w similar in sound? I shall keep my eyes open....maybe I'll brake my no-electrostat run, heh.

good to hear you are doing OK. Time to pull an Anderson and secure your gear....(i think that is his handle, the guy who straps his gear on stationary racks while on a ship on deepsea deployment)

I owned the MF Trivista21 and it had a laid back sound with very good presentation (staging). It sounded best when left on all the time (it uses those nuvistor tubes, that I believe are rated for 30000 hrs). I sold it when I switched to balanced as this unit has RCA-outs only. Not a detailed dac, but more on the musical side. For 1K I'd say it may be worth the try to see if it has synergy with the KGSS/OII.

82 out of 100 wouldn't have guess it.....

congrats! welcome back to the world of cans.... : - )

Got the ROKU Netflix player. It does what's advertised, and does it very well indeed. I think the may beauty of the device is its simplicity. The thing is tiny and super light. It has optical out, but have not done anything with it. I am intrigued to test it. Just waiting on a dac to show up and I'll test it. So far I've used it via ethernet and WLAN and it has performed great.

Damn, you just came up with that now! I was already half way through developing a Bermoulli's for the flux of torque from index to index change.....

The feel of the Shallco attenuators is a bit different from that of the DACT or goldpoint. It is a bit more "stuttery." In other words the indexing is more robust. I don't think this type would be that susceptible from differences in turning torque? (which is the big knob effect). I guess to certain degree this discussion is a mute point to the OP (because HR step ladders are of one type, but I think the gain switch if of great support here [i used to own a MOHR with stepp atnn]), but could be helpful for others considering ladders on their amps.

Happy B-day!

Dang, just got an email that the release was pushed back about a month, week of July 21st...

Congrats and many, many years together!

Very nice Voltron, congrats! I have kept myself away from stats. But I have to admit that I almost pulled the trigger on that SRM-T1W on audiogon, but talked myself out of it. heh!

Happy B-day, have a great one!

SOooo, any more impressions? Anything that blew you away? How about balanced solid state amps? Comments please?

if it is in Todd's room that's probably the meridian 808... thanks for the real-time impressions.

Great! Have fun guys! How about some pics later?

In thinking about this I realize that probably the first time I remember doing this was in high school. It probably was the beginning of it. And I actually enjoyed quite a bit doing it because the book was Tom Sawyer (or may have been Huckleberry?) when they go down the river. I clearly remember stopping as they started going down on the river and starting imagining all the fun stuff they would get into. So it was kind of a imaginative stop on this sense.

Ah, sure reading keeps you out of trouble. All the best for you recovery. Nice, one book a week would be a good goal. I am lucky if I can fit 2 a month.

Re: Barker, I hear ya. I'll pick it up again once I am done with the dark tower series. Oh, BTW, I did pick up the daywatch/nightwatch series and that in on queu as well. Heh, now that I remember, I started the daywatch one and left it half done (read only the first leg), once I reached the part where the movie ends, I stopped. Dang I tell ya, bad habit. Good thing though is that I do remember where I left off.

Oh, forgot to mention, to make clear, that of all the books mentioned, the only still unfinished one to date is Imajica.

I have a bad reading habit. Most times I tend to pick up a book, start reading, I'll finish it without too much of a "time off." However there are a few that I have started and have taken a break from. Interestingly, I do seem to remember and ponder what's going on with the characters exactly at the place/time where I left them while I am off. There are some extreme examples.... The Stand: I left the troop of wanderers (not quite wanderers after all) stuck at mother Abigail's for about 1 month. So I wondered what where they up to, playing in the corn fields. Brother Odd: Left odd looking/following a bodach/beast (won't tell more so that I don't spoil) in the basement for three months. So I wondered whether the doggie would survive City of saints and madmen: Left the character looking at the beautiful woman on the window for about six months. I am sure he was enjoying the view.... and there are a few others... but the all-time record is Imajica: Left Pie'oH'Pah wondering the meaning of the dopelganger Self and Judith after crossing that funny sea. And there they have been, for the last TWO years..... I think that I got burned out on barker's style after reading most of his other books, the size of this one is not helping either... I am meaning to pick up this title again and read more or even finish it, heh. This is what made me wonder if there are any of you who do this. Believe me, this doesn't happen to all books, but it may be the the level of interest ATM I guess. So if you pick up a book do you read it from cover to cover within a reasonable period? Any extreme examples of time-off, disinterest? Edit, spelling!

I am not sure who made the wooden presentation box tough? from the ad, it seems a bit ambiguous, it could have been arranged by the seller directly?

did moon audio had a solid state amp offering once? I seem to remember something. I also seem to remember a tube one? Luna? Are they still offered?