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^ Mike, glad you like it. You owe it to yourself to get the originals, uncut in HD. Not to mention the Polar and Adventure specials. Great cinematography.

Happy Birthday! +1

^ Any tales of Bigg Market, you'd care to share?

When you say "Hello, Girls!" to some Young Hotties, only to be rebuffed "In Your Dreams, Grandpa!" Whereupon, you think some nice Werther's Originals might hit the spot, just before it's time for your afternoon nap. Possibly?

Indeed. Geordie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://www.hoboes.com/pub/Role-Playing/Shadowrun/Places/Tynesprawl%20Slang

You'd never know that looking at your smiling face

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Lets not forget the Gummy Bears, and the ever popular Spunk

It's a Birthday Jim, just not as we know it.

You mean take the innards from a laptop, package them in a small form factor case, and charge a premium for them, then yes

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So you politely refused, claiming that, as a lawyer, you demanded the original contract you entered into them with should be honored, and you would accept no substitute? No? Enjoy the leg room. What did they recommend to accompany the Salmon Cakes?

Hence the need for VPN's

^ we've had this conversation before Apple's Steve Jobs calls Blu-ray "a bag of hurt" -- Engadget 'stretch commented on it , I seem to recall EDIT: Here you go http://www.head-case.org/forums/goredwings19s-computer-help-hotline/6452-ye-macce-threade-21.html#post299794 Or this http://www.techi.com/2010/07/big-steve-j-says-no-to-blu-ray/

Have you considered a CDJ?

Happy Birthday, youth!

^ No hurry, next week is fine. You'll have longer to find your backup source material.

^ So with the right files and one of the "lucky" external HD's you could use the Touch and the built in coax / toslink ports. Or get a low cost netbook with a USB port (even better with an internal SSD ) . Built in screen, quiet, low power consumption , quick wake from suspend. Add external HDD of your choice. Result. You could event get a hackinstoshed one, if thats the way you want to go.

Aha, now we have your requirements ... Low cost, noiseless easy to use way of driving USB Dac ... (which one by the way ?) This may be a way to go. But its early days yet Instructions for connecting USB DAC to Touch - Squeezebox : Community : Forums No doubt someone may be able to bundle this capability as script / app some point to make it easier to use. Player is separate from server (but player does have touch screen I/R remote) . Server can be remote, and wake-on-lan to reduce energy cost further. Or you could just use a CD Player

Even the above servers seem overpriced compared to say, the SheevaPlug - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (5W!) or say Howto: Building a Squeezebox Server for under $100... Yes, it can be done... | Crazy Hawt Drives are commodity items and declining in price. How good does the server have to be to be good enough? What other control devices do you need to make a functioning system Or devices that you already have can be reporposed (smart phones, laptops, ipads etc). We live in interesting times.

Horses for courses, so many independent variables, and the onward march of technology. If the built in DAC (operating in the electrically noisy EMI/EMF environment ) in a system with moving parts is what you want in your listening environment, then the one box solution may be exactly what you want. Other people have commented on the fact, its not just the dac, but the power supply and the analog output stage that are determining factors in audio quality. Add to that the mastering of the source material, over and above the container features (bit depth, sampling rate) . It strikes me that the inbuilt DAC is a sunk cost if you want to upgrade later to something "better" , or e.g. you have an external parasound DAC you prefer. Competition is good. Choice is good. What can you change, what can't you change? what's likely to change in the future .. In the absence of "Magic" these are deterministic systems. What's the lowest cost way to achieve the desired result? Note: Desired result may vary by persion wrt. user experience / complexity / appearance / cost. This may indeed be the "Best" system for you. Based on your requirements. Assuming they don't change over time

Could he "install" it now, and then make a "minor adjustment" / "service visit" when he has time , next year?

You know how it goes [post|jack|pussy|willow]*2 . You decide to get something, then look what happens. Quad Hifi - Performance Series - Elite Series Quad's new Elite range - hi-fi news - whathifi.com Quad Elite Series Audio Components - eCoustics.com Interesting that the CD player/DAC now uses a top-end Crystal 24-bit/192kHz DAC, (Crystal CS4398) which replaces the older 24-bit/96kHz one PDF brochure here http://www.quad-hifi.co.uk/downloads/QH10-BR0002%20-%20Elite%20Series.pdf Not all manuals are out yet, but some are Quad Hifi - Downloads Why, they are even doing their own cables! Interesting to see what the US prices will be, and when the Quad Platinum system will be available! Duggeh, care to comment on the new aesthetics?

Condolences to all grieving for their loss.