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Dusty Chalk

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  1. Could someone post how to do this, or a link?
  2. I disagree. One can get very good, very deep, and very accurate bass...as long as one is only listening to it. One doesn't get the reinforcement that feeling those low notes with the rest of the body gets one -- which is what I think most people mean by "visceral bass" -- but what is heard is certainly completely -- if not more easily -- reproducable by headphones. You have to realize, that the physics is completely different. You don't have to energize the whole room, since you have the drivers right next to your ears, you don't even have to energize that space between the drivers and your ears, you only have to worry about the inverse square law at a very low distance relative to the frequencies' wavelengths. I will admit, it's a rather bizarre experience to hear deep, accurate, well reproduced, and to not feel it with your body, but when it's done right, it's magical.
  3. Sounds like a scene from 9 1/2 Weeks. Kinky.
  4. I can see the pics. I especially like the first hardcore porn shot.
  5. Dude, it's not what you wear, but how you wear it.
  6. Apogee Mini-DAC Benchmark DAC-1 Bel Canto DAC2 Musical Fidelity X-DACv3 + X-PSUv3 -- I also see a couple a3.24's, those are good Upgraded MSB (the Gold + P1000 one looks good)
  7. Billy, it's back in stock as of today, and there's a $99 one at amazon if you search on invicta skeleton (without the lizard strap, I think).
  8. Also, what is important to you, and what are you looking for, prat, smoothness, headstage, bass?
  9. I suspect that English is not his first language, can anyone confirm? 5687 -- I wouldn't be afraid (since he's violating the rules anyway) to press your point, and try to rephrase your question -- he may be using babelfish to translate it.
  10. There is a part of me that actually likes that watch, but I like the one you posted for yourself more. Except for that huge fucking knob. What is that, a doorknob? I know it's a "look", but I guess I'm just not the target market for that look.
  11. Think of it as the population problem correcting itself. Darwin awards in large groups.
  12. Woofer inversion, definitely -- they have a visible outward tilt on the bottom (well, the passive radiators do, anyway). I may just have to go for the mods, though, as the woofers are one of the standard mods.
  13. x2 I revel in my strangeness -- I had a co-worker who asked me what "that thing" was. "It's a DAC." "Why?" "To decode digital into analog." "No, yes yes, I know that, but doesn't the CD player have one already?" "Yes, of course it does." "Then why?" "Because then I can run it through this thing." "What's that?" "It's an upsampler." "What does an upsampler do?" "It changes the bitrate from 16/44.1 to 24/96." "How does it do that?" "Interpolation." "But it can't create any information that isn't already there, right?" "Yes." "So...why?" "Because I think it sounds better." etc. Fuck 'em. Pretty much. Or fuck with 'em. "I have a friend who has two." "But you can't..." "Yeah, I know, he only has one set to 'upsample'." "What's the other one for?" "To reduce jitter." "Can you actually hear jitter?" "Me? No. Him? Yes." etc.
  14. I'm sure she's explained this to you already, but just in case she hasn't: The theory goes, if your body thinks it's not getting enough calories, then it stores them as fat. If you're on a high-calorie-burn regimen, then you need to eat more than (some threshold) before you'll lose weight. It's leftover from our hunt-and-gathering days -- there were times as cavemen that we wouldn't eat for days, so our body would store up the food as fat, rather than shit it out, whereas if you're always consuming enough calories to compensate for what you burn, your body will eventually figure it out and expunge the rest.
  15. No, it's a scientific fact that you can't hear all the detail in music until you hit your mama.
  16. Do what, get her pregnant? There were a lot of "thats" in that post.
  17. It's the only version in SACD, so technically, yes, it's a remaster.
  18. Dusty Chalk

    Guidance

    That's not side-by-side, that's one on top o'th'other.[/pedantry]
  19. Following that theme: Free Bird Green Grass and High Tides Made in Japan Lots of occasional Jethro Tull songs (Heavy Horses, No Lullaby, Dark Ages, Flying Dutchman, Pibroch (Cap In Hand), Baker St. Muse, Minstrel in the Gallery...) Lots of occasional Genesis songs and tuplets (Home by the Sea/Second Home by the Sea, Behind the Lines/Duchess/Guide Vocal, Duke's Travels/Duke's End, Dodo/Lurker, In The Cage/Medley [from Three Sides Live], Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers.../...In That Quiet Earth/Afterglow, etc.) -- but you'd have to rip them that way (which I'd recommend anyway, since since when do you listen to them otherwise, anyway?) Live versions of Talking Heads songs (Life During Wartime is practically an aerobic workout just watching David Byrne run around the stage, Born Under Punches from The Name of This Band is..., also: Houses in Motion and The Great Curve).
  20. Dusty Chalk

    Guidance

    You know, when I am king, I'm going to declare National "Bah Humbug" day -- and then the national drink will be some variant of a black and tan. Went back and looked -- you're right (of course) -- but I could've sworn I remembered that at least one year, they caved in to pressure and called it a seasonal brew.
  21. Dusty Chalk

    Guidance

    But...but...but...less gear to hide! I'm not trying to talk him out of it -- didn't you see my "separates vs togethers" comment? LOL, someone's been drinking. Man, I wish I could drink. Has the Anchor SeasonalMerry Fochin' Christmas Brew come out yet? I need to grab a six.
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