Dusty Chalk

Only if the difference is as large as some claim. But if you (as a side effect of choosing a cheap soundcard) limit the experiment, you'll only have proved anything if you hear a difference; if you don't hear a difference, one can always blame the limitations of the experiment scenario -- this happens in "real life" science as well as arguments on bulletin boards. It's called "experimental error", and in order for an experiment to have interpretable results, your standard deviation must be well within your ability to account for it. There are plenty of websites to put it up: MediaFire, YouSendIt, zShare, SendSpace.

Ooooo...black headphones... I disagree that they're a disappointment -- I mean, they're from Monster Cable, so expectations won't be high.

Which 'that'? There were several death by carrot scenes. Not that it matters, the answer is still, 'no'. I told you: suspension of disbelief. Oh, and yes, I enjoyed the take it apart, dry it off, and put it back together scene. As well as the conveyer belt scene, the violence while having sex scene, the "key" he used to get into his squat, the whole "remote control by ropes" scene...oh, who am I kidding, I loved that whole movie. So, did you enjoy it? I think all three of us (Hirsch, myself, and Hirsch's and my friend Linda) enjoyed it. I think we all appreciated it for its silliness, because we were all laughing out loud.

Yup, pretty much. No, seriously -- I don't know shit about soundstage on headphones, that's why I didn't post thatwise, but the day/night/week/month is still young -- I'm sure someone with actual knowledge will come along and post eventually, I didn't mean to derail the entire thread, thought it'd be more like a free bump. I've always liked the separation on my HP-2's, and separation is one component of good soundstage, but that was well out of the specified pricerange. Ditto most Stax's and R10's.

Pfff. I like his curmudgeonly writing style -- like several people here -- as well as his unabashed love of things like the LS3/5a and Quads.

Well, if you hadn't mentioned it, no-one would probably've noticed, but alas, now that you've drawn attention to it...just tell them that it was an honest mistake.

Plus Ken Kessler writes for them, and I <3 him.

Dam, I miss college.

So...lots of Black Sabbath and Motorhead, then?

I just subscribed a several months ago. Not cheap, but it's better than missing one of the popular issues (like the end-of-year issue, awards issue, and whatnot).

Rockhopper is a commercial manufacturer. 2x

Yup, can't start season 2 soon enough. And yes, I already know about the timing of the show getting cancelled.

Your mama didn't mind.

I didn't realize, but I just finished watching Season 1 of Deadwood last night. God damn. I don't know if it's the "best show evar!!!1!", but goddamn, it's a good show. No, wait, let me try that again, ...but goddamn, it's a good fucking show. That last episode was killer. The silent exchange between Trixie and Al just totally slayed me. A lot more to it than that, too. The fact that Al killed two people, and you ended up at least empathizing with him on both counts, if not completely sympathizing with him ("bag of shit") is definitely a score for the writers. And then they toy with your emotions with the whole Jewel's boots storyline.

I prefer liqueurs.

I think this is the key. You don't want to use just any old computer soundcard.

No, this is the second time -- I didn't jump down your throat on the Chinese electrostatic headphone post, neither.

a cat teepee ($6 because it's red with white tassles [i.E. christmassy]) -- haven't figured out how to get the cat into it yet, and she hasn't wandered in on her own

I would just like to point out that I am not "jumping down Aaron's throat". That is all.

Awesome.

Sony never dropped their licensing for SACD, making it not financially feasible for most non-Sony companies to develop a universal player. So as far as I'm concerned, Sony sabotaged that effort. It never became de rigueur to make a universal player, which is what really needs to happen to eliminate the confusion aspect. It's still early enough in the HD-DVD/Blu-Ray debacle to overcome that obstacle.

Alma Garrett is the babe for me. All that black she wears...teh hawt!!!uno!

Maybe if you lay it on the HA5000.

I'm not sure I agree with this. I agree that it could be confusing, but it could just as easily be solved by making universal players, then people wouldn't care.