Dusty Chalk

I can see the pics. I especially like the first hardcore porn shot.

Dude, it's not what you wear, but how you wear it.

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)

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).

Also, what is important to you, and what are you looking for, prat, smoothness, headstage, bass?

K1000's...with mistletoe.

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.

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.

I would disagree with this statement.

Think of it as the population problem correcting itself. Darwin awards in large groups.

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.

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.

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.

No, it's a scientific fact that you can't hear all the detail in music until you hit your mama.

Good luck!

Pfff.

Do what, get her pregnant? There were a lot of "thats" in that post.

It's the only version in SACD, so technically, yes, it's a remaster.

That's not side-by-side, that's one on top o'th'other.[/pedantry]

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).

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.

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.

That's just disturbing.

Yeah, variable as opposed to fixed, thereby rendering the preamp moot.

Brain lapse -- I knew that. They've even started making integrated amps with built-in DACs. Yeah, one of those would probably be fine, too. Especially if it has a USB or Firewire connection that matches whatever you've already got. I was reading the new Benchmark review in the current issue of Stereophile in which they deliberately chose USB 1.1 because (a) it's perfectly sufficient for uncompressed 24/96 stereo, and ( it forced them to use their own drivers, allowing them to make it bit perfect.