Dusty Chalk

No, it goes further than that: -- that's what I meant by freedom from religious persecution.

Cancel your cable. That's really the only way to get them to do anything. And I'm serious -- it's liberating.

You touch yourself at night.

Oh. You mean, he was agreeing with me? Yeah, I missed that, thanks for the clarification.

^2

Probably because he was home-schooled.

Bill of Rights, dude -- Freedom of Religion, or, as I would prefer to interpret it, freedom from religious persecution.

Who are you and what have you done with Billy's account? Don't undo it necessarily, I kind of like you better than Billy...

But...but...but...(sputters)...what about separation of church and state?

Marc and Jay Sitting in a tree One with a saw The other with a ...uh...thingy. Down came the baby, cradle and all. Or something.

A chair

Just because you can't hear the difference, doesn't mean we can't.

Yes -- prominent bass and prominent lead vocals. The power supply is internal -- would that be wimpy? Thanks all for the opinions -- I gave it back to the original owner to send back to Pacific Valve. I'll ask him in January if he's taken care of it yet, and then nag him until he contacts Pacific Valve.

Bah humbug.

No you didn't. Tweaker -- you're making it sound like this group listen to records because it gives them a chance to putz, not because they prefer the sound; Technophobe/Luddite -- you're making it sound like this group listen because they refuse to join the 21st century, not because they prefer the sound; Musical equivalent of civil war reenactor -- you're making it sound like this person listens to vinyl because they want to be "retro", not because they prefer the sound. None of those address the fact that someone may prefer vinyl because they prefer the sound.

My cousins would take each other out on their 18th birthdays and "paint the town" -- the idea being to do it so badly as to make the new guy never want to overdo it again. Sounds like you did that to yourself. Word of advice for the future -- pick one drink, and stick with it for the night. You may have a sensitivity to one of them, and that one will make you feel worse than the others. I.E. gin and tonics one night, vodka and redbulls another. Avoid the ones that make you feel bad. Good luck with the parents and the mattress -- no, you pretty much ruined the mattress, they can't really be cleaned, that's why we get sheets and mattress pads and whatnot. Nothing can be done for pissed off parents.

Overgeneralize much? Vinyl is for people who prefer records.

Show own posts appears to be broken beyond page 1. I tried it by clicking my own profile and nate's, and they don't appear to be working, neither. Firefox 2.0.0.11 on Windows XP SP2+.

No, I was just cranky, probably too much coke. Sorry for the aggressive behavior.

Sounds cold.

I completely concur with this -- it should fair to everyone -- those who get the asterisks, those who don't, and those who should -- everyone.

I'm beginning to come to some conclusions about the A950Ltd -- it's pretty damn good. In fact, it's exactly what I wanted it to be -- a poor man's leatherhead (and without the leather). It's got nice prat (though not as good as the L3000's), it's not quite as clean (background isn't as black), it's not quite as resolving (but I am not exactly a detail freak)...but damn if it doesn't do a lot of things right. For example, when listening to most music, I'm hearing the same amount of bass, though it's not going as low, it's only on certain recordings that I can really tell where it's going. The opening bass note in the left earcup on Rob Dougan's Furious Angels ("Prelude") is clearly audible on the L3000's, but on the A950LTD, it's inaudible unless I'm straining to hear it (not including compensation for the differences in sensitivity). But switching to Camille's Le Fil ("Au Port"), the bass certainly sounds right. So they must have compensated for the missing lowest frequencies by bumping up the bass just a little bit, but they did it just right, to the point where I can not hear the difference under most casual listening, which is exactly what I wanted. I'll be getting the A900Ti in a month or two, and we'll see where it goes from there. Setup: most listening has been done on Rega Apollo -> Pure Silver Sound interconnects -> Singlepower Supra++, with some done on SACDMods -modded Denon 3910 -> Xiang Sheng 703B, with little attention paid to power. Tweaking consists of your mama touching me at night. Dac-Ah has been ignored, since it was distorting -- I returned it to its owner to send it off to Pacific Valve to have it fixed.

Marc -- I have to admit to being of two minds on the subject. On the one hand, yeah, I fully anticipate a day when "Running Man" is going to be a reality -- at which point, the use of steroids is going to seem like a minor infraction compared with other rule-breaking. On the other -- what about Babe Ruth? Shouldn't he get kudos for doing what he did without the use of steroids? I fully embrace the asterisk. Good thing, too.