Dusty Chalk

I would say do it on Windows. There are all sorts of utilities on Windows for retrieving files back from your iPod -- I don't know if the same can be said of the Mac. You know, just in case a sync deletes all your files on your computer.

I'd try to hear Quad 22L's before dropping coin...

Thanks for the info. Will investigate further on my own...

May I be the first to say: needle-drop! Please! Damit, I was actually holding that in my hands during Tower's going out of business sale and didn't buy...

Sorry to make you rehash all this shit, but...which headphones are you using? Baby O? Is it possible that they were hard to drive? What other amps did you compare with? I'm asking all this because I heard another amp which I very much liked, and this is supposed to be a step up from it according to Pete, and IIRC, it handled "busy music" quite well. But your criticism that it didn't handle busy music well is a deal-killer, as I do listen to quite a bit of busy music. Well, I guess I could just ask him if I can return it if it doesn't sound as good as Dave's...

Why do they need to get married at all? Marriage is so yesteryear.

Good point. Yeah, stay away from those open baffles. I did see a corner-loaded design in one of those links I posted -- that might work, if you can put them in corners.

Also, I was told to just get a pair of Visaton B200's, and just mount them on an open baffle. I have no idea whether or not that's good advice, I'm just repeating the advice I was given. Also: I found an email with a whole bunch of links that I collected when I was considering my weird speaker project (omnidirectional w/full-range drivers, supertweeters and subwoofer, non-crossoverless) (I checked all the links, I didn't accidentally include anything too bizarre, but not all of them are entirely apropos, some I just found interesting): http://geocities.com/rbrines1/Enter.html http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=30515 http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=58909 http://www.decware.com/newsite/mainmenu.htm http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=22 http://www.solen.ca/ http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/viewtopic.php?t=19253 http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/viewforum.php?f=78 http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread/t-10556.html http://www.linkwitzlab.com/orion_challenge.htm http://www.aes.org/publications/anth.cfm http://www.madisound.com/kits.html http://www.madisound.com/bk16.html http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21740 http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=22 http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=18 http://www.pesupport.com/cgi-bin/config.pl http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/setup/loudspeakers/DIYspeakers.php http://home.earthlink.net/~etunstal/diy.htm http://www.diyspeakers.net/ http://www.fys.uio.no/~magnushj/Spring/

I've always found Fostex intriguing. Eifl is nice enough to list enclosure plans right on the site next to the driver. I've been told that adding a sub eliminates any improvements you may have made by getting rid of the crossover, but I personally disagree -- you're still keeping it down to a minimum. You may also want to look at Reference 3a -- crossoverless mid, and minimal crossover on the tweet.

Is this really news around here? I don't really follow specs...but I have to admit to being curious.

"Experiment"? What was experimental about it? Where is he selling it? Do you mind if I contact him directly about it (I'm thinking you won't, since it might mean that you get paid sooner) -- if so, whose amp should I ask about?

I have a small stash of CCa's. Unfortunately, several amps I own use those kinds of tubes, so there's no way I'd part with any of them, and I bought out my supplier, so...there ya go. (Musical Fidelity X-CANv2 -- several other MF X-tube components; Radii HAP-03; will probably own an EarMax Pro again at some point in the future)

three meals from Pilin Thai -- I'm not coming out of my office until I get something done, other than to go home for the night (...erm...) to get some sleep for the next two days.

Considering I do most of my listening (not necessarily critical listening, just most of it), I disagree with downgrading. I need a tonally balanced, non-fatiguing-over-long-term-listening, non-heartbreaking-if-it-gets-stolen-priced setup. I'm not necessarily following that last rule, as my most expensive amp, interconnects, and source are all here at work. But yeah, they look great.

I don't want to look at them on Head-Fi, I want to look at them here!!!1!

Not really. I think I have an inherently addictive personality. Maybe things like: my mom used to always make the same thing for dinner (or same few things); used to always let me play the same games -- so maybe she just encouraged sameness. And I think you meant Head-Case, not Head-Fi, FTL.

Are you kidding? Yes, please! Or, as they say in the a/s/l threads -- postpixplzkthxbye

'cause black is teh kewl. You should give the black on black look a shot.

I just finished watching [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1XIm6q4r4]this[/ame].

It'll be fine if it's DXD.

At the Maryland meet, someone had a pair of Beyers (well, not really -- they had some other driver in them) that were all-black -- I couldn't even get them that black on the Beyer Manufacture site. I think I'm going to write Beyer.

No, I think it's because we gave him too much shit about his isolation booth. Either that, or he realized that there's no point in getting an isolation booth and getting away from it all, unless he also forgoes the internet.

"Koshka" is a great name for a cat. If I ever name a dog, it's going to be either "suka" or "sukin sin" (girl/boy, respectively).

Quarterly blood test -- lipitor fucks with the kidneys or something. Actually, this place is easily the best sushi shop I've ever been to -- I doubt they do leftovers. They're closed over the weekend, so I bet they throw everything out on Friday.

I should eat something -- I'm supposed to fast until tomorrow, but I haven't eaten anything today yet. I think I'll have sushi.