Dusty Chalk

Minerva?

Cool, I haven't had really good Indian in a while. I'll make the trip. My favourite Indian is the Bombay Curry Company in Arlandria (North Alexandria, almost Arlington).

Hmmm...I wonder what they would sound like out of a balanced beta22...?

I love the smell of most curries, Indian, Thai, or otherwise. Seconded.

Dan -- you mentioned Geneves -- did you mean Raymond Weil Geneve, or Geneva watches (which appears to be an entirely different brand), or something else again?

Dude, you have the best taste -- they're my favourite restaurant, period. Ever. Entire planet. Uh...which one is Goong Gra Prow? Goong is shrimp? So shrimp basil, essentially? That does sound good. My favourite dish that they ever made was a special: Lard Na Gra Prow Gai. Drunken noodles made sweet by adding carrots and onions.

When people complain about me blowing my nose on the subway -- would you rather see snot dripping from my nose?

Jesus, another entropic thread... Oh, well, I'll make my one contribution: Drunken Noodles with Chicken from Pilin.

I hate when that happens.

No, I usually hear it out of one of the ridiculous SDS XLR's -- Hirsch's setup -- it had bass, but it was definitely on the lean side. I'm also not sure how well it handles busy music -- I'll have to listen to it again.

But then he should have said, "...you never go bck..." You know, so that it would rhyme.

I was waiting for someone to say that. Except I was hoping they'd spell 'black' correctly.

Well, I already have a perfectly nice watch, so there's no point in getting another one unless it's exactly what I want, right?

I think I may have found my watch, this one is mostly black: They have an "all black" collection -- and believe it or not, most of them are not black enough for me.

It stops becoming an impulse purchase the way you're doing it. And: I have no idea.

You're not supposed to buy one of those -- you're supposed to take it to the mechanic and let him use his on hers. Okay, that sounded bad...

Tommyrot: The Art of Ben Templesmith

I've heard several of Hirsch's pairs on several occasions. Multiple serial numbers. I pretty much could not get them off my head fast enough. I really dislike them. They may be fine for detail freaks, but for a rocker like me, they suck. Pretty much. Out and out suck. I like my HP-2's for that better. EDIT: okay, that's not true, I do remember once or twice liking them long enough to listen to them for a whole song or more -- 5 minutes or so. And the bass isn't gone, it's just...well, I would compare them to my Spendor S3/5's -- the bass extends, there's just a gradual roll-off. Which, now that I think about it, I loved those speakers. I don't know, maybe I ought to give them another chance...

[me=Dusty Chalk]makes joke about polishing one's knob[/me]

Actually, the Creek OBH-11SE is pretty high-end, as it surpasses that threshold for me. But that threshold is extremely subjective -- I will admit that most of you would not consider the Creek OBH11SE to be high end, and I wouldn't argue with you. Which brings me to my point -- it's not really high-end vs. not high-end, it's more like myriad shades of grey, and how amps are more or less high-end. Where, along that scale, you put your threshold, is up to you.

I already picked up the Rubinstein. It's not my favourite performance, but ... it's SACD!

Actually, it's not just a player, but it has a speaker amp built into it. Can you say K1000 system?

As well they should -- the thing was unbelievable.

I think I was the only one doing a comparison -- most people were pretty much spent by the time I got there, and were just gabbing. Todd's modded L3000 with his custom Singlepower -- perfection. My unmodded L3000 with his custom Singlepower -- still not quite perfect, it still had that little midrange swale, but it was more gone on that amp than on any other amp I've heard save the EarMax Pro, bizarrely enough. I didn't think to check the room to see if anyone had brought an EarMax Pro, so that's a comparison by memory, rather than a rapid-switching comparison. So yeah, I'm keeping my L3000's -- knowing what a difference a recabling makes -- and recabling them.

I also learned that I need to recable my L3000, as his sounded pretty good out of Todd's custom Singlepower amp -- better than mine, although mine sounded quite possibly the best it's ever sounded out of the same amp. What did you say it was wired with? I know you said silver, but you said something else that I don't remember. High gauge, low gauge? And I also want to echo everyone else's comments: thanks, Stephen! For organizing, etc. in what must be a very busy time for you. Oh, and I think I ended up in someone's wedding video. OMG, that is worse.