Dusty Chalk

I miss my Spendor S3/5's (LS3/5a derivative). And these are a lot cheaper than the Stirlings. I just contacted the dealer about a special order (preliminarily). I agree with everything you said, too. Those criticisms that you cited are criticisms of the LS3/5a, as well. They also don't go loud very well, either -- LS3/5a's were always designed for nearfield monitoring. Which NY show, CES? Back on topic -- if you want to start out slowly, try some new production tubes. I started a thread over at sh.tv about new production tubes, and got a lot of recommendations, here. Admittedly, the common wisdom is that NOS are better, but quite frankly, I wouldn't want to have to depend on that.

Or perhaps they could just call it 28 Days After That.

Yeah, that's what I was saying. I'm not sure I was saying this, perhaps you were responding to someone else? DAC's don't have jitter, per se, they can be more or less sensitive to jitter in their input stream, but they don't have jitter, themselves. It's one thing to compare two DACs and their sound on a perfect digital stream, but unrealistic. All real-world streams have jitter. It's more realistic to compare DAC's with the transports that you have, but it's not unrealistic to try to improve the sound with the transport if you are otherwise happy with your DAC. Assuming you believe in jitter. Which I do. Was I defending its existence? I guess so. But the question arose because I asked about the jitter specs of the transport. At which point, I wasn't arguing with anyone about anything, I was just asking a question. I think. I could be confused. What were you saying again?

No. Not ever.

-10 Reading Comprehension Points. Except for aerius, he's angry about something, and he takes it out on everyone.

What argument? Who's arguing? I could care less what the naysayers think.

I'm sure it's pretty interesting for Trey's accountant.

Nope, I got no proof. I just know I can hear the difference, and that's good enough for me.

I saw it the day it came out. Excellent. A worthy sequel. They deal with the spread of the infection more, and the primary characters in the this one (there's no overlap of characters whatsoever) go through a completely different set of obstacles than the first set. It's still very British and relatively low budget, though I don't know how they did the firebombing scenes that you see in the trailer. That looked pretty good to my non-eyeglassed eyes. You can see this one without seeing the first one -- they rehash the premise of this one (inasmuch as it is covered in the second one) in about the first 30 seconds of the film. I don't think they even spoil the first one. Really? Sources? I looked it up on wikipedia, and the source says he doesn't mention the title. I think the next one could be 32 weeks later. And then the one after that could be 36 weeks later. And then, just to fuck with us, they could call the one after that 39 weeks later. And then 47 1/2 weeks later.

You know, everything is rehashed. Everything. So to me, it's ultimately about whether or not it's interesting. And that's just so subjective.

There's also something called the "Nude Attenuators", and I'm sure there are cheaper versions (still called attenuators) one can get at parts express and whatnot.

Yeah, but I'm not (and I don't trust claims -- I've heard at least one DAC that claimed to be impervious to jitter, and it still improved with better sources), so the question stands.

That DIY jobber looks real good. Do you know what kind of jitter specs it has? Or is that variable, depending on which clock chip you select?

Someone who has the dosh should buy the EMM Labs single-box player and report back.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60eS23UgpbU]Spiderman 3[/ame] vs. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2tViZltxc4]X3[/ame] See, X3 at least referenced [ame=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3934651591022114445]that online video[/ame], whereas Spiderman 3 did not reference that animated gif of Spidey dancing. You know, this one.

Oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please...

That takes guts.

I choose "freeze to death". I know it's initially painful, but I heard that ultimately it's kind of ...well... mind-numbing.

Am I the only one that was completely underwhelmed by Spiderman 2? Just way too mopey, although Mary Jane in a wet shirt almost makes it worth while.

Audioreview.com a little.

It's not even remotely amusing if you look at it from the perspective of someone like me, who doesn't know enough about the internals or behind-the-scenes to see through his bullshit, and then subtract the enlightening aspect of this forum (e.g., a newb on head-fi).

It's just an alternate target market. I'm one of them. My ultimate speakers are probably going to be omnidirectional. The biggest thing for me is that I can wander around -- sweet spot is not focused. When I listen to speakers, I tend not to be in one place. There's also: Gallo Reference line and Due (their little spherical satellites don't count as omnidirectional) Shahinian Acoustics (entire line) MBL (entire line) Duevel (entire line) Mirage (many) and there's an Italian one that I don't remember. My problem is, I'm very particular as to the sound -- I like the Spendor S3/5 / Quad 12L sound a great deal. The bad thing is, omnidirectional speakers are even more sensitive to room interaction than front-shooters are. I've been told by more than one person to just get a dipole. I wouldn't recommend them unless you need omnidirectionality. If you want a bigger sweet spot, just look at the dispersion characteristics of speakers that interest you anyway. Martin-Logan, for example, have excellent dispersion. Final do not.

I'm still in the market for a good, powerful amp. I snoozed on that Bel Canto, and I haven't seen a Musical Fidelity A300CR power amp (not the integrated) in a while when I was liquid (ain't liquid right now). But looking ahead, anyone heard a Pathos amp? It seems to combine power with tube preamplification; so, theoretically, the best of both worlds. Is it? And it needs high frequency extension, that's one thing the MF had in spades -- air. Nice air. Effortless air. And nice extended deep bass. Anyone heard any of the new breed of digital amps with the ICEpower modules? The new Cary, AudioSource, B&O, bunch o' others have that technology. Are they any good?

link So, who are these people? I know pic #2 is Jude; #8 is Mikhail; #11 is Tyll; #13 is Ray. #6, is that Pete Millet? #12 (the other one, not Tyll)? #16, I haven't a clue -- Steve Nugent? The EFF guy and the Ultimate Ears guy are pretty obvious.

Well, yeah, of course crap is readily available.