Dusty Chalk

Welcome to the neighborhood. (I live in Rockville.)

Last Show: Black Heart Procession/Devics/Castanets -- Devics stole the night, and this was the first time I had heard the Castanets and they were great. BHP was good, but I really liked the Devics. Next show: Katatonia, maybe (hope so). I may have missed it, but I don't think it's until the end of the month. Wolf Trap? You're in or near VA?

Ken Kessler. Not just because he's a professional audio reviewer (there are many of them whose opinions I do not hold dear), but because I've read enough of his reviews to know that he hears things similarly to the way I hear things. It is never appropriate to say that someone is full of shit. It's at that point that you're changing the argument from one of fact to one of ego. Keep the argument about fact, and even when you're wrong, you'll be able to save face. Look at it this way -- is there anyone out there that says "you're full of shit" a lot, whose opinion you think highly of? No, of course not -- they're just cranky people. You might feel comfortable socializing with them, but when it comes to opinions of audio gear, you'll only find those types of statements in the letters to the editors columns. The people whose opinions you do think highly of keep the argument about the facts, and state things clearly when it gets into opinion territory (such as listening impressions). And then they'll give you enough background about their listening impressions in similar situations that you'll be able to judge for yourself whether or not you hear things the same way they do.

Don't stretch -- that's just wrong. What's the point of watching hi-def if you're going to watch a fucked up picture? Would you want to see a short squat Wonder Woman? Would you want to see a short squat Buffy? Would you want to see short squat Charlie's Angels? I rest my case.

I disagree. To me, the Shures (e2's) are painfully rolled off (not Sennheiser rolled off -- much worse; veiled, even), and the Ety's are detailed and clear. No, they've not the best bass, but they have pretty damn good bass -- kind of sealed enclosure bass, like Spendor S3/5's, except starting lower. It's taught, but extended, and does not roll off sharply, like a bass reflex speaker. I liked the bass, in a not-for-home-theatre-or-games kind of way.

Well, that's odd -- that's not buyer's remorse, that's more like owner's remorse...or maybe owner-and-not-user's remorse. So yeah, sell off your stuff (but maybe not the K340) and upgrade your portable system and use your portable system as your home system also. Oh, and I second all the Etymotic recommendations. And the B&H Photo recommendations. I bought my 6i's from buy.com. One of these days I'll grow up to a 4 or something.

[snarky]Friday the 13th?[/snarky]

Dude. Do it. This is by far his silliest effort yet. I've laughed more times than I can count. Great way to end the day. I think the cheapest way to get them (besides borrowing them from the library) is the trade paperback -- the small paperbacks are coming out in 8 volumes (vice three). I got the hardbacks.

Is part of the problem that you're not happy with your home rig? Also: I don't know about selling it all, but there is definitely room for improvement. Also, yes, the e2c is definitely a weak link -- go Etymotic. Even their low end er6i is better (to my ears).

Neal Stephenson, The System of the World -- Volume Three of the Baroque Cycle

I'll sell you my Teac A1D -- hardly used. If you don't like that idea, I highly recommend going vintage. Behringer is probably fine -- but they're famous for stealing designs, and then implementing them without the R&D budget, so I stay away from them. At US$200, I highly recommend going used.

You mean, besides the obvious?

You can do anything you want, but you should know that I was joking with that response. I'm sure he has his hands full with paying clients. Why would he waste time giving away advice for free?

Why don't you ask Jude?

So the solder joint protected the fuse? That's not how it's supposed to work...

This may be a stupid question (and feel free to say so if it is), but does the Headroom Micro DAC have the diamond buffer in it? Does it make sense for it to? From a brief perusal of a thread or two on Head-Fi, it seems not, but I just wanted to make sure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws8VrGte-D8 . Don't ask me how I found the above video, it had to do with the above discussion.

Actually, I'm glad he mentioned it. I have a tendency not to read thoroughly, so when he mentioned the Sony's as potentially not being the right headphones for the amp, I was going to ask what headphones, but went back and re-read his post first. And of course the next choice is wired. Sony's are typically bright headphones to me, the only one that could possibly have too much bass to my ears is a woodied CD3000. So yeah, go ahead and mention them every time you post. We may have heard it for the umpteenth time, but someone who just joined the forums will be hearing it for the first. OTOH, don't do the whole Welly Wu/Cardas thing, wherein you have to mention it in every post, including the off-topic "how do you like your chocolate, dark, milk, or otherwise?" threads.

Wow, I expected this to be a useless thread, but I'm getting lots of good advice. Please keep the tequila recommendations coming.

SignalCable risers -- they should use different pictures, this one puts me in mind of the shell game:

Ah, missed that, thanks.

Where'd my light text on dark background go?

Sure, there are vibrating dildos. Just as there are vibrators that aren't dildos (not shaped like a...uh...dildo), and dildos that don't vibrate. All possible combinations of fun!

Yeah, I like it already...they also provide links to stories like this one.

She love you long time. Now you need to load up her iPod with techno. Or jungle, perhaps. And then gabber, for the big finish ("happy ending").