Dusty Chalk

Caught up on my fax subscription, bunch of Anthony Rother in there.

Annie, Don't Stop -- poppy as shit.

I understand the theory, but it's not entirely valid. You're basically trying to make a Faraday Cage with a hole in it at one end (which is not entirely invalid -- it will still attenuate the induced noise). Whether or not you want to connect the non-hole side on one end or the other is entirely up to you. There are other brands that do this. (Offhand, my Outlaws had the directional arrows.) But most do not, correct. As someone once told me, "last I heard, electricity flows both ways".

(shudders) Yah. Don't ever do that again. And if you do have to, for much less time.

Sweet, appreciated. Stickied.

Liquid cooled!

They forgot a lot of things: 46. A sun bed, to prevent (I has a) SADS. 47. A HEPA air filter 48. Prescription medicine 49. Distillery of some sort, or a brewery 50. A cat. Does not answer to "Boxxy", as a matter of fact, doesn't answer to anything. It's a cat. 51. A redhead 52. A brunette 53. Money (no place to spend it, but 10 years of income wouldn't be frowned at in 10 years) I'm curious about the choice of the porn star, Asian, and blonde -- would she be willing or unwilling? I don't think I'd want her if she was unwilling. But if she's a go-er...I don't think I'd even care if she didn't speak English. Also, why put specific people in at all, given # 39. Also, why consoles and no games, but movies do come with a Blu-Ray player? Yeah, not well thought out at all.

Raveonettes, Observator

I noticed the 30/21 error also, but was too busy laughing at "Shenanigans" to remember to post.

Very nice pictures. I want you to do portrait shots of my cats.

next time when you have more time, have your people tell my people, we'll do lunch

Yeah, it's pretty loud, and your point is a good one. I do use headphones most of the time (in fact, back in the late 90's when I shared an office with a couple servers [not today-type servers, but just boosted up wintel machines with heavy duty fannage], that's how I got into closed headphones in the first place [went from a Sony MDR-V6/-7506 to a Beyerdynamic DT-770]). Your point is a good one -- it will be too loud for my taste, but it's only for that time between when it gets too warm after the a/c shuts off at 6 'til it gets cool enough again because of the ambient outside temperatures. Which is why I'm currently going with the Cube -- it's just not worth carrying more than that for just a little bit, and prettty soon it will be so cool that it won't ever be too warm to wear headphones. Which also makes me realize that carrying anything much bigger than a Cube (like the Equators) is complete overkill, so I won't. I've also been given a cubby away from the server as "spillover" (in other words, I don't have to use it). The downside is, it's in a shared office, so I'm really hesitant to use speakers when anyone else is around. Oh, and it's just 'Dusty' -- I actually do answer to that in real life.

I've been listening to dub techno in the background all night. My cat has started plucking the chair backs. It's kind of like dub techno.

It's like being outside -- it's bringing the outside in.

I may seriously have to consider the Equator D5's -- they come with their own carry case and tilt-up stands, plus coaxial drivers.

Did you go outside at all? It's a gorgeous day (was on the weekend, too, apparently -- I didn't go outside, myself, until just before sunset both days). I got three invites to DFHA's 3 octoberfest dinners. I'm tempted to tell them, "I'll come if there's cleavage".

Absolutely -- it's the exact same idea as elevating them and pointing them down as I suggested, except that my way largely reduces the first reflection problem.

It is my understanding that Google Maps should still work, it's just no longer the default mapping target app -- perhaps reinstall it?

Tommy Bolin, Ultimate Teaser, discs 2 & 3 -- great wanking wankiness, batman! Melikey. (Also, I forgot what a beautiful guitar tone he had.)

Why is that? (Honest question -- I haven't ruled out an amp and passives for my setup.)

The best nearfield speakers I ever had were the Dynaudio Special Twenty-Fives (speaking of being a bit bigger than normal desktop speakers and not being bass shy). I need to recreate that setup (I still have them, just haven't put them up since I moved). But that, of course, is a several thousand dollar setup. The second best was the Quad 12L's. So I say, use the AudioEngines until you can get the Quad fixed. I know you kind of hate it right now, but what if this is the last fix for a long time? It's also the least outlay. Moar money for tunes, whiskey, and beer. Basically, listening in nearfield rocks. Pretty much everything sounds good, because you don't have to turn it up as loud, therefore the excursions are smaller and therefore more linear. So pretty much everything will sound good. I'm a huge Focal fan, so endorse the idea of going Focal. They also have some more traditional looking monitors that start on the small end at $350-ish, I think. And go up to the several thousand dollar Beryllium Utopian-based monitors. I'll get those if I ever win the lottery, but I honestly haven't heard any of them. Dynaudios have some that are programmable -- I.E. they can be made to sound good based on where they are, like the Meridians (except I don't think Meridians make desktop or even nearfield speakers). I think they're the BM-5A's? Also, something you can try -- this worked for me -- is that I had the speakers above the monitor and pointed down (in the case of the Dynaudio Special Twenty-Fives) -- if you have one of those secretary - style computer desks, this has a lot of benefits. Also, don't pay too much attention to where the port is. How close the speaker is to the wall and accommodating for that is much more important. Bass frequencies quickly become more omnidirectional, even with traditional speakers.

Unholy carp, noice.

Is Head-Fi down?

Azure Ray, As Above So Below