Dusty Chalk

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

I'm not looking for audiophile. I'm looking for something I can actually turn up a little bit without it distorting, to overcome the fan noise of the server. I'm actually thinking MiniRigs or something. I don't care if it's colored -- the Cube is colored in a very specific way, but I kind of like it. I'm kind of regretting getting the Cubes over the UCubes, mostly because of the ability to use two of them (two of them -- even if I can't get stereo separation -- will still be able to go louder than one of them, but don't know if that applies to Cubes vs. UCubes). I mean, you'd have to stack a lot of Spendor S3/5's together before you could go as loud as one Quad 12L, so if one Cube is better than a pair of UCubes, then I'm fine with it, but I still want to go a bit louder. So yeah, Mini Maggies are out. And yeah, I didn't post that before, because I kind of didn't realize it until just now. I kept turning it up when I went into the kitchen, then turning it down because it was annoying. I certainly can't go loud with the laptop speakers. And yes, I do realize it's a trade-off between drivers and weight, because more drivers ==> goes louder well, but there are small drivers that go plenty loud well (Dynaudio's Esotar 2 comes to mind), so that's what I need to figure out. That's kind of why I thought about the Gallos -- they're supposed to be satellites, so they should go loud well.

Sweet. Sounds very homey. I actually got shit done at work today, myself. I love rainy weather. I feel energized.

Pfff -- no. I think the Mini Maggies are at least still in the same weight category.

Dani Joss, Liquid Photography -- I need to find anything out there like this (especially the first and third tracks). It's rare that I can use the word "earworm" on something that can also be described as "sparse", "minimalistic" and having zots of "ambiance". Also, Daemonia Nymphe - Remixed, various artists, including Dani Joss, albeit less minimal

Because if I can come up with a container for them, then -- BLAMMO -- portable.

Wow, flashbacks.

So I was googling (single-driver OR full-range-driver) (active-monitor OR powered-monitor) and got these. Yeah, that's what I want, to have to make three trips to work every day, one for each speaker...lollers...

That's exactly what I want.

No, it's fine, I'm sure. It's just that I would recommend a bass amp for a bass. But no, I wouldn't do that again -- you might blow the woofer. You can also get a MicroVR for US$300. (Unless you wanted a full combo amp/cab.)

So looks like the upcoming office isn't going to be any better, so I'm thinking slightly better, since this is no longer a temporary problem. Gallo A'Diva speakers (2 lbs.) NuForce DDA-100 (2.64 lbs.)? Icon-2 (1 lb.)? Peachtree MusicBOX (20 lbs. -- maybe not)? Something else?

Uh, no. It's bi-amped. I mean, yes, you have two amps in there, but no, I wouldn't use it as a bass amp. (I know you meant the amps, not the speaker part of it, but I still wouldn't.) Or sell the pair as a fixer upper. "needs tweeter or tweeter amp (tweeter is busted)" I would still contact lanemart and ask them what it would take to refurbish it -- if it's less than US$50, it's worth it, just because you'll get > US$50 more for it on eBay. Of course, most of that would be shipping, so maybe US$100?

Srsly. I feel guilty feeling so good right now.

Chick Corea, Hiromi, Duet

You need to leave them a (pink) bottle of that bacon maple donut beer stuff.

I need to make a T-shirt that takes that "push button/receive bacon" to the next step: push button/receive bacon/receive bacon directly to face