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Foetus, Hide -- first release of all-new Foetus material* since 2005's Love, which was a great record, so expectations are fairly high. *Yes, I know, he did: a soundtrack, a live album, a remix album, the J.G. Thirlwell/Manorexia album for John Zorn's Tzadik label, that documentary thing, and an album of remastered/reworked material, but those don't count.

I've been without alcohol for several days now -- it won't kill you.

Because...when I think, "I want to buy an iPad", I think clothing store?

That's what I wanted to hear. That's pretty much why I'm asking. I mean, considering Stereophile just put the Oppo BDP-83SE in their products-of-the-year list, I would think that they would strive to recreate that success story.

Agree on both counts. And I haven't even heard the T1 yet. At this point, I think I'm going straight to wanting to listening to these instead.

Jesus Christ, do you have to post something negative every time the name Beyerdynamic comes up? It's getting old, dude. Go back and listen to your speakers.

Any predictions (or knowledge would be fine, too) as to whether or not there will be an upgrade package again, like with the -83 to the -83SE? That ended up working out real well for me.

morphsci, is that the Grand Cru?

Wait, what? Emelius, I will definitely check White Collar out, I vaguely remember the previews, looked like it had potential. Me: Human Target, finally!

Link Modeled after the T1... $1295 MSRP... Closed... Designed to be driven "straight"... Hmmm...I'm a gonna need to hear these...(strokes chin)...

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Ditters on the well wishes.

OMG, that's the video with the most cute ever. You think it's like a whole pile of cute, but you take away some of the cute, and what is there? MOAR CUTE!

Really? Worked for me. Here, try this (and click on the first link).

I ran across the word "Paracusia" yesterday, when I tried to look up the word for "things you hear in recordings that aren't really there". Paracusia is auditory hallucinations -- but that's not exactly what I wanted. I wanted those things on like Black Sabbath albums when you think you hear your name being called from the next room ...but you only hear it when you're listening to that spot on that Black Sabbath album. Your mind interprets a combination of harmonics with your name being called, sort of like interpolation (or is it extrapolation?). The aural equivalent of phosphenes (and to prevent Jacob from going into a murderous rage, phosphenes are those fireworks-like lights you see when you rub your closed eyes, because you're stimulating your optic nerve with nearby pressure). So if anyone knows the word for that, I wouldn't mind knowing what it is, my google-fu failed me.

120GB for $250

I almost posted that, but the idea was to save on paper.

Desiderii Marginis, Years Lend a Golden Charm

Happy Birthday!

Changed it to a link. You have to admit, a lot of things make you want to commit murder, including Paracusia.

Yeah, if it's going to be a music server, then by all means, put an SSD in it. It's too bad you can't put an SSD front-end and still have a hard drive, so that the SSD is doing all the "heavy lifting", as it were. SSD + external hard drive? Strikes me as kludgy if he has to move files every time he wants to listen to something different.

No worries, I actually find the topic that the conversation took quite interesting, myself. I'd post if I had more time/wherewithal...I think you're fine so far.

Get an iPad.

The reasoning goes something like this: if you usually leave your AC in recycle mode, condensation accumulates -- if you leave it open, then it eventually evaporates, depriving the mildew of one of its key ingredients to live. Of course, if it's a dead fish behind your taillight, then all it does is waft relatively fresher air in your face.