Dusty Chalk

By the way, here is very likely a way in which burn-in makes things worse. And it's not isolated, it's quite repeatable, and has been (repeated). Specifically, the line about "...maybe the electrolytic caps are getting leaky (they do get hot inside the chassis)..." being the probable cause for the deterioration of that amp. EDIT: PS I'm not saying this to push your buttons, piss you off, continue an argument, or any of those things. I say it because I am one of those fucknuts who honestly believes he's heard it (burn-in), and I'm trying to understand it. You guys are smart, perhaps you can explain it to me, most of those fucknuts couldn't explain things to me to my level of satisfaction, because they also believe power cords make a difference, and that's pretty much where I draw the line. PPS I am also -- other than alcohol and caffeine and allergy meds -- drug-free. Alright, that's a lot of exceptions. Certainly hallucinogenic-free.

Wait, what? Did you just contradict yourself? If you can measure the difference in cables, why can't you measure the difference in an amp? Also, just because laypeople don't fully understand electronics does not mean that you should misguide them -- on the contrary, the scale of the importance of burn-in is an issue of education, IMHO. Finally, this "always" of which you speak -- was that scientifically measured, or just your one human's perception of what is probably not a statistically valid sample?

Oh, are you kidding, they have all those things on tap? You have to try the Left Hand Oak-Aged Imperial Stout, my current favorite beer. It tastes better as it warms up, if you start from refrigerator-cold (more obviously than other beers, if you believe that all beers taste better warm).

Artist: Pain of Salvation Album: Road Salt One Song: Of Dust

Taylor Swift is new pop music that he listens to over and over.

They thought the world was flat before they figured out how to measure it.

Would you prefer he said, "balls deep"?

Apparently he has them up against a wall.

Close enough is close enough...for you. I.E. for you to be able to determine "where it is going" -- if you can't figure out what it's going to sound like by then...screw it. Yes, I understand you don't want to have to extrapolate, but yeah, that's what I was saying, close enough means close enough for you to extrapolate the "final sound". MHO. You're perfectly welcome to maintain the stance that 15 days is not enough, and I respect that. Personally, I agree with you -- if 15 days is not enough, then screw it.

Yes you should. It could be anything from a tiny little cramped "oh wow, I didn't think they'd have this" to (angel choir) "THE MECCA!"

I disagree -- sure, things continue to break in after 15 days, but...don't you think it'll be close enough to whatever it's final sound is going to be by then?

I love the smell of pancake crystals in the morning...with bacon!

So "transistor" must be "pancake crystal".

Sorry, no, I didn't mean the Onkyo, I meant the two LOD's that were floating around -- I believe one was Hirsch's, and one was Pete's (PHP Pete). One was an Apple iPod LOD, with RCA's, and the other was a cheap little one-piece third party knockoff with a female mini stereo connector. The Apple one sucked compared to the other one, but I don't know if that was the actual LOD part, or the cable that was attached to them (both had two pieces -- the cable part and the LOD part -- so at least it was the same amount of connections).

I think the reasoning goes something like this: maybe. I mean, the idea being, your chain is only as strong as its weakest link, so eliminate (as much as possible) all other variables when comparing amps/sources/headphones/etc. The Pico DAC/Amp has an advantage in that the DAC and the amp are in the same case, so there's one or two less sets of connections, anyway. Did you listen to the two different iPod docks this last weekend? They sounded significantly different -- one was definitely a "weakest link".

Yeah, Whole Foods is great -- I found some Weyebacher Tiny there. Each one is different, too.

I haven't seen SSS yet (!), so no spoilers, but...what's he saying?

Warning about those: you need to keep them as close to the exhaust hole as possible -- that hose runs hot, and ends up warming up the room as much as the A/C cools it. (My housemate's sister ran into that, that's the only reason I know.)

You're right, that was at night, anyway, IIRC. I guess I better put "rewatch GitS:SAC" on my to-do list. Is that out on Blu-Ray yet?

Let's put it this way, my chances of having sex with a cartoon are about the same as having sex with a live actress, especially once you invoke quantum mechanics (negligably zero == 0).

I can't imagine anyone not crushing on the Major, straight or otherwise. I mean, purple hair, what's not to love?

It's gotta be -- it looks phonetic. Towards the end of season one? I'll have to find that episode (looks like it's just before the battle when Batou gets ambushed at the Major's place) and see what it really says. I'm thinking "pancake" -> "can take..." something. Oops. Heh-heh. EDIT: To his defense, he recently watched it. After he said "at the Major's place", it triggered a memory in me as well -- there isn't a lot of scenes at the Major's place.

...and we lose another one.

I'd want to try a bottle before I bought six, so I'd have to come up with some other things to buy from him first.