Dusty Chalk

No, incorrect, you're wrong, etc. Dynamic range != resolution. Dynamic range is the difference between the loudest and the softest, whereas resolution is the amount of detail to the signal -- I.E. what will let you know whether or not you're listening to a triangle wave or a square-wave signal being run through an LCR circuit that's really close to being critically damped. And why are you even bringing up sampling rate/frequency response? The fact that all of you guys keep harping on the same wrong strawman argument tells me that you're just regurgitating, and not even trying to understand my point, much less paying attention at all. FAIL. So -- to put it simply -- go fuck yourselves, all of you. (wanders off, muttering to himself something about 'retards')

For What It's Rirth?

Not on purpose, but yeah sorta kinda maybe. I wouldn't put any money into it, though, as historically, Apple has locked out such "accidental" features. Unless they decide to endorse it. I don't know if they've done the latter yet with the camera kit, though.

Those were fucking awesome. So full of random, so full of win.

It's not just about dynamic range, it's about resolution. Fuckers.

Keyword there is 'seem' -- there were always a plethora of DACses, but fewer FOTMses (flavors of the month). Now there just seems to be more. Yes, pretty much. Seriously -- the questions are: how good is your hearing, and where is the point of diminished returns for you? I have found that most material sounds pretty much the same out of a several hundred dollar DAC and a several thousand dollar DAC, so my point is somewhere less than a thousand. I might pay more for additional functionality (Cambridge Audio 840c seems like a bargain, considering what it does), but unless I win the lottery, I just can't bring myself to 'dew et'. The only way to do this -- the only way, those that claim they can tell good from bad in a short listen are lying -- is to somehow arrange for an audition in your own system for a weeks-long period of time. This is usually done by actually purchasing the item. I have found that my best bet is to purchase used, and sell used, that way there's minimal financial outlay to me. (I consider shipping and any loss of value the price I pay for the in-home audition.) Sure, one can look at the specs and the reviews -- how else are you going to determine which ones to audition -- but ultimately you have to hear it for yourself to decide for yourself.

Corpse?

Castle -- they really need to do more episodes where people don't have an alibi, and yet are innocent. Some people just aren't that social. In fact, they could do a whole episode where all the suspects are gamers or something. Or forum-readers. On a forum about alcohol.

Bump. Need moar pet photos.

Yeah, and rule #...two, is it?...is let us know what you're drinking.

Let me show you my shocked face: YouTube - NEW E*TRADE Baby - Lottery

In adhering to the one-syllable theme -- Chuck.

30 bit?!?!? Huzzah. I think the Macbook Pro just bumped up to the top of my laptop short list. (Not for any reason other than MOAR BITSES.)

I wonder if that's a similar algorith to rasterbating.

Going back to Blue Note SACD's -- on now Bottoms Up/The Three Sounds.

Yeezh. Go drink some water, man.

I remain blown away by that waterfall plot.

Community -- this is a smart show, disguised as a dumb sitcom. For instance, when the group loses their scapegoat, one of the characters cites, "we lost our George Castanza, our Cliff Claven, our Turtle...or Johnny Drama...or E...man, that show was sloppy." Had to look up the reference, but now that I know, I laugh on the inside. Our when Abed "pantses" Troy, he mentions that it was on his list of things to do in his first year of college, "...of course, it would have been better if you had the full hearts boxers". Troy: "well I hope getting pantsed was on your list". "Yes it was." (Puts a check on his piece of paper. Also, it is revealed that he has on the full hearts boxers.)

Dusty -- for some reason -- doesn't go after everyday beers. So Dusty just approves all the more. I was out and about checking out a few liquor stores in my area on Saturday, and it got to the point where I just went straight to the "craft brews" section. And if they didn't have one, then I didn't stick around very long.

Exactly.

I think I just figured out the appeal of the JH13's. It's an oversimplification, but: 'you can't do that'. Let me explain: so the theory is, if you start at the top (Stax O2), you run into a dilemma, because it is natural to still want to upgrade, but you've got nowhere to upgrade to. So two conflicting feelings emerge: satisfaction, and upgradeitis -- the combination of which leads to frustration. So you invent things to appease the upgradeitis -- namely, DIY mods. Well, with the JH13's, you can't do that. Well you can, but you have to have really, really small hands and be able to work in small places with small things -- kind of like a watchmaker. This will -- for the most part -- Darwin away most people. That leaves the satisfaction part, and only a small amount of upgradeitis, which can be more easily appeased by buying another notebook, netbook, laptop, or desktop. Or getting a Pico Slim, Pico DAC/Amp, TTVJ Amp/DAC, Headroom portable amp, or something similar of the sort. Or you can start investigating different softwares.

You should parallel all your DACses together so that they cancel out each others' weaknesses. What do you mean, 'it doesn't work like that'?

Dusty approves, even though Dusty doesn't like Imperial Stouts as much as Oatmeal Stouts and whatnot, he still likes Imperial Stouts over, say, Budweiser.