Dusty Chalk

I wouldn't recommend him, though.

So "...looks photoshopped..." is a meme? I feel so

Best I've ever owned was A3^CR pre/power combo. I have yet to try the Manley Stingray. Only other amp I tried it with that I've owned was the Jolida JD102B, which was meh -- wasn't bad, but wasn't good. Ditto AudioValve RKV w/Impedanzer. No, wait, I also tried it with the Kenwood microsystem, wasn't bad. My mom loved it, but I wasn't willing to part with the Kenwood when I gave her the K1000's. Best I've ever heard was Canman's Pass Labs -based rig. Also heard very very good sound out of tuberolled ASL MG Head (!) and Singlepower ... PPX, I think? Might've been MPX. You'd have to ask Hirsch. Whichever one he has. It's all in the tubes -- if you get the right tubes, that changes everything.

So it's a mixed mode operating system, you can direct it to perform 32-bit or 64-bit operations, at a high level? That's some pretty fucking awesome.

Steve, you can lower any discussion, can't you? PS Don't take that as a challenge. It was more recognizing an existing talent than asking for proof.

Yeah, that. And laziness. We have a tendency to shorten things anyway -- instead of saying, "...Kleenex tissues...", we say, "...kleenexes..."; instead of saying, "...make Xerox copies..." we say, "...xerox..."; instead of saying, "...search using Google...", we say, "...google..."; ad infinitum.

Lego is win. Lego bricks are win. Lego toys are win. Legos are win. All sound wrong. Oh, wait, that's right, "win" is a verb.

I'm not sure I agree that there's a difference between "bias" and "established preference". I have an established preference for a certain "cleanliness" of sound, and another one for tube distortion. And I will be the first to admit that it's a bias. I think it's more important to let people know what my biases are, than to claim some sort of approximation of knowing good sound on some sort of absolute scale. Sure, there are a lot of common denominators, but look at the number of people who like Sennheiser's HD600/HD650 sound (I'm beginning to think that this is what dreadhead describes as the standard "diffuse field" response?) -- I don't like it, so I'd like to know upfront whether or not a reviewer I'm reading likes that sound or not.

I love the drumming in the original studio version, I don't care if the drummer himself doesn't. Rick Wakeman has also turned his back on the genius of Tales..., which is one of my favorite albums by them. And yes, I meant the songs, not the albums. Black Sabbath -- I can't listen to those guitar solos any more without thinking of Spinal Tap. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love those albums, and they are near perfect, I just don't think smiling at the humor of the imagery is the intended reaction, and didn't used to be. And Paranoid has "Rat Salad", which sucks. I thought maybe you were saying they weren't songs, and I was ready to

Awesome. Grados are the cupcakes of headphones.

Awesome, another one on this forum who got lathe. What's that make, 5 (Nate, Smeggy, Steve, and there was someone else whose screen-name isn't coming to me now...)? Maybe more.

So what are you saying, huh?

Piece! Out...

QFT. Oh, and: bright colors. Red, yellow, orange -- hey, there's a thought, light him on fire.

My older one does that (I call it the meerkat move), I tried to get the younger one to do that (subconsciously -- out of habit), and he just kept walking backwards.

Frankie Goes to Hollywood, "Power of Love" Art of Noise, "Moments in Love" U2, "One" Ultravox, "Visions in Blue" XTC, "Dear God" Placebo, "For What It's Worth" Black Sabbath. "Paranoid", "Black Sabbath" Deep Purple, "April" Yes, "Heart of the Sunrise" Rush, "YYZ", "La Villa Strangiato" Premiata Forneria Marconi, "The Mountain" Roxy Music, "Love is the Drug", Elton John, "Love Lies Bleeding"/"Funeral For a Friend" Chris Isaak, "Dancin'", "Voodoo", "Funeral in the Rain", "The Lonely Ones", "Wicked Game", "Blue Spanish Sky", "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing", Talking Heads, "Houses in Motion" (one of these days, I'm going to throw those three drum hits and grunt in the middle of the song), as well as all of side one: "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)", "Cross-Eyed and Painless", "The Great Curve". Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music, "Love is the Drug", "My Only Love", "Windswept", "Jealous Guy" (live version from The High Road), "Is Your Love Strong Enough?" Tangerine Dream, "Cloudburst Flight", "Thru Metamorphic Rocks" Jace Everett, "Bad Things" (Theme to True Blood)

Yup, should work great. Dew et.

The pink light looks photoshopped.

You could try buffing it.

"Perfect" would be too obvious?

Man, golfers are violent! He took about 2 seconds to decide to swing that club at his backside, and he put some rhythm, timing and balance into it!

Well, at least I know what Apple will cook up next -- aromatherapy apps! In Smell-O-Vision!

I suspect it's because they already spent the money, and weren't willing to spend it again.

32- or even 64-bit internal is not at all hypothetical.