Dusty Chalk

I'm not sure I see how you get to your "if A then B" B. If you're upsampling in software, then you're probably not doing anything to the driver. Large amounts of data, yes, unnecessary -- well, only if you don't care about upsampling, in which case, why are you upsampling? And now you're at 24/96, not 16/44.1, I don't see how that can amplify the potentional for audible jitter. Going from 16/44.1 to 24/96 -- in, for example, the Monarchy DIP -- inherently reduces jitter (some people use it mostly as a jitter reducer, not because they believe in upsampling). Depends on whether you believe the DAC's upsampling algorithm is superior to whatever software you plan on using. Transmorphicalization?

Scratched? Bummer. Or "brushed"? Did you get them used? I think PriceJapan is just a clearing house for multiple merchants, so...which merchant?

Sounds like they're not compatible. Try a cheap PATA/IDE card?

So the ones I was listening to were the bowls?

And a lot cheaper.

That's the way to do it! I have no idea what these are, whatever they came with. Grawk put some other pads in with them (I'm borrowing his), but I just used what he had on, which are perfect. Might try the 414 pads next week.

(ears perk up)

Why do you need a processor at all, if it has volume control functionality?

I love that commercial.

Oh, c'mon, you've never seen a penis as big as a cactus before? Alright, neither have I.

Those are the cutest things ever. My kitty (yes, I already think of him as mine) was touch and go for a while -- she had found a local recipient, but then changed her mine mind. My cat was touch and go for a while -- she was acting constipated (left as an exercise for the reader to determine what, exactly, I mean by that). She's all better nao.

Man, I had Shatki stones once, those things are the most painful to pass.

You only need one good one. Go Stax.

tickets to Porcupine Tree in Baltimore

Yes they do. Jesus christ these are nice. I'm keeping my order. I'm listening to Peter Gabriel, Up, right now, and the bass is just. right. there. It's not overblow, and it's not "lite", it's just...perfect. "It's still a fuckin' Grado."

"Pull!"

T40 Mk II $55

Hurray!

And he somehow managed to phone in during the ordeal.

The W5000's fit weird on a lot of people -- tread carefully. I think you should get the A2000X and report back to us how it sounds.

Lutoslawski/Bartok, Concertos for Orchestra, Jarvi, SACD

Intra-and-Supra-aural-jam?

Except that the Oppo -- like probably every other SACD player out there -- will only output SACD over HDMI, so you're going to have to figure that out. If you do, please post your results, because I don't think anyone else has...yet... Cool about Fitz -- I somehow missed that. I had an entirely different mental image of what he did for a living...not sure what it was, but it wasn't that...I've actually fantasized about doing that for a living, myself. And feel free to post the discussions publicly, some of us are reading this thread for educational purposes.

Oop, you're right, I misread Torpedo's post backwards -- I read "can't" instead of "can". Oh, and I ain't missin' nuthin'. You're stubborn, and that's alright by me.

Hey, wow, chicks.