Everything posted by grawk
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Please help me think through my desktop system.
It's worth it...dew eet
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Please help me think through my desktop system.
or grab a pair of harbeths and the desktop monoblocks and desktop stands
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DCC Gold v. Mobile Fidelity?
I'd go with something you like There are lots of cds I like, but it's because of the music, not the recording quality, generally. Everything from chesky sounds spectacular, tho.
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DCC Gold v. Mobile Fidelity?
I think steve does oversee DCC. The rest of the questions are opinion. I just wanted to answer the 1 factual question I knew for sure You can't really go wrong with DCC or MoFi
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DCC Gold v. Mobile Fidelity?
it's jackson browne, it's probably crap
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Do you have a workout routine?
i try and do 12 oz curls for 30-40 minutes every night. Back when I was in the army, I just did pushups and pullups 10-20x a day and it seemed to work pretty well. Just whenever you have a little time and opportunity, do a few
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Post the last thing you bought!
Oh, and dutch bonbons from a camera store in the netherlands?
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Post the last thing you bought!
Not what I just bought, but what arrived: Illinois Jacquet - Birthday Party + bonus 45 on 180g vinyl Getz / Gilberto - lff needledrop Allied Radio - Stereo Setup Test and Demo Records
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Relative Importance of Power Cable/Power Conditioner?
that's unreliable power. Bad power is inconsistent voltage. Especially undervolting. How new is your neighborhood?
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DC/Baltimore Regional Meet, August 2nd
they have inexpensive options, the wings and the pizza
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DC/Baltimore Regional Meet, August 2nd
It's been posted both in this thread and on the other site several times: We're going ot the brickskeller friday night, meeting there at 9pm. Saturday we're going to dinner at the dogfish head after the meet, then going back to the hotel.
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Off topic SinglePower discussion, immtbiker/Dusty posts, etc
The doing pushups all week line I thought was a pretty funny joke, honestly.
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Relative Importance of Power Cable/Power Conditioner?
Barry, do you have bad power? Usually that's an old wiring in urban areas problem.
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recommend excellent speakers for pc
Oh, no not at all, it's not a good deal, but it is an excellent setup
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Post what you're watching
Just watched Speed Racer, the movie. Was a lot better than the reviews led me to expect. Maybe the reviewers all missed the cartoon as kids, or expected art?
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recommend excellent speakers for pc
harbeth isn't made by headroom, it's a package on headphone.com. Harbeth is a speaker mfg.
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want to upgrade my source??
yes, cd players aren't going to make mp3s sound better
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want to upgrade my source??
airport express and an ipod touch
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What did you do today?
went to costco, and to a kitchen store. At the kitchen store I got a marble slab to use as a turntable base.
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want to upgrade my source??
For $4000, buy a cambridge 840c and spend the rest buying the cds you've been stealing.
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recommend excellent speakers for pc
stretch your budget a bit and get the headroom harbeth setup, it's worth it.
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The Orthodynamic Thread
I love that argument: amp that is known to only sound good on rare occassions should have plenty of ability to drive headphones that are known to need very specific kinds of amps to sound good
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Off topic SinglePower discussion, immtbiker/Dusty posts, etc
no images or impressions will be posted from this meet, there will be an NDA at the door.
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Blue Screen Crash Question
try running it without the memory and yes
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DC/Baltimore Regional Meet, August 2nd
we're not taking any pictures or posting any impressions