morphsci
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While I generally dislike the term "giant killer" if this is like other Bryston gear I have heard, then I just might believe it in this case. There gear has that no-nosense, solid, Canadian look, feel and sound. I do think that an I2S input would have been nice, but I also understand why they did not feel the need to put one in.
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I bought a senn cable from Mr. Posty. The deal was smooth and pleasant but I am a little disappointed in the cables. Not only is the cable not the diameter of a mature redwood but the connectors are not made of Ununbium with a Ununoctium core. True, they would have only lasted for about 2.4 milliseconds, but it would have been 2.4 milliseconds of aural bliss.
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Have a notoriously Happy Birthday!!
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you'd probably end up with two drooling infants, with short life-spans, instead.
But then they could be president.
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...., but lots more people would buy Eddie Current gear if there were a coherent and stable product line with some kind of spacing in between upgrades and new models.
No disagreement from me there, and it would be a good thing from many perspectives.
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are you still looking for a nice volume control? if so, check out the bent audio kits. Those would be probably one the best volume control you can find, the best probably being whatever Charles Hansen is putting in his new preamps
Wow, those are very nice. I already bought a Penny and Giles RF15, so I will stick with that. I'm actually glad I did not see the bent audio site before as the volume control search took way longer than it should have as it was. Thanks for the info.
i think i saw your volume pot -- very cool! Craig also seemed excited to use it as well.Well that is cool. Craig seemed to be pretty impressed with P&G controls and I respect his opinions on those types of issues.
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I have also been in contact with Craig concerning, at first, a specific volume control for the BA, and then much more information than I ever wanted to know about volume controls in general. He has been more than transparent about the time line. I have no problem with the tinkering and constant quest for challenges. It's one of the things I enjoy about working with creative people.
As an aside, I'm sticking with the BA because of the aforementioned concerns with the AD1. If that means the BA will only be 91.76834527% of the Aficionado, I'm cool with that.
Back on topic. Looks like an awesome meet. I have to see the Frank Cooter amps in person. Looking foward to CJ09.
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I just received the following email from Switcheasy:
Dear Customer,It was just a gift, for your patience... why we made you wait so much, We had an Ultrablack on back order till now!
The Ultra black is shipping!
You should be receiving it early next week. (I am not surprise you are pissed because we apparently did not include a "thank you" letter that supposedly comes with the Crystal Case gift and explain all that. (Sorry for the scare!)
Thank You
Zoltan
So apparantly the case I ordered will be arriving. We shall see. Stay tuned for updates.
P.S. I love the name Zoltan, it is one of the names I used to use as a kid when playing all the weird games we used to play.
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portable == hand-held battery powered source
Although I consider my EeePC rig transportable, I can hold it in one hand with the Pico sitting next to the touch pad. Both are battery powered, so I guess my rig is, by your definition, portable.
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Many people use transportable and portable interchangeably. My current transportable rig is EeePc --> Pico --> HD-25. I upgraded the RAM and HD and now have a single rig for portable computing (i.e. away from my desk and phone!!!) and music listening. Since it has multiple functionality it is actually quite cost effective and provides very good SQ to boot. Does it sound as good as my main rig? No. Does it sound as good as my desktop rigs at home and work? Right now I would have to say yes, with the same phones (i.e. HD-25's ) but the desktop rigs can drive more demanding cans (AKG 340's) much better. The reality is that I currently spend my listening time as Transportable = Home desktop > Work Desktop >> Home Main Rig so I'm willing to spend the bucks for it right now. Next year? Who knows.
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Well I finally received my ipod touch case from Switcheasy. It not only took over two weeks to arrive but it is not the color I ordered. Not usually a big deal but the black does cost more than the other colors. I just sent a nasty message so will see what happens. Just a cautionary tale for the time being.
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Have a hippity-hoppity birthday.
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Except that there's no such thing as a 75-ohm RCA (connector)......
I thought the Canare crimp-on RCAP connectors were a true 75-ohm connector?
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Feel free to experiment with the unit as you see fit. I'm O.K. taking any risks with that as I see figuring out how this puppy works is the most important objective.
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Chris sold me a beautiful silver Pico. Not only was it a great transaction but the Pico he sold me is 62.47% better sounding than any other Pico in existence!!
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you could always novocain the sides of your head for the test.
Good idea, then you'd hear like Sovshiller ... Oh wait you would actually have to Novacaine your brain for that. Never mind.
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Happy Birthday. Ingwe, you are now officially a member of old-fart-case, Hirsch preceeded me in the club
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I've always thought of them as the audio equivalent to the comical straight-through mufflers that are attached to tiny exhaust pipes on early 90's honda civics.
Audio Rice
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Happy Birthday !!!
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Happy Birthday Mr. Ferric Fantasizer.
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That seems to be the Cambridge Audio "house sound"... a bit bright and hard. I was interested in testing an 840C, but was dissuaded by the owners' impressions and my sales rep.
I do not find it bright or hard at all, unless the original CD is bright and hard. I do not think it has to do with a forgiving amp as the GS-X is pretty ruthless in showing you the warts on your upstream components.
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Happy Birthday to the Queen of Headphones;
All Hail The Queen
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Nice. What software were you using before xxClone?
I started out using the EZ-GIG II software that came with the Apricorn enclosure. Upon rebooting it would stop with a message that the partition changed even though it said it had previously locked it. I then decided to go old school and created bootable USB flash drives for gparted and SLAX. This was extremely slow and never created a bootable drive. I then used some software from easeus that also failed. There was one more but it was so bad that my mind has blocked it out. The xxclone software was superb and can also be used for incremental backups if you upgrade the free version. I may actually do that but the free version is all you need for cloning.
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Well it has taken me almost 5 days to upgrade my EeePC disk from the 80Gb stock issue to a 320Gb drive. The main problem is that most of the disk cloning software just absolutely sucks and failed in one way or another when I tried to use it.
However xxClone came through, worked superbly and was extremely easy to use. I now have 268Gb for music/data, WooHoo.
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this 1 for u : splitzer, kevin gilmore
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And exactly what amp would that be?