I liked Michael Lewis's take on the whole sorry mess last year. Lots of backstory, which answered a fair number of questions for me.
Wall Street on the Tundra | vanityfair.com
Just watch your back on the erg and you'll be fine. Make sure you start off with proper form and don't come too far forward at the catch (the point at which your hands are closest to the flywheel) because it's that flexion that causes problems.
Here's a good form video. I'll PM you some other links.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3677219739586281796&ei=M4xGS9jPF4aYlAft-6XDBw&q=proper+rowing+form
Back in the hunt for an integrated. Little more urgency now that I actually have some nice speakers and nothing to drive them with.
Anyone have any experience with the Creek Destiny? There are a couple knocking around on A'gon and I see it comes highly recommended by LobsterFink himself as well as the usual suspects at Stereophile and TAS.
Other random thoughts -- Unison Unico Primo, Primare I30? And please do ping me if you see an Integre DT or LFD Zero on offer anywhere else.
I'd guess that since Koss is still pretty much a classic family business despite being nominally public (the float is tiny and barely traded even before the stock was perma-frozen) it's fate entirely depends on what resources the family still commands and their determination to continue, or otherwise. Since they are old-school and somewhat out of the geographic mainstream, I'd guess again that they probably have some pretty long-standing local banking relationships that may sustain them. Unless all their local banks were gobbled up by the national giants along the way. In which case they'll be left to swing in the wind.
I shall, Al.
Forgot to mention I also bought about 45 used LPs and they gave me 15 of them free, which was jolly decent. These included all four proper Flock Of Seagulls albums, so to the posh new arrivals: "You'll play it! And you'll like it!"