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Lavinia Capacious.

Bass Boost.

In the same-ish price range as the Ayre, I'd also consider the new Naim DAC, which gives you a lot more options for managing digital music. Naim Audio

Internals: Large, fuzzy Small, clear The Brit hi-fi press lurves it, no surprise there. Naim Audio DAC review from TechRadar UK's expert reviews of Hi-Fi accessories

A Pass Pearl would kick ass with the 2M. I know somebody who might have one for sale soon.

Nexus One? I see where this is going. "I want more battery life, fucker!"

I have heard a few that sound like ass.

I should have put that damn kegerator in my office when I had the chance. Now we're probably going to be selling the house and further "improvements" will doubtless be vetoed by the boss.

Pictures, please.

Shopping at the mall. Lunch with kids. Having a few ales now, to be followed by a nap. Wife's office Christmas party tonight.

It's the 501 MkII. Got it from a guy who'd just had it retipped at Soundsmith, so it has their ruby cantilever and line contact stylus. He said he thought it sounded better than the original, but that may just have been marketing. JP, I love the look of that Denon table. Classic, no nonsense design.

High quality first post. Keep it up!

Vermont Goat Cheese And Arugula Cashew Pesto Ravioli. Not making this up. My wife + Whole Foods = .

Not just in Britain. The 1960s "Joy Of Cooking" that my wife got from her mom has a bunch of squirrel recipes. And you philistines don't even wear tweed while shooting the little blighters.

Often spotty. Occasionally just perfect.

You go, dude!

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: I Am Locking the Wikipedia Article On Our Sex Life.

Have had water from below before, not yet from above. Either way, what a giant pain. Sorry!

OK, now it sounds good. VTA was waaaay off. Fixed that and, boom, there's the weight and warmth. Aimee Mann is busy berating my useless male ass -- and I love it!

Impressionistic view of new cart and arm in action. It sounds ... very different. I'm going to have to get used to this flavor before making a sober (ha!) assessment.

Set up a new tonearm, cart and phono stage. Sweated bullets, but didn't lunch anything.

It's not worth it unless you use a computer as your primary source. I really like the sound, though others here have been less impressed. But from a utility perspective, you'd be far better off buying a used C5xe if you want to try an Ayre and still mostly spin CDs.

Morrissey -- Swords Really enjoying this. It's odd, on average the songs are probably weaker lyrically than most of his recent output but they're also more engaging musically because he actually seems to be having fun.

Pixies -- Doolittle MoFi LP

Mine went off to Scotland today after the postal clerk spent 15 minutes fighting the new automated customs form on his PC, while the increasingly long line muttered and shifted impatiently behind me. I decided not to tell him about the invasive beetles as I figured that would just draw the proceeding out even further.