Hopstretch

Neil Halstead -- Sleeping On Roads

That actually looks pretty nice. Is the top casing translucent like your DACs? And by "pre-out slaved to the headphone output" do you mean speaker output is muted when headphones are plugged in? Otherwise, I'll just echo Beefy's desire to hear more about what components are in the box.

Black ones are >$400. Silver ones are <$150.

The Beautiful South -- Blue Is The Colour

Also like the choice of "bright" and "brighter".

Damn you, Monkey! Now, how do I paint this bugger black?

World Party -- Goodbye Jumbo

Absolutely no idea. Shovelo-cranial insufficiency?

Took the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator again. This one was a freebie from my wife's recently-acquired "executive coach." In the interests of science, did it under the influence of good whisky to see if that makes much of a difference from the last time a few years ago -- when my own former employer was trying to figure out what the fuck was wrong with me.

You don't need one of those, you need one of these.

Couldn't have. He's utterly pointless.

Looks like there's a matching DAC for another $2,750. Twice the Xcitement!

Fuck you, man. I are the mostest wise!

Marginally less suckage?

Took my wife to lunch. She mentioned that she'd like to move a lot closer to town. I mentioned that I'd like her to make a lot more money. We sort of left it there.

Eurhythmics -- Peace

Off to go find a stick and poke out my mind's eye.

I believe Ayre has retained Wavelength to do their ass-kicking for them, under a licensing agreement.

Someone's got a case of the Mondays.

My Morning Jacket -- Z

About to fire up the snowblower here for the second round. It was that or some more headphone gear for Christmas and so far I have not regretted the choice. Ask me again in the summer.

Odd that the skipping issue doesn't seem to affect the iPhone the same way.

Hey John, I can't remember if you said you had a decent DAC already? If not, the Pico with DAC is pretty much unbeatable for all it'll do for the money, plus the small form factor to boot.

We had a good dump here today. But I must admit it was breathtaking after the storm came through: (relatively) warm, clear and absolutely still -- with that fine, fine snow clinging to every branch and eave. I had just finished clearing the walks when my neighbor, who plows our driveway, came around and, since he was at the end of his circuit, we sat in the cab of his truck drinking beer and hiding from our families for an hour or so.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse -- Weld