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Gotta agree. Cowardly or not, this is a clean end to the horrible situation he created and lets those women move on.

Just realizing that Neko does a cover of Robyn Hitchcock's Madonna of the Wasps, which is really quite cool.

Thanks for all of the input so far. It turns out the rear speakers at least need to be passive so I am looking for more options. What about mixing some active and passive Emotivas? Anyone have thoughts on that idea? Also, I was going to spec out a Gallo speaker setup as well, so any thoughts on the current world of Anthony Gallo would be appreciated. Hell, any thoughts would be appreciated.

http://www.schwartzsdeli.com/ Do not fail to enjoy smoked meats. Especially at Schwartz's. Somebody else went awhile back and there was a thread. Homard means lobster and homard festival means cheap lobster so keep your eyes open. Walking around and taking pics will be excellent as well.

Fries with Heinz 57 and malt vinegar mayo

You not only need room for the goose but also a very substantial and deep drip tray.

You seem to like typing duck too.

A goal indeed! Although the volume of red vodka to put you at .341 would likely kill a horse.

.341 BAC is pretty damn epic, indeed.

That's the way. I don't like to bread trout either, but i don't season my flour nearly that much. Next trout will get the secret Reks dust treatment

Secret fish dust? Come on, give!

This again!!

I bought ground meat cut up uncooked bacon and combined them by hand. A kitchen aid would have been handy.

I liked it a lot. I have done beef/pork/lamb before but I liked this better.

Didn't get any good shots before eating but this is the last of the ground sirloin/ground pork/bacon burgers. They were tasty.

Nice! And great idea Jeff.

Oh yeah, and have a blast on the metric century Team SoFla!

There's definitely a bi-uni-cyclist joke in there somewhere.

Thanks all. Jim, are you using the pre/pro for 2-ch listening or just multi/HT? I'd really like your thoughts on their capabilities for dual purpose use.

Awesome, Steve, thanks for the thoughts and the links. Does Emotiva make a phono pre or rather make one that is worth considering?

I don't think he wants to stream from a phone or tablet, but he wants to be able to play digital files from a hard drive or computer. Thanks for asking the question to remind me of that.

A friend who is into music but not up to speed on gear and not an audiophile wants a new system but doesn't know what to get. He is looking for a new stereo/home theater setup that can also feed a couple of other rooms. He installed speaker wire and CAT5 cable to various spots when he remodeled awhile back and now wants to take more advantage of the multi-room music idea. The primary location will be a living room 5.1 home theater setup that will double as his 2-channel stereo listening location. He also has speakers for the den/kitchen, a back deck, and an upstairs bedroom that he would like to be able to play as a separate zone or zones from the living room/HT. He would also like to have some level of control of the downstairs system from the other rooms if not too costly or too quirky. Budget is $10-20K, and he is willing to buy some things used if that helps the budget and can be accomplished. Here are the details and requirements as I understand them, making an effort to avoid tl:dr responses or lack of any responses: Living Room 5.1 Home Theater Surround/Stereo System (16’x12’x9’ tall) Gots: JVC QL-Y55F turntable (seems decent and he doesn't need more) Panasonic DMP-BDT210 bluray player (may or may not be used) Needs: A/V Receiver -or- Preamp/Processor + one or more amps CD or Universal disc player with DAC input, and streaming capabilities. Phono preamp (if AV receiver doesn’t have it built in) 5 Speakers (fronts capable of quality 2-ch listening) and a Subwoofer RF universal remote control or else smartphone/tablet remote control Other Rooms: Gots: Dahlquist DQ-8 Speakers for den/kitchen B&W WM6 outdoor speakers for back deck B&W DM 1200 bookshelf speakers for the bedroom With that stuff in mind to the extent it makes sense, I would like to recommend a couple different options for the main system. One key question is powering all of the extra speakers. Even if he has a second or third zone, he still has to power all of those speakers. Perhaps he could wire both the den/kitchen and the deck to the same pair of speaker outputs on a mulit-channel amp or receiver, but that is hard to know if it will work. Maybe he needs a couple multi-channel amps or perhaps just a separate amp for the other zone(s) would work. I think he may need to forego the upstairs bedroom connection and just have a separate setup there because that would make 3 additional pairs of speakers, but I guess we should leave that option available for now. I have thought generally about the Marantz receivers and pre/pro/amp setups but I want input from people who use them for 2-ch listening too. I wondered about Emotiva gear but I don't know any of it personally. Although it may be out of balance with the budget and other gear, I thought about an Ayre universal player or an Oppo. I also wondered about smartphone or tablet control as a concept. I have no good ideas on speakers although I wish I had listened to the LREs that were at the California Audio Show recently because they supposedly sound good and are meant to be driven by AV receivers. I had been thinking of Sonos for wireless control and possibly wireless speakers but he insists he wants to use the in-wall wiring and doesn't want a fancy wireless setup. This still might be worth recommending as an alternative if anybody has a good solution based on Sonos or similar gear. You get the point. Any recommendations for components, speakers, control schemes, or the whole enchilada will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Steampunk 7 of 9? I'll take the original please.

^Like. Too bad this isn't new material (post-2003 B sides and outtakes), but giving a listen anyway:

How tall the 6 to 8 black men are. Antonio, have you ever seen Santa at his summer home or shared some tapas with him?