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Their LCD choice is based on energy consumption. I am a plasma fan myself and may see what the difference amounts to. They don't watch a ton of TV so it cannot be that big of a deal.

My sister & brother-in-law are looking for an LCD TV in the 42" range and want to spend about $1200 max. 1080p and decent connectivity are a must, built-in speakers are not. Will be wall-mounted. Given that the last thread on this topic is a year old, I thought I would see what people suggest so I can help them make a good purchase. Let me know if you have any brands, models, or stores/online shops to recommend or to avoid. Thanks!

Happy birthday to Reks' mom! Have a great dinner.

Went to a funeral for my wife's ex-step-mother's mother who was 95 and a kick in the pants until the end. We had a vodka toast to her and then had lunch at her favorite Italian restaurant in St. Helena where they live and she died extremely peacefully. We had a birthday lunch at the same restaurant just a few months ago, at which she brought her own vodka because it is a wine/beer only spot. Cheers to Olga!

That's what you kids are calling it these days?

Sad news Pars, but 14 good years in a nice home is a damn good life for a cat.

But if your "friend" has a TT in working order then your "friend" should give it a shot. Do you, I mean, does he have any kind of phono stage (receiver, etc)? Why not check it out!

Sorry about that Stretch, but I am not terribly surprised about it. Hopefully you can figure out which thing you did is causing it, but damn I hate TT tweaking!

No way I'm going to believe that 20% of all tax lawyers in Texas are hot chicks. Did you mean "2 hott chicks"?

Is the weekend just starting or just ending? Sorry about the tile probs Salty. Hope you get them squared away in time.

Jackie McLean -- New Soil

Jackie McLean -- Strange Blues

The the SCD-XA9000ES super audio CD player incorporates an uncompressed digital output for the Direct Stream Digital

These two are on their way from Music Matters: Hell yeah!

First of all, I cannot believe you are recommending products loaded with inferior sigma-delta DACses. For shame. Secondly, why from the PW into the ULN-2? Not clear. Thirdish, the current Sony ES 7000(?) stated that it can output the DSD through e-Link/HDMI but I have not investigated that claim.

DEVO -- Q. Are We Not Men? A. We Are DEVO

I like the SACD sound and think it is definitely worth it for headphones. No easy way to rip SACDs (check computeraudiophile.com and elsewhere for painful instructions that don't always work) so you would just store a digital copy of the Redbook layer on your computer. The Sony ES reviews certainly seem to make it a viable alternative, but like Dan I doubt you would enjoy the Oppo for this purpose. Now, having said all that, I still think you want to get a ULN-2 and cut the crap. Get rid of some of those DACses and focus on hi-rez through that route. Way more versatile and offers even higher resolution. Don't play itsy-bitsy-spider with all these DACses for too long because it is just a waste of time and money (let alone sanity . . . glurg, gollum! ).

I've been thinking that for days but some people seemed to know and like him. Oh well.

If only I had the schematics to this duct tape! I'd show them!

It's a fair cop.

Well, we did do the nose.

Don't you have a job to go to now?

Me too, even though her dad is clearly the father of her little girl in the ad.

He should have omitted a fuckload of commas.