Voltron

I'm still totally sold on Amarra and think it is well worth the money so shoot me. The ease of use for listening to any sample rate is awesome and the sound is quite noticeably improved on a good system. I cannot wait for the needle-drop solution to be more integrated but right now I have some serious Sonic Studio software in tandem and recording is a breeze. I just have to figure out chopping up the tracks and I will be in business. I have had plenty of help from Sonic and others, but I cannot seem to lock the process into my brain (and failed to take proper notes). And Greg, if you are buying you should contact Meier Shadi at the Beverly Hills audio shop (on Amarra website). He was at CanJam and is a really good guy. SS would point you to him in any event, as I understand it.

The Kinks -- Muswell Hillbillies 24/96 download from HD Tracks

Every time that guy goes down, he ends up like a bug stuck on its back!

Does Dan Lavry say that 192 is too high or that higher rates are not good?

Walton, Carter & DeJohnette

Fucking fuck. That sucks.

And you will know us by the trail of dead -- Rhapsody Rocks Austin 2009 The Avett Brothers -- Rhapsody Originals

Erin McKeown -- Hundreds of Lions

I don't think I have tried the K501s with the P-1 but the K701 is also hard to drive and it sounds fine from the P-1 to my limited recollection. I have also tried the K340 (Headphile'd) and it was certainly not playing to its highest level from the P-1. However, I have the HD600/650/800 and the P-1 handles all of them well and without straining. I don't really think the P-1 can be said to have trouble with high impedance cans or even favor low impedance even though I definitely like the way Grados and AD2Ks sound from it.

New title: The World's Nicest Shill

The Flaming Lips -- Embryonic

I was just using Nate's term, Jeff, so please don't take control of my head! Nobody thinks you are shilling, but it was funnier to keep that line going. No offense intended.

Jeff is actually shilling the PS Audio Perfect Wave DAC in the Ayre USB DAC thread, and the first mention of either Berkeley Audio Alpha DAC or the dCS stack came into play from comments about Chris Connaker's Ayre USB DAC review and then Cunty_Shallow piped up about how fantastic the dCS stack was in comparison to the "mid-fi" Alpha DAC based entirely on one session at Sound by Shithead. Does it all make sense now? My main question is whether SbS was playing hi-rez or just CDs? The Alpha DAC really shines -- and is really intended for -- hi-rez music. That comparison done by somebody I trust would mean something. Of course, when I heard the Spectral 4000 CDP up against the Alpha DAC, the Spectral was much better, and three times as much money.

Inspired by Dinny's zeal, I filled in my profile here for the first time. If we used some kind of consistent format for data entry, couldn't the profile fields be harvested automagically? I am assuming no, given the responses and the thoughts of other much more technically inclined and computer savvy individuals, but it wouldn't seem to be beyond the realm of possibilities. And Dinny, when you figure out your solution, please note I was supportive and therefore should not be excluded. Thank you.

I thought it was higher, so that seems like a better option. Dinny, get drop ship together!

Amanda Palmer -- Who Killer Amanda Palmer?

Dinny, the price point is actually closer to $2k! AudiogoN ForSale: PS Audio Perfect Wave dac

Only if it then used the seal as a drink holder for the Coke.

'cause that would make you a dick.

The bear should have had a Coke at the end of the clip.

Imogen Heap -- Ellipse (instrumental)

From Stretch, with no silver or champagne to be seen:

WPA -- Works Progress Administration The players as listed in the Amazon description: WPA (Works Progress Administration) consists of some of the most accomplished and legendary musicians in today's American music scene. Founding members Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket), Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek), and Luke Bulla (Jerry Douglas Band, Ricky Skaggs, Lyle Lovett) have teamed up with Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek), Benmont Tench (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), Greg Leisz (Joni Mitchell, Wilco, Sheryl Crow, Beck), Pete Thomas (Elvis Costello and the Imposters, Randy Newman), and Davey Faragher (Elvis Costello and the Imposters, Cracker), and long-time acclaimed producer Jim Scott (Wilco, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Rolling Stones). This is a really nice album. I ended up having to go to NH to have drinks with Nate, Ian, Stretch and Jeff (and do some work), but my wife went to see them recently and they were great according to her.

Exactly right.

From the main heading, I thought he was a hobosexual, but it ended up (pun intended) having a different colloquial meaning. That is a whopper of a subtitle.