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Signed up, thanks Ric.

I was told that I could listen to my music through that cable at a reasonable level. /mumbles* Ok, but I can set this building on fire.

All this talk of desktop systems -- let alone the collapse of the economy -- finally got me to pull the trigger on my dream office system: First, some Nugget Vaughn Collective cables (RCAs, super shorty bi-wire speaker cables). Next, a couple of these HeadRoom Bi-Amp MonoBlocks that will be fed by my existing HeadRoom Desktop Amp/Dac, which just received completely new amp board, modules, and volume pot: Then, a couple of these HeadRoom Speaker Stands: To hold these beautiful Harbeth HL-P3ES-2 mini-monitors: Well, I hope it will all seem worthwhile once it is set up and rocking my office. The anticipation already has me worked up pretty good.

Random shots that I am posting on Flickr from weekend trips with some buddies. Trinity Lake 2004 Mono Lake 2008 June Lake 2008

Done and done.

Eww, does that have a mini jack? And I want pics of the GrawkSonicMono!

You seriously still cannot edit posts after 5 minutes or some amount of time, which was the same on the old software. If you cannot handle it, then I guess that's that.

I know wualta is a good guy or I would have just said he was a fucking idiot and left it at that. I would have extended a lovely welcome also, but he has been lurking for almost a year so that seemed odd. Also, I never touched my preferences or whatnot and the B I and U buttons are all right there. Lucky I guess, but all those things work with Control-B/I/U as well. In any event, welcome to fucking Head-Case.

The fucking italics button is in every fucking message window. Or you can hit fucking Control-I and get the fucking tags that way. Pay fucking attention.

With a little epoxy they would.

I could have built a house out of all the tape bricks I bought!

Happy happy, joy joy. Cheers.

Pico with a Y-splitter should work fine unless you are trying to drive two very hungry headphones at the same time.

"the G1 eschews a standard 3.5mm headphone jack for its proprietary ExtUSB connector, meaning you'll need custom headphones or an adapter to plug in your own. What's worse, the adapter won't be available immediately at launch, just a bundled headset."

Have a great birthday Michael, and maybe you should buy yourself a new user name while you are at it! Cheers!

Zerostat instructions: How to use? Hold the Zerostat 3 within 12" (30.5 cm) of the surface or object to be treated. Squeeze the trigger slowly for about two seconds, to emit a stream of positive ionized air over the surface of the object. As the trigger is slowly released, a negative flow of air ions is produced resulting in static neutralization. Repeat this procedure at several points across the surface of the object. Each Zerostat 3 unit has a "two cycle" type of operation, when the trigger is squeezed, positive ions are generated and when the trigger is released, negative ions flow. This means that it is possible to induce a charge on a neutral surface using the Zerostat 3. If the trigger is squeezed, and the Zerostat 3 is then removed from the surface (and before allowing the trigger to return to its original position), a positive charge will be induced. Similarly, pointing the Zerostat at the surface only for the release of the trigger will induce a negative charge. You could also buy one of these, which the magazines claim really works: Apparently, there are magnetic issues on vinyl, according to Furutech that makes this demagnetizer: The new Furutech DeMag is a brand-new tool for demagnetizing LPs, CDs, DVDs, SACDs, CD-Rs and DVD-Audio discs. It can also remove built-up magnetism in interconnects, speaker cables and power cords. We know what you’re thinking: Records are made of vinyl! How can you demagnetize an LP? Furutech tells us the carbon used to color vinyl attracts a magneticcharge and this charge affects the magnetic fields in your cartridgecreating distortion. After you demagnetize your records on the DeMag, you will not believe the difference! “Forwhatever reason, demagnetizing an LP definitely removed highfrequency glare and seemed to enrich the midband… It did. Everytime… Period. The difference was obvious… And do not try one of these devices unless you’re prepared to buy it!” - Michael Fremer, Stereophile, October 2006

I'm trying to like this series because my wife is liking it, but I am "sucked" into it at least yet. I like Anna of the Gap but the friend is grating beyond belief. She got smacked in the head with a bottle on episode 3 and that was the best part of the episode. I thought there was a chance she was getting naked, which might improve her standing, but then they didn't show anything at all. Oh well, I do like the cliff-hanger type endings to make you think about what is coming. Last night they actually had something about "in the coming weeks" to tease you even further.

Happy belated, Slacker.

I agree that there should be no problem and have used the type you pictured, but I recall something about not having both amps on at the same time or something about "feedback" for lack of a more accurate term going to the source, etc. If anybody has those kind of guidelines, it would be nice to know them.

Kiss ass.

I like them fine, but I would have made the design smaller on the shirt.

Funny, but I had the same reaction to Hank Mobley from these records. First on Kenny Drew's Undercurrent then on Soul Station. Really dig his sax. There are three more Mobley records as leader on Music Matters and one on Analogue Productions. Good stuff. Gonna check that out today. Rhapsody has the one you bought plus this one with some extra tracks:

Double-Double meal is only about 1270 calories!

What he said. Their turntable is truly bizarro.