2 books: Sonar 8 Power, & Cakewalk Synthesizers

And a new desktop PC to replace my 10-year-old Pentium III, spec'd as follows:

- Intel Core i7 920 / X58

- 4GB RAM

- 750GB HDD

- ATI 4850 512MB

- 16x DVD-ROM & 16x DVD+/-RW

- Vista SP1

Got a massive tax refund, 'twas time to finally go for it!

Aren't you a programmer? Csound

Nope, not in my current job. Haven't heard of Csound, I'll look into that, thx. I haven't kept tabs on the software development community in a long time, guess I should start doing that.

Nice selection, Naaman. How was it?

Yeah, did you try the Saintsbury?

I hit up most of the beer but only grape product I made it to was the port. I'll let you know when I make it to the others in the what are you drinking thread.

some 75mm bowl jaws, a Sorby bowl gauge and some moar woods

New Mac Mini 2Gb/320Gb CD/DVDRW 802.11n to replace my Apple TV in the bedroom (ATV moves down to the basement home theater).

Hey, me too! ;D

For some strange reason I feel I need to get one too. What is it and where can I find one. I can't read the photo when I blow it up, seems like the manufacturer is lambda something or other. Google knows not of what you post.

y1 dac. AMB Labs.

Thank you. I am toasting you with a glass of Chardonnay, it was 92 degrees today, summer has officially started.

Very hot for us up here today too but not 92. Did chill down a bottle of Goldeneye Vineyards Migration Vin Gris of Pinot Noir and since there is a little left I will toast right back at ya. Cheers.

http://www.billybags.com/images/Blowout%20Photos/DSC_0523.JPG <- Rack moved to my room... looks like this but scratched up and different top and more shelves.

I worry about my floor integrity thing is fuck off heavy.

Those BillyBags shelves look great, though.

Yeah it's always been my first choice after encountering Sleestack's but he paid like 10k for his or something ridiculous, but it has a nice anodized or some other glossy type of finish. The finish on mine is ... ghetto powder coat maybe? And it's hellza scratched up but it was also ~160 after tax. Slashing 100 off my roomate's rent as he drove to Berkeley and helped me haul it over.

260 is a great price for that.

2G of RAM (Crucial) and a 640Gb WD Caviar Black HD from newegg for my Powermac G5.

well, let's see pics of it.

Sure after I clean my room and set up more stuff on it. Just talked to Billy Bags we are estimating that its about 200 pounds and the spiked feet apparently are carpet friendly. She recommended talking with a powder coat place to get it refinished if I want to and sold me some spike protection things for 30 bucks for a set. A set of carpet glidey feet would be ~190 bucks so I think I'll wait on that for now.

Decided to try out some lower priced DACs with the new Squeezebox before going nuts so I picked up a Benchmark DAC1 and a Lavry DA-10 since everyone is dumping them cheap.

Don't know that I will like either one but at the prices I paid I should be able to turn them around if I decide I really need that Weiss DAC.

Billy Bags is a funny name

Billy Bags is a funny name

I always thought it sounds very "hobbitty".

http://www.billybags.com/images/Blowout%20Photos/DSC_0523.JPG <- Rack moved to my room... looks like this but scratched up and different top and more shelves.

I worry about my floor integrity thing is fuck off heavy.

I bet a visit to your local powder coater wouldn't be too costly.

I don't think 200 lbs ( or even 500 lbs, really ) will be a real strong test for your floor's integrity.

Lavry DA-11. It's true, it can do 24/88 over USB and needs no drivers.

Yeah, but your footprint is bigger than 4x1mm^2.

The spike protection thingies (aka "quarters", "nickels" or "pennies") will solve that problem, though.

Lavry DA-11. It's true, it can do 24/88 over USB and needs no drivers.

I thought about one of those but as I only use Macs so as I understand it I can do 24/96 via the mini toslink output so I don't have to pay the price for a USB input.

Edited April 20, 200917 yr by VPI

yes, but that should be across 4 separate floor joists, and so realistically, you'll apply more weight on any given spot than that rack will.