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Learned I'd actually paid off the house in October, but somehow missed it. Seems anti-climatic when the big moment is fused with "how stupid can I be?" realities.

god damnit. I was hoping it would be prohibitively expensive to make the decision easy.

Ok got a dozen rooms blocked at $79.95. Regular is $149.00. Check in with me for firm room needs. Trav

I've got my 27" iMac up and running (but still need to move over data, etc.). Really beautiful machine. It's amazing how quickly I've become accustomed to the large screen. Everything else looks tiny in comparison. I'm very happy with it.

PS: In my bedroom I've been using a Motorola DC800 BT transmitter (RCA input) with the Motorola S705 BT pendant which I plug my own headphones into, and it's worked well to watch TV without bothering the wife. So that's another option, although I think I'll be using the XP400 more when it arrives. One issue I have with my current setup is that when I feed the S705 pendant into a nicer amp then I get a little too much noise to enjoy it if I leave the charger plugged into the pendant (ground loop, etc). Unplugged I the battery lasts long enough to watch TV for hours, but I often forget to plug it back in. In addition, the output of the BT S705 pendant isn't really high enough to use as a preamp to feed into another amp, unless you like to cramp up the nicer amp to make up for low source voltage. Unfortunately I often forget to turn the amp volume back down and when I switch to another source I get blasted. You can use the DC800 transmitter with any BT headset and it can act as a receiver too, so you could use two of the DC800 and feed the thing into a nicer amp (bypassing the BT pendant). The DC800 uses a std mini-USB charger like the BT pendant.