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Happy birthday Craig!

Carnitas tacos for my friend's birthday at my favorite Mexican restaurant in town. It was good to eat something substantial.

This!!!!!!

Probably.

Waiting in line to vote. Huge line for the Democratic primary and no line at all for the Republican primary. That makes me happy (except for the fact that I have to wait in line).

I think they were $350 when they were on Massdrop so that seems pretty good.

Congrat!!!

^This!

Happy Birthday Naaman! Hope you enjoy some good beverages tonight!

Happy belated birthday Al!

How did I miss this before? Happy belated birthday Dan!!!

If you wanted to be in first place, you shouldn't have invited me to be part of the challenge.

Enjoying the Fitbit Charge HR but I've only had it for 3.5 days. Two of my friends have the Charge HR for a while and they've never had any problems with it. If anyone wants to be a Fitbit friend, pm me and I'll send you my email.

Seems like a crazy price for an upgrade. Also, you should know that when I upgraded mine from a MKI to an MKII, I fucked up the LCD screen. I sent it back to PS Audio and they took care of everything though.

^This!

Happy Birthday Colin!!!

^Looks great (except the storm)

Happy Birthday Steve!!!

Happy Birthday Ed!

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0321/7609/files/DAC2_Series_Manual_Rev_D.pdf?1417 Oops, I meant 11 o'clock, not am or pm (see p. 14). I have set the jumpers to -20db output. i am guessing that the balanced output is just going to be way to high and that I should stick with an unbalanced amp. I've thought about that amp. How well built is it? Would I need to buy two or just run one like usual? Do you know anything about the Parasound 275v2 (75 watt amp). Also, wondering about the NAD amps and the Rega Brio.

My current desktop speaker setup is Benchmark DAC2 -> Pioneer Elite A-35R Int amp -> KEF LS50 (I also have the GS-1 on the desktop for headphones but haven't been using it with the speaker setup). I feel that there is still a bit lacking from the KEF LS50s so I swapped out the Marantz SR6005 receiver for the Pioneer A-35R. The sound was much warmer and more powerful. While I feel that setup was too bass heavy for me, I think that there is probably something lacking in my cheapie Pioneer Elite. I have been thinking about getting a Parasound A23 to replace the Pioneer Elite. I wonder if there will be too much volume going balanced out of the DAC2 since I am listening at the desk. Should I go for an amp or int amp. The DAC has volume control but according to the manual, for it to sound best, it should be at least at 11pm. So perhaps I should get an int amp or maybe use the GS-1 (which would mean sticking with a non-balanced amp). Would a pure balanced setup have that many benefits over a non-balanced setup? Anyone know anything about the Parasound A23? http://www.parasound.com/a23.php

Happy Birthday Stephen!!!

I don'treally understand how credit cards decide who they want as a customer. Several years ago I applied for a credit card from CapitalOne 360 (I wanted one that would not change a fee when using it internationally). Even though I use my current cards a lot and pay them off each month AND had a ton of money in a CapitalOne 360 account that had been open since it was owned by Netbank, I was denied! I wonder if it was a mistake or if they though, nope, we don't want this person because they aren't going to run up cc debt.

The brisket looks a bit tough, you must not be in Texas.