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Santa Mike! YAY!

Did you guys know dolphins have prehensile dicks? HARD FACT.

So I researched this a bit, and ran across the following. This can't be serious! SCOTTY: It's not clear whether or not the Diverter is an asynchronous or isosynchronous USB connection. It is also not clear if the SPDIF output is transformer coupled or not. Both of these questions need to be answered in order to make an informed buying decision. Scotty CRYOPARTS: Circuit design, PCB layout and skill of the designer/engineer are the most important things to consider in a design like this. Some will get it, some won't, and that's cool. Lee ***few posts later on next page*** CRYOPARTS: *Scotty*--I talked with the engineer and he is willing to divulge this about the design: "BTW, for the guy in this thread that asked about transformer coupling: yes, the gen III is transformer-coupled, with the best shielded tranny I could find. It is driven directly by an extremely high-spec, current feedback opamp with its own dedicated ultra low-noise supply that powers nothing else." Peace, Lee But still no answer to the async question! At that price point, I'd expect them to be clear on that. SOURCE/LINK: CryoParts Presents Sonicweld 24/96 USB to S/PDIF Converter

Hmm, here is a cheaper contender featuring I2S output even (never seen that before, and I don't have anything that takes that anyway, but cool I guess): http://www.aprilmusic.com/main/sub02_03_02.html Choices choices...

You know what, I might drop the dough for this, just to see. Hell, I've done it with amps and cans and DACs, why not the transport. Though, to be frank, I'd like to see what other high end options there are as well, and choose between them. Also, don't expect me to do reviews because I suck at that and it's just not my thing, so if someone reputable wants to make the review in my place, we can discuss loaner time. EDIT: I like BNC.

On the contrary, I am not disregarding it in anyway, just saying that I haven't found a SPDIF converter that shows me how jitter can affect sound signature yet (remember, all I've tried is the trends and the musiland). I'm hoping that something worth $900 as discussed in this thread would show a clearly discernible difference. My point is that, if that difference is measurable via scientific means, but my ears cannot hear it, it really becomes a moot point for me. If you lend me $900 I'll definitely find out first hand though!

I indeed have that chinese thing (Musiland Monitor 01USD). Unfortunately, my desktop has been broken for a week, and I finally fixed it this weekend. Prior to that, I can say the little device worked at leats on par with the Trends Audio UD10.1, which I also have. Is it bit-perfect? Havent tested it yet. Is it jitter-free? I doubt it, at that price point. How much jitter? Who knows exactly, but it doesn't hurt my listening at all. Frankly, this whoel jitter thing is a big deal to many, but I have yet to encounter jitter as a problem. Perhaps I am not aware of it because I havent listened to true async products or other "higher up in the chain" devices. What I can tell you is that if I hear a product with jitter in the single digits, and another in the double or low triple, if I can't hear the difference, I am not going to shell out extra hundreds or thousands for something I cannot hear anyway, even if it is scientifically measurable. The thing is, I have not experienced those single digit jitter products yet.

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This doesn't have balanced outputs?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cy-k4OGX5U&feature=player_embedded #

True only if you don't consider that opposite the window is the AC vent current flowing straight through the amp out the window. We need liquid-cooled amps!

Well, I moved back to my old room with mom and pop for a while to avoid unnecessary rent and save money, so I know exactly what you mean... ...the only difference being that I am opening up a damn window. Where there's a will there's a way, I always say!

He can use a rubber band.

Hmmm... Exclusive: Apple dictated Light Peak creation to Intel, could begin migration from other standards as early as 2010

Needs more photoshop lens flare to convince me to buy it.

Nah, it's American 110v I dont remember if this can be altered, though. Ask the seller, he has the unit.

I don't see it as sold. He was linking to the thread I made myself where I say it is sold. My name is 1117 over at head-fi. He was pointing to my thread as source material for his own sale of the unit. Unless he specifically told you it is sold, I believe it's still available.

My theory is that boob size was compromised so that the woman could still fly with such small wings. Larger wingspan naturally allows for a larger payload.

The Monarchy M24 is pretty heavy. Coldkeith over at head-fi is selling it, and he bought the unit from me. His username is "diebenkorn" here at headcase. Of course, you'd need a USB-SPDIF converter. I've only used two converters: the Trends Audio UD10.1 and the Musiland Monitor 01 USD. The Monitor is a little over 1/2 the price of the Trends and, to be honest, I have been going back and forth with it and the Trends and I can't hear a difference. Whatever subtle differences there might be are beyond my ears. Of course, the Trends UD10.1 also doubles as a cheap DAC/amp too. There is also a Trends lite version, but I don't know what they took out to make it "lite".

Audiophile cosplay meet!

One of my hobbies is writing. A friend of mine is also a very good story teller. I wanted to share the following with you because it is a damn good short read and would like to dedicate it to all the DIY'ers here. The following was written by Stan as a result of a conversation we had about another forum member who enjoys woodworking: When i was eleven, my mother packed us up and we took a U-haul from my childhood home in Oregon to Oil City, Pennsylvania, to care for my grandparents in their waning years. It was this rural area that taught me the truth about death, but that's a conversation for another time. My grandfather was a dogfighter in the Pacific theater of WWII. He was the kind of guy who had a room full of medals and war memorabilia that he never entered, and told his stories, only on his deathbed, and only to my stepfather for fear of how the stories would effect the gentler, female side of his progeny. When i moved into his decrepit house he was old and arthritic, bloated with inaction and diabetes, hardly able to push out of his chair to walk to the kitchen and yet incapable of entertaining the thought of letting the farm go overrun. I was too young to understand why at the time, but he somehow found the strength in his aching bones to get out on the tractor, clean up the branches from the orchard, and check the array of birdhouses he had planted on the old farm, once an airstrip but now chest-high grass. Behind the house were three buildings. There was a garage where he parked the lawn mower and stored tons of planed wooden planks. There was the toolshed, full of rusty implements untouched in decades, reflecting the inability of the farm to function anymore from the age of its owners, the age of its heart. And there was the woodshop where my grandfather spent most of his remaining time. His hands were weak, but steady, and I provided the strength needed to haul the wood from the shed to the shop. So he stayed in the shop most of the day, every day, building things. He built chairs and bed boxes, toy horses and birdhouses. I watched him build a lot of things, but was too young to get why. He showed me how to build a bird house, and we built one together, and then he died. We never got along too well, since by that point I was already a nerd, a bastard raised by his mother on the weekends and by the school system during the week. I'm pretty sure the entire family is shocked that I didn't turn out gay. I could never shoot any of his guns, I'm not fit, nor military, nor did I understand why a man would spend the end of his life building bird houses. But now I know. And now his house sits abandoned, molding, and condemned, and I'm sure the orchard has overgrown the place where the trailer sits. His tools have all been stolen by a neighbor and we're having a hell of a time coming up with an impetus to get them back. The lawnmower's shed has collapsed, and the toolshed's windows are all broken, the kudzu growing inside. John's even told me a few of Bud's war stories. My memories of that sad, dying place have faded, but in my backyard are a windchime that rings with the breath of the wind, reminding me of the birdhouse on the back fence and why a man can do nothing but continue to build, until he's taken apart.

Maybe it's just me, but I always found the logo's wings to be too small in proportion to the body. =/

Anyone know bands similar to Apocalytpica? Preferably resembling most of their music (in other words, instrumental)? Recommendations if any, please.

NOOOOoooooooo!

For the medical scientists: If a blind person is looking in the direction of the cables, does this count? I mean, the person is blind, but they still have eyes, they just aren't functional. Do cables count this as looking? For the naturalists: What if I hide all my cables from sight, but a bug is looking at it? An ant, a roach, a spider... And for the theologians: How do I stop GOD from looking at my cables? He sees everything! ALL THE TIME!