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Spent two years on a lightly smaller, older (Suribachi-class) supply ship. Brings back memories.

How did I miss that the LS50s were Stereophile's Budget Component of the Year and Overall Component of the Year? http://www.stereophile.com/content/stereophiles-products-2013-budget-component-year http://www.stereophile.com/content/stereophiles-products-2013-overall-component-2013

In Defense of Schlock Music http://www.vulture.com/2014/05/jody-rosen-in-defense-of-schlock-music.html

As you also have the 12Ls, they're certainly a step up.

How many more weeks until Winter comes?

None, I'm just saying I'm down to digging 2-ways at least on that one trait. Not yet down to '1-ways.'

^ Thanks for the suggestion. Will definitely investigate. Just got back from a couple hours with Sonus Faber Venere 1.5 & Venere 2.0 bookshelves and Martin Logan Motion 15 bookshelves and the Motion 40 floorstanders. Course a million variables in the listening rooms, and maybe this is common knowledge, but its like the imagining gets less exact the more complicated the speaker design (there were several other traits which definitely improved). Haven't quite jumped in with the full-range single driver crowd (and I know the monitor rep), but judged solely on imaging the LS50s and Motion 15s were in the top three heard over the last 24 (including a few not mentioned). Course that's not everything and the listening rooms were far from ideal, but it was surprising to me. Not surprising: the Veneres were easy on the eyes.

http://www.1week1project.org/2014/05/19/architecture-animee/

Yes, they certainly were. Dealer said the R700s have been their best seller for the last couple years.

^Thanks. Still researching (and Sonus Faber's Veneres have been added to the list), but spent a couple hours listening to KEF LS50s, R300s, and R700s (which all have Uni-Qs) today. I don't know really the price point competition, but damn, the R700s sounded great. If my space was different I'd probably head straight there (or R500s). Back to bookshelves, the 3-way R300s and 2-way LS50s sounded pretty different on the same system. Suspect most would prefer the fuller, dare I say more natural sounding, R300s, but the positioning on the LS50s was really great (and probably my preference). Pick your poison.

Refurb 3rd gen (retina) iPads - http://feedly.com/k/1hmWUSQ

If Game of Thrones Characters Were on The Wire, Who Would They Be? http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/05/30/game_of_thrones_and_the_wire_matching_the_characters_on_each_show_to_their.html

Tonight's inspirational message... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VPcPCwK_G0

Personally I don't love vinyl with headphones, but the VPI Nomad is kinda cool... http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2014/05/hotel-room-vinyl-headphone-listening-with-the-vpi-nomad/

15 and $9, but yep. LPs are only $1250 and MP3s $109 now. If there's a follow up question PM me. Now....

VU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P7mJslbPPE

This keyboard might improve my quality of life.

Life After Deaf MP3 version

But maybe they're on their way, aka baby steps, aka "more balanced" http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/29/beats-solo-2-headphones/

Tickles?

I have one of the Unicomps, which I love and would use daily, but it sits in the garage as I live with other people. Someday it will resurface and the clickity-clack sound will once again fill the air.

Most are.

The left hand sure looks like every suburban housing complex seen from the plane right before landing.

Maya Angelou RIP. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/29/arts/maya-angelou-lyrical-witness-of-the-jim-crow-south-dies-at-86.html?_r=0 "But to grow up costs the earth, the earth. It means you take responsibility for the time you take up, for the space you occupy. It’s serious business. And you find out what it costs us to love and to lose, to dare and to fail. And maybe even more, to succeed." http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/2279/the-art-of-fiction-no-119-maya-angelou

Not jet packs, but... http://youtu.be/CqSDWoAhvLU