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Happy birthday!

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday!

Sorry to hear about your friend Wayne. Condolences.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Thanks for the birthday thread start Al - much appreciated! And thanks to everyone else as well. Another year older, not sure if any wiser, but it's all good. Cheers all!

Still liking our Costco Novaform after two months. Never any smell issues (and my wife is super sensitive olfactory-wise). I have noticed that it is more comfortable sleeping on my back than on my side due to the way it conforms better to the former rather than the latter. So one's opinion re: memory foam styles may be determined by your favorite sleep positions as much as anything else.

Started watching the first ep, got bored, changed the channel. I do like Isaac as an actor though. *shrug*

Happy Birthday Tom!

Thunderbirds are Go! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1558089494/thunderbirds-1965-new-episodes-from-1960s-recordin

Well after much procrastination, the prospect of visiting relatives finally pushed us to make a decision on a new mattress. Mostly based on a Consumer Reports rating, we settled on trying a memory-foam style: the "Novaform® 14" Primafina Queen Gel" from Costco. We also got the "Sleep Science Queen Folding Mattress Foundation" as a base. After one night, my wife has declared a success based on how her back felt this morning. No heat issues, which was one of our major concerns with memory-foam. We'll see how it holds up over time...

Happy Birthday buddy! Missed you at last weekend's meet - next time...

Happy Birthday!

Somehow missed this. So, a belated "happy birthday!" to you.

Happy Birthday Larry!

Happy birthday Nate!

And people complain about Audeze updating models...

Happy birthday Dan.

A special edition completely surrounded by Techflex can be special ordered, keeping all errant electrons in check

I've never owned any of Vinnie's wares. However he has been a frequent supporter of the NY/CT meets where I've had the opportunity to listen to many of his products over the years. They have never offended, and often excelled. At the recent November meet in Stamford, he was showing the LIO, along with his modded Sony HAP-S1 player, using a pair of HifiMAN HE-560 headphones. It was a total pleasure to listen to. Smooth, lacking any evidence of grain yet with plenty of detail. As transparent a headphone-audio experience as I've heard. Although I did not listen to too much other gear that day, Vinnie's setup sounded far superior than: - HifiMAN HM901->HifiMAN EF-6->HifiMAN HE-560 or HE-400i - AK240->Chord Hugo->Inspire IHA-1-AKG K812 - unknown PC-based source->Mjolnir Audio KGSS->Stax SR009 all of which cost at least as much, if not far more than the LIO-based system. How much of that experience had to do with the modded Sony player vs. the LIO powering the headphones, I couldn't say. I guess the value of any audio product above $1k can always be questioned. But Vinnie's products are not anywhere near the stratosphere of the industry. The modular nature of the LIO can be seen as a hedge against obsolescence & permits easy servicing. Also, having so much functionality in one box eliminates the need for expensive interconnects, upping the value proposition I'd think. While I am far from being capable of discussing (or debating) the technical details, all of this seems to make some logical sense. And it bears out in the sonics of what I've heard myself. The build quality of his products is very good & clean. His designs have not put anyone in remotely any danger (to my knowledge). And his customer service has never been called into question (again, to my knowledge). While I am not a fan of ALO, and Vinnie's past association with Ken always perplexed me (not sure where that relationship stands atm). But if Rossi's products fit into a system I wished to put together, and I had the "scratch", I don't think I'd regret pulling the trigger. At the very least, they warrant a listen.

Happy Birthday Jeff

@Mr.Sneis - what is wrong with the SL-1600 (either intrinsically, and/or relative to the PL-7)?

Joe Franklin, radio & TV icon: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/joe-franklin-dead-88-article-1.2090911 RIP

Another tough week in Hollywood: Rod Taylor: http://variety.com/2015/film/news/rod-taylor-dead-the-bird-the-time-machine-1201396390/ Anita Ekberg: http://fridaynightboys300.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/anita-ekberg-rip.html Taylor Negron: http://deadline.com/2015/01/taylor-negron-dead-57-after-long-battle-with-cancer-1201346798/ RIP y'all.