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Nice to see you posting again John. Blackie's amp looks even better than ever with the upgrade. I imagine the HD800's sound quite nice out of it.

congrats cj123!

Condolences to you & Jim's family, ironbut. That's so crazy. The kind of story it's difficult to get your head around. Dang.

Anyone here, particularly you steel-frame fans, have an opinion regarding old-school friction shifters?

Good on you, Steve. The "what if that was my Mom?" question is a good check on our behaviours, and one I use a lot lately.

Great pics everyone! catscratch - those EdMika adapters look great & well-made, But it is my understanding that there are issues with focusing to infinity (and mirror contact) with some lens + full-frame camera body combinations. Just FYI.

I love "Happy Endings"! Elisha is hilarious and hot. So sad to see it cancelled

"Luther (Season 2)" - liked a lot, great ending ep, although it felt a bit rushed. "Rectify" - opening ep was interesting. Slow-burn kind of start, which I don't mind. Will continue to see where it goes. DVR-ed the "Top of the Lake" marathon yesterday, so will check that out in the next days.

I liked "Continuum" quite a bit. It has a proper combination of sci-fi & human relationships, with a focus on the latter. Plus your comments re: Nichols' toughness, vulnerability, & pretty are spot on.

Luther (Season 1) - awesome. Couldn't stop watching, so we marathoned the whole first season. This is a prime example of good TV. Alice = love!

Very nice!

Same order as their show the other night: The Sea The Sea (EP): Amy Speace “How To Sleep In A Stormy Boat”:

A great talent & one of my favs from very early on. Awesome timing. So sad to hear of his passing. Rest in peace.

guzziguy - hope your niece heals up well & quickly. Vicki/Jeff - nice racks. Want. pigmode - jealous of your locale. Btw, my wife was gifted an older, Canadian-made Miele road bike from a a former iron-woman competitor friend. The white pearl paint has seen a lot of miles, but it's not too bad & the original Miele decals are about 90% intact. It seems the accompanying mishmosh of components have been swapped in at various points along the way: - Shimano Tiagra derailleurs (older version) - Wolber GTX (France) front rim - Ambrosio Extra 19 (Italy) rear rim - Continental Ultra Sport tires Everything on it works well. The problem is the frame is too big for my wife & too small for me. So the plan is to either sell it outright or trade it in to mitigate the cost of new road bikes for both of us (all with the original owner's blessing). When we had it tuned up & the clipless pedals removed for standard pedals last year, the mechanics at the LBS seemed interested in buying it out from under us. No official offers we made at the time, & we went on our way. Anyone have an idea what would be a reasonable range to accept for such a bike? We just want to be sure we aren't being raked. TIA.

I was thinking of using the ATV as a standalone (non-streaming, hardwired HD) iTunes music server. I have a Touch to use with the Remote app. Do I need a real monitor-type display to get the Apple TV into some mode before using the Remote app, or can I use it from power up? Demo vids online seem to show it in a controller mode only to make menu selections on a TV. Also, is the ATV (latest gen) optical-out limited to 16/48?

^ Hope she feels better soon, Ed. Same to all you parents of presently sick offspring.

It already sounds better than $20k pre-amps & systems costing >$50k. No need to roll op-amps.

Congrats Bigguy!

Of course you should get back the purchase price with shipping both ways, and certainly a gesture for your troubles ($20 gift card seems reasonable as an initial offer). But what more were y'all expecting?

^This!!!!

My condolences as well Knuckledragger

40" officially here in Hamden, CT as reported by the national services & major networks. Drifts are even higher. Time to start the long process of digging the cars out. Thankful we have electricity.

Nice. Is the idea to use the Marantz as a multi-channel amp for HT, and then use it a pre-amp to the Emotiva for a different set of 2-channel speakers?

If you ultimately plan to go to the Smyth, then an interim solution might just be an extension cable to use with the Thunderpants plugged into the receiver headphone jack.

Thanks for the link Salty!