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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!

I realize I am ancient by young people's standards, but I found it impossible to relate to the girls as portrayed in S1, e1. Mostly because I found it incredibly disturbing how abusive a relationship the main character was in, yet she didn't seem to realize it. Worse, she actually seemed to think she was sexually empowered, when I found her anything but. Her friends weren't any better, just messed up in different ways. It was more disturbing thinking about my young nieces living through similar situations as they approach adulthood. Is this really where young women are today? Haven't watched since.

My condolences Dusty. Wayne - you put so much into your Santa persona & activities each year that it is not surprising that you experience some type of post-partum..."something" (I don't want to put words into your mouth or misinterpret). You are a good person, Take some time for yourself to recharge your batteries.

First, the season 3 opener of "Downton Abbey". My wife's newest obsession & I've admittedly been hooked too. So well done. Then S3, eps 2 & 3 of "Portlandia" - We had seen lots of previews on the IFC channel, but for some reason never watched the show. Decided to DVR these eps over the weekend. Omg, this show is f-ing hilarious!

AMC is re-running "The Killing" on Sunday mornings, beginning yesterday (sorry), starting with Season 1. Hopefully they will include Season 2 as well.

RIP Gerry. F.A.B.

I think the fundamental disagreement from both sides is whether doing the former will necessarily accomplish the latter. Btw, I am unaware that the shooter obtained any of the guns used thru legal channels. It is my understanding that the rifle & two pistols were all stolen from his mother.

Wayne, you are still my hero!

As a fairly recent, but increasingly avid, gun enthusiast, I can appreciate both sides of the debate. However, I happen to believe that bad people intent on doing evil things will find ways of obtaining the tools they require to carry them out. Most incidents like this are a result of long-term planning, rather than an immediate reaction from a mental "snap". I also happen to believe that taking guns out of the hands of good people won't stop them from falling into the hands of bad people.

A sad, sad day for our state. We are all in shock, anger, disgust, & overall mourning. It's clear from the news coverage that the rest of the country shares in this in a very personal way. Hopefully we will get more answers in the coming days & weeks. In the meantime, as you all have said, our hearts & prayers go out to those most immediately affected - the victims & their families.

^ Used stuff from CoBoom scares me.

Thanks for the info, Todd. A local hi-fi shop has an demo r-DAC available for $299 & I was tempted. How are you connecting the NWD? Are you using the USB input from a computer, or are you also using one of the SPDIF-type inputs?

Todd - Any thoughts compared to the Arcam r-DAC?