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I had a chance to spend some time with Nate's HF-2s tonight with a Millet Max and my PPA v2. I have to say I came away very impressed. They definitely share the overall sound signature of the HF-1, but there's another level of refinement, detail and extension all the way around. I love my modded HF-1s, but damn. These are great. Want!

Congrats Jay... That's awesome. As for me, I finished tweaking my Samsung Omnia. Verizon, in its infinite wisdom, decided to cripple the phone's GPS capabilities, and while they've said they would unlock it due to the complaints, neither they nor Samsung have done anything about it. Enter a number of fourms and people far crazier than I who found a leaked ROM with GPS enabled, and then combined it and the drivers for WM6.1 with the latest beta of WM6.5. The end result is the phone I've been looking for... It's a pretty kick-ass combination of features, performance and packaging.

I've had my HF-1s paired with a Nugget Audio Millett Hybrid since I got it. I think it's a great match... I love mine with the 12FK6 tubes. My only suggestion would be to try to track down some of the diamond buffers for the Hybrid... It's definitely a step up in all regards.

I vaguely remember news that a new album was in the works, but I had no idea it was coming so soon. Outstanding!

Thanks everyone. Change is good!

Received and accepted a job offer. Still some paperwork to complete for it to be official, then I give my notice. Looking to start June 22nd. 5 minute walk, more money, better benefits and more interesting work. Win on pretty much all fronts. Needless to say, I'm pretty excited!

Metric - Fantasies I really this album...

Happy Birthday Jin!!!

Well, you're right. The turning was always fun... The outside shaping of Grado cups went fine. It was trying to drill the end grain to open them up that was miserable. The chuck allows for sooooooo much more without having to struggle with a 2" forstner bit!

The Nova Chuck & soft jaws look to make turning fun again!

Jumping all around Metallica's catalog today... Starting w/ RtL (don't have KeA on my work computer), and skipping around on it, MoP, AJfA, tBA, L, RL & G,I.

Cool, thanks. Tori Amos - Abnormally Attracted To Sin

How is that? I've been meaning to track it down.

from aintitcoolnews... UPDATED!! Oscar Michael Foxtrot Golfclub!! Fox Gives Joss Whedon's DOLLHOUSE Season Two!!! I am

I'd be all over this if money wasn't tight right now.

x2 x2 Great time, great weather, great people... Now must nap!

Missing work tomorrow for a golf tournament, so I went into the office for 5 hours or so.

Last week I lost 2 of the fan speed settings on my Jeep's HVAC. A little research showed that it's a common failure of the blower motor resistor block. $18 part, but it's tucked up behind the dash on a duct, and not easy to access. I'd say it ended up taking the better part of 40 minutes to remove the glove box, remove the under-dash light, remove 2 screws, unplug the harness and swap out the part and put everything back together. Maddening! That said, it is a pretty cool design... The resistors get so hot that they mount it to the duct, with the resistors actually in the air duct. That keeps things cool. Unfortunately the part still isn't up to the task and fails often. The fix is to add relays to the back of the fan controls which prevent the resistors from seeing too much current. Maybe I'll give that a shot sometime this summer.

I enjoyed ItAoT quite a bit at the time of its release, but upon revisiting it, it hasn't held up particularly well for me.

I definitely prefer Wavering Radiant to In The Absence Of Truth, but I still prefer Panopticon over everything else... Yes, even Oceanic. For me, the guitar sound on Panopticon is just perfect, and while I prefer some of the songs on Oceanic, the overall sound and production on Panopticon is enough to put it over the top.

Amazon.com: Spell of the Trembling Earth: MP3 Downloads: The Porch Song Anthology

It's not actually going to be 6' tall...

I remembered you went there Saturday night @ dinner... Got back to the hotel and promptly fell asleep before I could shoot a PM your way! Man, that 6 1/2 hr bus trip is brutal!

What, you didn't want to see Eve 6? I was @ Binghamton all weekend for the America East Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Man, downtown Binghamton is pretty sad... Looks like it was a pretty cool city, with lots of turn-of-the-century buildings, and a big downtown, but it seems like 3 out of every 4 buildings/store fronts are empty.

Sorry! I'll get out there next week and drop it off. I promise!