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Wow, I had only a passing familiarity with him and next to none with his work. Reading some of the links above makes me sad about how much I have missed. Will definitely look more into his work..... RIP.....

Happy Birthday!

Belated Happy Day! Indeed, hope it was great!

I have no input to any of the discussion at hand, being unfamiliar with the people, products and situation. But.... One thing I really dislike is the use of extreme analogies to try support or prove a point. The Nazi and Rape analogies are extremely poor IMO, and to my eyes just serve to lessen the impact of the other things you say.

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Mostly great news here, that's wonderful, congrats, but also best wishes for pneumonia recovery! I look at the record collection and sigh....when we moved into our house in 1996, I didn't have much room for vinyl, so sold off perhaps 2,500 pieces, keeping maybe 400-500 for me. Have grown that a bit since, but have also downgraded the phono setup over the years.... Some day, it'll come back again....including that Abba LP......

Happy Birthday!

Does this make you a shit leader?

Liking these pics....and presents already under the tree, too!

Yes, color me a bit cynical as well for now at least. While it does sound like there is some "audiophile passion" there, the whole thing about making some less expensive designs has me thinking that money (IE, cost to manufacture) will come into play overall. Hoping it won't, but again, will wait and see.

We actually did try a few arty branches with blue and silver ornaments one year Cats had an absolute field day. Said the Jew....Nevermore.......

^^^ Where was the "paid for it" part? Even as a Jew, I love seeing pics of people's trees, so hope a lot get posted......

I guess personal servant friend needs to know his place, yes? Glad your trip was made a bit easier!

Great read, and quite informative! I'm going ot be recommending the V-Moda Crossfade LP2 as a possibility to to a bass-loving co-worker......he's borrowing my A-T M50 right now.....

^^^ Nice! I actually have something (from Radio Shack) that looks like this, forgot it was sitting in my basement. Wonder if I can sell it as retro collector's item..... Maybe if I upgrade that transformer in it.....

This sounds exciting.....I'd be in....errr....to buy one that someone talented can build

I think it roughly translates to "we hoovered it"

Happy Birthday Mr. DNA!

Cool, congrats!

Happy Birthday! You need to celebrate by getting more gear

Happy Birthday!

Probably doesn't hop on here too much, but wanted to wish Dave L. a Happy Birthday. He is constantly trying to round up troops to get to meets, and is an all-around great guy. So Happy Birthday, good sir!

Agreed.....Vinny started out years back doing mods, and he and one other gained fame for their Samsung/Toshiba DVD player mods which did great jobs on getting better sound from them (I still have an old Toshiba that had some of the mods he designed/recommended; it sounded very good for real cheap $). IIRC, I had one brief email exchange with him, and indeed he was gracious and quick to reply to what I'm sure was a pretty stupid question. I also don't begrudge him his success, I just will never pay those kind of prices for the products. I haven't paid too close attention, but I don't think he tries to sell it off with really wild claims, just wild pricing.....

Me 3.....

Very Happy Birthday!