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Congrats from me, too Jacob! Nothing but the best from now and forever!

Definitely liking the apparent speed; my work reach to the internets is sometimes slow, and it is doing much better with this SW version than the last one. And agree re: cleaner look, too!

Jim, can you note any comparison to Hendrick's? That's what I've had most recently.....did open the Blackwoods just to try it, but wasn't the best of conditions, just poured a tiny bit into an OJ glass

Got me some of the gin that luvdunhill asked me to send to him and morphsci; when I special ordered it they only had two bottles for me and I sent them both out, but found another one locally in stock. Haven't opened it yet....

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday!!

Good stuff, Haj! We were lucky to have a great guy work with us, he did it for us twice with no-points-no-closing. Between the first mortgage and the last, we cut it down from 26 years *remaining on 30) to 15, and cut our monthly cost almost $400. In the right conditions, refinancing roolz. The only bad thing was that the money saved went to something other than music, audio, or booze.

^^ This is good to hear, and I agree with the sentiment as well; I DVR'd this special last night, need to watch. I have liked, but not more, the album so far.....

^^^ Dang, that was my favorite part! Truth is certainly stranger than fiction, this is a great story!

Yes, glad you're OK, and hope the other person is ultimately OK too.....

It is truly sad that people feel they need to do these types of actions, especially in such a peaceful place. My heart goes out to family and friends of those lost....it seems so very senseless.....

Truly is wonderful, Shelly.....those types of stories are indeed inspirational. And sorry to hear of the nose, Haj; hope you get/heal well soon!

Happy Belated!

Got back from a wonderful trip to Bar Harbor Maine, beautiful area! Amongst other neat stuff, picked up 2 4-pack samplers of these: close ups

Just saw this, wasn't really on during a mini-vacation. So sorry for your loss, Al, and your first post was just amazing. My thoughts are with you and the entire family, sounds quite special!

Wow indeed.....I really like the little bit of wood trim, it sticks out in a nice way.....

I have the Cambridge unit, and used to have the Wadia (170, not 171). The remote on the older Wadia was limited in what it could control, I didn't like the (lack of) functionality. The Cambridge isn't a world-beater for functions, but it's better than the original Wadia. The Cambridge is smaller, has more digital out options, will (perhaps awkwardly) fit the iPad, and has the better remote. I can't say if one is better sound-wise than the other, as I never had them side by side. But I like what the Cambridge did, and I liked what the Wadia did, sound-wise. Great recordings sound great, good ones sound good. The Cambridge is sold street price for $300 new, and you may be able to find it cheaper. Personally, I think it's worth the ~$50 more than a used Wadia.

Nice snake! Me (and son): went to a nearby town and got our pic with the Stanley Cup. I got kinda jingly when I got near it

Jim, I'm up for a bottle too if still available! Ever since Duggeh said it was better then Hendricks I've been dying to try it Thank you, and please let me know what I need to do for payment and processing.....

Haj, where specifically are you looking? Yes, it's expensive, but I can ask a couple folks from my old workplace (Kronos) for recommendations if they have. May not be anything better than what you've seen, but who knows..... And by your description of the food/entertainment place, sounds like Kimball's

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Wow, nice pics Stretch and Al. We finished our second Bone Marrow Drive today, collected another 57 registrations in ~4 hours. Son Andrew and his friend Jake are just amazing kids, so very proud of both of them. The entire experience is one we'll relish, and we'll surely volunteer at other drives.

I'm looking forward to trying this, could be fun for not big $. I've wondered about the AKM DAC's, but something like the Exciter was too much money for me to potentially waste trying. At least this will have discreet output, even if it is built to a price point. I had a couple of older motherboards that had SPDIF coax out, but never tried them on a DAC. When I did start getting into some computer audio, I do know that I liked the coax out from my $30 Diamond PCI sound card better than any USB I had heard to date, even on 16/44 material. The limited amount of HiRez I have was even better.....

There was a ton of overpayment on free agents this year, some scary bad deals. But the Vokoun deal should be great for Washington, he has some darn good talent.