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Completely agree with that, unless they had some type of coating on the inner surface. Bad design choice IMO. The Audeze ortho is sounding better and better. I'll keep my ears open for availability. I'm shocked, but also glad to hear the mainstream paying attention to this older driver technology that IMO hasn't even come close to seeing it's full potential.

Very promising news Ken. Maybe someone was listening to us afterall.

Lock this man up, and take away his ID card!

I'm more behind than I realized. Can't seem to find a pic of them.

Am I missing something? What new Orthos? Well that's good info. I'll be using... Original 2008 CDP -> Buffalo32 -> β22 -> K1000 soon!

Well that's completely dependant on the butt vs. the arse. For example a Roseanne Barr buttload is equal to appeoximately 31 Keira Knightley arseloads. So as you can imagine it's much more complex than metric to SAE conversion.

Well I think it's buttload, but in your case wouldn't arseload be more appropriate anyway? Don't let us yanks steal all your identity man! tin opener, tin opener, tin opener

Not sure what you just said there, so I'm anxious to see the pics.

Congrats!

Almost old enough to be considered classic by now, but still one of my most desired speakers. And still stunning IMO. Sonus Faber Extrema

Pics or ban... pics or ban!

That's a lot of fuckin' lacquer dude! That's bound to have a profound effect on soundstage and treble dude! 11 FTW!

Probably more so if you're smart enough to know what they are. I'm guessing tubes of some kind, is that close Renato? ...Nevermind, I see that it's an output transformer. And quite a lovely looking one at that! On another note the case feet I ordered from Performance PC arrived today, and they're well made. Worth the sub $40.00 a set IMO. Especially for those special case up projects. Good find Naaman!

Quite! I'd have to save up for the Bugatti Veyron instead.

I used to mod computer cases, and in doing so I used a lot of hammered spray paint. I came to the same conclusion as looser101. I found that one heavy coat works much better than multiple light ones. I also agree that a few days drying time is needed. This goes against conventional wisdom for normal spray paint, but this isn't normal spray paint.

Unless each cousin is gay and of the same sex. Then it's OK.

Happy Birthday!

You're making progress anyway Smeggy, that's a good thing. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Exotic Wood, Exotic Hardwood & Exotic Woods at Woodcraft.com - Woodcraft.com Some really good deals on ebay too.

Three sets of aluminum case feet for my upcoming recase of the Beta22 and Darwin.

Duggeh so sorry to hear that. I was in my mid 40s before I experienced a close loss like that. It was my Grandmother, and I know exactly what you mean by "horrible and alien experience", it was like seeing someone else inhabiting her body. She was not there anymore, just a shell with some poor woman in pain. That's when I discovered that they need to wait until a family member tells them to give her all the morphine she needs to be comfortable. They can't suggest that legally in this country. One week after my Grandmother passed, one of my favorite Aunts passed away, then just 9 days from then my Father died. It was the worst month I've had on this Earth. Especially since like most men there were too many unsaid things between my Father and I. I felt like a zombie for weeks. But you get through these things, and you get stronger because of them. It didn't prepare me, but it did make it at least more familiar a few years later when my little 5 y.o. Nephew passed. That was the toughest of all! I don't know much about your Grandfather, but I know a bit about you old bean, and I know for certain that you made your Grandfather a very proud man indeed! You're a good guy Doug, and you'll find a way to use this experience to be an even better, more empathetic man. My glass is raised to you both!

Happy Birthday!

Damn nice view! Is that drive as steep as it appears to be?

Nova chucks rule! Turning is always fun, even on a treadle lathe. The right tools can make it even more fun however, so I get your point.