deepak

dbpoweramp does have a more robust feature set than EAC. But I don't see how it is more stable? I have never had either program crash and I have been using EAC for close to ten years on every computer I've owned.

a gem I have just discovered in the BN catalog. Love it. music matters 45 rpm

It certainly is cool that you guys feel comfortable at Head-Case to share this with us.

That picture is so great :tear:

Damn Chicago brings the A-game today...

I decided to go down the Maggie route for the time being, since it has been difficult finding a suitable ESL63 around my area and I am in desperate need of some better speakers. I also got a really nice deal on an Adcom GFA-5800 that will suit Maggies. I still plan to end up with electrostats so if a pair of Quads show up that I'm happy with I'll snap them up, if I end up getting a house built before that happens I'll go straight for the big Sound Lab 945 or Ultimate PX-1 in a dedicated listening room.

Does the paid membership give you access to full concerts or are the files just snippets?

Other than the White Sox Chicago just has rotten luck in sports, so I hope the Blackhawks win it. Damn the last time I remember them being half way decent was in the early Ed Belfour days...

music matters 45 rpm vinyl

Looks like both boards will fit in the Hifi2000 Pesante Dissipante 300 mm depth case (14.75x12") if there is room for the transformer on the back panel.

New phono stage from John Curl... Orion

I would try and find a used Pass Pearl, with the Pearl 2 coming out there might be more available on the market. I was quite surprised how much quieter and detailed it is over my Bottlehead. I run a .37 MV cart with the Pearl with no step up, but my headphone amp has a pant load of gain. Though it's not as kind to poor pressings, not really an issue for me since I buy mostly audiophile presses or clean vintage. YMMV I'm pretty much sold on solid state for low level amplification.

That is avatar worthy.

But is it enough to move the M3 from the uncool to the cool (or even sub zero) board on Top Gear?

Curse you It's going to take a while to find some. I might get some MMGs for the time being while I wait for a nice ESL63.

Any thoughts on the ESL-988? Sound quality, reliability, etc?

Right, but the rise and fall times for computer LCDs is very low compared to those budget TVs. IMO TN panels (probably what the majority of Best Buy/Circuit City B&M stores stock) are just shit all around so I agree with some of your points, but paying extra for an IPS panel is worth it for the extra color accuracy over a budget HDTV.

Just my opinion I think Boston will be a real power house team next year. I wouldn't be surprised if they were number two or three seed in the East.

Listened to "Electric Snake" the song is terrible

There is talk amongst Sony execs about making 1440p more mainstream, I believe it's already supported by the latest HDMI spec.

Thanks! Have you compared the Aesthetix to the XOno or Klyne?

Got to hear the upgraded version of the Aesthetix IO again yesterday for a longer period of time. The doc that owns the replinthed Garrard 301/Triplanar/EMT brought it down and we did some shoot outs between it and the EAR 324. The Aesthetix is scary good with the recent jazz 45 rpm reissues. Operation was very quiet too for a phono that has so many tube gain stages. Anyone have any idea what the purpose of EL34s in the power supply are?

The Pass XA100 I heard ran hot, but nothing like my Aleph 30. Those Krell amps were 650w and never left Class A? That's bloody madness. Parasound JC-1 might be another one in your budget, though I have never heard them.

It looks like I more than likely won't be attending. Something personal has come up, and I don't particularly want to get on another flight on Saturday afternoon after returning from a 22 hour flight.

Very nice. I appreciate the impressions.