postjack

"It takes forever to cook a baked potato in a conventional oven. Sometimes I'll just throw one in there, even if I don't want one. By the time it's done, who knows?" "It takes forever to get a custom Singlepower. Sometimes I'll just call Mikhail, even if I don't want one. By the time it's done, who knows?" hedberg, r.i.p.

i dunno. i don't understand kmixer, asio, or whatever. i was computer as source with my stello da100. sounded great, i used foobar and asio4all. but I was relieved when i got my modwright and was free to just drop in the disc and hit play, without having to stress over whether or not my tunes were bitperfect. windows just doesn't strike me as audiophile-friendly software for a transport. i've definitely regressed (or progressed, whichever way you choose to look at it) from digital. most of my time and energy is currently going into a new analog rig. i've definitely got the vinyl bug, bad. so I'm not the guy to trust on computer-as-source matters!

Thanks! Another great part is the extra $28 or so bucks in my pocket each week. I've been very good about spending all that and more on music every week.

snes dominates genesis you fool!!

FWIW I quit smoking in March, after having smoked a pack a day for 7 years or so. Nicotine is crazy, crazy addictive. I still crave one, though its purely in my head. The physical effects passed after just a few days. However, the results as far as health and overall well being are nothing short of astounding. Being able to take one, big, deep breath that goes all the way to the tickly ends of my lungs is an experience I haven't had since I was a kid. I can exercise now, too. Before cigarettes made any kind of aerobic exercise (jogging etc) near impossible. Now I'm slowly working a run into my daily regiment. But, I opted to start my online support me quit smoking thread over at the fountain pen network, since they are nicer then you bastards.

secret of mana is the shit!! the fucking shit!!! great game!

There really is something very cool about writing with a fountain pen. Most of us are so used to ballpoints, which require lots of pressure to jam that ink down in the paper. With a properly tuned fountain pen, almost zero pressure is needed. The nib just makes contact with the paper, and ink flows through the feed and down the tines and onto the paper. Beyond the writing experience is of course the asthetic value of certain pens.

FWIW I tend towards the integrated transport + dac camp. I think adding an external DAC with an optical cable is just one more connection to worry about... IMO of course, and this is based on nothing but a gut feeling. i gotta go with what feels right.

Awesome!! Its just like musicdirect said! also to the OP, don't get sucked in by team computer-as-source. computers are for gamin' and internetin', not for listenin'. and if anyone tells you different smack 'em a good one right in the mouth, ya here me boy? good smack right to the teeth'll teach 'em good... you want a world class transport, not a $90 external western digital mybook.

I don't have the high end experience of some of these other cats, but I'm in the "drop a healthy portion of your budget on a super dank source" camp. Then listen to a ton of cans to decide what you like. Best way to do this is get out to meets or shops, but if you live in audio wasteland like me a decent enough alternative is to buy and sell cans used. Then once you find a can whose signature really impresses you, get an amp to match. also keep asking questions around here. HC is a good resource, you can benefit from the experience of others.

I'm a bit over two years sober. Best two years of my life. 12 step meetings, etc. Having said that I got no beef with drugs or alcohol. I just have a problem when I use them.

Can someone explain to me exactly what a tube buffer does? Is it specifically for use between solid state components only?

FWIW, FPN was started as a reactionary forum to Pentrace. Mainly to have a board with better software (pentrace uses the stripped down audio asylum type software), but also in hopes of starting a nicer community. There are a few shit-stirrers who like to start threads in the OT forum about politics or gun control or some stupid shit that never works out in an internet forum, but things are usually civil in the pen forums.

FPN is a great community. No, most folks there don't buy $18,000 Mak-E pens.

good news tkam, I've found it in my heart to undo ONE of your bans from my future forum. so now you are only single banned.

think about when you convert an mp3 to a wav. there is no increase in SQ, since that information was already squelched when the file was compressed. still, the file gets a hell of a lot bigger.

it doesn't really add data, its just adds size.

cos wma is lossy and alac is lossless? you should have converted to aac, or better yet, mp3 (so it'll work anywhere). either way, i got mine downloaded. i will give a listen later and report back with a full review.

so they just drop that bitch straight into the one opening in the cup, meaning where the sound fires out? no wonder no one wants to recable rs-1s...

i didn't like the way stallone marketed "rock balboa" as a christian movie to preachers and their congregations. kind of like certain politicians promising mega churches the world for their vote. link to story from the above link: "Sylvester Stallone is going to new heights to promote his latest film Rocky Balboa. He's trying to tap into the huge evangelical market that powered the success of films such as The Passion of the Christ, even hiring the same marketing company behind that film. Stallone held a teleconference with Christian leaders, to talk about what he says is his own spiritual reawakening. Rocky Balboa, the sixth movie in the Rocky series, opens today nationwide. It's actually getting decent reviews from film critics, and from the pulpit." fuck that guy and his illegal hormones. he's not getting my money.

no spoon love on hc ?

*envisions a hot warehouse in east timor filled with children modifying RS-1s*

doing a little more studying, I find that almost all the classical music that falls in the "sadness and longing" category is from the romantic period. so I'm trying out lots of different romantic composers.

jpak: yeah, fountain pens are no good for carbon copy forms. I have never written with a Krone, but in general I find them waaaay gaudy and completely over the top. Some of their designs are attractive to me, but the very high prices keep me away. I've never spent more then $200 on a fountain pen, but if I do its going to be on a Bexley, Nakaya, or a Pilot (like the custom 823). edit: or a sailor or an omas.

Have you ever considered purchasing a fine writing instrument? Perhaps a urushi pen from Nakaya: Retail on most Nakaya Urushi pens are $500-600, actually a good price considering the labor involved. Or perhaps you are more of a maki-e guy: Retail on this pen is $18,000 , but I know a guy who can get it for you at a mere $13,000.