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Derek Trucks Band - Already Free (vinyl) Going to see them live in a couple of weeks.

Quad 12LA is a great powered monitor, popular around these parts.

no. but to be honest, I do have a dream of one day simplifying my system. I'd love to make something like the dac1 pre work in my system. tt, dac1 pre, power/speakers or maybe even a 12LA.

wish it had an analog in so it could be a true pre.

Beautifully put Billy. Its taken me years (18 months maybe? so more like year and a half-s) to find an optimal setup for my speakers. With headphones you just plop 'em on. Not having to screw with a room is, to me, the biggest draw of headphones. But while sources remain the same across speaker and audio rigs, I'd say its easier to find a good cheap headphone amp then a good cheap speaker amp. Maybe I'm wrong here, but an amp like a basic M^3 is competent enough to handle almost any headphone, but some speakers definitely require more specific amplification because you have to screw with sensitivity. But I guess really you could grab like a budget NAD integrated and be cool for most speakers.

yeah live and learn is all. not the worst transaction i've had on the internet, but their ineptitude is pretty mind boggling.

orenthal james! happy birthday!

gorgeous new cart Al! grats on setting up your first cart. to me it was a maddeningly frustrating but ultimately extremely satisfying experience.

Email I sent to SL's customer no-service guy just now: "So I was reluctant to even try and return my faulty Domkirke vinyl, due to my past experience with the Boris vinyl not even being in a shipment I ordered, and my repeated emails on the subject to SL over a period of a year being completely ignored. Basically that was a free $17 for Southern Lord, but I chalked it up to bad luck and continued to patronize your business. BUT, the Domkirke vinyl really was unplayable, so I thought, what the hell, I'll send SL an email and see if they don't actually respond this time. I was pretty dumbfounded when you did actually respond and offer to resolve my problem. Should have known it was to good to be true, because I've received zero satisfaction on any of the three issues I have with SL: 1) My Domkirke vinyl is faulty 2) I am still owed a Boris Deep Red Pink vinyl or a store credit of some kind 3) I am still owed a Sunn t-shirt that was to be included with my Domkirke vinyl You claim you sent me the package via media mail in December. I don't believe you. Maybe you sent it to the wrong address, maybe you didn't send it at all, I don't know. I don't know what you all do all day, besides not send me products I pay for. I feel I have been more then understanding with Southern Lord in regards to these issues. I am not a rich man, and when I choose to spend what little money I can scrape together to support a small record label recording good music and pressing it on vinyl, I would think they would be damn appreciative of my business. As it stands I'm disgusted with SL, and have no intentions of doing any business with you or any of the artists you represent ever again."

me. I never saw the dead but love their music. I'm an active wsp/phish/abb/jamband etc show-go'er.

I'd look at the MS2i or SR225. The MS2i is very impressive in the bass and midrange, but the 225 is more exciting overall. But honestly its been quite a while since I heard the SR225.

two knoxville tickets, phish summer 09. not sure if i'll go, I just put in for them on a lark. probably sell them to a friend of mine unless I decide to do the bonnaroo run.

sushi

Found out that Widespread Panic isn't having much of a spring tour, but they are having another THREE NIGHT RUN AT THE WHARF IN ORANGE BEACH, AL! yeah motherfucker! can't wait to rock my face off.

Wait a minute, I see where this is going. A foreigner trying to get a large sum of money out of one country and into the US... Next your going to be asking for our account numbers and routing numbers via PM!! Well I've got news for you mister:

to sum up: don't buy from SP. grats on your new amplification!

good catch, but note thats the less powerful 99 power, not the 909 power. still makes for a good deal on the pre if the dealer would split it up. alas i'm out of the amp market for the time being.

actually my ps3 broke, and I bought a wii this week.

LOLOLOLOLOLOL personally I think the HD800 is just another crazy senn rumor. the HD650 will remain the flagship for many years to come.

Luckily the 840A has two sets of speaker outs. Some posts from Hirsch back in 2006 said he really enjoyed the K1000 out of the Wheatfield, and luckily enough I own one. If I can find a 1/4in K1000 adapter on the cheap I'll give it a shot.

My K1000 arrived today! Serial #10611. Bought from the original owner, who claims less then 100 hours use, a nice Canadian chap named Francois. Currently being powered by the Cambridge Audio 840A, sounds great. Very nice bass, though it is a little on the bright side. Midrange is wonderful of course. Not the most comfortable phone in the world for me and my big head, but its not that bad. I've only listened to a couple tracks, looking forward to running these through their paces tonight.

Yup.

one time I ate pork rinds and found them nasty, so I don't eat them anymore.

mainly because I worry that if my iPhone died, I lose my calendar, but I just learned that iTunes actually backs that up for you anyway, so I'll probably drop MobileMe altogether: al, I just wanted my iPhone to push my calendar over the air to the me.com web calendar.