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I think there is a thread somewhere here that talks about repairing the Sony transport and someone even has a couple of replacement parts he is hoarding. Sorry I can't provide anymore details because I was site surfing at the time searching for something else. If you are still considering the RAM mods, I would recommend you think again. I fell into the Lite Dac Ah hype last year and sent one to RAM for modding. I am not happy with the results, it may be better than what it was but still not to my liking. In my opinion the $400 modding cost may have made the Dac Ah better but it is still not good enough. My limited experience here on HC leads me to believe you posess good critical listening skills and the Oppo mods may disappoint you. In my opinion a lot of the mods for CDPs and Dacs in the RAM price range make them better but not necessarily good. I am skeptical of what RAM can do based upon my DAC Ah experience.

Wow! Gives new meaning to the term self absorbed.

I assume you are using a filter mask correct? Also I would recommend when you finish with the wood, change your clothes immediately and take a shower. If you are in fact allergic to some particular wood species you want to get as far away from it as possible once you are done cutting and sanding.

I can't believe the media attacking Bill Clinton's wife. What next, Bono sponsoring a Nascar team? Armageddon is here...............

And your R10s won't ever leave you for the next A list wannabe.

Nice mitered edges Steve! I think they are mitered edges.

750 gig external HD. All this talk about cheap STORAGE (Grawk take note, I got it right this time ) got me going. I will now back up my back ups.

Bull! I just got an email from a guy in Nigeria who will ship a Sony SACD player worldwide for that price.

Wow I am impressed. Prague is such an adult city I can't imagine trying to take small ones to cities like Prague, Vienna etc. and not pull all my hair out after.

and a damn expensive bowling ball as you may soon see.

Hi all, Well silly me purchased a Dac Ah a year ago after reading some of the reviews over on HeadFi. http://www.pacificvalve.us/LTDACAH2.html I sent the DAC over to Reference Audio Mods for their full gundie mods and the experience has been less than satisfactory to say the least. The modded Dac Ah sat in my home office system and never got any serious play until recently and basically IT SUCKS! Any piano like Bill Evans or Monk sound very shrill, there is a noticeable suck out in the upper mids and bass is muddied. As I complained to another Head Caser it is as if the soundboard in the piano was replaced with ceramic tiles. Is there anyone out there who is willing to be hired to trouble shoot this Dac and correct this problem? That person whould have to make the corrections because I am completely incompetant with a soldering iron. Thanks for the consideration. Greg

It was an after thought since I was transitioning from talking about painting walls to a floor reco. Well it made sense at the time I posted it.... silly me.

Children's Benadryl works wonders sometimes but check with your Pediatrician first. Benadryl is OTC BTW.

Also, if your floor guy gives you the option and of course if you can afford it, I would recommend you consider at least four final coats of polyurethane. You might want to double check with Steve and get his opinion but my experience has been that some people try to save money here by only paying for two coats and then in a couple of years live to regret their decision. Oh, and belated congratulations.

Did you use a primer coat? In almost every case, though I haven't had to paint over orange yet, a good primer coat ensures that you only need one or perhaps in extreme cases two coats to cover fully. If the floor refinishing guy has to sand down to the wood be prepared for sawdust every where and I mean every where. Each time we finished our floors we spent the next month cleaning up the dust in every room of the house. Joys of home ownership.

"Wise beyond your years" Happy Birthday!

Why did my high school girlfriend call me chisai katana or was is katanachan?

Congratulations to you and your bride!

Why don't you build them a multilevel cat house? Er I meant to say house for your cats?

Maybe Shania likes headphones and well they could have a moment or something.

So, what are you going to do with all that free time? Why don't you review some piece of equipment, either yours or a friends? That should eat up a few days. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

THAT IS AWESOME!

Let me introduce myself...my name is gauche (nee ronin74). Would y'all mind if I join the adult table, I promise not to eat too much or touch any of JP's stuff. You are on probation for six months. Hint- be sure not to post any Polka albums in the "What are you listening to" thread.

I firmly believe that a lot of that something special I hear in live club music and with great speaker systems has to do with the secondary sound reflections from the room accoustics. Headphones can never reproduce IMHO, those very subtle refections of the mids and horns bouncing off the walls and ceilings. Headphones can produce "soundstage" but I always feel that there is something missing that just isn't live music for me.

Sorry to hear about the injury, wishing you a speedy recovery. Try to make the most of any sympathy you can attract while you are on the crutches.