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Would these suit? 532-529902B25G - 2 inch 532-530002B02500G - 2.5 inch

On the other end of the scale from my previous post is the Empirical Audio Off-Ramp converter. It does S/PDIF and I2S out from USB. Off Ramp Converter > Products : Empirical Audio

If you wanted a low cost internal PC S/PDIF solution, and don't mind a little bit of DIY, there's this one. Sweex SC012 It's quite cheap and you could use a BNC connector rather than the RCA shown. This card makes use of dogbert's bitperfect C-Media 8738 / 8768 chipset drivers. cmediadrivers - Project Hosting on Google Code

Here's a DIY relay based switcher from Rod Elliott (ESP) that works well. A-B Box For Amplifier Comparisons

I stumbled across a device called the 'Musiland Monitor USD 01' mentioned on another forum recently. They are listed on ebay for $65

This link has a few ideas. Top Ten Father-Daughter Wedding Dance Songs The Heartland song seems nice, and slow.

Here's a web article I found useful in the past. It's called Replacing Passive Components to Improve Sound Quality, which seems relevant to the OP. It has a section on resistors. http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/3736/improve_audio.txt Here's some information form Tangent's website that pretty much addresses the issue of resistor symmetry. Hand-Matching Resistors to Tighter Tolerances

I found this reference on Google books in Practical electronics for inventors By Paul Scherz (pp. 323 - 324) Practical electronics for inventors - Google Book Search So if we use metal film resistors, contact noise should not be a problem. Is that correct?

The Wikipedia article on resistors is quite informative. I'd be interested to hear more about the benefits of using a resistor with a higher power rating than specified. I've only been doing DIY for a few years - mainly as a board stuffer - and have not seen or heard anything about this. This website shows how to calculate resistor noise. I couldn't see anything relating to power rating and its impact on noise. As best as I can understand, metal film resistors are more stable across temperature ranges and age and are less noisy than carbon resistors. But here's the rub, metal film resistors seem to be only available in relatively small power ratings (less than 2 or 3 watts). If you were to want higher powered resistors in your circuits, you would need to use carbon film resistors, with their higher noise and lower stability over time, or wirewound resistors that are significantly larger. And, of course, circuit boards would all need to be much bigger than (possibly/probably) required. As for symmetry in circuits, I would use the same type of part in both channels and match the resistance value as closely as possible. I don't know if there is any real value in doing this, but it makes me feel better. I'm hoping someone like Kevin Gilmore can chime in on this whole issue (no disrespect to anyone else who knows the answer).

I thought Pimp my Ride was the best think to ever happen to xbizkit career, but now I reckon the meme is the best thing to happen to his career. The worst thing that seems to have happened to his career is his music.

- I actually liked that meme, & then it got stooopid. It's kind of sad that Internet memes are the realisation of the advertising expression - when you're on a good thing, flog it to death.

Nice work.

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A bit more testing reveals that my Firefox issues are more to do with me and my impatience than Firefox.

I don't know whether this is related, but I have just upgraded from Firefox 3 to 3.0.5 on PC and I find that since the upgrade I now need to manually log into a range of sites. And, for a few of them I now need to log in each time I visit. I don't clear out cookies and such.

x2 The worst experience I have had with a flash drive was a Sony. I have freebies (ones that vendors give away at presentations and such) that have lasted for years.

I didn't ask before starting the y1 GB, but I did get the questions from Jude.

Printers are just ink delivery mechanisms. Soon they'll be giving you the printer so you feel better about how much the ink cartridges costs.

Not the flu, but I currently am off work with a chest and head cold. The worst part is that I can barely hear anything, so I can't even listen to music:mad: