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What Mastech? And did anyone get their VC99 yet? If so, how are they. I could use another decent meter.

Modded units such as? And who modded them and what did they do? Foo foo silver wire mods and blackgates galore, or did they actually do something to them like good output stage, good clocking, etc.

Mini^3 <> M^3

I think it is MG chemicals that makes Q-dope or Corona dope, both of which are HV insulators. Might be another option.

Can you send the PCB back as defective? Conformal coatings are usually solder thru for repairs, so yes, their thermal protection is low by design. I would think it would be enough unless you get stubborn with misapplication of your soldering iron

PMD100s haven't been made for what? A decade? And now someone is introducing a product built using them? I'm not sure what the projected volume of these things is, but 100? 200? I haven't seen any sellers touting having that many of them. Legit? Perhaps...

Colin (cetoole's) stage is zero feedback; jocko's (and all the variants I've seen including the rbroer one I have used) are also zero feedback. I like the sound based on what I've used heard, particularly compared to opamp stages (which by definition use a lot of feedback).

John Swenson posted a really nice overview if you will of async USB on audioasylum which might be of interest to many of you: Digital Drive - Some thoughts on async etc. - John Swenson - October 24, 2009 at 15:23:20

With the sensitivities of this crowd (SP extravaganza, the recent attenuator bust, etc.), shipping problems is not the thing to dredge up...

Alison Mosshart. Check out The Kills as well.

And the need on a practical level to have those holes plated thru, unless you take steps (vias, etc.) for double-sided boards. One would have to question the rework capabilities of this technology (as in none probably) as well. Also looks like this will only work on flexible media, so that would often be an issue as well. Would be great for quick prototypes, etc. within those constraints.

I would agree that the first seems the most natural to me.

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And glad you are OK duggeh! Sorry about the car.

My condolences Brent. Sorry about the drill accident Fitz, hope it gets better quickly.

Fail on the timing belt, or just time to do it? Alternator? I was happy to find out my 09 Accord has a timing chain... Belts have gone up to >$1K here (from $500 4 years ago, for the same car). Sucks.

Isn't the whole point of this device to take USB audio and convert to S/PDIF to a DAC? Wouldn't jitter measurements as well as ensuring that the data is preserved bit-perfect be the meaningful measurements? Of course you have no control of the quality of the S/PDIF interface on the DAC end , so I'm not sure how you would go about offering a meaningful measurement, particularly of jitter.

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I'm not sure the surge protector would be able to test the ground? Do you know how your apartment is wired? If it is conduit, then by default it should be grounded via the conduit. If romex, then you should see a ground wire inside the outlet going to the box (I believe). If you look inside an outlet, be careful. You could pick up a tester such as [url=http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2665480&CAWELAID=109389922]Sperry

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Sorry to hear about your finger Nate. Best wishes, and I hope you are out of the ER by now.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs It's Blitz! I really like this one...