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I was going to joke that I couldn't afford the upgrade to Bluejeans optical digital cables. Then I checked the price and see that a 6' cable is 8x the cost of the equivalent Monoprice cable. That's not funny. On the plus side for BJ cables, they are currently having a sale on HDMI cables. Their price beats Monoprice by $4 or so.

Latest update. I tried the "Premium" cable with the PS3 that we bought. It won't latch there either. I just ordered two 6' cheapo cables from Monoprice, one to hook the PS3 to the cheapo Monoprice optical switch and one to connect the switch to the THX receiver. No more "Premium" cables for me. I'll take the one I have to the next meet and try to give it away.

Here's my idea of a reasonably priced HDMI cable.

Nate, what would it cost for a custom template to drill out the tube socket holes so that better sockets could be used? Or is a template not the way to go for this?

And probably still not make a detectable change to the sound. I'll have to do a little experiment when I have time.

Not Icarium but I have a Headfive. It's not bad but I'd rather have a Gilmore Lite. I've heard the Opera several times and it is really thin. I really like Jan but not so much his amps.

A Woo headphone stand from Justin and a switch box from Nate.

Congratulations Doug. Could you please explain what "2:1" means for this ignorant colonial?

My two came in last Friday.

Absolutely. It's a good thing that those kids didn't write "hydrogen bomb" on it instead.

I think that this is playing a large part in your feelings about this PS. As Al said, if you fixed it, you wouldn't own those repairs for the rest of your life. Besides, once you fix it, what can possibly go wrong?

This is very much like the point of diminishing returns on audio equipment. Everybody's is different and everybody has to decide this for themselves. I was just reporting about my choices and in no way was implying that anybody else follow them. Good luck with your choices.

Me too. Now I'm 56 and weigh 195. As you get older and you metabolism continues to slow down, it gets harder and harder to keep the weight off. Me too. I'd rather eat what I want than lose 20 lbs. I now exercise regularly, at least when I'm not recovering from a motorcycle crash. But I'm not giving up the food and drink that I like. I may not live as long, but at least I'll be living, not just existing.

I was really tired yesterday and see that I made two mistakes in the original and only corrected one of them. The Sony tape deck is a "TC-350". Duh.

Bad Thor. Play with your toys. BTW, the "CT-150" in the post you quoted is a typo. The unit I now have is a "TC-150".

Send the family to Fisherman's wharf while you and Al get together.

No problem. That tile will look good with ventilation holes in an interesting pattern. Of course, Gary could always look into the Z bracket that Vlad just mentioned.

Glad to see that the gin is working.

Maybe it's time to bring out something really good, not that the gin isn't. While the Luxman is nice, it's a big step down. :(

Sorry to hear about this Al. Time to find that trusted technician.

The Honeymooners was superb. As was I Love Lucy.

It had its moments, but greatest sitcom ever? I don't think so. If M.A.S.H is the major leagues, Seinfeld is A league.

That should have been TC-150. I looked better at the deck and it is a CT-150.

Friday: Had to pick up wine in Lompoc. Fungi (Hiroshi) was waiting around for his Sunday plane flight with nothing to do, so I gave him a tour of northern Santa Barbara county. Took Hwy 1010 to Hwy 1 and then to Lompoc. After a bit of searching, we found the warehouse and picked up the wine. Then we took Hwy 246 to Solvang and then Alamo Pintado road north. We drove past the miniature horses and on to Los Olivos. We did a wine tasting at Longoria Vineyards. Then we headed back to Isla Vista and Hiroshi's apartment, where I dropped him off. Right now he's on a plane to Tokyo. I hope you had a good time Hiroshi. Good luck with your job hunt in Japan. Yesterday: My brother, sisters and I opened my dad's storage locker. It hadn't been opened for 8 years. The lock was difficult to open and it took a tire iron to force open the sliding bolt. At least we know that nobody has messed with it. We took the stuff to my dad's house and went through it. As expected, it was mostly junk. However, there were a few unexpected treasures. There was a 1940 or 1950 era newpaper photographer's camera. There was also a Nikonos skin diving camera. My father bought the later in Japan while we were stationed on Guam (6/65 - 6/67). My brother took those. The treasure that I found is a Sony reel-to-reel tape deck. I think it's a CT-150, but am not sure. It says "Stereo 150" on it. My dad also bought it while we were on Guam (I think). I don't know if it works, but it is physically in excellent shape so we'll see. Anyway, I'm glad that's done. Best of all, there were zero fights over anything.

FIFY. Sorry Nate, but this one had to be done.