guzziguy

Happy Birthday Doug.

Jeez, I stay up late, get up relatively early and still the thread has tripled in size. Did Ray start the thread? The 'II" is part of the aircraft name. The original Thunderbolt was the P-47 so they called the A-10 the 'Thunderbolt II'. The P-47 was a WWII fighter. Ray must feel that the HE-90 market is what he wants to attack. I don't know why. I think I'd aim towards headphones still being made. But then I've never been accused of being a marketing genuis. Yes and no. The lack of the dorsal fin caused stability problems as Tom pointed out. Also, I suspect that while it greatly improved vision, some pilots still missed that big hunk of armor behind their head. AKAIK, virtually everybody involved with the plane calls it the warthog. The official Thunderbolt II name never caught on. When has Ray ever been cannibalistic with his product line? The early models had 3 bladed props. I don't remember when the huge 4-bladed prop was used but it made a huge difference in performance. The N version also had a 2800 HP engine (as opposed to previous models 2000 HP) and was the fastest US WWII fight, though I suspect that the Navy's Bearcat, which entered service very late in the war, may have rivaled it.

We won't know under after John Amato does his hour by hour review of it.

Yep, I've already referred to the amp several times by that name. I have to admit that I hate the fact that Ray is co-opting the names of military aircraft to sell his products. It must be the old USAF brat in me.

Eschew hell, I fucking won't buy Monster. Rat Shack has a $10.00 non-Monster cable that is "web only". I'd rather buy a different Monoprice or BJC cable instead.

The Republic P-47, a great plane once they got to the D model with paddle-blade propellors.

Then ask Mikhail to choose. That should cover that.

I nominate morphsci.

Its looks shouldn't surprise anybody, who knows the RSA product line, too much. It takes most of its styling cues from the B-52. I much prefer the looks of the BHSE but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. A lot of people will prefer this. Ray's amps tend to be well-built. That's not be an RSA issue. I'm more interested in how it sounds and whether it will have reliability issues due to Ray's lack of experience designing stat amps.

I went by Rat Shack today to look for a cheap toslink cable. Their web page suggest that all I would find in their B&M stores would be Monster cables. Sure enough, the cheapest 3' cable was a Monster going for $28 plus tax. I can wait for the new Monoprice cable to arrive on Wednesday or Thursday.

I vote for giving him the choice between the two and letting him decide.

Since the connectors only "kind of" lock into the set top box and not at all into the receiver, it's likely (I really hope) to be a cable issue. If not, the receiver will spend some time at a Samsung repair facility in the near future.

That works to for trying a different cable, I'll head by Radio Shack. I'm trying to connect a Scientific Atlanta 4250HDC set top box and the receiver from a Samsung HT-TX715T Home Theater.

For a grand total of $3.58 delivered, I'll give the cheaper cable a try.

I just checked again and I seemed to have ordered a $3.36 "premium" optical cable. I'll order a nonpremium ($1.74) toslink cable and see how that works.

Grilled ham with TJ's BBQ sauce, grilled fingerling potatoes with garlic and rosemary, and grilled brussel sprouts (in foil packet with olive oil and bourbon). It's a very easy dinner to cook and it's yummy.

Hi Hiroshi. Nope, I got their cheapest cables. I guess I'll have to try again, but I doubt it will matter. I suspect I'll have to try different cables at some point. Edit: Nope, doesn't help. On the set top box, it kind of locks but is a very fragile connection. Move the box or cable wrong, and it's out. It won't even stay in the receiver's socket, no sense of locking at all. In fact, there's no sense of a semi-solid connection at all.

I'm trying to run the sound from my set top box to my home theater receiver. I'd like to use the receiver's digital optical input so I get 5.1 (it's the only input my receiver has that will allow this. My set top box has an optical output, so it should be easy. I ordered a digital optical cable from Monoprice. Today I tried to connect them. The connectors go into the socket, but won't stay in place. I see no locking mechanism, which seems pretty strange to me. I must be doing something wrong as everybody would have thrown out optical digital a long time ago if the physical connections were this fragile. Can anybody tell me what the trick is to use connect this cable? Thanks.

FIFY

Happy Birthday Vince. You're still money!

Are JP#'s W2002 still for sale. For the price of a pair of Darth Beyers, you can buy pair of gorgeous, good sounding (at least I'm told), closed headphones.

I had forgotten about this. I'm sending a check to Stephen tomorrow. I don't have any N devices yet, but it will happen eventually. Shoot, I barely have G devices.

Thanks Antonio. So far, I'm having a fun time. I'm working for a small company doing military contracts. It all involves non-classified data so There isn't that hassle. I've work with the Technical Lead before and get along well with her. The job is part-time (20 hours/week) so the pressure is quite low. It gives me something to do and finances my toys. Almost perfect.

The shrill part is people screaming when they hear how bad it sounds and then remember how much is cost.

Though I wouldn't do it (at least not here ), I suspect that one could actual resell and make a profit. At least until the supply becomes consistent.