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Jacob was referring to Toledo, Ohio. I've only heard a few tales so I'll let him describe its wonders. Still, Madrid is better than Toledo (Spain). I've never been to Milwaukee so really can't comment on it. I definitely prefer a warmer climate. Come out to the next CanJam (or whatever they decide to call it) and work out a visit with my wife and I. Of course, I've also invited Contrastique and her boyfriend so it might get a bit crowded. Still, the more the merrier.

Perfect. Now you're ready to start you own company. Congratulations!

There is one requirement. You have to learn how to solder, no matter how crappy.

Well then stop posting and get busy. It may take you all of 10 minutes.

Sorry, I thought that the satire in my statement was so obvious that I didn't put this emoticon. I guess I should have. Sure. Even if you don't become an engineering student, you might become a politician where the talent will serve you well. BTW, you've have the Phillips APL a while now. When do we get to read about an eXemplar Denon 2900 vs. Phillips APL review? I'm waiting for it with bated breath.

It's still better than the Toledo that Jacob was referring to. A lot better! I take it you live in Madrid from your post? Portland is great as long as you can handle not seeing the sun for months at a time in the fall and winter. I couldn't do it. I get SAGS and would probably shoot up the city after two months of it. Except OC, the Inland Empire and the LA area. Oh yeah, except for Santa Barbara too. We already have too damn many people. Besides, it really isn't all that nice here.

I think so too. They are mostly used for balancing wheels after installing new tires. The Modwright definitely is the most interesting use I've ever seen made of them.

Maybe they couldn't do it because they were "researchers" and not "professional engineers".

fify.

Not 909 but can answer. They are Brussel Sprouts cut in half. I'm awake because I seem to be developing a head cold. So I'm eating some Trader Joe's 73% Super Dark Chocolate to "drown" my sorrows.

Today, with the exception of SC, the PAC-10 didn't do much to earn respect.

Definitely the funniest "Slow forum" poster I have ever seen!

Who knows? Part of Mikhail's problem is that he tends to tinker constantly with product lines. Another problem is that he takes on too much custom work. Did you ask for a 14A transformer or is that what he talked about? If you have doubts, call him up and talk with him. Tell him that you saw pictures of an Extreme external p/s and that it did not have a 14A transformer. Refer him to the pictures. Get the brand and product number of the transformer he will use. Make sure that you and he are communicating well and are both talking exactly about the same thing. I recently opened my Platinum Extreme, partially to verify that I had all the upgrades that I had ordered. That was after reading some of the recent SP threads both here and on HF. All upgrades were there.

No sit ups, do crunches instead. Doing sit ups can hurt your back. As Old Pa says, don't start exercising until after your back heals.

LolCat says "you haz cheez burger"!

He started out using a Plitron in the Platinum Extremes. At some point, he switched to the "14A xformer". So they are similar, but separate things. I don't know the rating of the Plitron for sure, but I seem to remember that it's 20A and Earl also thought that in this thread. I do remember that it was a downgrade when SP went from the Plitron to the 14A xformer. My (very limited) understanding is that 20A is not enough for 6528s, so I don't see how having an external p/s would allow it either.

The Plitron or the 14A transformer is inside the main chassis. You can see the IEC connector and the wires going to the xformer in the 4th picture. At least that is my understanding and is what Mikhail described when I talked with him about the external p/s upgrade. Sorry, I wasn't bright enough to ask exactly what the Plitron and what the external p/s would supply after that. I'll know to ask before doing it now.

You do really well when expressing complex ideas in English. For your English/American posting, you might want to download the American version of Firefox 3.x. It has a reasonable American spell checker. It's probably switchable to English spell checking too, but I haven't checked.

No, cans providing some fun are "fun". They are only funny if they also tell jokes or look strange. So the correct usage in the sense you meant is "PS-1s are more fun than DBs". Don't worry, most everybody understood what you meant. Shoot, I don't even know the word for funny in Spanish. What I do know is really Mexican and it's mostly food words. Then I'll continue to do so. Please let me know if it gets to be too much. Only a few people seriously play on words, typos or misspellings. Everybody has those problems now and then so it's like the pot calling the kettle black (see, I'm teaching you American sayings too ).

Yes, and as other people have suggested, developing a strong core (especially strong stomach muscles) will do the most to prevent future back pain. Edit: Hope you feel better soon so you can do the remaster on my Going Home album.

Euclidean is the simplest.

You're welcome. No need for a palmface at all. Your English is much better than my Spanish, or my French for that matter. When I lived in France, I wanted people to correct me when I made a mistake when speaking or writing French. After all, If I didn't know I'd made a mistake, how would I ever learn to do it right. Still, most people were too polite to correct me, even after I asked them to do so. Or maybe I made so many mistakes that they realized it would take all day to have a simple conversation. To do a little more correction, I think that you meant to say "more fun" instead of "funnier". Funnier means more funny. Unfortunately there is no such word as "funner", though people will sometimes jokingly use it. So you have to use "more fun" to mean that. If you meant to use "funnier", then I'm impressed at your sophisticated knowledge of English. And yes, English and American are strange languages.

I don't know the specifics about the history. I assumed that Joe made the PS-1 too. They sound so different from the rest of the John Grado headphones that I'm guessing either Joe helped and/or John got lots of input from the German distributors, who requested the PS-1.

Maybe you can get SARN to make such a product. At least they could say that they were the first company to do it.