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I was thinking about that as I have a million USB DACs, just don't want to mess with a Mac Mini in the office.

Looks like neither Sony will work as I was perusing the manual about the time you posted this and noted no volume control. As the Emotivas also have no volume control, they will not work for me. Maybe an Oppo 105 with a HD attached.

I need a music server as the Internet sucks here and the stupid Dell POS laptop has all kind of cutouts, etc.

Yeah, most monitors I have bought have come that way. I got two, specifically determined to be better than the ones bought by the Ginger Avenger by my friend Andrea at Emotiva. Now I need to decide on whether I get the Sony HAP-Z1ES as a source or go cheap and get the HAP-S1/S and use RCA to balanced cables.

I should send you a pair with the HF-1s you have been waiting for, for 4 years.

Figured that out and got a pair. Might be a bit huge for the office but at least I will not have to get an integrated amp and I assume it will sound better than all these Studio Monitors I have amassed but never really liked. Thanks for the notice.

I was just about to buy some of those. How does one access a secret sale?

Welcome to Virginia. I am over in Falls Church just inside the 495 loop and used to work in Reston so let me know if you need any help figuring the place out.

Never seen a pink B&R.

Every time I have had anything stolen out of my cars, homeowners insurance has covered it all. Good luck.

Yeah, I was very happy with a usable ISO 16000. The lights are being upgraded at the Museum so lighting was fairly weak throughout, especially in the Shuttle area.

Shop happened to have the hard to find battery grip for the D750 so I bought it and a new Nikon branded Black Rapid Sport strap. Of course I just got the L Bracket for the D750 w/out battery grip this week.

Some from the restoration and back of house area. The next large exhibit the Flak-Bait during resto.

Giant space plane. Cool Military Planes Overall view of the main hall.

I found Major Tom Tiny little stunt plane. Tiny little non-stunt plane. Slightly larger tiny plane

It is a fantastic museum. I have never made it into the restoration areas, it was pretty neat. First a few ISO 16000 samples.

You guys should have come out here. Today is open house so they let you back in the labs/hangars to see the stuff they are working on now. They also have a lot of kids stuff going on.

Figured I would grab one and try it out today at the Air and Space Museum.

I have to assume with all the need for photos at SI they were predominately using outside talent for 90+% of their work already so these guys were just the big guns for studio stuff. Hopefully this was a side job for most of them as they have their own studios, etc. I actually met Bill Frakes on the sideline of a Giants game and he was very informative and put up with a lot of my questions about shooting a pro game. I am trying to choose a wide angle for the setup now. 14-24, 24 f1.4, 16-35 or 20 f1.8. I had never even heard of the 20 until Peter mentioned it but it looks like a great lens for the money. What say the HC Photo Club?

Nice Bryan. I did some snapshots as the cloud and wind rolled in today at lunch. Part of a giant rally on the Mall. Mostly Catholic school girls but I did not want to be the creepy guy taking pictures of them. Second Army Division Memorial

Looking for more NAS help from the storage gurus amongst us. Thinking about the new DS 415+ to see how the new Atom quad core processor works but I keep reading reviews that show the QNap TS-451 is faster at most things. Is it largely the software that makes the Synology worth the slightly higher price or is the Qnap just not at the same level hardware-wise? Also, are the WD Red 6TB drives considered reliable by the computer folks?

Happy Birthday Mike.

I like Bokeh better on the 35 f1.4 Canon, I think.

Looks like my D750 is on the recall list so I took it out today to see if I could replicate the problem. Couldn't make it happen so I guess I will have to look into it some more to see how people are making it happen. Loving the AF on this camera. 100% Crop And loving the Sigma Art. Really hoping an 85 version comes soon.

It was a lot of fun. The piano stuff was easy, Let Her Go by Passenger and the guitar stuff pretty basic Heart of Gold on the Boucher and Here Comes Your Man on the Tele.