Dusty Chalk

Can I be the first to say I am curious about what the Tubyness knob does? And potentially might like it?

(makes a mental note to check out Damian)

One of the problems with being an atheist and telling people you don't want anything for christmas is that they begin to believe you and stop getting you shit. I got a shitload of money, though, some of which will probably go towards the PS-1's.

Looks like cat puke.

Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista M3 Tri-Vista 300 A308 A300 kW500 A5.5 kW550 A1008 A5 A3.5 All rated > 100W into 8 ohms, only the Nu-Vista not rated into 4 ohms, but I asked, and it should work just fine.

(agrees whole heartedly)

Yeah, really nice write-up, I'm going to have to figure out a way to print that out for later reading.

I have my ex's parents in my phone as "The Outlaws". Just saw them about a week ago. They always gave me a hard time, but that was more along the lines of the "bonding comeradery" type hard time that we give each other around here.

Well...don't just say "that would be nice" to everything, that doesn't tell me anything. What is it you are trying to accomplish? Some of those are mutually exclusive. I mean, yes, it is perfectly legitimate to say, "I want a well-balanced rig that doesn't offend too offensively in any one direction, without excelling in any, either", I just want to make sure that's what you're saying. For example, I am not a detail freak, quite the opposite -- it's almost to the point that I could care less about detail (at least, not until we get into the US$1K+ systems). I like prat, good extension in the frequency extremes with a flattish frequency response (no particularly onerous peaks or valleys), without loss of transient peaks.

Could someone post how to do this, or a link?

I disagree. One can get very good, very deep, and very accurate bass...as long as one is only listening to it. One doesn't get the reinforcement that feeling those low notes with the rest of the body gets one -- which is what I think most people mean by "visceral bass" -- but what is heard is certainly completely -- if not more easily -- reproducable by headphones. You have to realize, that the physics is completely different. You don't have to energize the whole room, since you have the drivers right next to your ears, you don't even have to energize that space between the drivers and your ears, you only have to worry about the inverse square law at a very low distance relative to the frequencies' wavelengths. I will admit, it's a rather bizarre experience to hear deep, accurate, well reproduced, and to not feel it with your body, but when it's done right, it's magical.

Sounds like a scene from 9 1/2 Weeks. Kinky.

I can see the pics. I especially like the first hardcore porn shot.

Dude, it's not what you wear, but how you wear it.

Apogee Mini-DAC Benchmark DAC-1 Bel Canto DAC2 Musical Fidelity X-DACv3 + X-PSUv3 -- I also see a couple a3.24's, those are good Upgraded MSB (the Gold + P1000 one looks good)

Billy, it's back in stock as of today, and there's a $99 one at amazon if you search on invicta skeleton (without the lizard strap, I think).

Also, what is important to you, and what are you looking for, prat, smoothness, headstage, bass?

K1000's...with mistletoe.

I suspect that English is not his first language, can anyone confirm? 5687 -- I wouldn't be afraid (since he's violating the rules anyway) to press your point, and try to rephrase your question -- he may be using babelfish to translate it.

There is a part of me that actually likes that watch, but I like the one you posted for yourself more. Except for that huge fucking knob. What is that, a doorknob? I know it's a "look", but I guess I'm just not the target market for that look.

I would disagree with this statement.

Think of it as the population problem correcting itself. Darwin awards in large groups.

Woofer inversion, definitely -- they have a visible outward tilt on the bottom (well, the passive radiators do, anyway). I may just have to go for the mods, though, as the woofers are one of the standard mods.

x2 I revel in my strangeness -- I had a co-worker who asked me what "that thing" was. "It's a DAC." "Why?" "To decode digital into analog." "No, yes yes, I know that, but doesn't the CD player have one already?" "Yes, of course it does." "Then why?" "Because then I can run it through this thing." "What's that?" "It's an upsampler." "What does an upsampler do?" "It changes the bitrate from 16/44.1 to 24/96." "How does it do that?" "Interpolation." "But it can't create any information that isn't already there, right?" "Yes." "So...why?" "Because I think it sounds better." etc. Fuck 'em. Pretty much. Or fuck with 'em. "I have a friend who has two." "But you can't..." "Yeah, I know, he only has one set to 'upsample'." "What's the other one for?" "To reduce jitter." "Can you actually hear jitter?" "Me? No. Him? Yes." etc.

I'm sure she's explained this to you already, but just in case she hasn't: The theory goes, if your body thinks it's not getting enough calories, then it stores them as fat. If you're on a high-calorie-burn regimen, then you need to eat more than (some threshold) before you'll lose weight. It's leftover from our hunt-and-gathering days -- there were times as cavemen that we wouldn't eat for days, so our body would store up the food as fat, rather than shit it out, whereas if you're always consuming enough calories to compensate for what you burn, your body will eventually figure it out and expunge the rest.