Dusty Chalk

Pfff.

Sounds like pimping to me.

Gorgeous! I should've listened to it at the last meet, I forgot what it sounds like.

It's fun watching it all in sequence. I've done that at least twice now.

Nice! Your collection overtook mine overnight, maybe...(double-checks)...I have about 200.

It should've been free delivery.

Why would you do that? Last I heard, electricity flows both ways -- I realize that ground is different from an active signal, but it still strikes me as putting it through copper part of the way, and silver the rest of the way -- is that necessarily wise, if one has access to silver both ways?

Pfff.

Still on the thought of transmission lines -- how about something like this? (Two links in "this".)

Well, I don't like to speak for him, so maybe you should PM him, but I haven't heard anything to know that his opinion has changed. Though I believe his experience is with their most high-end cables.

AHHH MONEY! Money is not our GOD! etc. I'm not exactly rolling in dough, but if I had a budget for vinyl, this would be on there.

Paging Hirsch...Hirsch to the white courtesy telephone please...

You should try cleaning them first. I have a lot of vinyl from when I was a kid (and adolescent, and post-adolescent, and young adult) -- and I treated them absolutely terribly. I tried playing them on Hirsch's rather nice rig after cleaning, and you couldn't hear a spec of dust. I think the needle even found the portions of the record that I hadn't completely worn out.

That almost sounds like compression -- what amp are you using again?

The discussions are good, too. Me: A 10' pair of Anti-Cables

Maybe you're just being ignored.

Kevin can probably draw up some plans for a DIY version.

Is it the same trailer? Because I'm not wasting another 90 seconds of my life (or however long it was). Alright, yeah, I just did, typing this response, but I enjoyed typing this response more than watching that trailer. Not saying the game won't be any good, but I certainly couldn't tell from the trailer.

Anti-Cables -- I've been meaning to give these a try, myself. You can ask Nate if they're worth it.

Trailer sucked.

Was there a question in there? Did you see these? Though I have to admit, I'm thinking about them myself.

I had one with the following upgrades: HDCD, upsampling, PS1000 power supply -- all I did myself (but none of which required any soldering), this one still works. The other had some upgrades -- yes, I think they were the half nelson -- that were done by the previous owner, but required soldering, and doesn't work. I've yet to diagnose this one, but it's probably pretty simple, as it did work for a while.

I've seen them go for less, but admittedly, not much less. You could probably negotiate $500 if you were patient enough. What about a DAC1, has anyone ever heard one? They gotta be pretty good. L, you could probably get a Rega Planet for $400, but it doesn't have digital inputs.

Those are both good choices, as is the Ack! Dack! I think there's also the DAC-ah, but the one with which I'm familiar distorted, so I can't vouch for their quality control. I've had extensive experience with the MSB Link DAC III (I have two), and heard the Headroom briefly (but enough to put it on my "to buy" list of things to try).