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I was just trying to offer alternatives within the specified price range, just in case all the slave labor at nateJeans Cables were busy, dead, or dying.

Well, never buy anything via mail-order from Barney's, they suck. Cancelled my order after telling me that if they couldn't find it in the warehouse, they'd check the stores. I happened to know for a fact that it was at one of my local stores, so once they finally got their collective head out of their collective ass (there's an image for you), I went across the street and got it. So yes, I now have my fucking watch, no thanks to Barney's NY, but thanks to Co-Op Georgetown (although they weren't perfect either -- they tried to sell me the wrong watch the first time, after they were called and told to put the correct watch on hold for me). But it all worked out in the end, and I didn't miss my meeting with my boss' boss' boss, so all is well. Moral of the story is, don't buy from Barney's mail-order, check their website and see if you can find a local store first. If not, try to find one near a friend. It really is absolutely perfect. The hands aren't black, but then I wouldn't be able to tell time at all, so I think some color is okay.

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No, 2.5 first. It took everything I had to go to bed last night after that (end of last episode of season 2). Oh, and that was Lucy Lawless?!?!? I didn't even recognize her.

I'm not reading this thread for fear of spoilers, but I just finished watching season two. I'm tempted to quote Lee "Apollo" Adama -- "You have got to be frakkin' kidding me." Fucking cliffhangers.

The problem is, it looks like Monster cable.

So I was leant a Dac-Ah for no other reason than to get my opinion. There seems to be some sort of distortion on it (I'm listening to Camille's Le Fil, and it seems to show up on her voice and the bass, and any other prominent sounds like that) -- is this something that will go away with burn-in, or is there something wrong and needs to be fixed. I forget which exact version it is, but could find out if it's important...or is this something that needs to be diagnosed on a case-by-case basis?

Yeah, that's probably +/- 10 feet.

Optimally, headphones would have lemo connectors or something, and you could change the length to suit your needs -- for example, there are times when I am in front of the computer, and don't want to move -- in which case 6 feet is fine -- then there are times when I want to listen in bed, in which case 20' would be more appropriate, and so on. Because we all know that extensions add additional connections, which are bad, right?

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Yeah, you really need to hear it. And I'm not sure it's so much that I'm not the target market for the sound -- I actually did really like it -- so much as most of the music I listen to didn't do well on them. Most of the music I listen to really benefits from having full-frequency extension in both directions. But when I was listening to music on which it really didn't matter so much, I really liked them. Not enough to own, but if I ever win the lottery, I'll probably have at least one single-driver speaker setup.

Look at the bright side: at least it didn't bite your nose. It could have been even worse, it could have had laser beams attached to its head.

Can you describe some of these? I've not heard of a single one of them.

You should also try: Epica, Sirenia, Within Temptation, and Lacrimosa (LichtJahre, albeit a live album, did come out in 2007, though I haven't heard it yet).

I think what threw me was the long hair and the guitars in the background -- long hair + musician == hippie dude. PS Cute kid, Dan. I can has RMA?

You know, if you let your eyes diverge while staring at that wallpaper (like you would if you were looking at a stereogram), it develops a kind of a three-dimensionality.

How about "took receipt of"? I just took receipt of two blankets (one for my sister) and a pimp coat.

x4 -- they're one of the cleanest headphones I own, if not the cleanest.

Yeah -- I agree that the long coax run sounds like a bad idea. Another possibility (albeit kludgey) would be to get an external soundcard (which is essentially what the Squeezebox is), and make half the run your Firewire or USB cable, and the other half your coax -- I.E. put the box halfway where it's going. (Or [roughly] a third -- firewire/USB; digital cable; analog cable.) This would have the additional benefit of getting it away from the computer.

Yeah baby!!!onesies-twosies!

By themselves, as in the pic, I agree, but I suspect the effect would be more subdued in the context of the cables. Imagine them on an otherwise all-black cable, for instance, I suspect that would look pretty hot.

Trying both of those, thanks (I'm a windows and linux guy).

Does anyone know of a program in which a novice graphics artist could get started? I have an idea for the logo for my band, and I wouldn't mind being able to create a rough (computer) sketch of it.

Okay, I'm twenty minutes into my first episode (episode #2), and I already love this show.

I just pictured a Mr. Eggplant-Head and lollered.