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I'll second the HD580 -- just a good all-rounder. I'd also second the Grados, except that I find them uncomfortable. Etymotic ER-6i -- sounds pretty darn good without an external amp. Sony MDR-7506/-V6 -- ditto, and they're well nigh indestructible, plus they fold (you can even do the DJ thing and only fold one side), which makes them ideal for travel for people who don't like to put things in their ears.

Oh, well, I went with Crucial. (And funnily enough, those 4Gb of memory were more expensive than the computer itself.) Anyone know how to tell my Dell (Optiplex GX270) that I bought PC3200, not PC2700? They seem to be clocking in at 333MHz. Thanks for the input, I'm just impatient.

Play by the rules -- report his posts when he gets out of line, and don't get out of line yourself. That's your best bet. I'm not saying don't be assertive in defending yourself, do. Just don't cross the line.

I'm a Dream Theater fan, and I found Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence a little hard to listen to, fidelity-wise. Any opinions on Train of Thought? I never picked that one up. Ditto the new one.

It looks like you blew a seal.

Well, I don't have that, so I have no idea what it sounds like, but the second movement of Schubert's 2nd Piano Trio in E flat is pretty melancholy, albeit a bit overplayed (since The Hunger). Also, the "The Old Castle" movement from Mussorgsky's Pictures... I have to pick that up -- I love sad music and minor chords, it's in my (Russian) blood.

Oh, yeah, Bolzano Villetri. They're gorgeous.

I miss my Spendor S3/5's (LS3/5a derivative). And these are a lot cheaper than the Stirlings. I just contacted the dealer about a special order (preliminarily). I agree with everything you said, too. Those criticisms that you cited are criticisms of the LS3/5a, as well. They also don't go loud very well, either -- LS3/5a's were always designed for nearfield monitoring. Which NY show, CES? Back on topic -- if you want to start out slowly, try some new production tubes. I started a thread over at sh.tv about new production tubes, and got a lot of recommendations, here. Admittedly, the common wisdom is that NOS are better, but quite frankly, I wouldn't want to have to depend on that.

Or perhaps they could just call it 28 Days After That.

Yeah, that's what I was saying. I'm not sure I was saying this, perhaps you were responding to someone else? DAC's don't have jitter, per se, they can be more or less sensitive to jitter in their input stream, but they don't have jitter, themselves. It's one thing to compare two DACs and their sound on a perfect digital stream, but unrealistic. All real-world streams have jitter. It's more realistic to compare DAC's with the transports that you have, but it's not unrealistic to try to improve the sound with the transport if you are otherwise happy with your DAC. Assuming you believe in jitter. Which I do. Was I defending its existence? I guess so. But the question arose because I asked about the jitter specs of the transport. At which point, I wasn't arguing with anyone about anything, I was just asking a question. I think. I could be confused. What were you saying again?

No. Not ever.

-10 Reading Comprehension Points. Except for aerius, he's angry about something, and he takes it out on everyone.

What argument? Who's arguing? I could care less what the naysayers think.

I'm sure it's pretty interesting for Trey's accountant.

Nope, I got no proof. I just know I can hear the difference, and that's good enough for me.

I saw it the day it came out. Excellent. A worthy sequel. They deal with the spread of the infection more, and the primary characters in the this one (there's no overlap of characters whatsoever) go through a completely different set of obstacles than the first set. It's still very British and relatively low budget, though I don't know how they did the firebombing scenes that you see in the trailer. That looked pretty good to my non-eyeglassed eyes. You can see this one without seeing the first one -- they rehash the premise of this one (inasmuch as it is covered in the second one) in about the first 30 seconds of the film. I don't think they even spoil the first one. Really? Sources? I looked it up on wikipedia, and the source says he doesn't mention the title. I think the next one could be 32 weeks later. And then the one after that could be 36 weeks later. And then, just to fuck with us, they could call the one after that 39 weeks later. And then 47 1/2 weeks later.

You know, everything is rehashed. Everything. So to me, it's ultimately about whether or not it's interesting. And that's just so subjective.

There's also something called the "Nude Attenuators", and I'm sure there are cheaper versions (still called attenuators) one can get at parts express and whatnot.

Yeah, but I'm not (and I don't trust claims -- I've heard at least one DAC that claimed to be impervious to jitter, and it still improved with better sources), so the question stands.

That DIY jobber looks real good. Do you know what kind of jitter specs it has? Or is that variable, depending on which clock chip you select?

Someone who has the dosh should buy the EMM Labs single-box player and report back.

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Oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please...

That takes guts.

I choose "freeze to death". I know it's initially painful, but I heard that ultimately it's kind of ...well... mind-numbing.