Dusty Chalk

So has anyone been following the Mahler thread on Head-Fi -- someone want to synopsize? I want to get a decent Mahler boxset, such as the Klaus Tennstedt from EMI Classics or something. I realize people prefer individual symphonies, but is there any mention of a decent complete symphonies cycle? Or does someone have their own opinion that they would want to share with me? Performance is more important than fidelity, but if it's too bad, let me know -- I don't want any of these 2kHz bandwidth historical recordings.

That sucks, dude. I don't really have any good advice, other than don't let it drop. I had problems with identity theft less than a year ago, but they were much more minor than what you're experiencing.

They're returnable? Ew.

Hey, yeah, how would that work? If you played the brown note (the note that makes one release one's bowels) through a subwoofer buttplug, would you release the buttplug? That's like one of those zen questions, if you stuck a piece of toast to a cat, which side would it land on...except I really didn't want to think about this one...thanks...

What a bizarre juxtaposition of branding? Fender and Hello Kitty...

Bright, yes; sibilant, no. They definitely have that sort of Grado house "sheen", but there's also a lot more going on in the rest of the frequency spectrum. I really can't answer that for you -- you should definitely find a way to hear them at some point in your life. I don't really like most Grado's, but it wasn't until after listening to the GS1K's that I realize how much of that had to do with the physical discomfort. I really don't mind the Grado "house sound" as much as I thought I did. The GS1K's are very different headphones than anything else in their lineup, and yet one of its facets is that it is recognizably a Grado. And to qualify -- these are from very brief, very initial impressions, through an amp I am not familiar with.

Don't ask me how I know, but that's "one-note bass".

First you need to narrow your search some. Here are the questions you should be asking yourself (looks like you already are): universal or redbook? Price range? New or used? Here's what I would do: < US$1K - Rega Apollo > US$1K - Arcam FMJ CD33T or whatever it's being called now, or Meridian G08 >> US$1K - Linn or Ayre universal

Okay, I listened to them. But I won't post any impressions of them, since they're probably wrong by now. But let's put it this way -- I really wish they weren't that expensive. I really wish they were in the vicinity of something I could afford in thenext year or so. You know how they look like someone took a pair of RS-1's and photoshopped them? They really do look like that. In real life.

You can at least tell us if they're comfortable. You are, quite literally, pulling numbers out of thin air. Where do you get this? In an anechoic chamber, you should get 0/0 == undefined.

Be careful what you wish for, you may get it.

Here's a couple of (really bad quality) vids (looks like someone left a videotape on the dash) of PFM playing, if you want to get an idea of what they're like. Some really nice ensemble playing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM7_PAqdoI4]set 1 & [url= .

Recommend me any and all good DIY speaker resources. I would like to clone an omni -- specifically, the Pioneer CS-06 looks right up my alley. The point in cloning is not just to cut costs, but also because I've heard its sound is suboptimal, and also for fun and education. I'm thinking for starters, I'll want to compartmentalize all the drivers. See, for example, the pictures on this page (about second or third row down). I've already tracked down schematics and a service manual, but I'm thinking of changing the drivers, so I'd have to re-evaluate the crossovers anyway, right? How do I fight the natural resonance of most drivers?

I like the ones where she's letting the sun in where the sun don't (normally) shine. Let the sun shine Let the sun shine in The sun shine in Let the sun in Let the sun shine in The sun shine in...

Hujimuninina...I hadn't seen that one before. Oh, and you want Jessica Alba? Do a google on "Jessica Alba adjusting bikini"... ...oh, wait a minute, I'm at home now, I can do this: here's one such set of pics.

Not sinusoidal.

SO WHO IS IT?!?!? Inquiring minds want to know. No, by single-ended, I think he means single-ended.* * Redundant at this point, but what the hey...

Here's another one for you -- Giorgia Palmas. Google it yourself, I ain't lookin' at pictures of her while I'm at work, because many of them are nudes.

No, I'm afraid you're right (as to the analogies). There will be no "great awakening" that you hope will set things right. When's the last time someone slapped their forehead and said, "OMG, you're right, I am an idiot" no matter how many times you honked at him? People don't wake up. They let shit happen, and hope for the best. How do you think that whole Poindexter thing happened? It's not because no-one put together that we were paying terrorists for hostages, it's that they had figured it out, and thought they all had a way out. Here's my attitude: let's resist the camel's nose under the tent flap, just in case.

Are you looking from within "view recent posts"? Try actually going to the post in the thread (click on the subject). I don't see them from the former, but I see them from the latter.

Being that I'm a straight human male, I approve the above messages about Hyolee.

Can you see this?

Amy Acker pretty much defines supercute.

Why not? I spend more time listening there than I do at home. I've been invited by my boss to bring the big rig in (greatest boss I've ever had, BTW). And even if not for whatever reasons, it still begs the question -- why would you deny me the opportunity to improve the sound at work in every way possible. If there's something I can put between the wall and my source and/or amp, tell me what it is.

It's not just laziness -- some of us don't necessarily have the freedom to mess with their living conditions (such as I don't at work, and I wouldn't at home if my landlord wasn't such a wonderful person).