Dusty Chalk

Don't stretch -- that's just wrong. What's the point of watching hi-def if you're going to watch a fucked up picture? Would you want to see a short squat Wonder Woman? Would you want to see a short squat Buffy? Would you want to see short squat Charlie's Angels? I rest my case.

I disagree. To me, the Shures (e2's) are painfully rolled off (not Sennheiser rolled off -- much worse; veiled, even), and the Ety's are detailed and clear. No, they've not the best bass, but they have pretty damn good bass -- kind of sealed enclosure bass, like Spendor S3/5's, except starting lower. It's taught, but extended, and does not roll off sharply, like a bass reflex speaker. I liked the bass, in a not-for-home-theatre-or-games kind of way.

Well, that's odd -- that's not buyer's remorse, that's more like owner's remorse...or maybe owner-and-not-user's remorse. So yeah, sell off your stuff (but maybe not the K340) and upgrade your portable system and use your portable system as your home system also. Oh, and I second all the Etymotic recommendations. And the B&H Photo recommendations. I bought my 6i's from buy.com. One of these days I'll grow up to a 4 or something.

[snarky]Friday the 13th?[/snarky]

Dude. Do it. This is by far his silliest effort yet. I've laughed more times than I can count. Great way to end the day. I think the cheapest way to get them (besides borrowing them from the library) is the trade paperback -- the small paperbacks are coming out in 8 volumes (vice three). I got the hardbacks.

Is part of the problem that you're not happy with your home rig? Also: I don't know about selling it all, but there is definitely room for improvement. Also, yes, the e2c is definitely a weak link -- go Etymotic. Even their low end er6i is better (to my ears).

Neal Stephenson, The System of the World -- Volume Three of the Baroque Cycle

I'll sell you my Teac A1D -- hardly used. If you don't like that idea, I highly recommend going vintage. Behringer is probably fine -- but they're famous for stealing designs, and then implementing them without the R&D budget, so I stay away from them. At US$200, I highly recommend going used.

You mean, besides the obvious?

You can do anything you want, but you should know that I was joking with that response. I'm sure he has his hands full with paying clients. Why would he waste time giving away advice for free?

Why don't you ask Jude?

So the solder joint protected the fuse? That's not how it's supposed to work...

This may be a stupid question (and feel free to say so if it is), but does the Headroom Micro DAC have the diamond buffer in it? Does it make sense for it to? From a brief perusal of a thread or two on Head-Fi, it seems not, but I just wanted to make sure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws8VrGte-D8 . Don't ask me how I found the above video, it had to do with the above discussion.

Actually, I'm glad he mentioned it. I have a tendency not to read thoroughly, so when he mentioned the Sony's as potentially not being the right headphones for the amp, I was going to ask what headphones, but went back and re-read his post first. And of course the next choice is wired. Sony's are typically bright headphones to me, the only one that could possibly have too much bass to my ears is a woodied CD3000. So yeah, go ahead and mention them every time you post. We may have heard it for the umpteenth time, but someone who just joined the forums will be hearing it for the first. OTOH, don't do the whole Welly Wu/Cardas thing, wherein you have to mention it in every post, including the off-topic "how do you like your chocolate, dark, milk, or otherwise?" threads.

Wow, I expected this to be a useless thread, but I'm getting lots of good advice. Please keep the tequila recommendations coming.

SignalCable risers -- they should use different pictures, this one puts me in mind of the shell game:

Ah, missed that, thanks.

Where'd my light text on dark background go?

Sure, there are vibrating dildos. Just as there are vibrators that aren't dildos (not shaped like a...uh...dildo), and dildos that don't vibrate. All possible combinations of fun!

Yeah, I like it already...they also provide links to stories like this one.

She love you long time. Now you need to load up her iPod with techno. Or jungle, perhaps. And then gabber, for the big finish ("happy ending").

It's a vibrator and a dildo. Vibrator -- something that vibrates. Dildo -- penis-shaped ...erm... penis replacement.

Well...I can picture Spinal Tap or Gwar playing one of those things (but not fretless), but...I'm not that gimmicky...I guess the difference between that and what I'm going for is that I would still need to be able to play the thing...

Dude, all of my guitars are gimmicky -- I have a plexiglass/acrylic one, an "aluminator" from Rogue, made entirely out of metal (with cutouts so that it doesn't way a ton), and a Steinberger (one of those headless/bodyless jobbers). Well, (a) most of the music I make is by tapping, for some reason (it just seemed natural); and ( that's why I want the NS/Stick -- it can be strummed and picked and stuff. It would sort of ween me into playing "normal" guitar. Someone also mentioned Warr guitars and Anderson something guitars, which I may look into as well.