Dusty Chalk

I don't think so. He mentioned in interviews that he actually had several years mapped out with the longer story arcs. But maybe compressing them made them better. I'd like to think not, just because I liked a lot of the set pieces (dialog-wise) the last bit.

Some models of the Aleph P come with a remote option. Just FYI: they don't all have this capability.

I personally love my Dynaudios, but one thing that separates it even from other Dynaudio speakers is its complement of the Esotar II tweeters, I don't think anything Excite or Focus has those. So I agree with eschewing the Dynaudios. I've heard nothing but good about Triangles, even entry level, so would recommend giving those a listen. My feeling on B&W's is that they're the Sennheisers of the speaker world -- many people have heard them, they have some really good models and really mediocre ones, and they're not for everyone. I don't have any Sennheisers. Er...that I can find (got the HD250-II's somewhere).

I think I will start collecting PS3's and make my own.

I would (recap). Especially in an electrostatic. Even if it works, it'll sound better recapped.

I have to admit to just not getting that. So you have a bigger screen, so what? Do you really want a remote that's so busy that you need that much more real estate? I mean, the iTouch was already 320x480. EDIT: Of course, as soon as I wrote that, I thought, "processor speed?" Twice, basically. Now that makes things completely different.

Not me, I didn't really want to spend > 3 hours on the road today (Emmitsburg, MD), so was glad to have an excuse.

You could do worse than BAT. (looks over at his Aleph-P that is as of yet unhooked up) Just realized that that sounds like I'm saying the Aleph P is worse -- I'm not, I have no idea.

Condolences from me as well, dude.

The other thing I didn't think of is, it's a good transitional device, in that you can use it with a Windows machine. Is that correct (that you can use it with a Windows machine)?

Heat Wave (Rick Castle) -- thoroughly enjoying this. You can really picture the actors from the show in the book, not only with the dialog, but also with a lot of other little things they do. They do a lot with body language (smiles, turning away, etc.) which is straight from the show.

My eyes hurt just thinking about that room. And kitty hidey-hole FTW.

Fat towards the back would make sense to me, since my ears are farther out from my head towards the back more than towards the front. But 100% of the time, I'm listening to someone else's, so "the way they have it" until I get my own pair.

Synagogues and churches? WTF?!?!?' ...and Town Halls, oh my.

Sorry to hear about Ivan, Vicki.

I do? Also, I kind of got the sentiment backwards -- meaning I'd never kiss any of you guys on the lips.

I miss grapefruit. (Am on a medicine that prevents me from eating grapefruits or drinking grapefruit juice.) Wegmans Frosted Bite-Size Shredded Wheat cereal

This is kind of how I picture you guys.

You should have been picturing a Terry Gilliam style animation somewhere around "...BBQCG..." that included Christ on a cross, and a big hand holding a bottle of barbecue sauce.

Especially those of you benefiting from Mike's ways. Thank you, Mike, for being Mr. Early And Often Adopter.

Is that Cjrostoma Jemdrocls? And if not, who is she? I redheads. Well, except "is it possible to get a mild case of Down's syndrome?" kid.

That does make things harder, though not impossible. But sometimes "familiarity" is enough, whether or not you like the original tune. I think I'd enjoy that style of piano jazz trio renditions of Beatles tunes, even though I don't listen to the Beatles. Or string quartet renditions of the Beach Boys. Or whathaveyou. I did find myself having a harder time to enjoy that solo piano renditions of Radiohead tunes, because I'm just plain not that familiar with Radiohead, despite liking them. I'd be curious about your honest reactions to anything from the rest of their work. They also have an album called "Prog".

I assume you're criticizing my over-generalization in using the expression "Audio-Technica" house sound -- fair enough. But in broad, sweeping terms, I was just trying to get rid of the Grado house sound, so inasmuch as it's not a Grado, there you have a house sound. So, to synopsize: ESW-9:HF-2::all A-T's:all Grado's ...meaning it doesn't have the Grado forwardness that the HF-2 does, which admittedly, it doesn't as much as other Grado's. Better?

Maybe, it's worth trying. I doubt you'll hear a difference, meself.

...and my personal favorite: