Dusty Chalk

Oh, and I just realized something -- I was not 17 in 1993 -- I just interpreted your statement instead as "..if only Dusty -- at his game-playing peak -- could hear you now..." and responded accordingly. I am, indeed, old. And immature. On the bright side, in just a few years, I can increase my retirement contributions.

Great, now I need a Wii (they've released the original cybersled for Virtual Console in Japan -- note, for example, the copyright date on the opening screen of this video: ...it is otherwise indistinguishable). EDIT: OR $500 Emailed

My specialty was CyberSleds.

----------------------------------- P. 32 -- ARCY SPARKY IS DISCUSSED!!!1! ----------------------------------- (albeit, without the mylar)

Good eye!

I appreciate your help in the matter.

60G PS3

Violates. Besmirches. Adulterates. Boycotts. Desecrates. Befouls. Despoils. Perverts. Ravages. Sacks and Pillages. Yes, "Violates."

(smirk)

That's awesome. They also apparently have manga guides to physics and molecular biology -- how appropriate, since manga violates the laws of physics and molecular biology all the time.

Next time, try disconnecting and reconnecting all connections. Sometimes that makes a difference.

I'm not much of a gamer, but that was awesome. Of course, I probably wouldn't get past "abandon all hope, ye who enter here". "Oh, well, looks closed, let's come back later."

The XX -- really dig this minimal, retro (Joy Division/early New Order/Church/Chameleons-y) brit-pop-ish whatever-it-is. I really like the production -- it almost is the opposite of the current "louder is better" approach to radio airplay.

Yeah, I'll change my stance to agree with this.

Those fucking meteor hits usually take out 4 at a time, at least, sometimes 8 or 9.

If you're buying the KGSS new, you might ask to see if he'll do a Koss jack for you. Then there will be no need for the recable -- one or the other, not both.

That's easy -- ULN-2. Especially if you interpret as "Flavor of This Month".

Weakest component == most important. No, seriously, the cartridge/phono pre are probably the most important, because you're starting out with such a low voltage, that it's very easy to introduce (and amplify) non-signal-related noise into the sound.

Yeah, there are basically two schools of thought -- one is Team Over-engineering, in which you run the tubes well within spec, and use more of them if you need more; the other is Team Tubes Are Cheap, in which they run them "hot", because they think they sound better that way.

Jesus, what are you doing, building the house?

But do you actually listen to it? That was my point. And yes, of course there are people who actually listen to it -- the players and producers themselves obviously listen to their own recordings. And yes, smooth jazz is perfect for porn -- you don't exactly watch porn for the soundtrack, do you?

I do think high res/SACD sound more like analog -- certainly close enough that I don't think I could tell the difference, even if we found a way to DBT "fatigue". The problem with describing it is that it's subliminal -- honestly, you're getting so close that really the only difference is fatigue, which I can't hear until I listen for several minutes, perhaps an entire disc. Okay, here's word for you: "grunge". And I don't mean full-on distortion, I mean a really subtle grunge that you barely notice. It goes where I said "veil" did not. It's easiest to hear when you go back and forth between SACD and CD on the same player (as I've been doing all week). CD is still perfectly listenable, but there's a relief when listening to SACD that just isn't there with CD.

So...what? You're going to hit every cantina that has live music until you find the droids you're looking for?