Dusty Chalk

A thought: in most houses, two phone lines are run -- if they're only using one, is there a way to use the second one as the network? I think the only problems are (a) that you'll have to make sure that all the phones in the house are using the two-wire method of connecting, and if not, their are stubs that you can put between the phone and the wall jack, and ( that you will have to make sure the second two wires are disconnected at the phone hub (wherever it is that it's connected to the phone service -- I know this, because at least once in my life, I had to get the second line connected, and they had to come out and physically connect it). I know this is good enough at least for DSL speeds.

His is the kingdom, the power, and the glory. And the AK-47.

Microwave and mirrors?

I think the thing to do is to see if there is already enough discussion in various subforums that merit merging into a new subforum. I.E. don't create the subforum to see if the discussion exists, see if the discussion exists to create the subforum.

Jesus, that is the coolest CD ...er... "thingy" ever.

Hi-Fi VHS was awesome. In some ways, it was better than DAT.

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I was just listening to the demos of that.

My only thought is, are you sure you can make your room dark enough for a plasma? They don't go as bright as anything else. I personally prefer plasma, but can't recommend it if you don't have room-darkening shades.

Displaced? You mean, like they have their own country, and now they don't?

Awesome, I was just coming back into this thread to post something to this effect, except without the clever running tie-in.

Also, the ...Harbeths? ...that were recently discussed elsewhere, as a Poor Man's Quad 11L. Almost any 2 way will "need" a sub -- the 12L doesn't need a sub except for synthesizers, organ, acoustic bass, etc.

...and she knows what to do with them, too! :rimshot:

Chop't something Cobb something -- less the egg.

I wouldn't recommend him, though.

So "...looks photoshopped..." is a meme? I feel so

Best I've ever owned was A3^CR pre/power combo. I have yet to try the Manley Stingray. Only other amp I tried it with that I've owned was the Jolida JD102B, which was meh -- wasn't bad, but wasn't good. Ditto AudioValve RKV w/Impedanzer. No, wait, I also tried it with the Kenwood microsystem, wasn't bad. My mom loved it, but I wasn't willing to part with the Kenwood when I gave her the K1000's. Best I've ever heard was Canman's Pass Labs -based rig. Also heard very very good sound out of tuberolled ASL MG Head (!) and Singlepower ... PPX, I think? Might've been MPX. You'd have to ask Hirsch. Whichever one he has. It's all in the tubes -- if you get the right tubes, that changes everything.

So it's a mixed mode operating system, you can direct it to perform 32-bit or 64-bit operations, at a high level? That's some pretty fucking awesome.

Steve, you can lower any discussion, can't you? PS Don't take that as a challenge. It was more recognizing an existing talent than asking for proof.

Yeah, that. And laziness. We have a tendency to shorten things anyway -- instead of saying, "...Kleenex tissues...", we say, "...kleenexes..."; instead of saying, "...make Xerox copies..." we say, "...xerox..."; instead of saying, "...search using Google...", we say, "...google..."; ad infinitum.

Lego is win. Lego bricks are win. Lego toys are win. Legos are win. All sound wrong. Oh, wait, that's right, "win" is a verb.

I'm not sure I agree that there's a difference between "bias" and "established preference". I have an established preference for a certain "cleanliness" of sound, and another one for tube distortion. And I will be the first to admit that it's a bias. I think it's more important to let people know what my biases are, than to claim some sort of approximation of knowing good sound on some sort of absolute scale. Sure, there are a lot of common denominators, but look at the number of people who like Sennheiser's HD600/HD650 sound (I'm beginning to think that this is what dreadhead describes as the standard "diffuse field" response?) -- I don't like it, so I'd like to know upfront whether or not a reviewer I'm reading likes that sound or not.

I love the drumming in the original studio version, I don't care if the drummer himself doesn't. Rick Wakeman has also turned his back on the genius of Tales..., which is one of my favorite albums by them. And yes, I meant the songs, not the albums. Black Sabbath -- I can't listen to those guitar solos any more without thinking of Spinal Tap. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love those albums, and they are near perfect, I just don't think smiling at the humor of the imagery is the intended reaction, and didn't used to be. And Paranoid has "Rat Salad", which sucks. I thought maybe you were saying they weren't songs, and I was ready to

Awesome. Grados are the cupcakes of headphones.

Awesome, another one on this forum who got lathe. What's that make, 5 (Nate, Smeggy, Steve, and there was someone else whose screen-name isn't coming to me now...)? Maybe more.