Dusty Chalk

So I just did an "Engrish" in French? But "Cha-cha" is easier to say...

Actually, if you're talking completely passive, it depends on the two components being switched, and the adapters you use. If they both result in using the "hot" and "inverted" signals (I.E. not ground/shield), then it's just like having two switches, and floating the ground. (And if they ground-ground [i.E. if they connect "ground" to ground], then you're not even floating the ground [well, you are, but who cares?]). Similarly, if they both use "hot" and ground (I.E. only one side of the balanced), then again, it's just like having two switches in the signal path, and you lose the balanced-ness of it. I wouldn't mix the two, is all.

Well, look at it this way, the lack of back EMF on the loose-fitting one will make it burn-in at a lesser rate than on the tight-fitting one. So they'll eventually sound different.

Anyone up for a discrete version?

Someone should send you a pair to do a comparison. These are not the droids you are looking for.

I'm in. (SACD fanboy.)

Sorry to those who have already ordered, but (some of?) these are cutouts. At that price, I don't care, it's still a great price; but if you do...sorry.

Cha-cha would make a great cat's name.

Quintuple == 5 x [/pedant] So, what, two families and a mistress?

Either they're squeezing very hard, or you have a thyroid problem. No, seriously, sounds similar to the W5000 issue.

Ravel: Bolero etc. RCA Living Stereo SACD

Follow some of the deal sites like todaysdod.com and dealsucker.com.

So putting off buying the house for a month or two?

I sat through a 3 hour meeting that should have taken 9. I love these guys. Re: smell -- probably just outgassing with no place to go. Try just leaving it open for a while. Al, someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but that's very good news. Bones heal, tendons don't heal "well" (once you overextend them, they never completely unstretch, for example -- that's why a sprain is in some ways worse than a break). Of course, that might have been a doctor trying to allay my fears about something in my distant past, so wouldn't mind knowing if this is actually true.

This is where I am, pretty much. That and the "Microsoft" anti-branding (I.E. I've been brainwashed into hating Microsoft).

Sherpa dudes

Eurythmics, Touch Dance -- found it during The Great Reorganization, apparently I already had the CD.

No, because you have to really want one if you're in California, because you're eventually going to drop into the ocean.

Todd has a way of picking them. The Dragon was a pretty great amp, too.

Nixie Clock? With downward facing tubes for the dots in the colons? (I.E. pointing straight at you.) Serious answer to the side question -- I saw KG criticizing Mikhail's choice of tube sockets and recommend replacing them with ceramics enough times that I googled researched the topic a little bit and found this site. The thing that I found most eyebrow-raising was the water-absorption of ceramic, wouldn't mind knowing if that's malarkey or not (they are, after all, trying to sell their own choice of materials). I have to admit to noticing my ceramic sockets getting soggy over the course of decades. Oh, wait a minute, no, that never happened. another link google for yourself

Inasmuch as it is a two-way speaker...mmmmaybe. (I'd have to hear the Wharfedale again.) Why don't you get them both and tell us. The real magic is in the midrange, the crossover is extremely well done (in the Quad) -- practically transparent.

Orange juice Tea (green, sleepytime, tension tamer) Burgers Grenadine Holy Basil(!) 5-HTP chips

iPod 160GB for $90 ($50 + $40 membership) (only two, and I have no way of checking to see if they're still there without joining).

The Darkvoice had real synergy with the K701 the one time I heard them together.

For some reason, I'm having zero problem reading this thread and falling under the spell. Perhaps it's the sinus/ear infection I'm mostly over (I would still be able to listen to headphones and earspeakers, but not IEM's, under those conditions). Or perhaps it's because I don't like cocaine.