Dusty Chalk

The 12LA's aren't that big, are they? I've not heard the Scandyna's, but the reviews of the Minipod Passives were pretty positive across the board when they came out as the Blueroom Minipods (as designed by former members of B&W). They're still on my wish list, but you should probably check out the dimensions of both the Scandyna and the Quad, I suspect they're closer than you think.

For Elephas (see #2)

I'm guessing he backburnered them until (a) he could figure out the magnetic-waves-drives-wearer-crazy problem (or a.5 find out a way to drive them crazy in a way that spends more money on ribbon speakers); and ( concentrating on the speaker thing. He's probably mulling over the first problem in the back of his mind, but not devoting any intentional clock cycles to it. Is there an equivalent to the Faraday cage, except for magnetic waves? I was also considering suggesting to him to try it on a significantly smaller scale, to reduce the problem by sheer scaling down of the cause of the magnetic waves -- say, IEM's, but where the ribbons themselves don't go into the ear. (But you don't want to make them too far from the opening, as I'm sure that will cause its own share of problems, acoustically.) Sanity check?

Amazon.com: Actron CP7875 PocketTherm Infrared Thermometer: Automotive See the Ghost Hunter's handbook under "frequently bought together" ... so apparently, this is the infrared thermometer of choice...for nutcasejobs!

Damit!

I noticed that smartNate had the same approach to mistakes that a certain drummer friend of mine had -- if he made a mistake, he repeated it, so it would seem like it was done on purpose. He was universally regarded as an amazing drummer. Nate smart!

Except that the notes in the description explicitly state that it's an ode to Roger Corman (Hammer Films).

Mmm...iron.

I'm probably getting a pair of Stradas for a 2.1 system, which will eventually expand to a 4.1 system. It's basically a Reference 3.1 less the bottom-most driver (wasn't sure whether to call it a woofer or a subwoofer, but...you know what I mean).

Well, obviously it should be called RMHF (or RMHPF).

Wait, what?

Debuting at RMAF 2009:

Mike Oldfield, The Killing Fields

I have two versions of QE2 on vinyl when the record came out, and the only difference between the two is the cover art. The merkin version is glossy, but without the porthole cutout, the British version (which, to my mind, is superior), is matte and has the cutout. So I'd have to say yes.

John Palumbo/Crack the Sky, "Too Cold to be Cool" Mike Oldfield, "The Trap" -- b-side that could have been an out-take from the wonderful Killing Fields. An exercise in dissonance, to be sure, but the most beautiful exercise ever executed.

I'm pretty sure that's not the case. I vaguely remember it being related to revolutions, not inches (I.E. the integral of angular momentum, not linear momentum). It might depend on the model, but of the ones I've worked with (which, admittedly, was a long time ago), if memory serves, etc.

Oldfield's QE2 on YouTube for a quick fix -- talking about it made me need to hear it nao.

QE2 is awesome. I totally dig the Blue Man Group -like drumming on tracks like Celt and Conflict, as well as the opening track Taurus I, Mirage, and the title track. In fact, I even recommended Blue Man Group on an Oldfield emailing list as "...if you like QE2, you should try...". And I agree with you about Killing Fields as well, of course. I probably listen to that more than any other album of his (!).

Awesome doggy. Awesome pic of him stopping at the side of the road to smell the flower.

No.

My senior citizen cat loves when I rub her gums. Oh, and I received this in an email, it was supposed to help as instructions on how to medicate a cat:

Chop't Steakhouse Salad + olives Their employees were wearing an embroidered polo shirt with just the stylized two-handled Mezzaluna knife that they use to chop their salads with: ...it ends up looking like a smiley.

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