Dusty Chalk

Jesus, that's a lot of bread.

Using what system? I've seen a really good Faroudja into a CRT projector, and DVD res vs. high-res was almost indiscernible. The two places where I could tell the difference were: (1) direct-to-highdef, such as sports desk on CNN and late night with Jay Leno (yes, this was back then), and (2) CGI (Finding Nemo). Then switching to a DLP projector, the differences became a little more visible (we compared Final Cut of Blade Runner DVD vs. Blu-Ray -- so the same exact transfer) -- it was visible, but not intolerable. That was with an inferior upscaler and using the PS3 as a transport. I have a feeling a really good player and a really good upscaler will bring them much closer together. (For reference, the DLP was much clearer than the CRT, but the CRT had warmer tones.)

Oh. :|

And even then, not in public. I'm just not a PDA kind of guy.

No, it's pretty much after the fact -- I can feel the build-up of wax, and can predict that when I finally use a Q-tip, it will be "productive". And I hardly use IEM's, so I doubt it's that, either. I'll try to monitor myself more closely, see if there's something else going on -- maybe when my allergies are exacerbated, my ears itch, and I itch them, or something like that. Or perhaps it's the dusty environment.

Sweet. My next car is going to be an A1.

You bought an Audi?

Okay, that was awesome. Thanks, man.

Sonic Screwdriver

Licking isn't oil and contains digestive enzymes -- you sure that's a good idea? From what little I could glean from google, I'm not sure if it's "drying out" and becoming brittle, or impurities in the foam are rusting. Wouldn't mind knowing the science behind it, seriously. Thanks to all the crap addicts for providing zero to no useful information.

I didn't do nuthin'.

We need horn-based headphones.

No, I think it's still wax, but the ear discharge seems to increase when I'm particularly suffering from allergies, I.E. nasal discharge. In other words, the two seem to go hand in hand, when one increases, so does the other, etc. Does that make sense, medically? PS I just cleaned my ears with a q-tip.

(whimper) I'm having some leftover Chinese.

When I have a sinus infection, it'll get that dirty in less than a day. Although I'm not sure what you mean by "that dirty" -- it has more to do with consistency than anything else.

So fondling it and depositing my juices on it actually is the answer? Yeezh.

Hi-Fi Fiedler, RCA Living Stereo SACD

"not"? or "hot"?

Killing people doesn't do much for his bottom line.

That only helps the Grado drivers, though, not the screens nor the impact foam used in carrying cases. Unless you regularly fondle the foam in your carrying cases. Which I don't.

Old wives' tales.

Yeah, I'm hoping not the melty kind.

Dammit! But it's the 20th, that's good enough for me.

Nice -- throw a double-sided spanner into the works. Or maybe the better analogy would be to throw two consecutive spanners...

I have no idea, honestly, the Behringer is "tight". Also, (a) it's not necessarily one piece of gear -- other things they've done are blatant rip-offs of particular gear -- their mixers, for example -- but they might have reduced it down to what it is today, and truth be told, it might be an evolution from something else (their feedback killer comes to mind). ( That other piece of gear might not even be around any more -- you kind of had to be on top of things at the time to know for sure, and I wasn't. It's been around forever, so it'd have to be a long time ago.