Dusty Chalk

I just want to say that I'm so glad that this story came up randomly. I'm going to be smiling all day. And I'm only allowed to find it funny because (a) you do, ( it's in hindsight and we know he survived.

Think what you want, yes; ban, no.

Please (with the more impressions). I'm liking what I'm hearing so far.

You know, I am going to be pissed off if they do another batch.

It's not a DAC.

Why, what do you care what other people do? And as Sherlock pointed out, they provide a service to those who haven't "gotten while the gettin's good".

Haven't seen it. (Yes, I've seen a lot of movies, and yes, there's a weird cross-section right down the middle of ones I haven't. Pretty much everyone I meet that loves movies as much as I wants to fix that.)

My condolences.

Anyone recognize the headset? I don't.

Po looks like he has Grados on.

Agreed. Book >> either ending. I, Robot on Blu-Ray -- hummina hummina. I loved that movie. Especially that 3-dimensional set piece.

the Rane link

I've heard a good working McAlister, but I think it was an EA-6. And I doubt it's ever going for sale, because I have first dibs if it does.

Oh, see, now you're just making fun of me.

I'm back into a SACD phase, which means mostly classical, some jazz, and very little else.

Schubert piano trios, Haydn Trio Eisenstadt via SACD

Nice!

I feel like Craig Kilbourn in "Craig Kilbourn has a better idea" (a running gag in which he starts listening to a recent artist's current release [sting and Sade were two examples], and then stops it and plays one of their older releases [Police and her first album, respectively]) every time I play Mojave 3. Mojave 3 makes me miss Slowdive.

Has anyone written a Musicbrainz (or similar) app for the iPhone, yet?

Why not a modern Quad, like the ESL-988?

Have you seen some microphone cables? When I say long runs, I mean long runs. There's some videos of some shenanigans by Roger Daltrey of the Who where he throws the microphone up into the air and catches it a full second or two later. Do the math. And that's just the slack.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jBKKV2V8eU]YouTube - Living with First-Person Shooter Disease[/ame]

Not sure there is a difference that matters, other than when one wants to view the cable as a [ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_line]Transmission line[/ame] and "load" the devices on either end "properly" (explanation for this statement left off, since it is outside the scope of this thread -- we're talking getting really nitpicky here). Mic cables are designed for particularly long runs of particularly low-level signals, and are (particularly) shielded, so should be able to handle anything you throw at them. (I.E. They are usually used in more demanding situations than interconnects/audio cables would be.)

Spyro Gyra, Good to Go-Go on SACD -- not as jazz-lite as I was concerned it would be. Digging the bass -- modern production techniques.

At least they're honest and forthcoming about it. I have to admit to still being interested in them. Especially if they have more air than other tubes. I wonder why tubes are microphonic? I mean, I understand vibrations and electronic interference (if that's what it is), so actually the question would be, why aren't some tubes microphonic?