Everything posted by Dusty Chalk
- Porcupine Tree - The Incident
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Grado HF-2 Impressions Thread
The Grado HF-2 is the first Grado that was good enough that I find myself not caring about the comfort issue. And that's saying a lot. I usually find Grado's terribly uncomfortable.
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New Tech products
Destined to replace Drobo?
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What are you listening to Part Two
No worries, there are others of us whose tastes needed ...acquiring.
- Multichannel Amp recommendations?
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What are you listening to Part Two
Peter Gabariel, Up, SACD ...again. Goddamn, I love this album. NP: "Sky Blue"
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Now this is disturbing
There's something wrong with the lot of you whose first thoughts went in this direction. My dick ain't goin' anywhere near that.
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slow forum
She needs Darwin's law imposed on her.
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power cord suggstions?
Yeah, I figured it might be something like "a/c is easier to work with".
- slow forum
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power cord suggstions?
Exists, I forget the name of the company though. I distinctly remember a pic from a trade show where it looked like you had to wade through car batteries, they had that many. But I didn't think they had implemented it perfectly -- they used it to generate A/C, and then you know 90% of the internal power supplies converted it back to DC -- why didn't they just run it at DC to begin with? Strikes me as more efficient, though I could be wrong.
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JH Audio stuffs
No, no birdshit.
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Ayre USB DAC
No worse than iTunes.
- Omega II or HD800
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What music phase are you in now?
Prog and prog/metal phase: Cynic, Demians, Maserati, looking forward to the new porcupine tree, been actually enjoying the new Dream Theater, etc.
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slow forum
I'm not sure I wanna finish watching that video.
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Ayre USB DAC
I remember seeing a 24/192 USB recently...forget where, unfortunately...recent issue of Absolute Sound, which had a thing on USB DACs? Will look later.
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HD800? Another rumor?
I have a friend who had the same problem when he heard that Kronos Quartet and Tom Waits played together (they did, but "...at the same festival", not actually at the same time). And I don't think you want to lock anyone alone in a room with Bob Mould.
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Grado HF-2 Impressions Thread
Alright, here's my Grado HF-2 impression: (ahem) Hey, look, I'm a Grado HF-2! End of impression.
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Final 0.3 electrostatic hybrids
I've heard good things about them. The only problem with them is that unlike the Martin Logans, they're not curved and unlike (I forget the brand) speakers, they don't have the concentric circles, so they beam like crazy.
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HD800? Another rumor?
Looks more like 5kHz to me, and from here:
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Passive volume control
That can't be good.
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JH Audio stuffs
Once a month sherpas? Nice. Is this a time-share?
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Know of any cheap true 24/96 USB DACs?
Depends what algorithm you use. If you use one that invents data, then you have, indeed, gained information. Fictitious information, agreed...as to whether or not it is superior or inferior to the input is subjective. Well then, don't. I explained one or two possible scenarios, but if you don't want to be convinced, then I'll stop trying to teach the pig to sing.
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Your recent music purchases
No, but feel free to start your own thread and ask for suggestions. Have you no vinyl whatsoever? I'd start with some classics: Pink Floyd, Animals Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon Mike Oldfield, Tubular Bells Personal favorites: Talk Talk, Spirit of Eden Talk Talk, The Colour of Spring