Dusty Chalk

Hirsch's functions very well.

Hirsch's is modded.

I love the sudden detail on that one -- it's like bad CGI in the movies.

I've always listened on headphones -- mostly because I have weird taste in music, and like it a lot, and my family don't always necessarily want to be exposed to everything I listen to. A lot -- they're surprisingly supportive of my having weird tastes, and sometimes do want to hear it, just not necessarily every time I want to. So I've been encouraged to listen on good headphones from the very beginning.

I agree with all of these. I invariably like the DCC versions and the MFSL versions better than anything that came before them, but I have heard subsequent versions better them -- I don't think I've ever heard a subsequent version after a DCC version -- ever -- but the few times I've heard subsequent versions after MFSL versions, they were oftentimes as good or better. Nowadays, I just can't bring myself to pay these collector prices. I prefer SACD's to practically all of them, anyway.

Don't know, but wouldn't be surprised if there isn't -- Rick Rubin produced them, and he's usually a hard rock/heavy metal producer.

No argument -- you thought it was funny. Still doesn't make it an olive branch. Insults can be funny, too. I thought the "I will make you my bitch" line was funny. Doesn't make what I posted an olive branch, and I won't try to spin it that way. Oh, and I hope that my completely OTT gloves-off approach is taken with the humor with which it's intended. Aaron posts pictures of Foghorn Leghorn, I post words, that's just one of the differences between us. And thanks to whomever for splitting this off. Good move.

Absolute Hush Catwoman -- When in Rome some paperback that was advertising itself as "<this book> is to cyberpunk what napster was to music". I had no idea what it meant, not sure I believed it, so I bought the book to find out for myself.

Wait, let me get this straight. This: was an olive branch? An olive branch? How stupid are you? There's "I thought I could get away with spinning it as an olive branch" stupid, then there's, "no, I really thought that could possibly be interpreted in a world other than one of my own imagining by someone other than myself -- a real person -- as to possibly be an olive branch" stupid, then there's "do-de-do, Hey, George, what's an olive branch?" stupid. I'm not saying you're stupid, I'm asking a question -- how stupid are you? I mean, you're basically saying that this should be reduced to a test of who's stronger. An olive branch? <-- smiley face, makes it all better What's your idea of a pick-up line, "I'll make you my bitch"? Does that work well for you? Ever? What's your idea of male bonding, "you should buy me a drink"? Political platform: "let's raise taxes to pay for everything"? Anti-drug slogan, "don't, you could like get caught and stuff"? That was an analogy.

I'm not going to lie and say that I don't remember that one of the few other instances was also you, but I wasn't picking on you -- don't play the martyr. If someone posted child porn, I'd call them out on it every single time, too. It's got nothing to do with the person, it's the act that I was calling you out on. If you feel picked on, then quit being a repeat offender. Mike -- only if you share. I love those spicy little peanuts.

And it's also pretty new -- you'd have to buy it new, and I think grawk was implying that it was a good deal new.

That sounds like a terrible idea -- you do know that heat is bad for computer's internals, right? Erm... I mean, your friend knows this, right?

That's under 4k, innit? Shinichi -- does your computer have a digital out, or do you need to get that, too? I wonder how bad a mismatch a M-Audio Transit would be with an Audio Aero Capitole? Or is there another reason you'd prefer to separate it from your listening rig? Which is fine, just trying to get some details so we can give good advice.

Those aren't active, though, so either recommend active speakers, or speakers and an integrated amp. Go Quad 12L's -- there might be better for $1.5K, but I'd be hard pressed to think of it. You could also get a pair of LS3/5A's and some integrated amp.

I would just get a good outboard DAC for your computer, there's nothing wrong with using your PC as your source.

Ain't that the truth -- I fully expect to get along just fine with Aaron. He likes to push my buttons (the arm-wrestling post) -- I react accordingly, what do you expect? Alright, for the record -- Aaron, you are still warmly welcome to the meet, I look forward to seeing you. There, all good? Not promising I won't continue to give him crap, though. That's just the way I am with people like him (and Dan, just so you don't feel like I'm singling him out). Also not promising that I won't continue to try to prevent any cyber-bullying by nipping it in the bud. I would hate to see it escalate to an actual altercation. I consider it part of my job as a moderator.

To answer my own question, the 32G at Costco are $490.

Fine, wish I could say the same.

This is news to me -- I've never heard the Melos have trouble driving anything. And it was Hirsch's choice of amp, so I trusted his judgment, since his horse in the race was the R10.

Thanks, Mom, I'll keep that in mind. It'd be nice to know that everyone else at the meet was an adult as well, though. For the record, there's very little cyber-bullying at this site -- you may want to spin this as me vs. Aaron if you like, but I just get very sensitive about that sort of thing, so speak up about that particular offense a little more quickly than the other mods. He's one of the few offenders that I can recall that I've had to say anything to. Glad you're not going to be there, asshole. <-- see, smiley makes it all better, I just joking.

Just for the record, we listened to both the R10 and the K501 out of a Melos this weekend, and Hirsch had this exactly backwards -- the R10 made the K501 sound like a bass monster. It was pretty night and day. The Melos should have had plenty of drive to drive both headphones.

I don't approve of his cyber-bullying persona, and I actually think that my reaction was pretty low-key. Also, there's jesting-jesting, and there was what Aaron was doing -- did he really need to throw that in there in what was largely a serious discussion? I'll be the judge of that. And I'm glad you-all know so surely when he's kidding and when he's not -- I don't, and if I don't, others don't either. I won't be bringing any gear to the meet. You can thank Aaron for making me feel uncomfortable about it. That won't be happening.

Sounds like a hardware issue (I.E. take the new memory out). Also, sometimes there's a way to configure the memory on some machines to ignore the bad memories. (I know my K2000 does this.) You might want to see if your machine does something like that.

You're not a mod over here, there will be no openings of cans of whoop-ass on your part.

But you've had restaurant salsa, before, haven't you? Specifically, Chevy's? I think this is better than Chevy's, which is a first (Chevy's was the best I'd ever had up until this one). And I'm not sure how much they cooked it -- it's not the pureed variety, it's ...actually, I think this is technically pico de gallo. I like this one better because it has a better attack -- you get its kick right away, it's not a delayed reaction, like it is with a lot of them. Otherwise, it's very similar (to Chevy's). Also, it seems fresher. I suspect they use local ingredients.