Dusty Chalk

I believe Clearaudio has a turntable on which multiple arms can be mounted.

6.1?!?!? Geebuz. I hope all is well with our Icelandic brethren.

But I didn't get to do nothin'. Oh, well, I will abuse my administrator privileges: We did, it was called the baby boom. Leaving it locked...leaving it locked...

LOL @ Flying sharks then tanks then kittehs then dogs.

No, I haven't, but there's an entire school of thought of people who set up mono systems on both sh.tv and audio asylum. Dew et.

Fine, locked.

I'm sure you know this already, but just in case -- you know that if you're playing the SACD layer, it'll shut off the digital out, right? You need to be playing the CD/redbook layer. I'm sure you're already doing this, but it's the only thing I can think of. Have you hooked it up to a display and gone through the configuration? I'm not that familiar with the Oppo's, yet -- is it fairly easy to toggle back and forth between the two (or three) layers, just via the remote? Actually, I'm basing my opinion on my SACDMods.com-modded Denon player, with which I'm quite happy. But yeah, based on others' experiences, I wouldn't rule out Reference Audio Mods or ModWright or maybe APL (getting to be out of my price range with that one). And thanks for the info on the transport, I'll search the archives.

I thought I'd bump this thread: - if anyone had some new thoughts on the subject; - that Oppo 983 has been getting some good press, it's tops on my list right now for the home HT speaker system (entry-level/mid-fi), should it not be? Talk me out of it. - Am seriously considering a modded Denon 3930 for my home high-fi rig (both speakers and headphones) (the 3910 is my work high-fi rig). Should it not be? Talk me out of it. Ayre? Linn? - I still wouldn't mind a changer: Marantz VC6001? Yamaha DVD-C750? -C950? Integra DPS-10.5? -8.5? Others? - Is my Sony SCD-CE775 -- whose drawer doesn't go in and out very well -- worth repairing? Or is it one of those whose transport is of the proprietary variety that once it fails, won't be able to be fixed no mo'?

I think a run-in with ScarJo's bodacious tata's would be interesting, but that's not going to happen.

That sounds interesting I wonder if you have to Consider meter?

I concur. Hey, what about: ...getting a pair of "satellite speaker stands", and putting them on the floor behind the desk, so that the speakers are still roughly where they are? ...getting a pair of satellite speaker stands and putting them on the floor in front of the desk, backwards, so that they arc slightly back towards the desired speaker position? Sounds like they'd get in the way of the chair, though. ...get someone like Steve to make you a custom something? Seems like a single pillar version of something like triangular-base/pillar/square-speaker-platform might work. ...a single block of 4x4. If you don't want to worry about parallel surfaces, plan on putting panels of something on either side of the main block, and jimmy it with toothpicks or popsicle sticks or something. ...instead of speaker stands, use something like an angled settee to aim the tweeters up at your ears -- the plane of listening (plane described by your two ears and the two tweeters) doesn't necessarily need to be parallel to the ground. Something like this (only angled up more): ...although with the size of your speakers, you should be able to angle it up adequately.

...not that there's anything wrong with that.

I'm in...for whenever, don't have any particular plans this far in advance, but "the weekend" would, of course, be preferable. Arundel Mills is fine -- some good shopping within walking distance. PS What "big minimeet"? The one in Leesburg that failed? I'm not sure I trust him (SK138) to run a meet. "Oops, I accidentally went to Manila..." (without telling anyone). EDIT: this one?

That's exactly a month away. Nope, won't be able to make it.

Correct.

Have you ever heard single driver speakers? Make sure you hear them first (or at least, in your head, when you buy them, buy them to try them, not to marry them). Their sound is not for everyone. (I personally like them at the levels I usually listen, but every once in a while, I like to crank it, and that's when they fail.)

Thanks! Did this.

KEFanboy.

The one time I've used the service (additional shelves for a home theater unity thingy), I was happy with it, but I didn't need them to do anything but be not too big not to fit, and not too small to fall off the supports. Because of the speed of the cutting, you can actually get pretty flat cuts with a band saw, methinks. Don't know how accurate, but flat, anyway.

Wait, what?

You don't need us. If you buy the wood at Lowe's or Home Depot, you can usually find someone in back to cut it down to size for free. Best thing to do is come with measurements, ask how they want the board marked, then mark it.

It's an expression.

Well...I spent most of today trying to crowbar Ubuntu into VirtualPC2007. :mikey2: :mikey2:

Well yes, that probably has a lot to do with it, and in your mind, you probably lumped that in with regenerative braking, and I probably didn't. But that's neither here nor there, my real point was that by toggling back and forth between running from the fuel engine vs. the electric motor, you still save gas. Even when you're maintaining a perfectly stead speed, some of that energy can still be stored into the battery, and then you can shut off the gas engine once in a while. It sounds complicated, but they actually did a really good job of engineering it. I am kind of surprised some of the design discoveries from the hybrid haven't trickled back into regular cars, in terms of smarter starting of engines.

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