morphsci
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14.4V has been fine for me for both projects not to mention numerous others.
Well that is good for you. Unfortunately my experience does not coincide with yours. The 14.4 V drills I have used in the past (mainly a B & D and a Porter cable) have not had the battery life nor more importantly the torque to take the drudgery out of the bigger long-term projects. So although not a contracter, I consider a good 18V+ cordless drill an extremely important tool for my own personal sanity and not even remotely absurd.
BTW, nice deck
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.... The 2GB memory is coming in today and I can't wait to get it in. ....
Just out of curiosity, where did you order your RAM from?
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I've been beating the bag out of my Makita for the last 5 years and it still works great. Personally, anything bigger than 12 or 14.4V is absurd unless you're a contractor.
Unless you're building a deck, or a shed, or fixing your fence, or ....
Oh and I have several cordless drills but the one I like best is a relatively new model by Ridgid that uses Li-Poly batteries. I really like the Ridgid cordless drills as they have a lifetime warranty on their batteries.
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This thread and an incoming PICO motivated me to pick up a netbook. Ended up with an Asus 1000H, bumped up memory to 2gig and HD to 320gig and 6-cell battery (uh...not cheap anymore, but I figure this will allow me to carry around 200gig+ of pure flac music). Still charging up battery and loading key programs (eg Foobar, etc). So far, I like.
I also have a 1000H (1G, 80G HD and std battery). Had it for a month and I love it. It is exceptionally useful and I find myself reaching for it more and more often.
I'll probably bump up the memory to 2G and I may opt for the 6-cell battery if it doesn't add too much to the bulk/weight. I'll just use an outboard HD because I want to eventually put in a 64GB SSD when the prices descend from the stratosphere.
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Well no comments from anyone on my headcase shirt. But then I only wear them when I am getting someone ready for Reks' basement.
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Way to come to your senses and not waste the view. Looks better with the amp on the right. I like having the volume control off to one side plus the monitor is lower and doesn't obscure the view as much. Two thumbs way up.
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Happy birthday mod man
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She does. They make great cat toys.
Ahh, good point. Her techs do need their practice.
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Indeed you did! Oops, you forgot to strike out the "sound awesome" part.
I thought, by definition, everything eartwitter owns sounds (or will sound) awesome (to him/it)
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Didn't notice, but then really didn't look.
Hmmm, that's surprising. I thought you loved the D-2000's
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Yeah, I am sure that most audiophile dickhead customers, like eartwitter, want the product to look awesome, sound awesome, cost cheap, be 100% reliable, and be available RIGHT NOW! And they will bitch if all of the above is not true.
FTFY
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You are da' man. Thanks, that is exactly what I needed to know.
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They're not what?
The picture is actually of the D-2000, unless the D-1001's look exactly like the D-2000.
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I just unpacked a box from our last move in 2005. I found my HPA V. 1.0 but no power supply. When I packed it to move it was acting up so I just want to get workable power supply to see if it actually works. I believe the basic power supply for the HPA was 12V and 800 mA. Can someone confirm or refute this. Also if you know the dimensions of the power supply tip that would be helpful. Thanks.
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Fair enough, but $3000 can get you a fur' piece towards an OII/KGSS.
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Sorry, but I consider the HP1000 a much, much, much better headphone than the PS1. So paying $3000 for a PS-1 is to me ridiculous. I get to define my truth, not anybody else.
Oh and I also consider the Omega II Mk. 1 a superior phone to the PS-1 that you can get for less than $3000 as quoted in the original post by GPH. But of course everyone focused on the HD-6xx.
So you can QTFTFTFT
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Yes, but Craig and Kevin have track records. Kevin's an ass, but he knows his shit. Yes, he sometimes makes mistakes. And well, Craig is honest to a fault, and has said that he runs the tubes at lower power for heat reasons.
I understand that, and that is how we all work. However, the result is that you do not end up with facts but fact1 by definition A, fact 1 by definition B, etc.
In this case I would actually trust the person with the actual amp in front of them. I see a low probability that they are lying or misrepresenting as I cannot see what they would have to gain. Additional information would lead credence, but if it is a choice between the person with the amp and someone, anyone, rely on a conversation or piece of information they may have read somewhere, sometime ... survey says: Person with the amp.
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You stating it doesn't make it a fact, even if you've verified it for yourself.
True, but neither is KG's statement, right. Also, by that logic, asking Craig does not make it a fact, regardless of his answer. Wow, now my head is spinning, reminds of the pissing matches between cladists and evolutionary phylogeneticists in the bad-old-days. I need a beer
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Given the choice, I'd probably pick a pair of HD600/650 over the PS-1. I have to admit I didn't heard the PS-1 in a top-notch setup, but I have a hard time believing they can be good all-around headphones because they imposed too much of their own sound signature to the music. Other than the big juicy bass, nothing really shined with them, so spending 3000$ on them seems a bit crazy to me, considering you can have other headphones like the OII or the K1000 for less than half of the price.
QFT
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I'll put in a vote for Austin. A great music city and lots of things to do both city-wise and outdoorsy-wise.
While I'm at it I'll put in a plug for visiting Big Bend NP. It has an amazingly low visitation rate for a NP and the scenary is spectacular.
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yankees don't do well in those places (except northern va)
I did quite well in Aiken, SC for 20 years thank you. But then again I kinda like huntin and fishin.
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Does anyone else hate the phrase "everyone is entitled to their own opinion" when used to dismiss the opinions of others with which one disagrees?
Yes, I do. However, I do believe that and it is the concept I fall back on, sometimes unsuccessfully, to keep my arguements civil.
Morphsci, I understand your line of thought, but my experience has been that it does no kindness to anyone to allow any individual to continue in self-deception. If fact, it's a twisted and, therefore, evil kindness to attempt to soothe what doesn't deserve soothing, ignore what's been given to us to see, and excuse what is inexcusable. That this is being presented in a group manner is the result of -=germania=- posting in group settings.I was not implying that every post in this thread was merely a piling on. There are posts in this thread which actually attempt to be helpful. Some of those posts are somewhat harsh, but I have no problem with them. There are also posts which are meant to be harsh and/or demeaning and those seem rather unneccessary as there is little to nothing there meant to be helpful.
My reality is what it is, and whether pleasing or not, I like it.FTFY as two peoples reality may or may not converge, IMO.
Oh I have been a bastard and will almost certainly be one again, but unfortunately it doesn't always work.
FIFYNo, I actually meant that everyone except aerius was entitled to their own opinion. But that is only because I dismiss aerius, not his opinions
Powerful headamp for orthos?
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Thanks to Hydrocity I was able to hear my AA amp, and unfortunately it is not well. I pulled it apart and the board looks fine, i.e. no obvious frying. If you have any DIY skills I can send it to you and you can see if you can get it working. You will need your own power supply with the specifications listed HERE. Let me via PM or email.