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I believe it's generally customary for someone to say "dew eet" at this point in the proceedings?

HD700! Be there, go square!

Here is some data that may well be relevant to your negotiation.

Off the top of my head, USB out to a DAC-1 Pre feeding a pair of Dynaudio MC-15 would not suck at about $2,500. Or the Stello DAC and amp stack plus some Audioengine A5s plus the Headroom stands to put them on for <$2,000. Mix and match as desired. I can't particularly tout my own system as it's a bit messy. I have the equipment in a shelf off to the side and just the speakers on the desk. There's a thread here where everyone chipped in with advice for me that might help you out, too.

Many have been tempted by the great design of that package. It's super sweet. But you can also do very nicely for a lot less money if you don't absolutely need everything to be that perfectly squared away.

Don't forget to count the channels!

How much did the amp change while you were gone? Night and day?

Sierra-1 Reference Monitor $40 extra for full shielding.

^^^ Not just snacking. Stylish snacking.

Grilled chicken sandwich on Organic! Flax! Quinoa! Bread! The Mrs must be on a health kick again.

Damn spiders.

The best thing about the Olympics is there's something for everyone.

New iPhone/Touch firmware available now. Maybe squash hoopy bug, maybe fix 3G unfroodyness, who know?

Quick, raise your prices!

So that's what happened to Rasputin!

Me too. Peace and yoghurt.

I assume you abhor Fox News then, which explicitly claims to be "Fair & Balanced"?

Media Matters: Monitoring, Analyzing, and Correcting Conservative Misinformation in the U.S. Media. Everybody sees what they want to see.

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IM UP UR SKIRTZ, ZOOMING IN ON UR PANTEEZ LOLOLOL

Stockholm Syndrome?

Chocolate-covered raisins. Gonna have to run a few extra miles tomorrow.

Mockery cease! Square Wave > Zana Deux. (Um, I think? It's somewhat convoluted.)