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Oh, I think we can still work on that but I'm sincerely hoping (for your sanity's sake) that the Ayre makes the flight with you. I just wasn't going to hold you to it given how persuasive the 5 guys burger was. But of course what the wife doesn't know will, well, probably get me shot. Let it be known that the 5 guys Bacon Cheese Burger is fracken amazing. I skipped dinner last night as a direct result of it. Do not, I repeat, do not look at their "nutritional facts" sheet. The idea that they'd put the word nutrition anywhere near that information is laughable. But it was so good I just don't care.

Just a little joke with the tall man. I think you'd have to pry the Ayre from his cold, dead fingers and I don't blame him for feeling that way.

You want the MBP for sure and your secondary use case will dictate the other half of the deal.

Looks nicer than the Auld Sod.

Clearly this thread demands MOAR PICS! My meager meet rig (Hertsens + BHse) Al's jfet amp, which I unfortunately forgot to listen to fed by drp's opus CD player Pico Slim - actually what I spent the most time listening to Nums eXStata And Stacker Todd's new stat rig Young's 307A, which once sounding right sounded so goddamn right Fang from Head-Direct made an appearance One of these days I'll finally get to check one of these out... Meant to try these again as well to see how they compared to the ones I heard in NYC, ran out of time. The WES (more on this later) Stretch's dynamic rig - Nugget Audio's home for wayward sources is trying to negotiate adoption of this... Emooze's SS eXStata, I didn't get to hear this either as the line voltage was so low in the room it wouldn't run for a while (107VAC, wtf?!!?!) Ian's Millett Rig - which still after all this time sounds simply great Ari's Silver Ghost and Luxman - I got to check out the Luxman briefly and understand why others rave about it. As previously mentioned this was a great meet. It was superb that Al and Johnny #'s were able to make it and 5 guys for lunch rocked. I'll post a few detailed impression later most of which will contain precious little useful information to anyone around here.

Nice, Todd! When are you moving in?

Happy Birthday!

I cannot believe I didn't think to take a picture of this place - it was called The Auld Sod and was perhaps one of the more depressing bars I've ever been in. I'm pretty sure the whisky I ordered was a 12yr but had been sitting for at least 6 so really it was an 18. Too bad it tasted like a 2yr old something poopy. I think Stretch threw back his beer and opted for something in a bottle, the taps were not too be trusted.

You did not have Mr. DIYer birthday cake, your meet cannot have been better. Then again, you had Gene so maybe I need to revise that...

News flash that no one really needed, the WES is effing nice.

I've spent almost the last hour with slim and the HF-2s and I am not left wanting for bass. I'd say it's got great impact and extensin with these cans. More later.

Initially I'm guessing they'll be apple-direct only since rumors are flying about that there will only be about 1/4 of the # available as orinigally predicted (like 300k vs. 1mil).

It's funny that daddy is going to get his sorry ass in the car and start driving?

The problem, even with that use case as I see it, is that with just a few episodes (at 720P-type resolutions) a few books, a magazine or two, and you could be almost full. I will be interested to see file sizes for TV shows and movies encoded specifically for this device, I expect them to be in the 500MB/hr range, if not higher or they're not going to look very good. I've never downloaded movies or TV shows from the iTunes store so I can't be sure but what has been people's experience regarding those with regard to file size? [edit] According to the iTunes FAQ the average 2hr movie is "is about 1.5 GB." I don't like the idea of any one file eating more than 10% of my storage and having to sync or delete it to get the space back.

Happy Birthday!

I wouldn't get the 16GB version, that'll probably work out to a real world 13GB once the OS and basic apps are on there and that's not nearly enough for something that you're going to want to stick a ton of content on. The extra 100 for 32GB would definitely be worth it in my opinion.

Indeed. I don't like buying cheap tools and when it comes to mills even the cheap stuff is $$$. And that's ignoring tooling...

Started watching the MIT TechTV Machine Shop series. I may have a new problem...

Deepak, I'm putting the tube tester in the car. At this point we should try to figure out if there's something wrong with the BH. I also have a spare quad of EL34s that I'll bring along although I do need to test those first. Source wise I'm sure we can come up with something, worst case is I've got HAJ's DAC I fixed in the back of my car or the analog outputs of Arcam. I'll also have the netbook and will bring the m-audio transit. I'll also have this...

Arrival: 11am Agenda: Good food and beverages with good friends. I have procured a little refreshment to optimize our listening experience throughout the day.

Yeah, the boards are huge. Thankfully I was able to modify my rack to fit either the amp or PS board which should make working on this monster a lot easier.

There will be mad stat amps in attendance at this meet.

I expect one to be sent back from the future to protect me from other amps that are trying to kill me.

It really is a shame, I was so looking forward to more detailed impressions of this amp.

This should be your last post for a while, if you want to continue to be able to post.