n_maher

Snow, what snow? It's 75 and sunny where I am. Y'all are in the wrong spot. I guess we were pretty lucky to get out of Logan at all yesterday which finally happened just after I posted yesterday. I'm completely ignoring what my driveway probably looks like right now...

Been sitting at the airport for 3 hrs since our flight crew was delayed out of DC. If we board before 11 I'll be psyched.

It's the one size fits all approach that has me doubting. I'm sure that it could be designed to work well, but with any amp?

I'm not technically proficient enough to be able to say for sure one way or the other but I can't see how parking a pair of transformers on the output of an otherwise non-transformer coupled amp can be a good thing.

The first question that sprang to mind for me was internal or external?

Happy Birthday!

WIN.

Feel free to make some suggestions. Today's love of piano selection: The Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia

Happy Birthday!

David, Glad to hear that your wife is doing well. Dinny, Eff man, what a cock move that is.

Good man, Stretch.

Stretch speaketh the truth. Jazz and I are generally not friends and I enjoy bashing it given the, well, unabashed love that some have for it. Jarrett's Koln Concert is a favorite though so when I saw the article linked the other day with a new, allegedly superb live performance I decided to give it a listen. Results so far have been mixed. Back on topic Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster

Can't imagine how that came to be.

Keith Jarrett is one of the few that I can digest and enjoy. Probably in large part due to my love of the piano.

I've had mixed luck with the black oxide (non-stainless) coating and rust after very short intervals. I'm giving stainless a shot, hoping it'll do what it says and stain less.

Great panels! If I may make a suggestion, even if you line up all of the screws I still think flat blade screws detract from the overall greatness. If it were me I'd drop $5 at McMaster Carr and get a box of part #92210A108. You could order another box in black for use with the IEC and I'd just about guarantee that you'll end up using them on other projects too.

Keith Jarrett - Paris / London: Testament

Somewhat off the wall solution: netbook w/ new HD as music server? You can pick up a refurb 9/10" netbook for ~$200, spend less than $100 on a new 500GB HD and call it a day. Example* config: ASUS REFURB EPC900HDB-BLK003X Eee PC intel celeron m 353 / 1gb ram / 160gb hdd / 8.9" wsvga LED display / xp home / 0.3mp webcam (*refurbished product w/3 month warranty) from mwave.com + WESTERN DIGITAL WD5000BEVT Scorpio Blue 500GB 5400 RPM 8MB cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" internal notebook hard drive (Bare Drive) from mwave.com *Please bear in mind, I didn't really try to put together anything special, just randomly selected two products to give you an idea.

There are definitely times when the 13" screen is simply too small. If you're not schlepping this thing around on a daily basis I'd absolutely go for the 15". If portability rules the day then get the 13" and just accept it for the compromise that it is. cue grawk with his "13" is plenty big, too big in fact so he moved to a netbook."

Maybe I can get my project done too and we can set them up together?

Shit I hope so, that was kind of the plan when the rack makes its way home next year.

I hate it when they get stuff to a location early and delay delivery. And yes, you should be able to pick it up at the distribution hub, I've had to do that when they couldn't find my office a few times.

Me too.

I certainly like mine.