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Glad you're glad with the purchase. Enjoy them!

Shave them. No fur no hum

It's my time to confess a few guilty pleasures of mine: - Beyonce. I know it's pop-dance crap, but I like her singing and can enjoy the groove of her tunes. Father forgive me for feeling good listening to her last album. Same goes for other of these pop divas like Aaliyah, Madonna or even the infamous Pussy Cat dolls - Amy Winehouse. I know her music is just yet another soul-pop act, the lyrics are only so so, mostly her despair for being different, and she's quite a made up product. However there's something in her voice and the way she sings that I find deeply emotional. Since Billie Holiday I've not found a singer that moves me that much for the sincere pain into her singing. I'm growing older I guess. - Supertramp. Oh yes, I love their four albums from Crisis, What Crisis? to Breakfast in America. Don't ask, while Crime of the Century might not be considered a bad one, I know the rest aren't that good, however they're the type of music that has it all for me and which I can enjoy on repeated listening as much as Pink Floyd, Beatles, Rollings or Led Zep. Something similar, but less intense, happens to me with Police (also Sting ) and Dire Straits. And if all that wasn't enough to deserve punishment, now the bomb: I like Phil Collins too. I love his "face value" Please be gentle

Wrecked, MJ was meant to be listened thru the bass heavy R10, or even the bass-lite ones if you can live with less than adequate "disco bass". Only then you realize the man can sing

I wish you a great Bday mate, enjoy yourself a lot

Oh come on, now post a condom pic

You probably have, but weren't aware of it. I was for some time using a Sony player as a transport, whose digital output happened to end up failing and needing fixing. The first thing I noticed, a few hours before it failed and digital out muted, was a harsher sound that was only noticeable to me in two main areas, the voices quality and as though certain details were enhanced, things like the bowing on a double bass which became too noticeable. Those are sounds that once I've learned to spot, would make evident the type of connection I'm using, then knowing if I'm using a toslink or a coaxial connection. Maybe that difference in sound is not just because of jitter, however it's one of the few measurable parameters differentiating them.

I suppose you're addressing that to Padam, I not even know where to bid for them

Cooking. I'm always amazed for how a meal can change just by adding a few spices or getting the preparation procedure right.

That Alpha is one of the very few DACs currently made which raises my interest. If you ever manage to listen to it...

Mmm at that price I wouldn't mind getting a pair, just for collection sake

No extremely horny? Surprising

Nice Justin. Would you post some impressions? I'm very interested in knowing how it performs in the CD transport role.

I have a TKD stepped attenuator mounted in my tube integrated. For its size no other stepped would fit. A very good upgrade from Alps. I don't know how their potentiometers are, but if it has the same quality, I'd keep it for the Dyna

Happy Bday

Thanks Pars. I've checked those in the spreadsheet and seem to be CR1, CR2, CR3 and CR4 so two of each per board are needed. How many of them would you suggest to get for spares, a whole set for each board? That's some dough.

Hi Pars, Would you be so kind to specify which diodes should we get for spares? I don't see them in the speadsheet, so my guess is that the Power module just comes with the units needed.

I will handle payment for all 8 S22 kits in a single order, I'm arranging things with the other Spanish Gang mates. I will ask PICaudio about the power modules, I don't know if he wants to use anything special. Also comment him about the diodes. When all this is sorted out I'll PM you Icarium, so we can arrange payment to Jeff.

As I said in the PM I sent, I'm hesitant about those "Power entry modules" which aren't included and I wonder if they're needed for anything, maybe just making connections easier or whatever. Otherwise I'd be ready to order payment, just needing Paypal address confirmation.

Stevie Wonder - Stevie at the Beach [1964]

Yep that's the detailed explanation I was given, but not being a technical person I couldn't remember it. Thanks for clarifying

As far as I know, for what an amp builder tried to explain to me, if you don't load the secondary of a transformer coupled tube amp, the tube output sees the primary as a load with just the impedance of the wire in the primary, so it's quite close to a short. The tube is asked to delivery way more current than it's designed to and will die soon. So for a short while you can run an OTC tube amp without a load plugged, but it's not a good idea doing so for more than a few minutes, unless you want to burn out your tubes prematurely. For an hybrid amp, if the output devices are the transistors, not having a load plugged shouldn't be a problem. The transistors are still a load that the tubes would "see" despite you don't connect anything to the output.

Duke Ellington - Anatomy of a murder OST [1959]

Hehehehe, first time I fired up mine, it looked like a Christmas tree

Happy Birthday Dmitri, have a really great one