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Russian Circles - Geneva

I assumed it was something along the lines of a generic single or dual BA custom IEM that might be in around the league of entry level customs.

Goin' to the desert with Brant Bjork & The Operators

Originally they wanted $150 but they came down in price a bit when they realized I only wanted impressions not molds. She seemed quite convinced she could get me the same thing much cheaper and seemed a bit put off when I didn't bite.

I don't know if anyone is interested but this information may help someone else so I'll post it. After much mucking about I seem to have alleviated the issue at least for the most part. First the DPC Latency Checker that jinp6301 linked to earlier proved indispensable in tracking down the culprits. The worst offender was the nVidia drivers which although I've found one that's much, much better, it's still not perfect. Another culprit seems to have been Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery which essentially is the icon that shows the battery level. I leave this disabled unless I need a visual for whatever reason. I also set the foobar's process priority higher and keep it set higher using a little app called Prio - Priority Saver .

I finally found an audiologist here that will do the impressions albeit for a cost of $100. I made an appointment but it's not until June 3rd, I'm still a bit wary so I'm going to drop off a copy of the JH Audio tip sheet to see what kind of reaction I get.

Worked fine for International as well.

I might have to get me one of those. I usually use the leather bag the Pico shipped with, it goes in the bag while in transit and then sits on top of it on my desk while it's in use so this would seem to function a bit better for my use. Edit: While the case is really nice I have to admit it was a wee bit of a let down after seeing the thread title/author then realizing this was the old Pico thread.

Red Sparowes - The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer

Both my wife and I adore that album.

My Sleeping Karma - Tri

Ancestors - Of Sound Mind

I agree with The Monkey.

Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition

Shrinebuilder I've always listened to heavier music but kind of got away from the metal scene a few years back. Recently though a couple of guys at work introduced me to some sludge, doom and stoner rock that I've been really impressed with and I've been on a mission exploring. Shrinebuilder is a real gem that's been getting almost daily ear time. That and some Isis, I don't usually go for the growly vocals but Isis has a blend of clean and somewhat unique growl that grabbed me. I'm betting GPH will like Shrinebuilder.

When I get a pair they'll be my first custom. I've toyed with the idea of customs on and off now for a few of years but kept hesitating because before the 13's came along I wasn't convinced that the investment in top of the line customs would be worth it. I just got the impression that they weren't quite "there" yet and on the flip side it seemed like it would be a waste to go middle of the road for something like this. But when the 13 Pro hype started I kept a close eye on the threads and reviews and after almost a year I was convinced they would be my next upgrade, getting the opportunity to hear the demo's only sealed the deal for me.

Spending almost a week with the 13 Pro demo's has completely ruined me, right now I'm listening to Brant Bjork's "Jalamanta" via the Triple.Fi's and it sounds so flat, thin and lifeless by comparison to what I had quickly became accustomed to from the 13's.

That's what I'm hoping for, I won't be able to afford to even think about ordering much before then anyway.

Wow,those are gorgeous! Do they sound as good as they look?

I hadn't thought of that. Will it work with any PC or does it have to be a fairly specific configuration?

Yes and no, the problem there is still feature wise you get a lot less for the money, so considering my budget would have been an entry level MacBook it would have been severely lacking for what I could get otherwise for the same or less so dual boot or not I would have been somewhat crippled for what I wanted it for. As it is I got a dual core 2 ghz processor, 500 gig 7200 rpm HD, 4 gig RAM, GeForce 9800M GTS with 1 gig of RAM and a 17 inch monitor delivered to my door for significantly less than an entry level MacBook. Now if budget wasn't an issue it would be a different story.

Oh nice! That's probably what I'll get, solid black with the text on the right side in the red or orange and left side in blue if they'll do that.

I assume it's the 48" cable on the demo's, that seemed just a tad short to me so I'll think I'll the 64" when I do order. Anyone know if getting the JH Audio name on them is considered artwork? I saw one on their facebook page, Welcome to Facebook, that I quite liked but I don't know if I'd bother paying $50 extra for it.

I was very tempted to get a Macbook but the other part of what I wanted to use the laptop is light gaming and some graphics/animation work. Unfortunately those aren't strong suits for the Mac, well graphics yes, animation no. Turning off the wireless and disabling any network devices was one of the first things I've tried. Although I think there's been a few things causing problems I believe I've tracked down the main culprit/s. The one that's causing the big spikes seems to be the nVidia video driver, it's odd because I uninstalled it earlier and still seemed to be having issues but I don't remember how bad they were. Another thing that seems to cause more minor spikes into the yellow zone on DPC Latency Checker is Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery device driver. Right now I'm running with that and the display adapters driver disabled and everything seems to be working great, no spikes whatsoever. Now I'll have to go in search of a video driver that doesn't cause these spikes. Considering I've tried 2 other nVidia drivers today already I'm not looking forward to trying to track down one that works properly. Anyone know where I can get older nVidia drivers for 9M series notebooks?

Ok, I've tried disabling and enabling pretty much all the devices I can without wreaking havoc, I've downloaded drivers from Gateways site, disabled Avast, my anti-virus protection. All to no avail. At idle with nothing running the DPC Latency checker is in the green most of the time with the occasional spike into the yellow zone and then every now and then a red one. Now when I click on the control panel, system and go into device manager I'll get a wicked spike and then as I click around in there I'll get the occasional healthy spike. The same seems to be true of just generally poking around in folders and opening files like images, vids, doc's, etc. I'm not sure if that suggests something in particular that might be causing the spikes. Oh and I ran the checker on my desktop and have tried some of the things with it, my Absolute Maximum is 256 and it seems to run at well under 100 whereas the laptop has a lot more variation, generally from around 150 to over 500 with an Absolute Max of 18416