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And I just got my system hooked up tonight!:o Yeah, yeah...how could a dyed-in-the-wool audiophool let his "precious" languish that long? Well, sixty hour work weeks combined with frequent trips back to Sioux Falls to pick up more stuff for starters. My rig is sounding pretty dreadful- I...

I'm sure people will be lined up around the block for a $600 (or $500) PS3. I know I will be. At $400 the Xbox 360 seemed ludicrous, but they couldn't keep 'em on the shelves. Video games aren't just kids stuff anymore.

I don't think it sounds particularly "tubey," whatever that ultimately means. I found it had "solid state slam" in abundance and sounded like it had a lot more power than you'd expect for an amp rated at 38 wpc. The only quibbles I had with the unit was the lack of a remote for volume and the...

Really? :eek: I think it's drop-dead gorgeous. I had one but foolishly sold it; the house I was in just didn't afford me the opportunity to set up the dedicated 2CH righ I'd always planned. Eventually I thought I'd put the $ into my PC. Naturally, a few months later I ended up moving for...

I'd like to see Nabakov's Invitation to a Beheading made into a film. And although there isn't the faintest chance of it happening I'd like to see Peter Jackson do a Dragonlance Trilogy series. Two comic books I'd like to see in high budget style with competent actors & directors: Alan...

That's a very general question to answer in a specific way. If you only want the cheapest device capable of displaying an HD signal, a direct view tv is the way to go, specifically a CRT model around 30" or under. Those will display 1080i but will have to scale a 720p image. For a bit more...

I've been playing the last couple Neko Case albums nearly nonstop for the last couple days. Fox Confessor Brings The Flood is astonishing, one of the best discs I've heard in years. I'll now have to buy the entire back catalog of her solo stuff and her stuff with The New Pornographers.

All of the console companies have almost always sold the machine at a loss. MS lost around $175 on each Xbox in the beginning and still losed money on each one. Sony lost less on each P2, but they still lost money. Even in the older days it was that way. Software is where all the money is.

Yes, it was truly a steaming pile. What a sad waste of some very talented actors (particularly Kinglsey, Burns and McCormack). The effects were worse than you'd expect in a Sci-Fi Channel original, which is saying something.:p

I thought it was hilarious! Admittedly I went in not expecting much but was pleasantly surprised. Of course, I work as a chef and have spent my entire adult life in the industry. So I've seen pretty much all of that on an almost daily basis. Er, except for the Penis Showing Game!:eek:

I'll have to look into Violator- it was the best 80's album of the 90's!:D

I just moved into a new house and figure I may as well get started right. In my last place I never got around to much in the way of acoustic treatments, but this time I'm gonna try to go "all out" as much as I can. It's just me, no WAF to deal with, and no roommates.:D

If you can afford it/justify the price, you'll probably be delighted with the Modwright. I've never heard a bad word about it from anyone. It's won its way into many reference systems.

I recommend you buy a disc of test tones instead. You'll still have the bass but you won't have to suffer thru another crappy movie.;)

With 2CH recordings you don't need a box with tubes for that- you'd be hard pressed to tell the diff between SACD & CD with an identical recording.

Yeah, there are around 2,000 of them, give or take.

Indeed, this is among my favorite albums, "jazz" or otherwise. It truly finds him in top form. And I hate "I Love Lucy" too!;)

Nor are the thousands of classical and jazz SACDs of "obscure" music!:eek: They make up the backbone of the Western musical tradition.

If you're trying to make a point it totally eludes me. There are people today driving 50 year old cars and living in 500 year old houses. There will always be a technology gap and there will always be new technology. And at least so long as there's capitalism in the world people will try to...

I feel your pain. I just leased a new place having moved for work. My room isn't as good there as my old one in SF. Perhaps good 2CH is better than bad DD, but I'd hate to give up on surround. With a bit of work most rooms can be dealt with. Still, if you MC position is untenable, it's...