You could probably shave off some more by changing the wheels and cranks.   Quote:

Quote:   Then you would only ever attend concerts and recording sessions or play your own instrument?

Quote:   From the master himself: http://sheldonbrown.com/brakturn.html

Quote:   About 80% of your total braking capacity comes from the front brake. You can push your backside further back on the seat to be able to apply more pressure on the front brake.

Quote:   Nearly slipped on tram tracks today :( was wet and cold, didn't take my line properly.

Quote:   Hadn't thought about that actually... I still highly doubt you would use more than 1 watt.   http://myhometheater.homestead.com/splcalculator.html is giving me 85 db at 15 ft not considering positioning. (using 96 db efficiency)   85 db efficiency gets about 75 db at 15...

I would recommend an AV receiver, some fairly good units in your budget. I have a HK3490 which has digital input for your mac and phono input for your turntable.   Look at Onkyo, Yamaha, Pioneer, Harman Kardon, Denon for good units.   Speakers wise you should probably go second hand. You...

Quote:   Wattage doesn't go as far as you may think. I seriously doubt anyone ever uses more than 1 watt on speakers that are more than 85 db efficient. 96 db is close to a constant jackhammer, 85 over a long period will give you permanent hearing damage.   Sometimes a good design can...

Quote:   I did say pro mechanics use petrol/diesel because it saves valuable time and all components are free of charge so they can go through as many as they like, eg before every grand tour the mechanics will put a new chain and cassette on every bike and these are quite expensive for...

Quote:   Pro mechanics generally use a product from a sponsor for the bike wash and petrol or diesel for the drive chain (eats dirt) which is much cheaper than buying specialized degreasers and whatnot and is more effective. My LBS recommended some dishwashing liquid mixed into a bucket...

Quote:   Not sure if this is entirely correct. The wire seems to be around 28-30 ga on the outside but there's some plastic stuff inside so probably 32 effective.   It's definitely not as thick as the K701s stock cable which is probably 28.

Quote:   The DAC portion of the Burson HA-160D measures extremely poorly and I wouldn't recommend it based on that alone. Measurements might not always tell the full story, but they are so poor that it shouldn't be recommended for serious listening, heck even inbuilt audio in computers...

Just in case anyone decides to do this, the channels may be switched around, so red = R+ and green = L+. I found this to be the case on my own set (18k serial). 

From my limited experience so far with the HD800, the amount of detail is tremendous. In tracks where the detail is present, everything is laid bare.   I haven't spent a long time with STAX though so not sure how they stack up.

Quote:   MULINK seems to be a proprietary connector for current or future devices from the company, probably something like I2S or ACSS/CAST.