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    "Chiunifi" official Chicago get-together November 17th 2007

    Billy, if there's still room on The List, throw me in there. Maybe I'll bring some cookies or some other baked good again...
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    Anyone interested in a Chicago (mini-)meet?

    I'll be there - it'll be in walking distance! I don't have much gear - an old META42, Aria, Senn 580, Etymotic 4S. This assumes that I don't succumb and end up buying an Audio Technica headphone when I go to Japan in a couple of weeks... I've been reading a lot about the AD2000 cans...
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    Anyone interested in a Chicago (mini-)meet?

    It looks like I'll also be able to do April 6th or 7th. Probably able to do the 14th as well, but I think the 13th is out. Quote: Originally Posted by Silentpug387 Yeah a ride is absolutely no problem at all. Awesome. I'm definitely looking forward to this meetup.
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    Anyone interested in a Chicago (mini-)meet?

    Depending on the date, I might be able to make it. I've got exams and a trip out of the country coming up, but excepting those two, I'd definitely be up for a Head-fi meet up on a weekend. I'm at the UofC as well, but no car. I'd happily pay for gas for a ride, if we both end up going, Silentpug.
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    Stax Amplifier Question

    Thanks for the info, Spritzer. Darn, sounds like they need to be set internally to the correct voltage. I'll probaby try to contact Stax itself, to see if they'll say whether or not it can be changed after purchase, and how much that would cost. Audiocubes seems to be offering some sort of...
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    Stax Amplifier Question

    You know, after buying a used META-42 off someone a while back, I thought I was done with headphone purchases, that there was nothing more in a reasonable price range that could possibly tempt me. I would move onto speakers once I got out of college and had a place with enough room. And then...
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    Help with META42...

    Quote: The pot shaft is now insulated from the case? Err, actually, the pot is outside of the case. I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to insulate the pot shaft from the case when I put it back together.
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    Help with META42...

    Thanks a bunch for your help, guys. I grouded and isolated the volume pot, and everything got better. Still an ever so slight hum from touching the middle section. I think I might have figured out what's causing it. In order to fit the utterly gigantic Black Beauty pot into the case, the...
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    Help with META42...

    Earlier in the evening, I took apart the amp, removing both panels. The hum stayed the same, increasing in volume when I touched either the middle U piece, or the front panel. I then unscrewed the headphone jack from the front panel. It's one of the big, locking Neutrik ones. I played with...
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    Help with META42...

    Yeah, I was guessing that it was something like that. I think I'll go in and look at how the volume pot is mounted, if it might be touching the case -- I'm not sure what else it might be. I'll poke around at the other components as well. Thanks for the info. It's not one of the ones that you...
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    Help with META42...

    So I've spent a number of hours trying to figure out the problem with my META42, but I've come up with nothing; I don't even know what the problem might be. I bought a used META off someone a while back, but the on/off switch was damaged in shipping. I jury-rigged a quick fix while at...
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    Nomad zen

    Actually, the Apple store now has refurbished 20 gig windows iPods for $300. Something they just changed in the past half day, I think. They're apparently now out of the 10 giggers that they were selling for $200. To check it out, go here...
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    Sony chip to transform video-game industry

    I really don't know whether computers or consoles will become the so-talked-about "convergence" appliance. They've both been positioning around it for years, but all of the attempts to market one so far have failed miserably. We have various arguments both for and against each: Computers...
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    Sony chip to transform video-game industry

    Sony put out a lot of hype more than a year or so before the release of the PS2. Anyone remember all the previews of the vaunted "Emotion Engine," and how it would revolutionize everything? How about the news stories that the PS2 would have to be banned from being shipped to Iraq, because it...
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    Game console advice needed.

    Quote: Originally posted by Snufkin No. You buy your $35 gamecube broadband or narrowband adaptor and you use it with your CURRENT ISP. Nintendo are NOT charging developers for an online service, they are NOT limiting games to their online service and they are NOT charging a...
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