Hi guys,   Looking for some information if anyone has it!   I'm looking on local craigslist and I found a Luxman FQ990 for sale. From the pictures, it looks to be in very nice condition and it is being sold for $100.   I looked online but I couldn't find much information on it. Does anyone...

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Quote:   "buy nice or buy twice" I've never heard that before, I like it!   Are you sure you need an aluminum body? What's your reason for that? If you can live with plastic, look for a Pentel GraphGear 500. I've got one and its a solid pencil.

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Ok bigshot, since you seem to have done the most testing for yourself, did you ever compare MP3 V0? Or any other variable bit rate encoding? How did you find it in comparison to the others?

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Quote:   Ah, thank you for the reply! Unfortunately, I did get mine a while ago (I know, not upgrading for over a year? *gasp*! :P ) and I haven't really been keeping up with that market... Maybe I should just educate myself a little more before I post these things... haha

Quote:   Wow, way to just trash me there, real classy.   While were on the subject though, what amp/DAC's would you recommend that beat it and are cheaper than it is?

You may want to think about a DAC/amp combo type deal for use with the computer setup. Unless you have a nice soundcard, most computer outputs sound, well, less than optimal to put it nicely. For portable use, I'm of the mentality that "Don't get one unless the 'phones are too quiet." But...

I'm listening to my M50's as we speak (well, type). While I have never heard or seen your other choice, I can say in terms of build quality, the M50 is a tank. There was a video I forget where now, where I guy bent them almost all the way backwards without them breaking. Unfortunately if you're...

As I was lazing through another forum on the internet, just being totally bored out of my mind, I was thoroughly un-entertained by a particular thread that advocated for the least interesting things in the world.   What non-inspiring stories do you have of watching your front lawn grow or...

Quote:   I got my GraphGear a while before the Graph 1000. When I first got it (GraphGear), I thought it was the greatest pencil ever to walk the Earth! I used it to write with, draw, do technical sketches, and everything else in between. Fast forward to more recently when I got my Graph...

Wow, I thought it might be a bunch, but that's seriously a lot guys. Maybe I should have made a few more categories!

  Quote:   I will neither confirm nor deny that statement, no comment. What I will confirm is late night studying, deciding to turn up your music, and getting yelled at to turn it down without ever thinking anyone else could hear it. 

It's my own little Pentel family reunion!      (From top to bottom: .3mm B Stein Lead, .3mm Graph 1000, 2X .5mm PS315, .5mm GraphGear 1000, .5mm B Stein Lead)

  Quote:   On the same idea: Putting on headphones doesn't turn off the speakers that are plugged into the same source... This can make for some very... interesting situations.

With browsers using basic tabbed functionality, I want to know, how many tabs you got open right now!? Typically I sit with 4 or 5 open unless I'm doing something where I want to look up multiple things at once. Also, if you don't have your "typical" number of tabs open right now, how many do...

Yea, and it's mostly only in the left channel? I'm about 99.8% sure that static is just in the video.

A measly 1607 right now... Predominantly FLAC CD rips, but I keep V0 copies of all the FLAC's to put on the iPod. I'd say the majority of my expendable cash right now is going to be going towards building up my library.

  Quote:   C'mon guys, don't you all know about digital dust and Rotational velocidensity? Of couse the files degrade over time! 

Harold and Kumar... already mentioned In theaters now is 21 Jump Street. Pretty dumb. Pretty funny.

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Anybody have any experience with different leads? Esp. in a drafting type pencil? I have a .5 GraphGear 1000 and I've just been using some standard HB stuff, but I'm curious if any of you all have a particular preference when it comes to lead type/hardness?

Personally, I like to think that price has "nothing" to do with my decision on what equipment to buy (outside of being able to afford it). Sadly, I know this isn't true.  I see it sort of like going to the grocery store when you're hungry.  It makes you tempted to buy more food and spend more...