I wouldn't mind stopping by too. I'm actually out in seattle these days, but I will just happen to be back in the chicago area that weekend. Not sure yet what I'll be able to bring since I'm flying in though.

Quote: Originally Posted by Andrew_WOT Keep in mind that HagUSB is coaxial not optical SPDIF. Coaxial might not be a the best choice for computer to DAC wiring as it transfers all that electrical noises and creates ground loop. With optical you are free of all these issues. But based...

I don't think it's that entirely unplausible. Before they got hyped up by Vertigo-1 back in the headwize days, I saw a few pairs of hp-2's on ebay going for less than $150. After a few reviews, the price starting going up, and has steadily climbed to it's astronomical price today. Of course in...

oddball, I wouldn't worry about it too much. Just bring it, and work it out with your roommate. I doubt you will have any problem..most people aren't that disrespectful. That said, I definitely recommend the dac route. It's a pain moving and storing your cds/audio gear. Having all your music...

i think i'd be up for a meet as well; though like everyone else, don't have a proper place to host. how much would we have to pitch in for that jitters idea?

Thanks for the replies so far guys. So after some more research, I've decided to just bite the bullet and get a Minidac or Lavry DA10. Turns out that Lavry is in Seattle, so I'm going to head over there at some point and have a listen. So far, it sounds like most people are in favor of...

Thanks for confirming that the microdac and aria work with linux. That's good to know. I think I'll probably end up ordering an aria soon, unless someone helps me out and persuades me to spend more money. Anyone heard them both?

Can anyone compare the relative sound quality coming from the following dac/(builtin) amp combos? This will be for office use, with ety er4s'. corda aria headroom microdac/amp apogee minidac I'm mostly interested in minidac vs. aria.. can anyone give some comparative comments? I like the...

Yeah, it can. I've been using the 1616m for a few months now when listening from my laptop, and it sounds great from the break out box. The headphone out on the pcmcia card is better than my laptop's headphone out (Ibm T42p), but definitely not as good as the external one. It's significantly...

Quote: Originally Posted by dpippel Amazon tracks each user's buying habits. browsing habits, etc. and adjusts prices accordingly. No two people can be guaranteed to get the same price for the same item. Just to set the record straight, Amazon doesn't do any personalized pricing...

I got called last year too. Thankfully, I didn't get selected to the jury box, but it was still a waste of a day. They payed me a whole $20 too, yippee, 5 of which I spent on the lunch. I also saw a guy trying to weasel out of it by saying he was prejudiced against the case because he used...

Happy Birthday b2bwire! Enjoy those new 650s!

I had one of those fujitsu keyboards before too. I liked the clickiness of the keyboard, but the thing that irked me about it was that if you press the longer keys (shift especially, but even spacebar) at the edges it took more force than if you pressed in the middle. There was some friction...

yeah, you should definitely do some research first. Also check out steve's digicams. He seems to have reviews of more cameras than dpreview, but he is not as comprehensive. Also maybe check out imaging resource if you have the time. have fun.

hehe, what's this then? But anyway, you are right. The price will definitely reflect the red badge.

I agee with HighwayStar, the A80 is a very nice camera. I'd also look at the A70, just because it's considerably cheaper and it doesn't sound like you are looking for very high resolution. Fwiw, I just bought a Nikon 4300 a couple days ago and I really like it. Like just about all nikons...

Nikon is coming out with the D70, which should be competitive with the digital rebel. Maybe wait a little while until that comes out before making a decision if you want to go dslr. In my opinion though, I wouldn't get a dslr for a first camera. One, they're expensive, and two, they're big. A...

Quote: Originally posted by aeberbach I think the Avant Prime is the best new keyboard available today. Fully programmable, solid enough for hand-to-hand combat and clicky like the old model 'M' but not excessively so. Yeah, the avant is supposed to be a replica of the old...

I want one!! (or maybe 4 or 8!) I'm implementing this face recognition system (viola and jones) for a final project, and I need to compress about 24 days of computation into about 2. Presentation day is in 1.5 weeks! well, I guess I don't really need one. The plan is to take over a 40...

I used to be all about the clicky keys. I have a model M and also the legendary northgate omnikey ultra, which I have on my desktop. But.....in the past couple of months I've developed some mild tendonitis in the form of "emacs pinky" which really sucks. I can only type on my laptop keyboard...

Quote: Originally posted by wallijonn 1.0mm rolling ball. anything else is for whimps. or engineers. BOLD, baby. Write BIG. Big loops. Flashy. Broad strokes. If I wanted to write like a girl I'd get a #10 pencil. What kind of pens do you use Wally? I liked the...

Hmm, I'm definitely not the best person to answer this since I don't use OSX...but if the terminal is based off one of the unix terminals, you might try making a shortcut or whatever with the command "mac_term -e your_program" Where mac_term is the command to open a terminal. This will...

Thanks! Yeah, that A70 sounds like a really nice camera. I guess I got bit by the mega pixel bug a little. You want some pics huh? Hmm what to take a picture of. Oh here we go...frosty's favorite headphones: yeah, yeah ignore the fact that my watch says tuesday the 1st. I forgot to...

So I went over to my local circuit city today intending to look at some digital cameras. I had already done pretty extensive research on dpreview and steve's digicams, and was more or less set on a Canon A70, but I wanted to compare it to an A80 to see if it was worth the extra $100. Well, they...

I used to really like .5 mechanical pencils, and I used a .5 rotring 600 for a while. I also liked fine tipped pens at that time. But, then I found fountain pens, and I haven't looked back. I can't stand ballpoints, or rollarballs anymore. They're so...unsatisfying. Ever since I started writing...