Do they have to be "pretty"? If you are hot for detail and accuracy, I'd check out the Ascend CBM-170SE's. I'm currently using them as rear surrounds in my living room with there bigger brothers as my mains, they are probably some of the most neutral sounding speakers I've heard (but hey, I'm no...

Quote: Originally Posted by aufeuer The fit of the 595 was extremely comfortable, however I was a bit surprised at the sound of what is deemed as the most forward sounding Senn. It sounded a bit dark for my tastes, and I had to adjust the treble up a bit to compensate. Wow, that...

Quote: Originally Posted by apnk They have been thrown at class mates, stepped on, and used in self defence for 4 years and they are still alive! now I am using them (well the pencil) for college . Haha...same here! I've also noticed that these pens/pencils have a strange...

I'm partial to the Zebra 301's. Nothing too flashy, simple stainless steel barrel, textured grip, and the M-301 pencils have matching F-301 ballpoint pens in 3 colors. I liked the relatively small barrel, it seemed much easier to write with and more comfortable. And FWIW, I too am a lefty ...

Quote: Originally Posted by gpalmer Why am I getting a clear impression you aren't married yet. Mine was like that before we were married... Boy, do you have a surprise in store waiting for you!!!! Lol, not quite but might as well be. And please don't scare me...I hate surprises...

Quote: Originally Posted by blip I've managed to turn my SO into quite a little speaker audiophile... Wow, you too? Mine was giggling like a little school girl when I set up my new Paradigm's and reciever yesterday! All she wanted to do was sit and listen to music all...

Quote: Originally Posted by daycart1 Here's a good trick: When YOU need an upgrade, you can tell a story about giving the old ones to the wife as a gift! I got away with that once Yea, I thought I was going to get away with that when I was looking for a pair of IEM's...but after...

Quote: Originally Posted by discord Oh well, atleast its not like DT880i and all white and ready for ipod use. Haha, MOST definitely. Even better, did you play around with the configurator? I messed around with the German version a month or so back...all I can say is who in their...

Quote: Originally Posted by fewtch Too much "curvaceous" electronics nowadays IMO, and it cheapens the look. I think the original DT880 are "serious" looking, like they should be in a recording studio or something... these are not. Well, I guess I can agree with that. And you are...

Do they really look that bad? I don't particularly like the wierdish color on the new 880's (that may just be me), but I don't think they look totally ugly. I actually kind of like the rounded edges, maybe a tad too big in the hips, but the curves are quite nice.

Quote: Originally Posted by strohmie I mainly focused on audio design applications, which basically means electronics, signal processing, and acoustics work. Basically, Head-Fi as a career. Yea that sounds like a really fun route! I've considered going into the DSP side in hopes...

Strohmie, First of all, a big congrats on your masters. That's a really huge accomplishment and I hope to make it there someday as well. I don't know if you had said this before hand but in your grad work, what was your area of emphasis? I was just curious. Anyways, I'm probably in no...

My current avatar is a picture of my first car...well what was left of it. It was a silver 1989 Pontiac Bonneville LE. A 17 year old girl in an Expedition ran a red light doing 65...while on the phone no less... I was turning, so she took off my front end; I'm really glad I stopped when I did...

Quote: Originally Posted by elrod-tom It's good eating...but please be sure you know what you're doing before you eat one. Most definately. I grew up with a friend of mine who's dad grew up down in the Ozarks in Missouri. We would always come across huge mushrooms while we were...

I feel ya dude. I paid something like $375 for my books this semester, except I got a break because our calculus book from last year is good for 3 semesters worth of courses. Economics is rough though, they wanted to make us pay something like $120 for a paperback version of some text that...