Is that mouse a Logitech MX1000? It looks just like my mouse. The other question I have is speaker stands. I don't have the desk real-estate for speakers any larger than my current ones. Does the shelf on the speaker stands need to be at least the same size as the speaker, or can it be a...

Quote: Originally Posted by Alpha 1 Omega here is a idea get LINK plus LINK and you have a concert in your room I'm under the impression that subwoofers tend to be on the boomy side and overpower the other speakers until you go up a few price steps, and even then aren't quite...

I'm thinking of getting a pair of Paradigm Mini monitors, but I'd like some suggestions. I mainly listen to prog rock, with some of it leaning towards metal (Pre-Train of Thought Dream Theater). A few other examples of stuff I listen to are Transatlantic, Porcupine Tree, Yes, Marillion, The...

When I use Vista and want to listen to a CD while there is network activity(totally unrelated to audio), there is a lot of popping and other distortion. I thought this was weird, so I looked it up, and apparently the Vista audio stuff and the Vista network stuff don't play well together. It...

Quote: Originally Posted by Rhynri @Dark Archon - It's a gigabyte aurora. I have each drive with one space in between, an arrangement which swallows up all but 3 5.25" slots, and all the hard drive ones (i could add more, but more heat as well) Very nice. Full tower cases are...

Quote: Originally Posted by LowPhreak RAID anything is actually pretty silly for a gaming rig or most home uses. Ppl like to think they're getting something for all the extra drives, money, and complexity of a RAID setup, but it's barely a few percent faster than a single fast HD...

Quote: Originally Posted by Rhynri @DarkArchon - If gentoo's portage is taking a long time to calculate dependencies (except on really large packages like Firefox) then you have it configured wrong. Mine typically took 6 seconds on average (i timed it). Gentoo's biggest advantage is it...

Quote: Originally Posted by MCC Edit: Dark Archon- who makes that huge mousepad thing? It is a CorePad DeskPad XXXL.

The problem is I have a $350 budget, and that includes speakers.

Quote: Originally Posted by spraggih I think the prior poster who mentioned AAC as a good alternative. It can be easily processed by Foobar and per some *objective* reviews AAC sounds very good. (I use it-- but like another above poster-- I am now re-ripping a number of my CDs onto...

Since hard drives cost about $0.20/GB($100 for 500 GB HDD), why not stick with lossless? I made the switch a little while back, and couldn't imagine going back to using lossy formats.

Quote: Originally Posted by TheVinylRipper Dark_Archon Is that two dual core processors you have? Yes.

Shown: Mac Pro - 2 x 2.66 Ghz (Dual Core)Xeon 5150 - 3 GB 667 Mhz DDR2 FB-Dimm RAM - 250 GB Western Digital Caviar(OS X) - 160 GB Western Digital Caviar (Windows Vista Business X64) - NVidia GeForce 7300 GT - 2 x Hanns-G HW191D 19"W LCD - Kensington Slim Type Keyboard - Logitech MX1000 -...

Would that receiver work well with Polk Monitor 30's(available for $150)? Is there another speaker anybody would suggest for <$150?

Quote: Originally Posted by TheVinylRipper http://www.amazon.com/Harman-Kardon-...375837&sr=1-23 Ohhhhh... I haven't heard anything but good stuff about Harman Kardon equipment, and it is in my price range. Thanks for posting the link!