Your Highness - 4/10   There were two reasons I wanted to see this film: The trailer had offered the potential of hilarity; Zooey Deschanel. The movie failed on the former, and although the film succeeded in the latter, the latter let me down, slightly. I think this type of film doesn't...

A girl and why I have no idea on the science behind courting a girl yet still end up doing things the hard way.   Why?!

I used to leave the house early Saturday mornings about 8am and not get back home until 2am Sunday morning. Done that almost every weekend. I covered anywhere between 500-700 miles usually and once 900 miles. Hanging off the bike was the only way to beat the ache (GSXR600K1).   Reading the...

21.1 pretty easily amongst all this noise, I'm 29. That's not with headphones though, just speakers.

I can get lost in the music but most often I get lost in thoughts that are emotionally backed up by the music. I contemplate too often. I wonder too often. I think too much about too little too often. For me, the music is usually a backing track to these thoughts.   Being lost in music helps...

Loving my Sony PRS650, especially now that I've put on PRS+ firmware which gave me a few features that it initially lacked.   I've read more books than I ever have. In fact, I've changed my living-room around a little so that I have a sofa at the bay window to read at. Plus point is that my...

I tried listening again with the cables swapped at the amp end and it sounded like the right one was quieter.   Anyway... I ran a few different test tones through the DAC and observed the output of each set of pins on the left & right channels. Both channels were identical.   Checked the...

Thanks for the quick reply.   I do have good quality calibrated multimeters and digital and analogue scopes, function generators etc so any test method would suffice - whichever was more informative as to the problem.   I'll try you're method and see if there's much/any difference in...

Just a quick question as to how I can test my balanced XLR outputs on my Cambridge DAC.   The problem is that one of the channels must be slightly louder (or the other quieter) resulting in an off-balanced centre.   I'm unsure if it's the input of my amp or the output of the DAC. I'm...

It's difficult to say nothing without actually saying something.

CRE(M)ATION   The difference between life (creation) and death (cremation) is the letter "M".   Murder, Massacre, Manslaughter. Indirectly: Malice, Madness, Malevolence, and Man.   I just like playing with words.

Yes, Beth Gibbons is magic.

Well I'm really no cook, chef nor baker but I certainly wasn't one of these kids that couldn't make themselves anything if it didn't come with microwave instructions.   Anyway... decided to try my hand at baking and making my own sauces recently. I've found that being able to do the basics...

^ Nice, I wanted one but couldn't get one over here. The PRS-650 is doing good though.   Enjoy! :)