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    Looking for a budge DVD Player

    OPPO-DV-970HD $149.99 shipped from Amazon. Not sure how much it would cost to ship to UK.
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    Dedicated Source vs Computer as Source

    Think of it this way. What is a dedicated source? In simplified terms, it's a CD transport that sends the data to a DAC. What's a computer setup? A CD transport or hard disk that sends the data to a DAC. So theoretically, if you have a computer with a better quality transport and DAC...
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    What OS do you run: XP, Vista, Linux, Mac?

    OS X all the way! 8 hours/day of XP torture at work is more than enough for me. My home PC (W2K) has only been on for 4 hours this year... 3 hours for anti-virus/spyware/windows updates, and less than 1 hour for actual work... nuff said.
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    Which iron do you use?

    Quote: Originally Posted by MusicallySilent Does anyone have ideas on a sub 50 dollar maybe 25 dollar range iron (temp control isnt necessary) that would be fine for beginning some work (making cables, a few amps (pimeta soha cmoy etc.))... Quote: Originally Posted by...
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    Buying new interconnects

    http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=256099 A ton of other threads too. Just search for "blue jeans", since there's usually someone who recommends them whenever someone asks about cables
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    Surge Protector

    Quote: Originally Posted by Tridacnid I've done a little more reading, and have found some posts where people say to avoid MOVs. I know that they are standard in common surge protectors, but are they really that bad? Thanks MOVs aren't "bad", and just about every surge...
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    Brickwall Surge Protector

    Quote: Originally Posted by mojo This is true, but some better quality MOV based protectors have a light to let you know when that happens... Be careful with this. I've read on different sites that this light really doesn't mean anything. It apparently only tells you if there's...
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    Brickwall Surge Protector

    I use Brickwall units as my 1st tier of protection (from the wall). Wouldn't have it any other way, since typical surge protectors DO stop protecting after a finite number of surges.
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    Is px100 a ....

    I own both, and I use the PX-100 exclusively at work. However, that's because of one overriding reason, which is the E4 isolate too much... I like to hear what going on around me. For sound quality, the E4 are far superior, in every way. Still, the PX-100 is great for the price. I like...
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    My 30gb iPod died, what should replace it?

    You know, for just $350 more, you can get a Nano AND a phone
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    iPhone Headphone Compatability List

    Quote: Originally Posted by zip22 apple is not producing an adapter you could pay for... Actually, Apples does sell an adapter... sort of. It comes as part of the the iPod Shuffle Sport Case. Here's a picture. I bought just the adapter by itself off of eBay for $8 shipped...
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    Help picking parts for SILENT music server ONLY pc

    What about just putting it in the closet? Use a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, so you only need the video cable to come from the closet. Then, use an Airport Express to stream wirelessly to a DAC.
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    Most quality-to-size effective bitrate

    I used to rip everything to 160 AAC, until I started noticing slight imperfections in a small number of songs. Not wanting to spend hours upon hours trying to find the "perfect" encoding rate, I simply ripped everything to 320 AAC. Yes, it takes up a lot of space, and I'm certain I wouldn't be...
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    Using External HDD

    I highly recommend getting a drive with the longest warranty available. I tend to stick with Seagate for the 5 year warranty, but I did grab a 200GB Maxtor for $25 shipped Although I've heard good things about Western Digital recently, I've had a couple of bad experiences with their older...
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    I got Mac'd!!!

    Quote: Originally Posted by Wodgy There's really no need for any of these maintenance utilities. The main thing they were originally created to solve -- that certain automatic scripts wouldn't run if your machine was off -- disappeared with OS X 10.4 Tiger (specifically the introduction...
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