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    Rain Jackets?

    Hi, I would got for the Columbia, I did own some of this brand and all were fine.   But now I am more into Patagonia gear: http://www.patagonia.com/product/mens-piolet-jacket-for-alpine-climbing/83381.html?dwvar_83381_color=FGE&cgid=mens-jackets-vests-rainwear#tile-4=&start=1&sz=24   For a...
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    Your 5 newest CDs (or LPs)

    Some ear training for tenor sax: Great works by Wayne Shorter at Blue Note   and Michael Brecker's Pilgrimage   ...and some for the Sting fanboy:
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    Pen-Fi (FPs, RBs, BPs, etc...) [56k Warning]

    This is a sad thing.   On the other hand:  -my 8 year old starts to use a fountain pen at school. -This may compensates your post  - I got my LAMY 2000 back from service for a €55,- they replaced the nib and "ink channel system" after I dropped the pen by letting it roll off my desk because...
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    Your 5 newest CDs (or LPs)

    except for the ordinary Mozart, Bach and Beethoven: Gustav Mahler:   Rattle's Deryck Cooke version of the symphony.   Et pour Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité: Musique francaise!     ...
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    Your 5 newest CDs (or LPs)

    ...some Cool Jazz:  
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    Sennheiser Opens its Flagship Store in Germany. Check out the full gallery here!

    Oh, I am sorry you may got my posting wrong: I do not think this is an outlet store.   It is more a brick-and-mortar-advertisement flagship store.
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    Sennheiser Opens its Flagship Store in Germany. Check out the full gallery here!

    Wennebostel! I like Sennheiser and it is only a one hour ride from my place but Wennebostel that is "at the world's ass" as we say in germany (google translates to: "in the back of beyond")   I like the idea of a factory outlet shop for Sennheiser but a flagship store is something to be opened...
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    Your 5 newest CDs (or LPs)

    Just updated my jazz achive... Yellowjackets - Live Wires - JuJu-Wayne_Shorter - Joe Handerson - PageOne - Dexter Gordon - Our Man in Paris - Archie Shepp - Four for Trane
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    How do you backup your music?

    Yes, keeping data offsite is a good idea.   Anyway, I am sticking to a command line solution with XCOPY and the /V option -to have the copied files verified!
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    Reply to review by 'skimminst' on item 'Audioquest Forest Digital Coax RCA-RCA 75 Ohm'

    I do not think you are totally wrong: there may be a lot of voodoo and autosuggestion in hifi cables and I am sure I am not free from it. Additionally I am a cable DYI so I am engaged in “cable sound”.   With analog NF interconnects I am 100% aware that there is an audible difference from a €5-...
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    Review by 'skimminst' on item 'Audioquest Forest Digital Coax RCA-RCA 75 Ohm'

    I am using the Forest cable as a replacement for a simple 75Ohm video cable to connect my CD player to an external DAC.   One of the main reasons to choose an Audioquest cable is the cold welded connection from the cable’s conductor to the plug what physically reduces reflections. So I was...
  12. Audioquest Forest Digital Coax RCA-RCA 75 Ohm

    Audioquest Forest Digital Coax RCA-RCA 75 Ohm

    A 75Ohm RCA finished coax cable for SPDIF connections. Silver plated copper conductor with a PE form dielectric.
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    Jazz listener, how old are you ... ?

    42 years old now. Started with Charlie Parker's Bebob 25 years ago just before beginning to play the alto sax, too.
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    Your 5 newest CDs (or LPs)

    ...did you notice hat the army man on the one cover is Ernest Hemingway (Wiki Commons Link).
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    Pen-Fi (FPs, RBs, BPs, etc...) [56k Warning]

    Well, I am using Waterman's "Havana Brown" ink: It is very smooth and of ritch colour but takes some time to dry...   Luckily I have a Lamy AL-Star (broad nib) in coffee brown finish what makes a great match to the ink.
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