It's been a hundred years since Albert Einstein gave us General Relativity. Are we getting gravitational waves in about 15 minutes from now? "National Science Foundation brings together the scientists from Caltech, MIT and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) (today) at 10:30 a.m (EST) ...

Janos Starker, A Master Of The Cello, Dies At 88 (from NPR) Cellist Janos Starker has died at 88, ending a life and career that saw him renowned for his skills as a soloist, his prodigious work with orchestras, and his commitment to teaching. Starker was born in Budapest in 1924; his path to...

For the past several years I've been trying to make a single PC perform as music 'server', pc, and gaming rig. However it has finely gotten to the point that I want to be rid of the constant fan noise - especially when listening to music in the evening. I've tried to construct a quiet rig that...

They are new, they are silk, and they are magnifique! First off, apologies for the appallingly brief write up - the packers are coming tomorrow, I only got the cables last night ( my wife - "oh I forgot, this came for you several days ago" :rolleyes: ), and I have about 5 minutes to do this...

Sorry, I'm a bit thick. Is there a way to disassociate yourself from gear in the ## Own It , ## Had It , ## Want It listings? I've sold things and removed them from my list - and even removed my lists - but I still can't figure out a way to stop owning them. Cheers

Or, what are you feeding into your DAC? There's tons of talk about DACs and Amps, but not as much about dedicated home media players. Is that because there aren't a lot of options out there? I recently opted for the Lyr and am enjoying it very much. I've currently got it plugged into a HM-602...

Does anyone know of any dock that will allow you to bypass the internal DAC and get digital out of a 3rd generation iPod? The ones I've seen don't support models that old. My wife is talking iPad now but I have been using my 3G for years. I'd like something that would work with either.

I just came back from the National Arts Centre Gala in Ottawa. The first half was brilliant with Pinchas Zukerman and the National Arts Centre Orchestra doing Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky. Then Sarah McLachlan took to the stage and unfortunately brought her band with her. She was great, however...