Change your freedb server in EAC to one of the following: http://freedb2.org:80/~cddb/cddb.cgi http://freedb.musicbrainz.org:80/~cddb/cddb.cgi http://tracktype.org:80/~cddb/cddb.cgi Apparently the original freedb group is having issues but all of the others here work.

I'm having the same problems on getting a new 650 cable and ear pads for my 580. I'm also hoping that my kc75's can hold me over until I can get my 580's working again.

So how do we get Sennheiser USA to send us a nice pair of 600 or 650 grills. I need to order a new set of earcups for my 580 and I would love to have them toss a pair in with the order. If it is a part that we have to buy in a larger quantity then I would be more than willing to get in on a...

Quote: Originally Posted by gradofan Another player you may want to check out is the Pioneer DV-578-S-A (hope I got the model number right!). It does both DVD-A and SACD, and reviews of it have been positive. I just picked one up for a friend, so I'll let you know how well it does SACD...

Quote: Originally Posted by Glassman welcome to the tabbed-browsing world.. we, as a long time Opera users, cannot live without it! have you discovered mouse gestures as of yet?? Ahh... and what a wonderful world it is. Reck, I'll warn you now, once you start using tabs and...

Sweet, I love free stuff. Please refer me as well. Erik Nylander Nadr Inc. vtnylander~at~yahoo~com (with appropriate punctuation) Thanks

On the topic of odd alcohol laws here in the states. There are a number of states that have what are called “Dry Counties”. These are localities in which it is illegal to sell alcohol of any type. This seems to be the most common in a southern portion of the US referred to as the “Bible Belt”...

The biggest benefit of the Alps is the matching between the L and R channel. I have not had or read about a problem with channel imbalance in the Alps Blue. I know from experience that this is not the case with the EVJ. I personally had to go through 3 of them to find an acceptable one for my...

$250 a piece for seats to the 1999 NCAA College Football National Championship in New Orleans. The kicker was that we didn't end up needing the seats I did manage to sell them on e-bay for 300 a piece and hand delivered them to a guy on Bourban St. It's a bit tempting and a little scary to...

I tested with foobar (96khz resample, 24bit padded to 32) on my M-Audio Revolution and the file sounded fine. I could pick up the 20khz noise at medium voulume levels and a bit of a sin wave sound at very high volumes. This was with my home setup of revo -> pimeta -> Hd-580. -vtny

Quote: Originally Posted by Jam_Master_J 1)How many buffers would be a good choice? Maybe 2 per channel? 2 per channel seems to be the point of diminishing returns. If you want to go higher than that you will need to go to 4 per channel. Quote: Originally Posted by...

High school Mathematics teacher and football coach. The American varity of football not that Communist Kickball that gets played in the rest of the world. -vtny

Dang. First Double post.

Quote: Originally Posted by thrice I have a new goal!!! I shall collect all values of resistors in the Vishay/Dale RN55 1% resistor series. I shall collect 2 of each and build a stoarge ark....it will be 20k by 30k by 40k ohms and it shall be good!!!!! All hail thrice, the Noah of...

How about any easier DBT setup that does not inculde a set of switch boxes. You could have a 2nd experimenter that "sets up the room" by placing the interconnects between the source and the amp. This experimenter could then cover the cable in some way and leave the room. Another assistant could...

The two methods that can be used to find the area of revolution are: Washer Method V = pi * integral from a to b of (f(x)^2 - g(x)^2)dx Where f(x) and g(x) are your functions and a and b are your points of intersection. An explanation can be found at Washer Method Shell Method V = 2pi...

Quote: Originally posted by D-EJ915 Does that mean it misses Virginia?? I hope so but I doubt it. I seem to rember a bad year for them when I was growing up in the southern portion of the state. Are these the same insects that shed their skin and leave little bug shells sticking...

Thanks Tangent I was hoping you would say that since I have a number of extra 4.32k resistors. -vtny

Any experienced builders out there care to share their experiences or advice? vtny

I have a couple of questions about the best way to change the gain on my Pimeta. Currently I have R3 = 1k, R4 = 10k, R5 = 3.32k, and R6 = 1.1M. Using Tangent's gain calculator this yeilds a gain of ~10.6. Now I want to drop the gain to ~5 for my HD-580s. After palying around some more with...

Quote: Originally posted by chase Any suggestions on a good starter telescope? I am thinking about an astrophysics major and I have been enjoying looking at the night sky recently. Chase, I would suggest something in the range of a 6 inch reflector on a good mount. This will give...

Hey Bootman. Thanks for the info. I rember reading about this a couple of months back in Sky and Telescope but had forgoten. I'll see if I can't get the telescope out tomorrow night and take a look. I remember my first look at Saturn's Rings through a telescope, it completely floored me and...

Holst - Mars the Bringer of War. It's been used in a number of sci-fi movies and has a very sinister feel. vtny

Ok, I know I am an ubergeek so no laughing. The story of Aragorn and Arawen is a parallel of the story of Beren and Luthien from the Silmarillion. Beren is the human that recaptures one of the Silmarils from Morgoth (the ultimate evil and Sauron's master). Luthien is his wife and a elvish...

Ah, so it was something simple. Thanks for the reply. vtny