Any Head-Fiers know a decent hotel in/near the Latin Quarter in Paris for early July?  I used to live/ work in Paris but haven't been there for several years and now my 11 yr old daughter wants to go.  We'll be in Switzerland in July and I've booked travel to Paris for 3 days/2 nights (7/5-7/7)...

So I just got gifted 4 big boxes of vinyl from my uncle who was moving. It's all jazz and classical. Some new 45rpm LPs and lots of old vinyl from the 50s-60s-70s. One of the records is an original release of Kind of Blue. This has the misprints on the album cover (Adderley spelled "Adderly"...

My uncle just sold his house and is moving and has decided to get out of the vinyl business so I just scored 4 boxes of his records and a (second) VPI record cleaning machine. It's all jazz and classical. Unfortunately his Scout TT went to the new owner of the house along with an incredible...

So I just bought my daughter the new Macbook ($999 white; she's 7) and she's in heaven. It came w/ Leopard (OSX 10.5) and related install DVDs. I wanna upgrade the OS on my MacBook Pro to Leopard. Will it work? Mac "Geniuses" at the local Apple store say "Yes, but I didn't tell you that." and...

Love the sound quality of my Marantz SR19ex but it doesn't have HDMI switching and for some reason it wont power up. No repair facility nearby and this sucka is HEAVY! By the time I ship it and pay for repair I might be able to have most of the $$ for a new one. Any recommendations? Music SQ...

I was just listening to a Seaweed album on the way home; very raw but full of genuine and contagious energy. I only saw these guys perform once but I believe it was one of their last (if not their last) concerts at a club (The Breakroom) in Seattle. I had just bought 3 of their CDs (which they...

I just ordered the 12-24mm DX Nikon lens. Can't wait to get it. Anyone out there who owns one and can tell me how much I'm going to love/hate it? Thx, CPW

I guess I never get tired of showing everybody how much fun my daughter is; some of you saw the recent movie of her first 2 wheeler ride. This was filmed yesterday at Mt Rose ski area. It's on an advanced/int run that goes from the top of the mountain to the bottom. She's only 4 but she's...

What a shame for their teenage boy. She was so young and beautiful and had already endured so much. Now he's w/out both parents. Hard to fathom. CPW

Anybody wanna see my kid ride a 2 wheeler for the 1st time? There is some comedy value (no injuries). See it here: http://homepage.mac.com/lewiso/iMovieTheater33.html My wife is the one w/ the accent. My daughter is the one w/ the smile. I filmed it last Sunday. Today (Wed), she tore it up...

Any users out there willing to share settings for color management with the Epson 2200. I'm mainly looking for settings for Mac users printing out of Photoshop. I've been struggling w/ color casts and would love some 1st hand info from people using the same gear or links to relevant info. So...

I'm finally getting to where I can't put off the purchase of an external hard drive anymore. I'll be using it to back up my laptop and to store DV, digital images and, perhaps finally, a lossless iTunes library to feed a DAC. I asked this question a long time ago and can't find the thread...

I've owned the Stealth for quite some time now (years) and spent most of the day tube rolling the input tube. No matter what tube I put in (6 different ones for over 20 mins each), the Stealth shone and never failed to amaze. My favorites today were an Amperex Bugle Boy (Holland), an RCA White...

Anyone bought one recently? Whaddaya like? How much? I have a Braun and a Norelco. Braun battery doesn't hold a charge anymore and the Norelco (bought at Costco) doesn't seem to work very well (sounds like it's jacked up and doesn't shave very close anymore). CPW PS Please don't suggest the...

So (against my wife's wishes as usual) I'm looking at an upgrade. This time it's the TV that I already spend too much time in front of as it is. At least my wife appreciates that I'm home instead of in a bar somewhere. I'm looking at two Sonys that I can buy at unit cost + a couple percent...

Some of you may remember my having to fire an employee for a positive drug test result after an on-the-job accident. We've had some theft issues recently: Some Katrina relief charity $ was stolen/lost. No one really knows when it disappeared or exactly how much weas there but it amounted to...

30+ inches of fresh powder yesterday/ last night and the resort (Mt Rose) was closed yesterday due to no electricity. Today should be storybook. I'll be out on the tele gear today w/ my new Scarpa T1s and the fattest skis I own. A little too much snow for me to be comfortable in the...

Can someone tell me what the acronym TR stands for? See it quite often but haven't been able to figure it out yet from context. CPW

A friend has ordered some B&W 803s and is looking for help w/ power amp suggestions. I told him Parasound Halo were probably good value in SS but I'm not that familiar w/ power requirements for those speakers. Any tube recos? What wattage is min for these? Thx, CPW

OK so I got all these car rack things goin' on and it's all Thule and it's all keyed the same so there's only one extra key on the chain and it does it all on all the vehicles. But...there's a Yakima ski carrier that fits both cars and it creates an extra key. I know that the locksets aren't...

I'm thinking about buying my daughter her first stereo (she's 4 1/2 yrs old) and I'm toying w/ the idea of getting an all-in-one unit that has a turntable. She'll prbably be the only kid in her school who knows what an LP is! My mom has ordered one of these even though she has a decent stereo...

Just spent a few days at a very high end custom home in Scottsdale, AZ in the Desert Mountain development. Played some golf at some great courses. Also enjoyed a beautiful home w/ all one would expect in such an exclusive venue. I'm usually kind of a snob when it comes to HT (even though I have...

Well, we have a Karate Dojo in the local strip mall (about 300 yds from our house) and my wife and daughter were walking by and some some other very young children doing some Karate. She (my daughter) stopped to watch and when my wife asked her if she'd like to do it too, she said "yes". We...

If I never make another post, I can avoid becoming Headphoneus Supremus and just continue along as Headphoneus Ignoramus (a self-inflicted title). Somehow, another single post seems unlikely to elevate the wisdom of my words in any significant way. At least as Headphoneus Ignoramus, no one...

All right guys. Keep in mind that I'm a total moron when it comes to cicuit design, schematics, etc. I'm trying to help my daughter build a school project (a robot) and we want to put some lights on it. I got a little assortment pack of LEDs from Radio Shack and I want to hook up 7 or 8 of 'em...