[markm1]

 
Having a bit of an existential quandry. Maybe I should trade everything for a MicroZOTL2 and an HD800S? The Yggy has messed up my brain--things are going to sound weird/bad if I switch DACs and keep the LCD-X's. Maybe I can reset my brain by swapping everything out?

Barry, I just want to say how much I appreciate you bringing out your gear over the last couple of years. I've envied that Ygg/Rag/LCD-X system you have. It's a pleasure to be able to listen to gear one typically just reads about. But, I understand sometimes circumstances or personal tastes, lifestyle choices, etc. change.
 
Mark

 

[smitty1110]

  Maybe Bill can get that room again, out in Chantilly?
Though we may need crowd control, in riot gear, if you bring even half your stuff 

I can only bring a fraction of the stuff I own, the things I have lined up already account for over 150 lbs.
 

 
Gaaak!  Beautiful, but no way can I swing $2700 at the moment. My daughter decided to stay at school over the summer to take an (unpaid) internship, so there goes $3000 in rent. I'm thinking of selling the Yggy/Rag for something smaller/lighter/cheaper.

She has learned the first lesson of getting a job (getting your foot in the door is important, but has failed the second lesson (never do anything for free). Luckily she still has some time to learn.

 

[Barry S]

 
Barry, I just want to say how much I appreciate you bringing out your gear over the last couple of years. I've envied that Ygg/Rag/LCD-X system you have. It's a pleasure to be able to listen to gear one typically just reads about. But, I understand sometimes circumstances or personal tastes, lifestyle choices, etc. change.
 
Mark

Thanks Mark!  Haven't made any final decisions on the gear yet.
 

  I can only bring a fraction of the stuff I own, the things I have lined up already account for over 150 lbs.
 
She has learned the first lesson of getting a job (getting your foot in the door is important, but has failed the second lesson (never do anything for free). Luckily she still has some time to learn.

 
I think not paying interns is 100% wrong and is exploitation, but she didn't have a choice and it's critical for her ability to get a job when she graduates. But yes, it pisses me off every time I think about it.

 

[yage]

I think not paying interns is 100% wrong and is exploitation, but she didn't have a choice and it's critical for her ability to get a job when she graduates. But yes, it pisses me off every time I think about it.

 
If you don't mind my asking, what is your daughter studying?
 
EDIT: Just wanted to add that we have some paid (!) internship opportunities at the lab where I work and we're always looking for talented individuals.

 

[omrcz]

  Thanks Mark!  Haven't made any final decisions on the gear yet.
 
 
I think not paying interns is 100% wrong and is exploitation, but she didn't have a choice and it's critical for her ability to get a job when she graduates. But yes, it pisses me off every time I think about it.

My brother was doing an internship in Pittsburgh for Chemical Engineering and it was payed+credits. He learned a lot but the credits were few so now he's catching up during the summer and will land a job in the same place he did the internship. 

It's just his 2nd year of college. He goes to Pitt.

I think it's ******** that they give the dirty work to interns and don't pay them anything. 

 

[Akon1990]

Such a bad thing sorry to hear that...
But we all know fortune never come across a lazy person,keep moving he will get what he should be payed,gains after pain.

 

[Akon1990]

 

My brother was doing an internship in Pittsburgh for Chemical Engineering and it was payed+credits. He learned a lot but the credits were few so now he's catching up during the summer and will land a job in the same place he did the internship. 

It's just his 2nd year of college. He goes to Pitt.

I think it's ******** that they give the dirty work to interns and don't pay them anything. 

Such a bad thing sorry to hear that...
But we all know fortune never come across a lazy person,keep moving he will get what he should be payed,gains after pain.

 

[Akon1990]

  Thanks Mark!  Haven't made any final decisions on the gear yet.
 
 
I think not paying interns is 100% wrong and is exploitation, but she didn't have a choice and it's critical for her ability to get a job when she graduates. But yes, it pisses me off every time I think about it.

Calm down first and i think maybe i can tell you a basic truth that nowadays EXPLOITATION exists everywhere (mostly in Aisa nations even though i am Asian but i have to confess it),but in the other hand its not right just because it has been lasting so long and most of people choose to bear without a sound.Laws become invisible sometimes hah,
We all angry about the INIQUITOUS things on this planet but it truly happened every single minute.