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The b class models usually have longer warranties as well. If you need new check hp or dell for deals from online outlet on their site.

lots of refurbs for under $500 w/ 1/2 off monitor offers . You just have to figure out their naming conventions. https://h41369.www4.hp.com/pps-offers.php

I bought my father a little HP desktop a couple of years ago and it has been holding up nicely.

A bit more treble energy and dynamic with the Theta. Been primarily using modded HD800s so a little too much for relaxed listening. But with my speakers (DIY Carmody S2000) incredible synergy. Really woke them up.

Haha, been pondering a vintage R2R to replace MMB in my main spkr/HP setup so very interested in your findings. What amp(s)? Does your MMB have the new firmware? How would you describe the character of the Carmodys? Etc...

For my speakers, I am using an Adcom 5200 (maybe a touch warm), and for HP an ECP L2 (a little warm as well). The S2000s are a more forward and detailed Overnight Sensation if you are familiar. MMB is a v2. MMB might be a touch more detailed or clearer through the midrange. I really haven't developed a good ear or vocabulary to describe things well. I just notice macro differences.

Two-box DSP 9000 III here. Those old R2R DACs are the cat's meow.

Is the Theta the one that was on USAM a week or so back? If so, I'm pleased somebody here got it!

@Biodegraded Sigh, yes. At that price, I impulse bought it to see what it sounded like. I really didn't need it and now need to decide which DAC to keep.

by display, do you mean with the RPi screen or with remote web browsing? I'm trying to plan my own build.

Remote web. In the album cover panel view, all the covers are low res. Looks like crap even on the phone. Playing music I get full res.

So good man

Glad you liked it. If you didn't at least appreciate it, I'd probably have to block you.

How could I NOT like it. The practical effects and cinematography were amazing. And Phillip K. Dick stories always make good movies. I could go on. It might be my favorite Sci-Fi movie now.

3. How stoned was Keith Richards?

Lol! I wasn't sure he was actually alive at various parts of their performance. Mick was looking/sounding fricking great, and Charlie cracked me up playing his air drums while wearing grandpa clothes.

Did you watch the 'Our Country' version 2 weeks ago? I had the opposite feeling for that one - with just a couple exceptions, every performer sounded like they were mic'ed exactly the same, so how much of that was done in a more-controlled setting, even if in their homes, then lip-synced?

Fantastic song! For me, this song often plays in my head when I have to interact with people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th4Czv1j3F8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUjbc3vvOVU

I always use this song whenever I have to deal with people I don't like. https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

I have an inexpensive one that can handle most of the weight, but the failure point is the joint at the back of the monitor. At this point, the slightest bump of the monitor will result in it swinging all the way down.

I have basic networking covered, but don't know anything about affordable, but good quality video security systems.

What city? I have a great company I work with that is reasonable.

Chicago, IL (Chicago proper, not a suburb)

Rooh means Soul and hence the sound system to bring soul to music

I'm going to have to check that out!

That sounds like an all-around fantastic dining experience!

Pretty much at the limits of my hearing. Basically kills any transport nervosa.

I'm currently trialling Roon and I find it handy for comparing transports since you can group outputs.

I thought so, what course are you taking. Working on MBA?

This is a short executive course focusing on small business growth and minority entrepreneurship. Got my MBA several years ago, just adding to the toolbox at this point.

Part of a much needed effort in Chicago to encourage entrepreneurship in the less supported neighborhoods.

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/schiit-happened-the-story-of-the-worlds-most-improbable-start-up.701900/page-3702#post-15409159

It gets released when we have cards.

Hopefully this means their transport is getting close too....

Hmmmmm. Fuck.

Do you use the L12 for music or HT? It's on my shortlist for both. Apparently pairs well with my Klipsch Heresy speakers.

My system does double duty, but leans more towards HT. I am a fairly low volume listener for both and the L12 has been more than I could have hoped for (coming from cheapo Yamaha and Energy subs).

Nicely controlled for music, gives me some very satisfying rumble for movies (the really low stuff you feel more than hear). Plus it is about as small as you can get for a 12" Won't hit you in the chest like a larger sub, but I don't think you get one thinking it will.

These are pretty good! Not the last word in sound quality or noise cancelling, but they are great for the price. Cancelled out the engine noise just about completely, but didn't have enough passive isolation to block voices.

Definitely good enough to replace everything I have outside of my old Shures that my GF likes to borrow for travel.

Feel bad for the Ghost in the Shell franchise. The first movie and Stand Alone Complex was the apex and its been so downhill from there. The live action movie was pretty awful and this trailer doesn't instill a lot of confidence.

@netforce 2nd GIG wasn't too bad, I'd say it trades blows with the first series, but Arise was pretty bland, didn't even try finishing it. Animation quality here actually reminds me of the absolutely tepid Cyborg009 series (also on Netflix) I watched a while back.

What the fuck.

I'm happy that they kept the directors and voice actors from GITS:SAC, but that animation quality.