JimJ

Thanks.

Well, I'll be damned, it's my b-day already.

I wub 'em... Hmm, there's a QSC USA-900 for sale locally for $250...200W+ @ 8 ohms...would be perfect for the MG1.5's...

Most of the music I listen to never touched a computer in its original form

For $400, hmm... http://www.bottlehead.com/et/adobespc/fore...3/foreplay3.htm Phono: http://www.hagtech.com/bugle.html

I was thinking about going with a separate phono pre until the deal came up on the ARC that I really couldn't say no to...and it had a built in one. But I like the idea of moving phono to its own thing. I'm pretty sure ARC makes an XLR version of my preamp (or whatever the latest model currently is), but you probably won't like the price...I sure wouldn't...

Tower Records used to have a pretty good selection online, but they hit the fan several months ago. I'd check out an issue of Stereophile or The Absolute Sound, they usually list new releases and who's releasing them.

Airborne? Well, I guess jumping out of airplanes would scare the cold right out of you

It'd be a start, good first project to get under your belt...

SX's are way too peaky to be easily used in a situation like this...

Although I wish more companies would build remotes like the one with the Rogue Audio preamp I had... A big piece of metal with two unmarked buttons, one up, one down. 'Das it.

Bah, remotes. Overrated.

Used SI Mags from the last generation would be my choice out of all you listed. Almost-perfect sealed box drivers with that kind of power.

Well, next to 7 1/2 IPS tape, but vinyl kicks tape's ass for availability Used ones, anywhere from Audiogon to Craigslist for me. New, I've liked Classic Records' 200g re-issues, Simply Vinyl's 180g, ElusiveDisc, MusicDirect...but be prepared for sticker shock at some of those places.

Who knows. These kind of questions are impossible to answer...

The '30s?

That's for when the oompa loompas get all randy and he needs to separate 'em...

I've come to the conclusion that the state of Virginia pretty much sucks in general.

I'd sure hate to look for one kind of tube in there...

I'm having to learn how to use Smith Charts for the Extra class amateur radio exam, and it's a royal pain in the ass...I don't like impedance as a complex number

What do they teach in circuit theory?

Homework, fuck

No, but it'll shoot your requirement of "sounding good" down.

I haven't heard many great things about that amplifier, and after seeing one go bad in front of me...meh.

Linux! After having three iPods stolen... I'll stick with CD's. I'm not that leet Actually if the Ipod Touch had about a hundred or so more GB of storage, I'd think about it...I think the concept is cool, but 16GB of FLAC is nothing @ ~300MB or so per album.