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Aaron, thanks for teasing me with that Mc. I hope I don't buy it

Hmm, it left out my post it seems and just added the quote. I had a noise problem that 95% went away when I changed the polarity of the plug. I just built an extension cable that switched the two AC leads of the power. It didn't go away but went from unlistenable to barely noticeable.

Ground loop? I don't want to go back to school tomorrow With my True Sub and Adcom amp I had to actually switch the plug polarity as well. I just "made" an extension cord to switch the black & white leads from in the house the other way. It didn't eliminate the whole loop but made something super obnoxious almost unhearable. I'm not sure wtf it is, it could be a ground loop, but in the cable from the xbox to my XLR to RCA cables?? It dosen't show up in my computer hooking up to it, or the cd player hooked up to it so I'm clueless when it comes to this. Could always start plugging things into cheater plugs, if the noise goes away you know it's a loop. Other than that, don't really know what could cause it...I had a nasty hum with the Decware CSP pre, but I found out my power amp was hypersensitive to AC filament hum, ended up selling the pre Whats a cheater plug?? I'm stupid here on this aspect. But Hooking the xbox straight up to the preamp dosen't work, and hooking the xbox up to the tv and then the TV to the pre dosen't work either. Nasty humming either way, but through a computer or CD player works. Basically a three-prong to two-prong adapter. Getting rid of the third wire often times breaks the ground loop, but I'd only use it for testing because running grounded gear without a ground is asking to get bit by 120VAC if anything ever goes wrong.

I've seen them for less than $20, but they are real chitty.

You know, I put no basis on Scott's accomplishements in SQ. IASCA is SO political it's not even funny. I have no doubt he makes a great product and is a great guy, but ah, screw it. I'm just sick of seeing people cry. Grow some balls. How'd you like sifting through that mess? Funny thing is, I never put much emphasis on graphs either. I have seen one too many drivers plot chitty in many areas, yet enjoyed the way they sound. NP knows what he is talking about and described the sound of the driver. Simple as that. The sifting was actually sort of fun; however, it did change my respect levels for a few people....and not NP. His evaluations and service are great for the DIY enthusiast and of course measurements are just that, measurements everyone is really looking for what subjectively sounds the best but the information he posts gives you at least part of the picture.

See you guys next week, I am leaving the pc at home and off to San Diego for work. I sure hope that NWA doesn't strike before I get home on Monday.

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Ryan, Kudos to you on your L3 post.

Can't wait to see when their done!

Just put a one pound weight on a 12" wrench. That does seem ridiculously low though.

How are the Coustics treating you in your kicks?

Wow. It is slower than usually for me to, but maybe 5 seconds a page.

I wear those but not when I am going to get any sort of petroleum on them, then disposables are preferred in my book.

I like to wear disposable latex gloves, nothing smells worse to me than gear oil or bearing grease and it doesn't come off.

Even if I have to run DOS.

I am jealous of your collection, but regretably don't have what you need

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Shout out to SSA from MN again, finally, even though I have to leave in a few hours again. Just in town long enough for a haircut and a little nooky.

I no longer feel bad about my job.

FYI, there has been, and never will be, a truely warped rotor. If you dont beleive me google what a "warped" rotor actually is. Bad news, It cant be turned. It can but they wont, liability. The guy at NAPA that quoted me 40 something dollars for a new rotor was an idiot and quoted me for the B2000 with coil springs. I have torsions and mine is $68...for that I can get drilled rotors from Summit. If it comes down to it I will buy drilled rotors for like a nextra $4. I went ahead and had him turn the good rotor to the same thickness as the bad rotor incase I wanted to reuse them. I've got to talk this over with my dad. Wrong. You need to stop talking about chit you know nothing about. When the surface of the pad releases and unevenly attaches itself to the rotor the braking surface is indeed warped, if you are pulling some semantical game and are going to say the metal isn't warped fine but the rotor surely is. I suppose you know are going to go into what causes brake squeak, but before you do please "google" it as well and look at what they use to measure and design rotors in R&D it will keep you from chewing on your shoes again.

For her, I'd wipe forward.

Tomorrow back to Minny, Friday out to San Diego.

CO, Boulder CO.

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Thought I'd share what sorts I get to deal with on a day to day basis and then simplify in the end.