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Hope everyone is doing well! I know I haven't posted in a long, long time. For those who don't know, I am a mechanical engineering professor at George Mason and have moved to 100% online classes (which is likely the case for just about every educational institution in the country). One of the...

All - Sorry that I have not posted much in recent months (or maybe years). It has come to my attention that one of our old members, Dan (DTB300) is very sick with cancer. Via facebook he posted a rather moving message. I'm sure we all have friends and family members who may have been...

Yeah, yeah,yeah I know I haven't posted in like 62 years BUT I have started to make some small changes to my system (I just ordered some Anti-Cables!) and I am looking to, at some point, add a tube amp to the panels of my Aerius i speakers. Here's my question: Is there a minimum on the power...

I thought there was an online store for coffee cups, shirts, banners, etc? Is that no longer true? Erik

A ways back my roommate gave me his old Ipod Mini (first generation). I think the battery was going bad and opted not to fix it and bought another one. I ordered a replacement battery and would like to use the Ipod for my garage gym (and maybe also as a tabletop unit as well). Does anyone...

I haven't visited a high end shop (local) for quite some time. There happens to be a nice little store not too far from where I live and the manager, Steve, couldn't have been a nicer guy. The store isn't the biggest place but they had a decent mix of some Krell gear, Integra, Totem, Klipsch...

#9 Baby!! http://audiophilereview.com/audiophile/the-25-ultimate-audiophile-speakers-of-all-time.html

For the last three years I had no reason to buy a nice TV since my roommates all had large flatscreen units. Alas, last October my roommate took a job in San Diego and the TV was sold. So for the last 6 months, or so, I didn't have any TV aside from a 13" tv/vcr combo in the bedroom. The...

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2011-01-26-1Achallenger26_CV_N.htm A fascinating, and tragic event, that shaped NASA. I was just a few years old when this happened, but I studied this failure in college and then went on to receive 2 graduate degrees sponsored by NASA.

Avantgarde Trio Classical http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/avantgarde-trio-classico-speakers-look-whimsical-cost-190k/ At only $190,000 these just seem too good to pass up!

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/11/28/comedy-legend-leslie-nielsen-dead/ He wasn't in a ton of great movies, but Airplane remains a classic comedy and one of my all-time favorites. Erik

Fellas - What do you look for in a flat screen? Do you prefer LCD or Plasma? In my opinion, the two technologies seem to getting closer to each other in terms of performance. Perhaps the biggest difference is that with a plasma you have a wider viewing angle. I think that may be important...

Fellas - Anyone here have their flat screen tv mounted over their fire place. I ask because I am (at long last) finally furnishing my house that I bought back in April. My old roommate moved to CA and when he left, he took his TV, couch, etc. Essentially the room is built around the TV. I...

Been away for a while and I just got back from my trip to Europe. While in Geneva I visited a nice hi fi salon.

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/news/story?id=5253601 The Wizard of Westwood has passed. John Wooden was a legend, and a real class act. He will be missed.

It's been nearly two years since my last upgrade (speaker spikes). I bought a new rack (VTI BL Series, Four shelf rack). It has cherry shelves for the components and silver spikes/caps. I tried looking at Adona...and boy are those stands nice, but they are very expensive. I am wondering if I...

Fellas - I am looking to head to Germany and Switzerland in Sept/October. Any interesting sites to check out (any 'must see places'?). I need some help forming an itinerary! Erik

I actually had a nice little visit to Magnolia/Best Buy today. My roommate would like to add some speakers and a receiver to his parents' living room. Last year he bought his father a flat screen TV. The budget is $600-$800 for everything - be it all-in-one speaker + amp package, or an A/V...

How was Overture and the Magico speakers? Erik

All - I am in Ithaca through Friday (leave saturday morning). Anyone know of any decent hi-end audio dealers and/or ML dealers? I think I found one in Vestal, NY (about 35 mi away from ithaca). Erik