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When you say "sat", you mean you wrote it, right? Yeah, I heard the CFA is tough. I also heard there were multiple hard tests or modules, too -- not just one, like the CA where only the UFE's are killer.

Aha! Just as I suspected: the DM601's have a slight hump between 600 Hz - 1 kHz. Use a little parametric EQ(*1) (-1.5 dB @ 750 Hz) and you're good to go. This frequency response graph was taken from http://www.hometheatermag.com/showarchives.cgi?16:2 Check out the article. The DM601's and...

Nah, what's really happening is that these people work for Kleiner Perkins or Seqouia Capital to encourage the use of google amongst the opinion leaders of their respective social groups. Just happens that there is a large percentage of them on these boards. I'm kidding, of course... (well...

Ah, yes. Nothing like a new car. I had a feeling you would like the SE-R ;) Congrats, Tim! And don't drive like they do in the Italian Job and 2 Fast 2 Furious.

They're good, but not that good. If the 1.3A's weren't on clearance, I would have bought the R20's. NHT's have their strengths and flaws; it's a question of which characteristics are important to you and which ones are not. Dynamics, bass extension, and a lack of warmth are weak points IMO. But...

I suspect the Kevlar woofer could be the problem. I noticed that the DM601's were pretty forward in the mids (another reason I didn't get them)... could be that the kevlar lacks a little internal damping relative to traditional poly woofers, getting a little peaky just south of 1 kHz. This...

Thank you for bringing that up. I forgot to reply to Mickey's comment originally. Yes, B&W I would have likened to the... uh, BMW of speakers. Everyone knows they're good -- even the newbie audiophiles. Indeed, the Matrix 801's were the official studio monitor of the EMI Abbey Road studio, among...

:) That was great, Fushigi.

Will, Since you seem to know about SDI/MDI, would you agree with my definition of SDI tabbed browsing vs. full MDI? It my own proprietary definition based partially on some documents I read on the web, so I am not sure what the "industry standard" is.

BTW, I'm not singling you out, CT. I know it takes two (or more) to tango.

Okay, that's not fair CT. PW's subjective preferences and perceived lack of audio expertise should not automatically warrant labelling of him as a bad doctor. Let's try to keep the personal judgements out of this. (I know I was guilty assuming PW doesn't know anything about business myself)

MDI is useful, however, when you want to use one document as reference and want to work in another one. (for the small percentage of us who don't have dual head displays :) )

SDI tabbed browsing: I mean that you can have multiple tabs and switch between them, but you can only have one tab active at a time. Only one document is shown in a browser instance at a time, and it is always maximized. This is like Excel when the worksheets are in a maximized state. MDI...

I would say 3 feet away for every 12" of screen.

:) how true

The stress of shutting down and powering up is no good either... I leave all my computers on 24/7... it's been very good to me. Nothing has died (except for a P/S fan)... not even my IDE hard drives.

You can't get a nice flat-square CRT 32" for $500 US, so it's either get a nice flat 27" or your typical "semi-flat, semi-square" CRT 32". I recommend the Toshiba 27" flat screen CRT (~$500): http://www.toshiba.com/tacp/tv/current/27AF42.html I have the 24" version and am pleased with...

Cheers, mate. The micro font must be good on your eyes... otherwise you'd be blind now with 1000 posts :)

LOL..... Mercutio, that post makes you sound like somewhat of an authority on porn stars ;)

myIE2 is the best IE add-on available. It brings the best features of Opera and Mozilla and puts them into IE. It's only ~750 KB, it uses the IE browsing engine for maximum compatibility (try using Moz and Opera on banking or trading sites), and best of all... it's free! myIE2 has been my...

Sorry, myIE2 is MDI capable as well. Funny, because I use myIE2 as my official IE replacement every day, but I have never used the MDI feature. Shows you how useful it is... (I did actually find it somewhat useful in Opera... at times... when there's a blue moon...)

Only Opera has MDI. Mozilla and all the SuperIE's (CrazyBrowser, myIE2, NetCaptor, etc.) offer tabbed browsing within an SDI interface.

It could be... don't know much about the subject, but I do know that everything I have with an electric motor on it (A/C, pool pump, fridge, etc.) dims the lights and disturbs the power supplied to everything else much more than non-motorized equipment. I just thought that an electric motor...

Perhaps he is busy listening to music on his Bose speakers, trying with infinite patience like a monk to uncover the "hidden" sonic qualities that will inevitably be revealed with enough meditation. Unlike other speakers which just reveal all the layers of the music, Bose speakers hide things...

ROTFLMAO! Thanks, Clocker. That was one of the best "silly forwards" type things I've seen in a while. FYI: Did you know our friend Tannin had a hand in this?

ROFL! Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. The fact that my Bryston .4B preamp does not have a remote was definitely a factor in me not using my "big rig" anymore. I do 95% of my listening on my computer with the Klipsch Promedias, Monsoon PM-14, or Grado headphones. The reduction in sound...

Hmm.... Klipsch corner horns... I don't know about that one. I guess Klipsch are acceptable with tube gear because the tubes help mellow out the treble... but still! And besides, you have a hybrid. It's not like you need super sensitive speakers like you might with a SET amp. TL bass not good...

ATI chipsets... uh-oh. If their earlier video cards were any indication, I wouldn't be surprised if their chipset drivers were even buggier than VIA's.

If TCQ was that beneficial, we would see IBM drives dominate the benchmarks... but they don't. Perhaps the sATA versions will have full driver support for TCQ, as opposed to pATA drivers, which IIRC have poor support for TCQ as written in the ATA spec.

Ah, yes, the infamous apartment which has enough deafening equipment to make an occupational health and safety inspector's eyes light up :) Good to know that your bedroom is actually quiet.

I would compare them to the $500 US Paradigm Reference/20's that I enjoyed many years ago -- an excellent 2-way for that price range like the Energy C-2's, NHT 1.5i. Merc and Pradeep properly suggest British bookshelf speakers (B&W, Mission, KEF, Wharfedale, Tannoy) -- they have always been a...

Absolutely, Adcadet. Headphones, dollar for dollar, give you much more bang for the buck than speakers do -- many have said at least 5 times as much. I haven't heard a pair of headphones -- and numerous reviews back me up on this -- that beat my Grado SR60's in bang for the buck. Any good $100...

Oh dear god. I cannot believe that someone is actually defending Bose in the information age. Anybody who knew anything about audio was already bashing them in the early 90's. I am a recovering audiophile, which means I went through the various stages of audiophilia... from ghetto blaster...

MS Project is the devil. I cannot understand how a program can be so disobedient. I have literally pulled several all-nighters to get the f*ing thing to do what I want it to do. I don't know why it lets you set your own start/end dates and task durations when it will just go ahead and start/end...

Anybody have any dirt on WinMX? I have been using WinMX for 2.5 years now with varying degrees of success. It seems that since a version change about a year ago, one could not establish a connection to three-quarters of the users on the searched list. The number of users that one is able to...

The 7200.7 holds its own surprisingly well given its piss-poor mechanics. However, if you think about it, it is slower than the Cuda V and Cuda IV in every way except for STR. The identical score in OfficeMark actually implies that the 7200.7 is slower, because OfficeMark runs faster on drives...

Yup. Just last week I noticed my local source selling Cuda V and 7200.7 drives for dirt cheap. The 30 and 40 GB Max DM+8 was even cheaper for a few weeks before that. Certain capacities and models of hard drives have dropped significantly in price over the last month. It has been about 8-10...

This could be another scam... pretty good one, too.

honold, Without getting into excessive detail (partly because I have forgotten the finer points), calories are not just calories. This is especially the case with carbs and sugars, as you have pointed out. The most common measurement for a carb's "evilness" is its Glycemic Index (GI), which is...

For those of you interested in fitness and bodybuilding, may I suggest visiting some of the relevant sites out there on the net. A good website not only serves as a valuable reference tool for those just starting out in a new area of interest, but its discussion boards provide you with a...

Merc, [the following may seem a little harsh, condescending, and preachy... i apologize in advance, but sorry... the truth hurts... despite what you might think, i do wish to help, not just criticize] Let me first start out with a story about my uncle. My uncle went from 270 lbs to 320 a few...

Wha? ... D'oh! It would have been tough to top the original; after all, the original Matrix was rather groundbreaking in thought, style, and execution. Nevertheless, I thought Reloaded was excellent. ... Is it just me or does Andy Wachowski remind you of Kevin Smith of Jay and Silent Bob...

Indeed, the TSX is a nice large displacement 4. Remarkably refined and a surprising amount of torque for a Honda engine. The latter is partly due to the long stroke undersquare design I mentioned (which is also responsible for the lower redline and high rpm HP we are accustomed to with Honda's...

This answer can be very complicated if you consider everything, but for simplicity's sake, I'll say there is a minimal difference that should not factor into your decision when choosing an engine. IMO, much greater differences exist beside fuel economy -- I suspect some people might want to...

Thought you'd like it, Tim. One thing I would recommend is that you pony up the $700 for the ABS + side-impact airbags... you never know when they might help save your life.

That's a prime example, Gary. Who wants a happy hard drive? Storage is serious business. Hapiness at 7200 rpm is just unprofessional. :-?

Timwhit, The Honda Civic EX is a good choice for that price. It is the standard by which most econoboxes are compared to. Also consider: - Mazda Protege 5: Great handling. More utility with the hatch/wagon crossover format. - Nissan Sentra SE-R: A little more expensive, but with a 2.5 L, 165...

Re: First laptop 7200 drive A regrettable choice of model number. I can see the reviews now: "...the Toshiba GAY hard drive has a fast 15 ms access time, which facilitates random I/O performance" So much innuendo is possible...

Pics of the 2004 Acura TL: Pontiac Bonneville (front) meets the Cadillac CTS (back), with a hint of Jaguar and BMW in between. Source: www.cardesignnews.com Source: www.cardesignnews.com

Merc, there is no need to understand the common point of view because it is essentially irrational. Some of us love cars and driving; some of us don't. Why do people love skydiving? Roller coasters? A particular movie or song? Why do two people fall in love? That question alone could defy logic...