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tmdiva · 11-13-2009, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by robustpuppy

Oh, yeah, on your recommendation, I bought a Martha Stewart dutch oven at 50% off at Macy's. I forgot it was from that jailbird and not from the frogs. You are also the reason I have a Cook's Illustrated subscription and a son who devours pea soup.

And I am happy to take credit for all of those.

Pea soup will turn your boy into a fine strapping young man.

tm

Mr. Man · 11-13-2009, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by evenodds

I had the Shures and they are truly excellent. I stopped buying them after I kept losing them when I was traveling all the time. I still have the cheaper Sennheiser over ear model that the OM preferred. They were bulkier in the case and more obvious in my bag. Great sound, too.

I always ask the biggest audiophile I know for a rec, so ncs, what is Mr. Man using these days?

NCS and I currently have the Etymotics Research 4s and 6s, which are great. In my geekiness, I have the the stupid expensive Ultimate Ears, the top of the line Shures and the LiveWires (used by all the American Idol contestants and provided to me for review). After listening to all of them, I think the best choice is the most expensive Shure model you are comfortable with. The 3 driver Ultimate Ears set is the best quality, but $1k+ is pretty heavy vs. the Shures. The LiveWires are an awesome value if you want to spend an extra $80 to get your ears molded for isolation for comfort and extra flight-baby cancellation. All that said, I keep the Shures in my bag for most flights. The majority of professional acts we deal with use Shures on stage. The only disadvantage is that there is 15db isolation (vs 20db with custom fitted earpieces) and they get less comfortable after 4 hours or so than the custom LiveWires, or with heavy workouts that produce sweaty ears (foamy Etymotics are best in that case). On the plus side, they are easy to get and sound pretty damn good. With all, you will hear things in the music you have never heard before.

Shoot me notes with other questions.

LessinSF · 11-13-2009, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Man

NCS and I currently have the Etymotics Research 4s and 6s, which are great. In my geekiness, I have the the stupid expensive Ultimate Ears, the top of the line Shures and the LiveWires (used by all the American Idol contestants and provided to me for review). After listening to all of them, I think the best choice is the most expensive Shure model you are comfortable with. The 3 driver Ultimate Ears set is the best quality, but $1k+ is pretty heavy vs. the Shures. The LiveWires are an awesome value if you want to spend an extra $80 to get your ears molded for isolation for comfort and extra flight-baby cancellation. All that said, I keep the Shures in my bag for most flights. The majority of professional acts we deal with use Shures on stage. The only disadvantage is that there is 15db isolation (vs 20db with custom fitted earpieces) and they get less comfortable after 4 hours or so than the custom LiveWires, or with heavy workouts that produce sweaty ears (foamy Etymotics are best in that case). On the plus side, they are easy to get and sound pretty damn good. With all, you will hear things in the music you have never heard before.

Shoot me notes with other questions.

Damn, Hank's sock has hit the sauce hard tonight.

Mr. Man · 11-13-2009, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

I've been thinking of getting Apple's Airport Express so that I can play music on iTunes and listen to it on the stereo. But I noticed today that the audio jack is the same standard used for iPod headphones. Has anyone done this? Is the sound quality anything close to decent?

We have the Airport Express in use that streams wirelessly from the mega iTunes drive to the stereo. The analog out sounds pretty good. If your stereo receives digital signals, the Airport Express can output digital signals which will match the quality of the converters in your stereo, which will be an improvement. For us, we took the digital out of the Airport Express and went to a high end dedicated D-A converter and then into the balanced analog input of the dorky high end amp. Seriously s ounds like butter! Even NCS immediately heard the vast improvement. The D-A converter that works great is shockingly good and only about $350. Compares favorably to the $4000 version I otherwise use with my professional setup.

By the way, the wireless Airport Express stream to the stereo with the iPhone/iPod Remote App is revolutionary in its coolness.

Mr. Man · 11-13-2009, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by LessinSF

Damn, Hank's sock has hit the sauce hard tonight.

Having been out of touch for some time, I do notice that the post feels very NFHish. Which is good, because she knows the answer to the StraightWire vs. Mogami battle.

Fugee · 11-13-2009, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by evenodds

The woman who just gave birth to your second Coltrane? Buy her Le Creuset.

2. You all know I think incubating and popping out a kid is worth getting jewelry, so if she wants the Dutch oven, give her the Dutch oven!

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy · 11-13-2009, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Fugee

2. You all know I think incubating and popping out a kid is worth getting jewelry, so if she wants the Dutch oven, give her the Dutch oven!

I think the Dutch oven could be Coltrane's Adderesque bad scotch/paralegal shy moment.

Coltrane, if that oven isn't in your wife's hands this next week, I think you'll be hearing about it on the board.

Fugee · 11-13-2009, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

not for the readers.

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evenodds · 11-13-2009, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Fugee

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Yeah, but then when we reconcile in two months, you'll all be, "omg the clown costume!", and then it will be weird, and no one will look anyone else in the eye, and everyone will drink a little too much to try to overcome the uncomfortableness, and then one of you will end up pawing someone inappropriate.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

greatwhitenorthchick · 11-13-2009, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by robustpuppy

I threw my Blackberry against the wall in frustration the other day, even though it was functioning perfectly as a timepiece.

I don't care what Thurgreed says, that's sexy.

greatwhitenorthchick · 11-13-2009, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by tmdiva

I dunno--I mostly think you can get something that works just as well for a fraction of the cost. I have one of the Martha Stewart enameled-cast-iron dutch ovens from Macy's (in robin's-egg blue), and it works great. Watch the ads and buy it when it's 50% off for the biggest bargain going.

tm

This is very helpful information. I had no idea that Martha Stewart made inexpensive enameled cast iron cookware.

Adder · 11-13-2009, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by evenodds

then one of you will end up pawing someone inappropriate.

You say this like it is a bad thing.

Adder · 11-13-2009, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by greatwhitenorthchick

This is very helpful information. I had no idea that Martha Stewart made inexpensive enameled cast iron cookware.

She had to do something while in prison!

Fugee · 11-13-2009, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by evenodds

Yeah, but then when we reconcile in two months, you'll all be, "omg the clown costume!", and then it will be weird, and no one will look anyone else in the eye, and everyone will drink a little too much to try to overcome the uncomfortableness, and then one of you will end up pawing someone inappropriate.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

Nothing new there. Spill it!

Besides, if you reconcile with the ex-LMA in two months, we'll be expecting tales of the 3-some with him and the Chimney Sweep.

ThurgreedMarshall · 11-13-2009, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by evenodds

I am not intending to be oblique to get people to ask me things. We just have different focuses.

To me, the detail of how I intended to fulfill a particular fantasy the ex-LMA had floated in a way that would have made us both happy is less important than the fact he missed out on my plan by being a jerk -- and that he still does not know what I had planned.

As for the watch, since I really do want the damn thing, I did not want to post it because again, the what of it is less important to the story of whether one element is awesome or not awesome, not whether the brand or style were worthy (which was widely agreed by those who weighed in -- not).

I simply don't believe this. If you ask, "What should I get my boyfriend?" and I respond, "A threesome," then how could the focus of your follow-up be about how your boyfriend is a jerk for not being there when you were going to reveal your plan? The obvious response would be to say, "I almost did this for my last boyfriend, but instead of a threesome, it was going to be a rusty trombone. Too bad he fucked up by standing me up when I was going to tell him he would be getting the fantasy, so he never got it."

Now, if you would rather not reveal to us what it was you were planning, say so. Or don't bring the story up at all. As a board veteran, you know we always want details. And despite your "focus," you know everyone will ask for them.

As for the watch, who gives a fuck what everyone here thinks about the cost, style, brand or awesomeness? If you like the watch, buy it. But if you talk about the watch and go so far as to describe it, I don't understand why you wouldn't post a photo.

Either way, neither point is a big deal. I really just wanted to use a line from Trading Places in trying to get you to post more detail about your sex life.

TM