Starting off with this recession is the best thing that could have happened to Obama.

The last downturn was just barely getting rolling when Bush won his first term election. His gloom and doom helped him 'win' that election.

Given the business cycle timing, by the time Obama is up for reelection, the economy will be improved no matter what he does, and he will get credit, winning a second term.

I am looking for recommendations for a portable player that will play FLAC files. Rules out Apple products I guess because I would prefer not to have to load any third party software into the player to convert formats. I want something I can load with music every few days for my 2-hour total commute and the occasional road trip. Replay Gain compatibility would be a plus. I don't plan on keeping my entire library on it so a flash based player should work as well as a HDD based one. Thanks for your help.

Bob

Hi

Anyone got any expereince of this amp ?

Is it as good as they make out ?

Thanks

Alan

There's an article in this month's GQ about record stores. Online, they have a slideshow of photos:

http://men.style.com/gq/features/landing?id=content_8277

I have had a pro-ject Xpression III for a while now, and have paired it with some inexpensive amplification for a while, and it's finally time to upgrade. Thinking in the $100-$200 range for the pre and up to $500 or so for the amp (i know, but one step @ a time). It still has the sumiko oyster MM cartridge but I'll be upgrading fairly soon to a MC so I'd like the pre to be switchable between the two. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to get? I'd also like to go all tube, but the pre can do without it. Thanks!

I came across a pair of pretty phenomenal sounding headphones. centrex model ch-360. I tried for a short time to find them on the web, but I had no luck. Can anyone tell me anything about them?

Sam