101 No-Fuss Appetizers

101 No-Fuss Appetizers

<A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/19/dining/19mini.html?_r=1&oref=slogin">…; is Mark Bittman's third collection of 101 no-hassle dishes. These aren't gimmicks&mdash;they're good food designed to be made in under 20 minutes (frequently <I>much</I> under), using foods you might have around the house. (Over the years, I've discovered that a little prep at the shopping stage guarantees that you'll have the ingredients to make good food fast.)

my subscription ran out..

Over the years, i have found less material in the magazinee that i could use with my audio hobby. I am 50, i doubt that i will ever purchase ultra expensive audio products, for one thing my hearing is not what it used to be. If the record reviews were expanded and there were more pages devoted to older used gear,maybe I would be more interested. Now the mag seems more like an advertisement for high end products and has lots of snob appeal. I loved the old Listener mag, too bad its gone.............

Waiting for FedEx to Open

Waiting for FedEx to Open

I spent a part of this morning sitting in the warm lobby of 10 Exchange Place in downtown Jersey City, waiting for FedEx to open. I had some gear to return. While I waited, I decided to listen to music. I undid the two front latches on my black canvas bag. From one pocket, I pulled out <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/052407eliminate/">the Red Wine Audio iMod</a>, from the other I removed <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/030107shure/">the Shure SE310 earphones</a>.

Music to die for!

Well I suppose at least poor Anna von Walsegg did...

I am referring to the SCO/Mackerras reading of the Levin edition of Mozart's Requiem, available as both SACD and a variety of downloads from Linn Records.

My curiosity aroused by their fantastic Messiah (see Elk's thread), I decided to try the 24/96 FLAC 'Studio Master' download, despite its slightly nosebleed-inducing price of

PCM over USB

Could someone explain to me in layman's terms why it is that PCM streams going over the USB exhibit a much greater amount of jitter than when they're going over the coax interface?

It seems to me that USB already has clocking and error correction built-in as part of its spec. So, the USB should exhibit practically no jitter at all. Am I missing something?

Thanks

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