News item:

The animated corpse of Leon Russell sat in state tonight in a small club in Las Vegas.

Voted the top concert act in the world by Billboard Magazine in 1973, Leon evidently dies sometime in the mid-80's and some evil carney (album pun) has been traveling around putting him on display since then.

He did appear remarkably lifelike, but this concert goer was not fooled.

There were several telltale bits of evidence that gave the illusion away:

He played keyboards with the same verve that Brian Wilson has been showing on his recent tours.

I know that there was another thread speculating on the influence of Blu-ray / HD-DVD on high end audio. I believe that people got hung up on the formats introduced by these two HD video products...

I finally got around to ordering it. Delivery will be around the end of OCT. According to Frank it will elevate my 2 channel listening enjoyment to a whole new level. At present I am very delighted with my 2 channel performance. But I am always looking for ways to improve without having to take out a second mortgage on my house. LOL!! Hence the need & curiousity to try the Ultra DAC to hear what it will add. Frank is very confident in his products & offers a generous return policy. If it's anything like his OmegaStar 440EX amp that I own, I'm sure it's going to be a keeper.

Cable Gurus help? I'm on my third PC upgrade audition and noticed none of these aftermarket power cords offers the "grip of death" one would expect at the IEC connection. One would think good stable contact would be the first order of business. One manufacturer even suggests this connection be checked periodically. I guess so, considering the weight of the cord seems to want to dislodge the connection.

Perhaps I just have POS male IEC's on my equipment?

Perhaps I just have not stumbled upon the correct power cord?

Stephen,

Any news on the release date for the newest Silverman recording? I am looking forward to hearing the Iso-Mic tecnique, and of course RS's spectacular playing.