America's Greatest Female Spy

America's Greatest Female Spy

Virginia Hall was considered so dangerous by the Gestapo that they crafted a Wanted poster with her likeness. The UK made her an MBE and the US awarded her the DSC—the only woman ever to receive that honor. She parachuted behind enemy lines with her "wooden leg in her backpack." So why haven't I ever heard of this remarkable woman?

What were the most dissapointing experience on hi-fi you had?

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Hi guys
This post is not supposed to start a debate here.I think it would be nice of we could share some bad experience we had and this is not supposed to concentrate on actually bad equipment,but rather on equipment we naver heard before,held high regards for them after reading several reviews but were dissapointed after actually hearing them.

Kal , what were your findings ?

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Hi Kal

I know you are using a Denon dvd/avr setup. I have the dvd5910ci and avr5805mkii connected with denon link which to my ears was the best digital way to connect those two.
Did you find any difference ,soundwise, regarding the dacs between the dvd and avr? Have you tried any analoque connections and if yes,how would you rate them against denon link ?

Conrad Johnson PV14L tube preamp

My local dealer has a great deal on a demo piece. I have it in my system now for a couple of days. My first impression is "Holy Cow" this thing can really sing with a capital S. I have it running into a Van Alstine OmegaStar 440EX solid state amp, AAD 2001 monitors, HK DVD22 for my source (for now) The HT bypass is a real plus with this unit, comes w/ remote also which I really like. You can go from 2 channel to HT on the fly. The CJ just sounds sweet in lack of a better description. I can also try a Consonance Cyber 222 tube preamp from the same dealer.

Complexity Visualized

Complexity Visualized

"<I>VisualComplexity.com</I> intends to be a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks." Mission accomplished, I'd say&mdash;but then, I'm already a huge fan of Edward R. Tufte's <I>The Visual Display of Quantitative Information</I>.

Top 30 Travel Books

Top 30 Travel Books

I think we've established that I like lists by now. It's not that I'm convinced they're always right, but rather that they make starting places for discovery and discussion. In other words, they're a jumping-off point rather than a destination.

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