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    Is it "sauce", or "gravy" ?

    I think it's just a legacy of Italians (mostly Southern Italians?) trying to learn English. Gravy doesn't make any sense as a translation. Sauce is "salsa", gravy is "sugo", even meat sauce is ragù di carne...
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    Mid Atlantic AK Gathering Middletown, Md - May 21st, 2016

    Dang it. My kid is playing a big club gig that day. Damned ten year old rock & roller.
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    Help with a 2 channel analog driven DVD player choice

    Seems like it's time to replace my old Oppo DV-981HD, so I'm looking for a new Blu Ray/DVD player. Any player under consideration MUST have high quality DAC chips with 2 channel analog audio outputs. Im aware of the current Oppo & Cambridge Audio offerings, but wonder what else I should be...
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    For All Pono Player Owners and Evangelists

    So they sold about 15,000+ initially, add continued additional online sales from Pono, plus they are in over 65 brick and mortar retailers & it seems pretty easy to get to "tens of thousands".
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    Bose 501 Tweeter Replacement

    You can use a #211 lamp as a replacement. http://www.amazon.com/SYLVANIA-211-2-Long-Life-Miniature/dp/B00318NSAC Thinking back about 35 years when I worked building these things at Bose, isn't the crossover board stapled into the cabinet? You could knock the board out from the rear, but then...
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    strange TDK thing ?????

    Looks like a snap on ferrite choke. Use it to reduce RF/line noise on any power cord. $1.20 from Mouser.
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    Henry Rollins' $200K speakers: How punk is(n't) that?

    Good Lord. Who resurrected this dead horse from September of 2013?
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    Is Shinola about to enter the audio business?

    That's my guess too. Do they make the BEST products? No. But they make some pretty good quality stylish mass appeal stuff, which makes sense, since it's the guy who founded Fossil. He certainly knows how to run a business. Uber high end watches are just as ridiculous a business idea as uber...
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    Is Shinola about to enter the audio business?

    Yep! We'll just agree to call it Webster Lake...
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    Is Shinola about to enter the audio business?

    Oh, go jump in a lake with a wicked long name.
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    Is Shinola about to enter the audio business?

    BTW - and not that any of us would change - but we all pronounce Schiit incorrectly. It's "Shih-tah", according to the company. Although I think "SHI-tuh" would be a closer pronouncer. I still think that their slogan should be "Sounds like Schiit". But then, I'm the guy who came up with...
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    Is Shinola about to enter the audio business?

    The only watches of note I own are a 1939 Elgin and a 1945 Wittenauer. The first was my Dad's high school graduation present, the other he bought the day he was discharged from the Army Air Force. It is alway a pleasure when there is occasion to wear one of them.
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    Is Shinola about to enter the audio business?

    If you think about it, the car companies are primarily assemblers, too. They buy parts from hundreds of suppliers. Did Fisher or Scott make their own caps & resistors? Pots? Dial glass? Wire? Rubber feet? Solder? Connectors & knobs? Or were they built to spec by manufacturers of those lines...
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    Is Shinola about to enter the audio business?

    How did I not see that coming? Looks like the first product is going to be headphones, according to the NY Times.
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    Is Shinola about to enter the audio business?

    Kinda interesting. They specialize in Made in USA. Good design and quality, and NOT cheap. Intriguing partnership with Jack White & Third Man... "For Shinola, the deal comes on the heels of the brand’s investment into yet another category, rapidly honing in on the ability to manufacture...
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