From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V9 #243 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Thursday, August 31 2000 Volume 09 : Number 243 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: SB rumor quashed ["Consumer 666" ] Re: Hey Proggies! (Khan listeners also welcome) ["Stewart C. Russell" ] b-52s ["Andrew D. Simchik" ] Re: Fwd: how very...Robyn [Jon Fetter ] request from robyn [Bayard ] Re: request from robyn [Bayard ] re: (No RH) Any tube hi-fi enthusiasts out there? [steve Subject: Re: SB rumor quashed don't need to -- i've already okayed it with my employer. if it's really to be 27 cities, here is what i figure is the optimum route. (factually 29 cities, but who's counting?) minneapolis madison chicago cleveland detroit toronto montreal boston new york hoboken philadelphia baltimore pittsburgh cincinnati charleston carrboro atlanta gainesville new orleans austin denver salt lake city las vegas los angeles (AKA "the city of angels") san francisco mill valley portland seattle vancouver (followed by an all-acoustical, portland-arms-type deal at the two bells) KEN "Chewing dried meat in a house of disrepute" THE KENSTER _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 08:34:16 +0100 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Hey Proggies! (Khan listeners also welcome) steve wrote: > > http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es380_master.html only *one* Yes reference? What do they know about prog... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 08:29:06 +0100 From: "Stewart C. Russell" Subject: Re: Lee Valley Cruise photos Michael R Godwin wrote: > > Odhu ntinggo! Hey! That greeting's supposed to be secret, isn't it? You have to be registered at Wigwam-on-the-Green to use it... Stewart (life member, the I-... ....) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 08:34:01 -0500 From: Gene Hopstetter Subject: re: (No RH) Any tube hi-fi enthusiasts out there? > From: "Consumer 666" > > don't know anything about it, but it sounds like a interesting topic. i > say > you discuss it onlist. > OK, here goes. I just purchased a pair of McIntosh MC-30 amps. Their chassis are mint, one runs well within specifications, and the other needs its power transformer replaced. Anybody have recommendations on a shop to do this or good replacement transformers? Also, I'll need a pre-amp with a phono stage (I bought the MC-30s with a pair of McIntosh C-8s, but I intend to replace them). I'm considering buying an Fi Yph from Don Garber, but I've also had AudioNote, Cary, GAS, and Conrad-Johnson recommended. Anybody have any advice about these components? I am partial to Gerber's "low power, fast components" school of thought, tho. The amps will power a Lenco L-75 turntable (which is currently being refurbished, and will use an MC cartridge) and a run-of-the-mill Sony CD player. Ought to sound real nice and warm with the Yph and the MC-30s. I can also see a Rega CD player in my future, too. I have too many CDs not to invest in a decent CD player. It's amazing how quickly this hobby becomes expensive, but I do find it fascinating. "Music is art, hi-fi is engineering" I've heard it described as. I have no engineering aspirations whatsoever, but I absolutely adore the act of listening. I thought music fans were particular -- these audiophiles make music fans seem like petty amateurs in the hair-splitting arena. Ack. But I know the payoff is worth it, even if it takes me three years to get the system built. I'd love to hear other people's hi-fi stories. I've read all I care to on www.audioreview.co, but I haven't actually had conversations with people who share these interests. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 10:03:52 -0700 (PDT) From: John Barrington-Jones Subject: Fwd: how very...Robyn - --- Luther Gaylord wrote: > Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 10:24:30 -0600 > To: John Barrington Jones > From: Luther Gaylord > Subject: how very...Robyn > > Police Find Human Head Inside Giant Cod > > BRISBANE, Australia (Reuters) - Workers at an > Australian fish wholesaler > were shocked to find a human head inside a giant cod > they were preparing > for sale, police say. > > Police in Cairns in the far north of Queensland > state said the 97-pound > flowery cod was caught by a fishing trawler off > Townsville at the weekend > and had been delivered to the seafood wholesaler > before sale to the public. > > ``On preparing the fish they observed the remains > inside and contacted > police,'' detective sergeant David Miles told > reporters Tuesday. > > ``It was fairly big and the head appeared to be > fairly much intact inside > it,'' he said. > > Forensic tests were being carried out on the head as > police attempted to > identify the remains. > > Local media suggested the head could have belonged > to a trawler fisherman > missing after falling overboard about 31 miles off > Townsville early Sunday. > > Police said a search for the fisherman, 39-year-old > Michael Edwards of > Cairns, was called off after the discovery of the > head inside the 5.2-foot > fish. It was hoped forensic tests would help > determine how the head was > severed. > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 10:21:43 -0700 (PDT) From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: b-52s > From: "Stewart C. Russell" > (is it really true that The B-52's are touring again? Robyn alluded to > it the other night.) I don't know whether you're asking "will be in the UK in the near future" or "have made live appearances within the last few months," but the latter is certainly true. They were a hoot. So were the Go-Gos, though Belinda was bloody obnoxious (though still suspiciously hot). The show even made me finally like the Psychedelic Furs. Drew ===== Andrew D. Simchik: drew at stormgreen dot com http://www.stormgreen.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 13:54:49 -0400 From: Jon Fetter Subject: Re: Fwd: how very...Robyn For those of you who, like me, did not know what a flowery cod is or looks like: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~bilsons/Flowery.htm Sublime. >--- Luther Gaylord wrote: >> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 10:24:30 -0600 >> To: John Barrington Jones >> From: Luther Gaylord >> Subject: how very...Robyn >> >> Police Find Human Head Inside Giant Cod >> >> BRISBANE, Australia (Reuters) - Workers at an >> Australian fish wholesaler >> were shocked to find a human head inside a giant cod >> they were preparing >> for sale, police say. >> >> Police in Cairns in the far north of Queensland >> state said the 97-pound >> flowery cod was caught by a fishing trawler off >> Townsville at the weekend >> and had been delivered to the seafood wholesaler >> before sale to the public. >> >> ``On preparing the fish they observed the remains >> inside and contacted >> police,'' detective sergeant David Miles told >> reporters Tuesday. >> >> ``It was fairly big and the head appeared to be >> fairly much intact inside >> it,'' he said. >> >> Forensic tests were being carried out on the head as >> police attempted to >> identify the remains. >> >> Local media suggested the head could have belonged >> to a trawler fisherman >> missing after falling overboard about 31 miles off >> Townsville early Sunday. >> >> Police said a search for the fisherman, 39-year-old >> Michael Edwards of >> Cairns, was called off after the discovery of the >> head inside the 5.2-foot >> fish. It was hoped forensic tests would help >> determine how the head was >> severed. >> >> >> >> > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! >http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 17:20:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: request from robyn Robyn and friends passed on this note: " Can you ask the Fegpeople if they know of a phtographer called Curtis Knapp? We are trying to locate him. Think he lives in NYC. Let me know!" So how about it? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 17:30:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Bayard Subject: Re: request from robyn never mind, a web search turned him up straight away. By the way, could Ethyl Keytone pls get in touch with me? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 22:31:16 -0500 From: steve Subject: re: (No RH) Any tube hi-fi enthusiasts out there? Gene Hopstetter: >OK, here goes. I just purchased a pair of McIntosh MC-30 amps. Their >chassis are mint, one runs well within specifications, and the other needs >its power transformer replaced. Anybody have recommendations on a >shop to do this or good replacement transformers? First place I would go would be McIntosh. If they don't do upgrades, they might put you on to an authorized shop. Here's a guy that worked for McIntosh for a good long time: http://www.sundial.net/~rogerr/aboutmc.htm >Also, I'll need a pre-amp with a phono stage (I bought the MC-30s with a >pair of McIntosh C-8s, but I intend to replace them). I'm considering >buying an Fi Yph from Don Garber, but I've also had AudioNote, Cary, GAS, >and Conrad-Johnson recommended. Anybody have any advice about these >components? I am partial to Gerber's "low power, fast components" school of >thought, tho. I've got no clue about tube stuff. If there's a local hifi shop see if you can take your amps in or take a preamp home for a tryout. I bet the guy I've listed above might have some ideas. >The amps will power a Lenco L-75 turntable (which is currently being >refurbished, and will use an MC cartridge) and a run-of-the-mill Sony CD >player. Ought to sound real nice and warm with the Yph and the MC-30s. I >can also see a Rega CD player in my future, too. I have too many CDs not to >invest in a decent CD player. I see that Sony just released a consumer oriented SACD player in Europe. It's actually less than the Rega Planet, so it might be a new contender in the "reasonably priced" CD player area. (Especially if it's anywhere near as good as the top end model, which has gotten uniformly great reviews). >It's amazing how quickly this hobby becomes expensive, but I do find it >fascinating. Yeah, you could get some of these. http://www.wilsonaudio.com/products/wamm/index.html - - Steve __________ Well, Jesus ain't no astronaut And Buddah, he's no fool Cathedral bells don't ring in hell 'cos cats down there don't think that's cool. - Bill Nelson ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 03:32:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: a little something nicked from the onion News In Brief They Might Be Giants Behind The Music Episode Lacks Sex, Drugs NEW YORK--The new They Might Be Giants episode of VH1's Behind The Music is devoid of sex and drugs, sources reported Monday. "Man, we haven't had that much trouble finding something juicy since the 'Weird Al' episode," VH1 senior vice-president Bill Flanagan said. "We can almost always hit paydirt with a band's groupies, but in They Might Be Giants' case, they're all 31-year-old computer programmers." The They Might Be Giants episode largely focused on keyboardist/accordionist John Linnell's harrowing early-'90s addiction to Tetris. ===== "Life is just a series of dogs." -- George Carlin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V9 #243 *******************************