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Finish Quality of Von Schweikert VR4jr's
I agree. The finish leaves a lot to be desired. Nothing more than stained birch veneer with a very light coat of lacquer. However, I don't beleive that $4000/pr is inexpensive. 
Macintosh - Mac Mini aficionados please help
Dean,The Mini arrived on Wednesday. Apple shipped it overnight (2 day) from China at their expense. Within a couple of hours I had the machine configured and the wireless network, printer sharing (on a winXP PC) and file sharing setup. And, I did ... 
Macintosh - Mac Mini aficionados please help
Dean,Apple finally shipped the mini from Shenzhen, China yesterday. Hey, because my apple was made in China, does that make it a pomegranate (Chinese apple)? Anyway, I should see it by friday.Can you recommend any good mac magazines or websites?Th... 
one 7 channel amp or seperate 2 channel amps?
BTW - Only using 5 channels. 
one 7 channel amp or seperate 2 channel amps?
The amp has two power cords. Also, I have a dedicated a/c feed. Later, 
one 7 channel amp or seperate 2 channel amps?
The Titan is one hell of an amp for home theater. At one time I had 5 amps in my H/T rig. Got rid of them all and purchased a 7 channel amp (7 monoblocks in a single chasis) and have not looked back. Think of all the money you'll save on power cords. 
The worlds ultimate toy
Co-founder of Microsoft. 
Macintosh - Mac Mini aficionados please help
Dean,Actually, he used the Tivo to go software and transfered it to his computer using 802.11B. The transfer took about 3 hours. Then he used Pinnacle Studio to burn it to a DVD.The Canopus device looks interesting.Tivo To Go is not supported by t... 
Macintosh - Mac Mini aficionados please help
Gunbei,I never thought of transfering content from my Tivo to the mini. I already have the Tivo hooked up to the cable modem using wifi. A friend transfered content from his Tivo to his PC; said it was a long and invlolved process.Later, 
Macintosh - Mac Mini aficionados please help
Ordered the Mini today. I ended up spending more than I wanted to (more memory, superdrive,wireless). It should be here in two to three weeks.Gunbei,I'll let you now how it compares to Windows XP after I play around with it for a weeks or two. Now... 
Dual-Disc Destined to fail?This reporter thinks so
Nrchy,Are you talking about hybrids or dualdisc? Dualdisc have only be available for 6-9 months max. You can tell if its a dualdisc by how thick it is and it's slightly heavier also. A dual disc is a CD and a DVD bounded together.I had one dual di... 
Dual-Disc Destined to fail?This reporter thinks so
I had problems with the one I purchased. Would only play in an old Sony cheapo DVD player. It make one hell of a clock, though. 
Macintosh - Mac Mini aficionados please help
Mlbattey,There are used mac mini's selling on ebay for about what you would pay for a new one. now, that's good resale value!! I wish audio gear held it's value like that. 
Macintosh - Mac Mini aficionados please help
Mlbattey,I didn't realize that the G5 is the "everything built into the lcd" mac. New to this so I'm getting an education as I go. It would be nice if it could be mounted to the wall with a VESA mount. I currently have a 20" LCD mounted to the wal... 
Macintosh - Mac Mini aficionados please help
The G5 is just too big for the location,Thanks,