Didn’t do much this weekend. Spent some time catching up on things from work, but nothing significant. I went out on Thursday to cash in on Circuit City’s clearance on the Logitech Z-680 speakers. Here’s a link if you care:http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2,CONTENTID=5048Ended up going out the following day to score a new sound card, in order to take advantage of the Dolby Digital decoding on the new speakers. Looked at an Audigy 2 ZS, but that stuff is pretty expensive. I’d need the Platinum version, which was $200 in order to get a digital hookup. So I went out and got this instead, the Turtle Beach Riviera:http://www.turtlebeach.com/site/products/soundcards/riviera/Now with all this setup, I know why I’ve been getting AC3 dvd rips lately. Movies are a lot nicer with surround sound =)Played some music through them but was badly disappointed. I’ve heard these speakers suck for music anyways. The subwoofer is way too overpowering, even turned down significantly. The satellites and center speakers are kinda weak in the midrange as well, and their highs aren’t all that nice at all. But for $200, I can deal.Finally got a copy of Unreal Tournament 2004 from Amazon….they had a deal for a copy of the DVD version of the game for $20. Thats totally worth it and its about time for new maps anyway. I’ve played the demo to death.Went out to a random Cuban restaurant last night for osme food. First time grabbing Cuban food, not too bad. The place was way overpriced though, which took away from its charm. Watched this season’s finale of the Simpsons. It was pretty funny, too bad there won’t be any new episodes for a while. South Park is stopped for the time being too, along with Chappelle’s show, if he decides to come back. Aqua Teen Hunger Force might be my only hope for fresh entertainment, but they’re pretty sporadic on releasing new episodes.
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