I've gotten exceptional support from Dennis at Komodo Kamado so I'm surprised at some of the comments here, unless KK means another brand.
Several times he has sent improved parts for my cooker without my asking and at no charge.
Another time I tried to order a replacement part (I asked him...
By the way, on the subject of smoking, the website
http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/
is full of good information on smoking. It has a lot of information on the Weber Smokey Mountain cooker (not a bad smoker) but also covers general smoking topics as well.
I also use a Weber for everyday grilling. The kamado is used for everything else.
Regarding more work, the kamado takes a little more time to set up but then runs itself. One it's settled in, it will maintain a temperature for hours. The heavy ceramic walls and controlled burning are key. (My...
http://www.komodokamado.com/
This is a bit more than a grill since it can do everything from pizza at 800°F down to 250°F for 12 hours for low and slow barbecue.
There is some chance that it was originally assembled by the original purchaser. I built many 'Dynakits' in the '70's including a couple of 400 watt amps.
Even if it was a kit it would essentially be factory quality since 'building' Dynakits mostly consisted of mounting pre-populated circuit...
Not always. If you watch the network traffic stream for Pandora (for example) you can see that it sends audio over HTTP/TCP (mostly to get through firewalls I suspect) . It is possible that once in a long while a packet might be dropped, but almost all the time there will be an error free...
Pianissimo and fortissimo. Only more so.
Music notation for very soft and very loud. A nice write up is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamics_(music)
I got the upgraded caps from Regnar but did all the work myself. They were prompt in sending the caps but I'm afraid I haven't used their service so I cannot comment on that.
Anyone else a Dahlquist owner/fan.
I've had a pair of DQ-10s for 33 years. Still sound great (well after mirror imaging, upgraded caps, and new foam surrounds on the woofers).