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2sa1968 is in fact a PNP 900v. 2sc1968 is a 500mhz rf amplifier.

When I was looking for 2SC1968, I also got PNP. I couldn't make a claim to the seller, because according to the Toshiba datasheet, there is such a version too. Model 1968, one for the whole world, n-p-n and p-n-p

@skullguise https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/07/andrea-gibson-simple-poetry/683597/?gift=VVmQ8PJvtoygs0Ru1GQletrb4jh0We6UCkEki67Hjig&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Arctic Monkeys - AM vinyl Forgot that I had this record. Not a bad song on it. Qobuz - 3 songs in. Enjoying so far.

This is the 12th eruption and we have reached the point where people are protesting unfair police closures. It's well away from anything and already fizzling out so nobody is worried.

Not really any new news, but Sunshine was mentioned in the NYTimes today https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/us/maine-arrest-paddleboarder-homicide.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XU8.U18S.PmIKYhI8LmAu&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare (Gift article)

Old school beats

Horrible story indeed. Glad the perp will at least face trial.

Stax have been having issues with fit, so it's not surprising. The new Lambdas never fit on my head properly and the yokes needed modding. The Mk2 versions improved things, but not enough. They're obviously not testing their stuff on a wide enough range of heads. At least the Lambdas with their cheap construction are easy enough to mod with 3d printed parts. The X1 fits very nicely, however, but I could use more steps in headband height adjustment. To be fair, the original 007 was also not perfect with the fit, as the self-adjusting headband was too tight, but that could also be modded. So, business as usual?

Dear lord. Today's news is insane, and leaves me with more questions than answers. Sunny was a tough woman. Not superhuman, but definitely world wise and not easily intimidated. She grew up in a harsh environment and knew how to fend for and defend herself. There's some missing piece of this story we still don't know. Is this kid a physical giant? Did she know him? I suspect she did. Did he manage to sneak up on her? This would be an insane story in any location, but in a quiet town of ~2000, it boggles the mind.

IROC Rehab

Meanwhile ... Or in Geologist Nerd Speak How was your Honeymoon?

Yarbrough & Peoples - Don't Stop the Music

I can not make myself to read this shit not interested. What is strange it is the third bullshitter in a short time perhaps from the same source.

wow, you take off 2 hours to watch a movie and then all of this. if that class B output section could actually deliver 1 amp or more that is required for just about every single planar or ribbon then maybe it might actually perform correctly. but the opamp cannot possibly supply enough current to drive the output stage. all the feedback in the world won't help. and for real world loads R2 actually makes it worse. multiple feedback loops and it looks just like the squarewave of the nfca module. more like a stair step. something the AP cannot possibly measure. hint: look at the quad current dumper. class B output section. performs well within its power limit. all this to reduce the current capabilities of the power supply. all this to reduce the heat generated because the heatsinks are way to small. yes its a piece of unreliable garbage.

Thank you for making my day less boring and answering my question. I will label you as a troll and a psychopath.

You must feel so clever after writing that long, dishonest, and manipulative wall of text. It's the most cowardly and hypocritical thing I've ever read. Let me make this painfully simple for your confused brain, so you can see exactly who I was replying to: When I mocked the irresponsible 'crap' comment, I was talking to KEVIN GILMORE. When I despised the 'only warning' threat, I was talking to CRAIG SAWYERS. When I slammed the coward who hides behind others and calls for backup, I was still talking to CRAIG SAWYERS. Do you get it now? And you, jamesmking, jumped in every single time like a dog whose tail has been stepped on, desperately defending all of them while crying 'It wasn't me! It wasn't me!'. You are not an independent debater. You are their HUMAN SHIELD and their designated CLEANUP CREW! Your only purpose is to follow them around and try to polish the turds they leave behind. And you're 'saddened'? Oh, please. Don't you dare lecture me on 'respect' and 'the grey between the extremes' when you end your little sermon by calling me a 'psychopath'. Your line about 'I haven't reported you (this is NOT a threat)' is as sincere as the rest of your nauseating hypocrisy. You are not a debater. You're not even a competent coward. You are the most pathetic kind of apologist machine, completely devoid of independent thought, attached to your friends' coattails. So take your sanctimonious pity and shove it. Your 'journey' is nothing but a muddy path of you rolling around in the filth your masters leave behind.

for me that's the entire heart of the matter. I want maximum pleasure from music and if the devices giving me maximum pleasure don't measure fantastically I don't care. If they do measure well that's fine by me too. That's my hearing and that's what I optimise my hifi for.

I see we have a member of the audio religion in our midst, how fun to see the scientologist poke their head out of their echo chamber. Arguing whether Class A is better than Class B is fucking retarded so let's not but the question of measurements is a fun one. Are you measuring something that actually matters or is it voltage swing in an electrostatic amp, meaningless stat that is measured in the one spot that makes it even more meaningless? If you go from 0.01 THD to 000.1 THD... how does that change the sound? Do we have hearing good enough to spot that or are we picking up something different? If something measures badly but sounds good, which is correct? If you claim something terrible sounds good... do you have enough experience to know it sounds bad? Just because you have ears, doesn't mean you know how to use them. Same goes with a scope or a test suite, just because you have it, doesn't mean you know what to look for. If you take a cult leader, hand him a device he doesn't understand because he's as thick as brick, he measures it incorrectly and claims "I don't understand why anybody think this is good"... was the device at fault or was the cult leader being retarded? If you smother everything in feedback, can you hear that? What if you remove all the feedback and make an unstable circuit, can you hear that? There are so many good questions out there...

"So I will ask again, because no one has dared to answer it: Can a design with objectively flawless data be dismissed as 'crap' based on an outdated topological label?" <-------you unilaterally decide that the topological label is outdated have you considered that I (I almost put we but I don't want to put words into others mouths) do not accept this premise. Unless you wish to be flexible in a debate and have a little bit of an open mind (and a good helping of respect) debate is meaningless. no design is "objectively flawless" this highlights your black and white thinking with zero nuance. Surely objective flawless would be 0% THD infinite frequency response etc. this is obviously impossible. So again I reject you impossible premises. "Who started this by calling a product they hadn't measured 'crap'" < ---I DID NOT "Who, after failing to debate, issued a threat: 'This is your only warning'? " <--- I DID NOT and you decided you won the debate. I don't believe you have but you obviously have a strong desire to win at any cost under your imposed rules and premises and if they are not fully accepted you think you win by default. "Who just used the term 'cheap plonk' in a passive-aggressive insult against other people's choices?" <----- I DID NOT I did not mention the word cheap. I said PLONK - plonk can be expensive I used to it refer to something that the drinking find of low quality - in other words I acknowledge the drinkers choices and they get to decide what they consider to be plonk. threats?? what threats? when have I threatened you? (perhaps I might be threatening your ego) "It was you lot" <- again your black and white attitude that all the people other than you in the debate are the same. lack of nuance. "play the innocent victim" <- how have i attempted to play the innocent victim? I entered the debate with a rough idea of the direction it was heading and I was proven correct. You language and insults have progressively increased (I assume because we are not insulting you back and that's what you deeply want inside to fight physiologically injure us and for you to win. You proudly proclaim you have already won, I think the others in this "debate" may not quite see it your way - and maybe that's the entire problem here. Can you accept that others can have valid views different from your own?). At every step I have tried to debate and you insult rather than debate, or perhaps insulting is your debating style? I cant speak for others but I am not made angry by your words just saddened. I also question if you have a place in this forum, but its not my place to decide and I have not reported you to the moderators (this is NOT a threat its a fact). "We're obviously happy as we are," <--- I did not say this but bare in mind this forum makes no money from membership and (in my opinion) is a fairly close nit community of (mostly) like minded individuals. There are debates and arguments from time to time but usually this is amongst people who have been here a while and at least got to know each other a bit and have some respect for each other and some tolerance. tolerance is something you seem to lack along with reflectivity. I can't decide if you are a troll, deeply troubled or a psychopath. Ether way I wish you well and hope one day you discover the grey between the extremes and learn that you don't have to win every debate because sometimes the debate/journey is more important. regards James P.S. ultimately you might also want to ask your self why did you join this forum?

I like lost causes.

Lol. Seriously, why are you still in a place filled with people you contempt? Your existance and behavior contradict with each other. Just shoo away and let everyone be happy.

Well, High Rollers. You can’t debate an angry person, waste of time.