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Agreed on all accounts.

Been a while since I built it, but I had the 470pF from the start and didn't notice any drift/rise in output voltage. Can have a look this weekend, was going to open it up and swap to a new trafo anyway.

Thanks for the timing reminder. No biggie if you miss Bust. Fraenkel Gallery Is nearby and holds its own against SFMOMA.

You'd better hurry, as Sunday is the last day, and this weekend is the Marathon which will make things interesting. I'll have to see if we can fit in a visit to see Boom and Bust before it's last day on August 2nd!

Here’s one of my secrets - I’ll take Coltrane and Bill Evans over Miles Davis any day. That’s probably little to do with the artists, but damn is this album great (the cover art is not)

Can’t wait. Did you also see the Boom and Bust photo exhibit? If so, how was it?

Sometimes you just want to watch a man repair a kitchen knife - there are a lot of fake restoration and repair videos online, but this one is like relaxing ASMR - never abuse a fine knife like this:

Unholy carp!

Ojas and Klipsch colab - kO-R2

Joined the "crowds" at Did what it said. Also: (Bonus Points) London And (Water) Lilies. Not shown: People taking selfies with the (Celebrity?) Artwork.

AP NewsJudge questions difference between Hegseth's testosterone...Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s new initiative to test and treat troops for low testosterone is facing scrutiny from a federal judge.I kekked.

Fish (Taco's) & Chips

Fucking legend. (pours one out)

RIP John Dvorak, long-time tech journalist. He was a regular in PC Magazine that I used to read a bunch.... Talking Biz NewsDvorak, early tech journalist, dies at 80 - Talking Biz NewsJohn C. Dvorak, an early and influential technology journalist for PC Magazine, died Monday at the age of 80. Aric Mackey writes, “Widely recognized for his profound impact on the technology industry,

Sprung (Prime) - another fun comedy series. One season, easy watch.

yep exactly. on the back of the board as close to the output pins as possible.

Just to confirm, do you mean adding a .1 to 1 uF ceramic capacitor directly across the RKZE-1515 isolated supply output (+15V to -15V) that powers the CCS section?

you can also try a cap something in the range of .1 to 1 uf ceramic soldered to the switcher power supply outputs.

Split Enz - Time and Tide

Standard geo, and probably thrown off by the extreme closeup. Yes, 58. Echo, 1st generation. I’ll take better pix when it gets here. TLDR - I had a friend who was looking for a gravel bike and mentioned that I had been thinking about moving the Canyon that I bought last fall. I had really bought that bike for the wheelset that was on it and so that my friend Tom would have something to ride for the century we do every year. Those two needs met, it wasn’t a bike I loved or really cared about so out it went a couple weeks ago. I had just missed the chance to buy a first-gen Allroad and had been looking at Allied’s offerings when I came across this Echo. Frame is from 2022, color is BMW’s Java Green Metallic, and it allegedly only has 1,000mi on it. I think I’m going to have Allied make a color matching stem for it and the wheelset will be getting upgraded from the Boyd aluminum hoops that there are there now. Should be a fun whip and will likely take over commenting duty.

nothing with 60db of gain is going to be completely noise free. unless you want to move to a much colder climate. and even then maybe a couple of extra db of s/n. without a volume control in front of the input stage you have no idea how loud, loud is. that residual noise is undetectable when playing music. you can try say 10pf instead of 5pf. anything higher and the frequency response will change.