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Good god, they're gonna bruise that banana!

Hey, hey. The Greeks led the way. The were the first to find the "back door".

Did someone say ice cream? And a view?

What about the Greeks, who seems have invented a lot of things. I asked, by the medium of mime, and the shopkeeper said, " For you my friend, special price, The "Mr. Steve" very special, not on display so as not to frighten the children"

"Meza" in Fira

It's GRHV with either 325V or 330V secondaries (don't remember exactly), and I lowered the current limiting resistor to 3.6R I think.

Thanks for the report. May I ask if you are using a GRHV supply? And is your transformer secondary around 330 VAC for the ±400 V rails? I just want to rule out whether my drop is caused by insufficient transformer headroom rather than the current limit itself.

I see no drop under load at +/- 400V, so you might be just on the edge of your current limiting. I did run my XL at 33mA for a while which worked (and sounded) fine, but then changed back to 23mA to test some other stuff and right now it's dismantled for fitting of 2A3 heater supplies, so can't help with data points.

Yup, this is nowhere close to the 007 or 009... it's fun novelty but not much more than that. I also have a few sets of drivers that I've only tested but never put into anything.

Thanks a lot for the hint. Since I haven’t ordered the test resistors yet, I’ll probably need some time before I can try it out on a new build. But for today I did some measurements on the current operating point, and hopefully these numbers help add to the pool of data. For easy comparison, I’ll use your same format. Based on the WE datasheet, I think both of our Vgk values are on the shallow side, but as Kevin has mentioned, modern 300Bs vary a lot, so I’m not 100% sure if this is correct. It might make sense to raise the current to 33–34 mA, in which case the required Vgk would move down (according to the WE300B datasheet, Vgk at 34 mA / 400 V is about –90 V). My expectation is that as the current goes up, the offset also increases and Vgk becomes more negative. To bring the offset back to 0 V, you’d adjust Vg, but when Vg changes, Vgk may swing more positive again. If possible, it would be great if you could validate this in LTspice. One more observation: with ±400 V supply, under load I measured about 389 V. I’m not sure if this is simply normal drop or if my current-limit is engaging. Could you let me know if your ±400 V rails drop as well? If yours stay right at 400 V, then I probably need to tweak my current-limit detection resistors.

... and when the satellite company doesn't want their dish back, you can make a bird bath.

take that AI...

I started posting this in the ambient/IDM thread and quickly realized I was talking about cats, not ambient music. I have mentioned Martin Strutzer to my (sainted, octogenarian) mother a number of times over the years, specially how he does live ambient "jams" while his incredibly well behaved cat sits patiently beside him. She asked me to play a video of him performing, and I found this one on the YouTubes: The cat does its job to a T. I continue to be amazed how cooperative it is. Compare to my attempts to DJ with the "help" of Ozzie the cat some 15 years ago: I never DJ'd around Heidi the cat, but I am positive I know what she'd have done if I did. It would NOT be "sit there patiently and wait to be petted."

My first thought was a Schiit Mimir. I haven't heard one, so I didn't feel qualified to comment. Still, the price looks right and it might be a sideways upgrade (it may be too wide for your arrangement). All I've got is a tiny Schiit Fulla 2... it still sounds great. There's been a lot of new entrants in the field and I'm way out of date on new equipment. I listened to a Chord Mojo 2 but it didn't sound any better than my portable CD player's headphone output. The Benchmark DAC3 B would be the logical thing to compare, but they look expensive and I'm not sure it would be that much of an improvement. I've been curious about the Chord Qutest but it may be out of your budget range. Perhaps it's worth a trip to the local stereo shops?

This is going to be fairly long walk (and a puerile one at that), without much point. Okay, maybe two points. Also, I'm not suggesting anyone actually watch any of these videos, other than to maybe skip around a bit. Remember Rebecca Black and her big vinral song "Friday" from 2011? Do not press play. You entire day will go better if you don't. The internet hated it, but gave it tens of millions of views (175M as of this writing.) Poor Rebecca was 14 at the time and not ready for the vitriol of the entire internet. She handled the whole situation far better than most, I think. Eight years later, BuzzFeed (bless their hearts) did a video on her as part of their "I became a meme" series: I actually did watch this when it came out. I don't remember much, except that Rebecca seemed pretty well adjusted. This is the Boiler Room. At one point the "premiere underground" broadcaster of electronic music. There was a time when they were THE hit thing and nearly every famous DJ wanted and in many cases did play on there. Their rise paralleled Rebecca Black chronologically. Even in they heyday, I had my suspicions. I have always viewed the world's most famous DJs with at best a significant reservations (Richie Hawtin) and at worst, unimaginable and unending scorn (David Guetta). Well, now how the mighty have fallen: This is the only video in this entire post I actually encourage anyone to watch. It's a pretty good synopsis of what made the Boiler Room good (if it ever was) and what a wretched corporatized state it exists in now. TIL (or, strictly speaking, YIL) Rebecca Black did a Boiler Room set last year. The whole thing missed me when it happened. I skipped around and it's weirdly fast vocal driven EDM and dear GOD am I not on the same page a club music this ...last 15 years. What I took away from this video is that Rebecca Black is now a fully grown woman in her late 20s and she has huge ...tracts of land. Of course [NSFW] there is a subreddit dedicated to her girl Fridays, which was the top result when I searched redderp for stuff on her Boiler Room set.

ProTip: They normally tell you to be wary of places that don't have prices on the menu ... But "are you here to dine, drink, or dance?" Drinks. (Bread + local Cheese for starters) Greek Salad (and a to go box for what we didn't finish) Chicken Gyros (and chips!) Complementary Melon Dessert And a pirate pussy? 20 Euro's cash (no receipt 😉😉) For the pair of us. 👌 https://maps.app.goo.gl/EGj3gHS1JaTyzZ1A7

All kidding aside, even rainbows can't do anything for that fuggly truck. It looks like an ice maker at Motel 6. "We'll leave the stank on for ya."

Haboob arrived (in plastic wrap)! 🙃

Maybe the owner is a Log Cabin Republican?

out of interest i bought 2 pairs of similar headphones in 2024 i wouldn't call them competitors of 007 or 009 still - this is headphones for $260 should compete in sound with something that costs $260. i sold one pair to Spritzer - I think he bought them out of interest i listened to the second set for a long time, until i bought es lab es1a and es2a and 007s and etc as for amplifiers on the 30th i will have the opportunity to compare the new "PES-A2" with 717 and other amps the last one "PES-A1"seemed to be close in circuit design to (but that's not certain)

If someone wants to see it, I will send it out, it is a left and right voice

See! Here you fuckers go again! You find an object so hideous that even straight people can't stand to look at it, then you decide "oh, let's paint a rainbow on it and make it homo-chic." Even rainbows and fairy dust have their limits! Stop misusing my culture!

the last one " PES-A1 "seemed to be close in circuit design to ((but that's not certain)) https://www.head-case.org/forums/topic/16705-stax-mafia-electrostatic-portable/ on the 30th I will have the opportunity to compare it with 717 and other amps

I use LTspice to understand and to get a hint how things work. I got this table with help from LTspice. Supply voltage +/-400 V, Rupper is upper tube cathode resistor, Rlower is lower tube cathode resistor, values give offset zero for given Rupper , the resistance is the total of paralleling resistors. Looking forward your findings.

This is a disgusting theft of my people's cultural traditions! We open the door just a little bit and you people start hijacking my proud people's heritage! What's next? Double headed dildos adapted as toys for your children? Nipple rings and Prince Alberts at the mall kiosk? You people have been raping our customs far too long, without even fully understanding what my people went through to carve out these beautiful and affirming ceremonies. Shame on you! How can you possibly understand the delicate nuances of these traditions? Oh sure, your high school dances almost always consist of some bone head sports star wrapped in a Black rubber gimp suit, complete with zippers at the mouth hole and bung hole, but do you really understand the proud history of such attire? You're making a mockery of our way of life! Do we walk around in your traditional straight garb of jean shorts, wife beater tanks, sandles and Black socks? No, we don't! We understand that these traditions don't belong to us. Not to mention we're far too fabulous to stoop so low. I'll end with one final insult to my culture... Never, ever ever should fish be within 100 feet of a glory hole! OMG!