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I see your very pretty sunset and raise you some midnight sun high in the north sky: I took that on Saturday morning on my way to work so roughly 4:10AM. Simply too pretty not to capture even if it was just on the iphone and I was running late...

Here is the second KGST up and running. I don't recommend trying to build it this small... This one was supposed to be silver but I ordered the wrong chassis though I think it looks kinda nice. The transformer is the BH unit I was having trouble with and here it doesn't complain at all. The amp is drawing about 65W which is a far cry from the 170W or so from the Blue Hawaii. The real problem with something this small is the height. The tubes are simply too tall to use an 80mm chassis but I got away with it by hand selecting the shortest tubes in stock and using 6mm standoffs. This one also uses the KGSSHV mini PSU which is considerably smaller than the KGST unit. Just noticed that there is a typo on the back panel. Bloddy "electostatic headphone amps"...

Clearly, the speaker cone avatar is played out.

Ortofon 2M Black is here, aligned and playing: Just aligned using the Technics Overhang Gauge. I've never done that before, I always used a baerwald arc alignment thing I downloaded from vinyl engine. This way was super easy, probably about 30 minutes all in to get it unboxed, aligned, and tracking force dialed in. About halfway through my first side and I think the alignment is good. Some mild distortion at the end of vocals, but I think that might be crappy orange vinyl instead of alignment. We'll see how it treats the inner grooves. Eventually I'll give it the "Aja" test to find out for sure. Significant upgrade from the KAB/Ortofon ProS30, as it should be. Significantly more punch to the midbass, significantly smoother and livelier midrange. PRaT out the ass, everything feels much more deliberate and correct. Using an ADL GT40 as a phono, I have no clue what the capacitance is, Ortofon recommends between 150-300pf. I'll probably upgrade to a phono stage with adjustable capacitance in the future, but right now it sounds great. Definitely a worthy upgrade. Good price on agon, $400, retails for $720.

replaced the ice maker in my bottom freezer fridge. It was AMAZINGLY easy. remove 1 screw, unplug 1 connector, lift out. Reverse. Took maybe 5 minutes.

Happy Birthday, Greg. Cheers ...

I've used Aretha's pancake mix, they are unique (as far as pancakes go, I mean it's still a pancake afterall) and quite good.

Admired the sunset

Sorry...didn't pay attention until just now..

Oh that's very cute indeed Birgir. This is going to be a fun project.

first flap meat now sockeye

Thank you Craigslist!