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Thanks guys. There is actually a story here. Four or five years ago I had a bout of flu, and to see how I was recovering I went for an early walk one day. I fell to thinking about my old dad, who had always expressed an interest in learning to paint. We bought him a starter kit, and in the end he went to his grave without ever having opened the box. Actually, he was probably scared of trying and failing, and didn't book to go on a course to learn. Anyway, one of the things I had always wanted to do was learn cabinetmaking - and that walk in the spring sunshine gave me the moment of clarity - I was not going to go to my maker without learning. So I booked a course - in the end 6 weeks taken in 1 week chunks, with a cabinetmaker in Ross on Wye (UK). I left there was a set of oak drawers, currently in our bedroom, hand cut dovetails etc etc - the kids are in competition who gets in when I pop my clogs. The speakers are the latest think I've built. Apart from the rear support frame and the tweeter sub-baffles, which are solid cocobolo, the rest is baltic birch marine ply. The dipole bass unit is painted with black milk paint, and the top panel and bridge are veneered. That gave me the opportunity to learn a new skill. It is done traditionally using hot hide glue. I then French polished them with lemon shellac - again a new skill. Most importantly - my significant other likes them. Mind you I've inflicted some pretty outrageous speakers on her over the decades, but it is something of a relief after so much work that they get the thumbs up!

What I just built. Linkwitz LX521's. Electronic crossover built, just finishing the second four-channel power amp to drive 'em

Turtle soup and a bbq shrimp sandwich at Pascal's Manale. I've been wanting to come back to this place for a decade. Shelly, Pascals Manale goes to your school of gin:

Thanks everyone. Enjoying some cocktails after a hectic day at work. We'll be going out for some Creole/Cajun food later in the week. Not a bad thing for a fat 57 year old. Cheers!!

I never participate in here but I liked this shot of my new wife.

I did read the opening email and lurked as directed. Gently waded in when I needed a bit of technical help and was greeted kindly. Have been enjoying the posts and the forum as it reminds me of a niche muscle car forum I belong to. Sorry I missed the Cuban sandwich title. I don't always get it right....move too fast sometimes. Just got excited seeing Cuban food as it's my heritage. I'll step out of the thread as I seem to have irritated the natives. My bad. Sam

HemiSam, on 22 Jan 2015 - 06:01 AM, said: Didn't realize I needed to explain myself, but I obviously missed the opening line. Did I piss in your cheerios? Sam I am certain that I don't have to explain myself to you.

Really looking forward to hearing your impressions spritzer, especially in comparison with the KGST and KGSSHV.

Switched up my routing game, mostly for stability reasons (needed to run stock Netgear firmware to enable cut through forwarding, otherwise my speeds were limited to about 250mbps, and it would do weird things every so often). Now using a Ubiquiti Edgerouter Lite for all routing duty, Trendnet TEG-S82G 8 port switch with desktop, NAS, and AP hanging off it, and now that I don't need the netgear to perform routing duties, I have put it back on dd-wrt configured just as an access point. Still have some tweaking to do, but so far so good.

wow, this forum is full of arrogant pricks, guess im done here

Asking for help? All I see from your post is a diary entry. I would recommend your next one be on churros. Make sure you post it on head-fi.org.