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I had to go back down to Boston today to observe some final systems tests at the Constitution's dry dock. On the good news front, the dock is still dry. Bad news, the system in question failed its preliminary test before I even got there. But, not one to let a good opportunity to go waste, I took a quick walk around and tested the camera on the iPhone 6. It'll do. Sounds like I'll be back down there Monday to see if we can achieve "all systems go" status and I'll try to remember the D7000 w/ a wide angle lens.

Got 50 staples removed and replaced with horrid smelling adhesive and what looks like tape. OK.

Here's a start for Ornette... 'Free Jazz' Term Creator 'Harmolodic' Inventor Guggenheim Foundation Grant Winner MacArthur Genius Award Winner Pulitzer Prize Winner (wasn't even one of the 140 music nominees, judges just said 'fuck it')

Really enjoyed the first season. I was kinda skeptical at first but once they started fleshing out his character, I was hooked.

This http://www.lfo.org.uk/tristan-und-isolde/. Awesome.

Stumbled across these videos and I really loved the sound. These are "live" studio recordings with minimal mixing/processing so the sound is dry (little reverb) and tight. This is how it sounds in a studio except in real life, there would be more isolated takes of individual instruments (depending on the producer/label). There's a bunch of these with great musicians. Check it out; http://studiojams.com/

Black Books. Again. Still awesome.

This is tight...

While nothing amazing I do seem to have no shortage of weird bugs around here. I really need to invest in a proper macro, Sigma 105mm maybe.

Great adjustments on Kerr's part. Fun game to watch. Suck it Lebron.

Progress, even smelly progress, is good Marc.

As much of a downer as that must have been initially, it really is a blessing in disguise. The inspection is an overview and points out the obvious things (and not so obvious for the average Joe), but there is a lot of the tiny stuff they either do not see or cannot see that can lead to a pain in the ass later. If it is stuff from original construction that fails inspection, the mantra "where there's smoke, there's fire" applies, since it usually is corner cutting or age that gets you. If it is secondary construction, it could be "holy shit" time or something minor and more easily correctable. YMMV, but that's my general rule. Good news! The staples must have been fun. Feel better soon.

On vinyl over at Popmarket.

RIP to both of them. (Sorry, don't know of a similar homage to Ornette -- someone more studied in jazz can...)

Look at the bright side, we didn't know your penis was long enough to fit 50 staples. Get well soon!

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Oops! I am not sure how I missed that helpful info, thanks! Here's the intersection between the catalogues: Prokoviev: Lieutenant Kije - Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale* (Reiner) The Reiner Sound Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Rubinstein-Reiner-Jorda) Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky (Reiner) Khachaturian: The Masquerade Suite - Kabalevsky: The Comedians (Kiril Kondrashin) Rozsa: Violin Concerto - Benjamin: Romantic Fantasy (Heifetz) Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole (Henryk Szeryng) Debussy: Iberia - Ravel: Alborado Del Gracioso, Valses Nobels Et Sentimentales (Reiner) * included for Lt. Kije; Song of the Nightingale was included with Scheherazade in the Sony SACD series. Edit: no. Symmetric difference? Whatever. The new ones. There.

^^^ Sealed or ported?

Shhh. Colin doesn't realize he is a sub. I told him this suit is the height of fashion.

Fuck.

Heard a lot of good things about these guys. http://www.rythmikaudio.com/products1.html Can't really fault SVS though -- I have two of their cylinder subs (which I foolishly thought would be less conspicuous than the boxes, and then they turned out to be the size of fucking oil drums) and objectively way too much bass. Which is kinda fun.

Home inspection revealed more issues than it's worth to us Better to have found them now rather than later but I have a So the hunt continues I guess.

Here's a mock-up example of how I start my p to p builds. I start with a raw .090 aluminum top plate. First lay out all the major components, If you're using transformers, place the power and output transformers in diagonal corners to maximize the difference between them. Try to keep all power components in a tight area around the power transformer. Signal wires shoud be tight, short, and as far removed from power components as possible. If you have to cross power and signal wiring, do so at a 90 degree angle. Use DC for all filaments. Good AC filament wiring is an art in and of itself. Be prepared to take several different attempts at your wiring. Do not leave connections unsupported or hanging in the air. Don't be afraid to rip things out and start over. As you progress, you will always see things that you could do better a second time around. Remember always to think about safety and heat dissapation. Everybody that builds like this has a slightly different style. Rather than planning in advance where each particular small component or connection will be, I like to build a square of tie points around each tube socket and have a sort of connection point grid to work from. I like to keep everything at 90 degree angles if possible. For tie points, I like to use Soviet era Russian military connectors. Seller Sovcom on Ebay is a good source. I use a combination of 6 and 10 position connectors. They are pretty cheap, yet very high quality. Order 3 times as many as you think you'll need. I like octal tubes rather than 9 pin miniatures. The sockets are much easier to work with. They also usually sound better. Many miniatures have octal equivalents that can be used without any circuit modification. A 12AX7 is a 6SL7, a 12AU7 is a 6SN7., etc.. There is no direct octal equivalent to a 6S4, but half a 6BL7 comes close. Better than either of these would be to use a real power tube as an output device. A triode-connected EL34, or a trioide-connected 7591, which would be my personal choice (hey, it was good enough for McIntosh). There's lots more, and I'm sure others have points and considerations I haven't even thought of. Eventually you need to go ahead and jump in. Post your progress or problems here. Don't be embarressed if it's not a work of art at first pass. We're here to help and keep you safe.