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not sure if this was covered, but you also want to set your Center channel to 'small' even if you have no sub, this way the LF are passed to your left/right which are almost certainly better for that task

The Good Son went to his mom's today to help with computer issues. 4 hours later she has a clean and up-to-date machine.....

Met Iron_Dreamer (Peter) @ Founders Brewing Co on his way through Grand Rapids. Short visit, a few beers and a quick lunch before he went on his way. Good times!

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Lentil curry

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Also you should buy like 4 subwoofers so shit gets loud as hell boom boom hell yeah

At least Brent's bench and starters are running neck and neck, so I can enjoy that.

Hey, I had to make up for missing the official Michigan beer tour a couple years back. So I did what I could in 22 hours

Everything looks great Peter! It's making me hungry and thirsty!

Thanks for coming out and providing great company, it was fantastic to finally meet you in person! Here are a few pics from that, and my travels through Grand Rapids the night before, as I now wait at FTW.

Fried chicken and biscuit with gravy and a mimosa.

A few for the WRX fans A couple more of this over the top Camaro. Crate LS motor on bags.

5 minutes from our house

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I wanted to mention that a few folks have been having issues with the power supply not supplying enough current on the -500V rail. Seems like setting the 30 ohm resistors to 20 ohms helps. The behavior is that if just one channel (either side) is connected then everything works perfectly, but if you connect both sides, then the rail sags and it's impossible to adjust the batteries correctly. If you're not having the issue, there is no reason to do this. I'm not sure if the amp is drawing a bit more or the current sources are providing a bit less than needed. In other news, I just got my PS together. I need to mount transistors to heatsinks, which I'll be working on today. I did test the relay driver and found a small issue for the LED output, but it was easily solved. I've got it mounted in a jig so I can easily solder the remaining transistors from the bottom. Here's some shots EDIT: I just wanted to add that I love working with the SMD parts and heat gun. I'd say I can move about four times faster when stuffing components.

Tell that to my wife, who had to endure a play-by-play of my eventual, belated triumph in week one.

Skipped right to 13:00 to see if he said the GTI was the best. When he didn't I stopped watching. I'm not looking to buy a car, just to validate my choices.

Yes, it was.

Excellent explanation of often poorly understood power supply issues, particularly regarding the use of chokes. Like you, I'm also a big fan of "iron" in a HVDC supply. For many years, audio power supplies were more or less an afterthought to the audio circuitry. A lot of the mushiness and euphonics attributed to tube gear was directly related to the floppy, high impedance of cheap and under designed tube rectified power supplies. Conversely, a good portion of the flat, cold, harshness attributed to early solid-state gear was the result of power supplies that consisted of nothing but noisy solid-state diodes, a pair of giant electrolytic capacitors, and simple resistor. I'm curious to see your shunt regulator. On one hand, with the minimal and balanced current draw of the SRX circuit, one wonders if it would make any noticeable improvement over the already very effective LCLC filters you're employing. On the other hand, because of the minimal current draw of the amp, the SRX seems like an ideal candidate for a shunt regulator experiment. Generally, I prefer shunt over series regulators. Sometimes I think that solid-state series regulators can add add a glare or harshness to some circuits. Shunt regulators, whether tube or solid-state, don't seem to have this problem. One thing you might want to consider if space is no problem is swapping the electrolytic caps for some PIO motor-run types. At least with class A single-ended tube circuits, it can make a noticeable improvement.

DIY T2

My taste buds want to be re-incarnated as you.

Brioche French toast stuffed with sweet marscapone and banana caramel nut, sausages, and bottomless mimosas.

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Still liking our Costco Novaform after two months. Never any smell issues (and my wife is super sensitive olfactory-wise). I have noticed that it is more comfortable sleeping on my back than on my side due to the way it conforms better to the former rather than the latter. So one's opinion re: memory foam styles may be determined by your favorite sleep positions as much as anything else.

I bought the next size down from a queen, whatever that is. more than enough for one person imo. i bought some cheap $400 foam/gel thing from overstock and it's been the best bed I ever had. the first minute when i get on it at night is the best time of the day. so good.