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Pork Tenderloin With Duck Sauce And Veggies (Heirloom carrots, mashed sweet potatoes, homemade cranberry sauce)

And that's really the point. This is your opinion. It happens to be one I agree with -- I am, and have been, a proponent of CCSes in audio circuits for years. I think they are almost always the right decision -- but that does not mean that other solutions do not have merit, and that there aren't good reasons for someone to solve a problem in a way I might not. The world is not black and white. The above discussion seemed to suggest it might be.

Baconless beef soup/stew

My HC-like buddy Alex in Atlanta, roasting a giant rib eye in his Big Green Egg. Can't wait!

15 shot stitch. Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal.

During ... After ...

Don't, you'll just encourage me.

Signed up for the Level 2 course because the Level 1 course is full and I had done the Level 1 a while back. I will have to do some reading to refresh my memory. Also took Jeff for a ride and I hope he was a little impressed with the ST.

The outside of Notre Dame and somewhere in Banff.

Moar Bacon ... For a French Bread Bacon Butty and Eggs

The clue is in the name, perhaps? Chris will no doubt also approve, but for different reasons

Aretha Frankenstein's for early brunch (not breakfast, dammit.) Bacon Pancakes, Waffle with ice cream, eggs, bacon, biscuit, fried potatoes. **BRENT**

Ah, OK, got it. I agree with you. Engineering decisions are rarely good vs evil, which is why I usually try to present advantages and drawbacks in a discussion.

Live hipster bluegrass at the beer spot. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Even with all your justifications, which I'll stipulate are true (a CCS will reduce resonances, divert more output to the load, and lower distortion), there are good reasons to use a choke load. Chokes store energy and can swing above the power supply. As a consequence, a CCS loaded tube needs a power supply more than double the voltage of one with a choke load. Besides the huge reduction in efficiency and the need to dissipate the heat, this also requires the use of a very different class of high voltage components and very different construction techniques. Building a 400V supply is trivial. Building an 800V one is not. Additionally, while the choke load will have more distortion, almost all of it is at low frequencies where distortion is considerably less audible. Your 200H choke may only provide a 50K load at 40Hz, but at 1000Hz it is well above 1M2 Ohm which is on par with a CCS. For reasons of safety, personal comfort in working with high voltages, or possibly even cost, the trade off of slightly increased low frequency distortion chokes may be justified in some cases. You don't have to use them, but it does not mean that they are a blanket bad idea. And Lundahl makes a 270H choke, so 70K at 40Hz.

French Toast With ... Bacon!

I see R fairly often. Still a great car (just not for me). I am probably going to do a Cobb stage 3 or the Motune equivalent at some point if I don't get into autocross. Thinking about the local autocross level 1 class in a week.

Generally speaking, Bill Maher is a fuckhead, but this is a fitting tribute.

Egg baked in an avocado with chives and salsa. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

A little photo tour of last month's SIngapore trip, some of you may have seen it on Facebook, but if not, here it is! Shot with a combination of Sony A6000 16-50/3.5-5.6 and Samyang 12/2.0, with a few cameos from RAW processed out of my LG V10.