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Allison and I will be hosting Thanksgiving for the first time and so we're doing a Turkey trial run. It's resting so not sure how it tastes yet but the damn bird looks good to me

Fruit Stand Cali fruits after a workout. So good. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for the get well wishes. Hopefully the antibiotic will kick in soon.

BBQ

An easy bitch with bacon

Went out early for a nice 8+ mile blast through the woods with another friend. The weather was near perfect for MTB. Approaching 50, light wind, occasional sun.

Today I changed brake pads ...

3 years, hundreds of miles on a road bike, 50+ pounds lost, and much less stressed/depressed. It turns out all that stuff helps a lot in the "not falling over" part of riding. Now it's just every other ride. I was just talking to Mike about how I still haven't watched that video of me from Florida. That trip led me to sell my bike and get out of it. I didn't hit another trail til Oct 1 this year. Xavier saw me go with a friend, have fun, and then he wanted to go. He went and destroyed me, and his friends ride, so now he is into it, so we have more stuff to do together. Having a blast with it. **BRENT**

Installed LED headlights and fogs in the Jeep.

Great. Once the ear starts draining it would heal by itself, even without oral antibiotics, but some eardrops may be helpful. Let me know your ENT's opinion. Get well.

This one hurts a lot, as I'm a huge Leon Russell fan. I feel he never got the recognition he deserved. RIP Leon. May the Shelter People guide you somewhere better than here!

RIP 2016

Xavier and I are meeting a buddy at 230 for a couple hours in the woods. Can't wait. José, pix of mtb? Can't tell what it is, but XT brakes and XTR wheels ate a great start. **BRENT** Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using Tapatalk

RIP Leon Russell At this point, I'm just going to stop reacting. 2016 just wants attention, and we can't give it to him. Either that or we declare 2016 an act of terror. So, RIP, Leon Russell, I am broken.

Definitely. You may put some vaseline on the cotton and kneading it to get a dough-like texture, which will be more effective to protect the ear from water. If you don't get any better in 48h and the ear keeps draining, send me a PM

For me the thing that was causing a phasey sound in the bass was the chimney above the fireplace. That gave an organ pipe resonance at 30Hz and harmonics (60, 120 etc Hz). Cured it by stuffing the chimney with a load of old clothes that I'd been storing up for gardening etc in. I was keen on using Monster Traps on the rear wall http://gikacoustics.co.uk/product/gik-acoustics-monster-bass-trap-flexrange-technology/ which were very affordable. Unfortunately the WAF actually went negative, something I did not think was possible. That was very much a one sided discussion

Lunchtime veggie slice (Tropical Paradise not included)

I don't think huskies were involved, though. Maybe a husky Hawaiian.

Kauai Sunrise Shave Ice (mango passion fruit coconut pineapple)

After suffering from what I thought was a head cold for week and a half, I woke up this morning with a bloody, purulent discharge from my left ear. So off I went to the local Med Center and then to Costco for the antibiotics. I think that this is the first ear infection I've had since I was a young child.

After removing what seems like thousands of screws and body fairing pieces, I changed my voltage regulator on my bike.

the $3 ones are worth $3...

48 Sous Vide Short Ribs and Baja Corn. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Followed by Banana Leaf Steamed Sea Bass and Shrimp and a Macadamia Nut crusted Opa fish with a roasted Da Cunha lobster tail. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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If I had a nickel for every time I heard this... What's wrong with listening to you? You haven't established any credence yet, that's what. If I tried everything that some random stranger on the internet told me to try, I wouldn't have time for the things that I truly enjoy. And I'd have a buttload of Galaxy Note 7s. I've already explained why you shouldn't be the one pushing this. If you persist in ignoring me and in your unpaid shilling, I shall have to resort to stronger words.

Starting with a delicious biscuit to celebrate Brent's imminent deportation. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Followed by braised beef cheeks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Pudding!

Curry With a bunch of Brits

This is the most helpful headcase has been to a newbie all year.

OK, then. Get something from HeadAmp or ecp audio (brand new Black Diamond amps shipping soon) or call Todd at ttvjaudio.com and buy something he says is good with your cans. Not too difficult.

Here's a pic of KG developing his B22. He sure has lost weight and done a lot of tanning since I saw him last.

Let's just start off with one thing, nobody on HF that they value can read a schematic and make any meaningful judgements from that. There is a whole lot more to it than to just know what the symbol for a capacitor or a resistor is. Also assuming the lemming mentality that is the norm applies to the Stax mafia is just nonsense. We post the data for people to make up their own minds. That's the sole reason for this thread, educate people, and Alex is certainly amongst those as he clearly hasn't got the slightest clue what he's doing. Same reason why we did the Single Power stuff, the KingSound and why the EC Electra is next. People need to make informed decisions based on facts, not the shill drivel on HF or faked measurements. As Amos so routinely posts, most amps are based on the same designs (not true anybody who knows anything about electronics knows that) so why don't people post the designs? Why won't they post internal pictures? Because they have something to hide. If anybody doubts these images then I'll gladly supply the RAW's from Lightroom. As for the safety of the amp, of course it isn't safe. There are no output resistors and the ballast resistors will fail when asked to do their job. Think of it this way, you have a car with weak breaks which function ok under normal circumstances but what happens in an emergency? They won't do their job and it is the same case here. Under normal circumstances the amp works, sounds horrible but works but say somebody is using the headphones with wet hair. Not recommended but a drop of moisture gets into cable entry and shorts one of the conductors to the housing. The user then grabs the metal as something sounds off and boom, instant conductor to ground with nothing to limit the voltage/current. That is not a good feeling... What has been the standout of all of this for me is the constant cry from the shills and other people of ill refute about the wast difference between the LL1 and LL2 yet nobody has chimed in as to what said difference is. No internal pics naturally save for the one that shows the fucked DRV134/BUF634 phase splitter and the magical input wiring which is mostly just the same old cheap 1oz copper trace on the PCB. As for other makers entering the market, would anybody doubt the design and build quality of a Stax amp sold by Schiit or Pete Millet? The difference is that they know what they are doing, Cavalli has no clue.