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I want to raise cattle to sell everything but the prime rib and tenderloin to cover costs, and do my day job

Shitty photo, but this was a pretty delicious homegrown T-bone, extra rare.

Butter chicken. Had some white wine left over from yesterday so added that to the sauce. Not as buttery as I had hoped for but still pretty good.

Great first episode! I'm excited to see where they go with it.

I think it depends on what the W prefers, since the LXmini seems to have a mainly cardioidal polar pattern, whereas with true dipoles you definitely need at least 3-4 feet in the back and probably some acoustic absorption as well. I can confirm from experience with 6 ft tall Acoustats that large black rectangular prisms get to be fairly intimidating that far into the room

I went down a rabbit hole last night looking into the LX-mini +2 and in particular the DSP cross-overs. Looks really interesting. I also though if I shortened the tube (not sure how that will effect the sound) put a veneer over the tube it and wall mount it, it has potential. Also, I could create a teardrop shaped (top view) wire frame that would go over the top driver with some speaker cloth. I'd need a sub woofer or the +2 option, but have a space for that already. Interesting. My crazy DIY speaker project is to recreate the MBL tweeter / mid range and recreate something like the MBL 126 but with a smaller cabinet also adding a subwoofer. I was thinking the DSP active cross-over would be an excellent way of tuning the system. @Craig Sawyers - Not sure if the Hypex six channel DLCP is the right option to be looking at for this. All very interesting though.

Awesome! I will take one (or four) for the team. Edit: Done! Will not ship until January so ordered an iGrill Mini to tide me over.

I am really going to miss WCD. It was a vibrant community dedicated to archiving, tagging, sorting, and reviewing music. There has never been a more complete and well-maintained catalogue of digital music in history, and there may well never be another. Even those of us who cared about copyright and IP can recognize the loss of pure metadata this represents.

LX Mini - Has there ever been a speaker with less WAF?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1977846026/meater-the-first-truly-wireless-smart-meat-thermom Allegedly shipping next month, but ... you know ... Kickstarter.

I'm going to rewatch the entire series, I've already rewatched the pilot. This has quickly become my favourite show on television (more so than even Mr. Robot), and is easily in my top 10 favourite of all time. You won't be able to watch it in public, though -- there are scenes where there are swaths of nekid peoples.

Back to black, Amy Winehouse See also: https://tidal.com/album/66636014

I'm saving everything beyond Ep2 for upcoming travel. Pretty fantastic so far.

It may seem perverse to consider building something, but these http://www.linkwitzlab.com/LXmini/Introduction.htm take a lot of beating, and can be built for not much more than $700 for drivers and all hardware, and including the DSP crossover. And you need four channels of amplification, which of course costs some more. Such as https://emotiva.com/products/amplifiers/xpa-gen3 for about $1k, but there are many options. You can get a kit from Madisound https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/2-way-speaker-kits/lxmini-linkwitz-lab-speaker-kit-pair/ for a number of kit options. Someone who had built a pair came along and we did a shoot out between the LX-mini and my LX-521. Apart from a comparative lack of bass, the imaging and neutrality were just as good.

Here's another vote for the Elac's. I own 1.6qr's and I've had other Maggie's before them. I spent an hour or so with the Elac UB5 with and without the sub driven by Audio Alchemy electronics and I was blown away! I've considered selling my (kind of huge) system and getting exactly the setup I heard. https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2016/04/28/axpona-2016-elac-and-audio-alchemy/

Another brand you might consider is Joseph Audio. Being in NY, it shouldn't be hard for you to audition them.

Hey, Kerry, I used to live on the Upper East Side in another life (504 E 81st studio apt) when I was a fellow at MSKCC. I've had Quads for years, even managed to squeeze them into the studio apt with a Hartley subwoofer, but my HT set-up has used Tannoy System 8 NFM II speakers which are stand mounted and reasonable size. Needs a subwoofer though as they only go down to about 55 Hz. A bit industrial looking with gray matte cabinets and black grilles, as they were designed as studio monitors, but sound pretty good. The late JGH used System 10 DMT II monitors in a 5.1 system for a number of years, which is what I have now, but with an 8 as a center speaker - I still have a pair of 8s sitting around, but w/o grilles. I think the 10s may have been his last system. They are obsolete but show up from time to time on ebay within your budget.

I've liked for years two monitors that you might enjoy (not having heard ELAC things ever) Spendor S3/5SE (or whatever is the last version) Proac Tablette Reference 8 (specially the Signature) They're monitors that depending on the room size may sound adequately loud and filling, with rather high WAF with the right bases. Still very different sounding from the Maggies. I like some Dynaudio, but they're in the "descriptive" side of things, which isn't always very enjoyable. I wish you find something that you really like, Kerry.

Thanks all! We're pretty damn proud of him. Now if he'd only clean his room

You take care of stray animals, to a degree few of us here would. That says a lot about your character and humanity. I and I'm sure others recognize and commend that. Don't worry about getting our hopes up for the future of our country and world Off politics for a bit: my son got his first acceptance to college 2 days ago, along with $22k/yr scholarship award offer! BUT....the letter said it was Early Decision (binding). We confirmed we had sent Early Action (non-binding), so Andrew talked with admissions. New letter to come, still accepted right away, still the $22k/yr, and non-binding. It's too bad this is 3rd or 4th choice for Andrew. It happens to be closest to us and the only school in state he liked. But I think it bodes well for other schools......