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Got to ride in a 1974 Land Rover With the wheel on the proper side, and weather to make us feel at home That took us to meet a Zebra called Elvis Some rare Antelope And some endangered Giraffe's That Joanne got to feed http://bbryanpreserve.com/

Sleepy Jax WTF did you wake me up for Jax

I never thought of Joanne as being short, but I had no idea.

Ramen

Did a nice cold ride, forgot my new gloves, this morning around the Argonne National Labs. Bike rides great and I feel pretty good after being off the bikes for a long time. A quick shot of the bike after some cleaning.

I never said the amp would blow up, yes if you coupled 100Vrms into the input you may damage the protection devices or overheat the input transformer but I doubt any sane person would connect it up to a power amp or power line on purpose... clipping produces objectional distortion so I choose to have that be impossible in system. Look, I have no intention of any markting BS. MSB makes less than 1% of our revenue on products other than DACs and OEM contracts. I only step up to the plate to design something like an amp when all the avalable products are difficient in one way or another and we have need of it. I have zero interest in lying about technicalities. Yes a calibrated metrology KVD is the worlds highest performance 1000v amplifierless DAC but that fact alone does not make it suitable for music reproduction. Tossing hypotheticals about does not change reality. I must say that you seem very defensive, did a grandkid poke you in the eye at Thanksgiving dinner? Flames usually accompany smoke, do you have something to hide? Nothing I posted was inaccurate so I don't believe I deserve being called a FOOL. BTW when is any electronic component off the table when a designer sets down to design a product? Every DAC we sell has multiple transformers throughout its circuitry. RF transformers isolate external data busses and impedance match clock transmission lines, micro transformers do level translation or isolation for voltage islands, power transformers are used to generate power supplies, MF transformers are used for DC to DC converters, ect... The only drawbacks to designing with any transformers in my view is cost and size, they tend to cost more than any other circuit component and consume more space so I usually attempt to design them out of products that have a low cost BOM constraint or size constraint. My view is that a designer should test and choose the best architecture and componets that fit the relevant design constraints, not reject possibilities out of hand because of some irrational belief or fear. Just because a box has a transformer in it disqualifies it from being called a DAC in your view? I'm curious for you to explain your position on this... Obviously I can stand the heat or I wouldn't have a product... Being terrified of being caught in a line and being dragged into a storm has never stopped good sailors either... fear is what keeps people cautious and alive.

Is Ramen theft that prevalent in Seattle?

Bacon Butty Yum!

French Toast and Bacon Via:

That is the dumbest thing you have ever posted here, not that there hasn't been some legitimate competition.

A full roast turkey and a bunch of other stuff[ing]

Lots. Thanksgiving with some non HC friends. Deep fried Turkey, from an electric SV like device 12lb bird cooked in 48 minutes, so very un-sv like Sides included brussel sprouts with bacon Yum ( two types of potatoes, two stuffings etc) And then there was dessert So of course, I had to try a bit of everything. Happy Thanksgiving head-case, to you and your loved ones.

A couple of fried eggs, some delicious Mikey bread, and a little porter. It's what's for brunch! [emoji769]

Stealthy matte black is cool.

I almost forgot the most important bit. djs welcome to headcase! where the woman are strong, all the men are good-looking and the children are above average were you going to say something or just repost my pictures? edit: needed to get the quote correct

matching the output devices not a bad idea board file posted, new software may not be compatible with some gerber viewers, I did it in rs274x although I can do the new gerber x2 version changed a number of resistors, its less than 1db down at 20khz. about 7.5 watts per board, 15 watts per channel, 30 watts total plus the power supply joamat i'm expecting you should be able to have this done by the end of the day

Wow. Back in the day he and Khrushchev were responsible for the world coming within a hair's breadth of nuclear Armageddon. Love him or hate him, he certainly left his mark on history writ large. RIP.

More dessert

Spicy Italian sausage and broccoli rabe frittata Add ricotta Add parmesan, provolone and smoked mozzarella Add 16 eggs And bake

Thanksgiving dinner included.............sweet potato biscuits Paging Brent.....

Went to see this today http://www.nomanslandtheplay.com/ two titans of theatre - Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. Awesome. The performance is being broadcast live to cinemas worldwide on 15th December for anyone interested in a typical Tom Stoppard Harold Pinter play.

I can't find the power supply pics, but here are some of them. sloppy evidently going all the way back to 2007, looks like djs designed much of this too. definitely like the hand drilled hole on the preamp boards.

WIMP! If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen. that said, if you are not wearing the appropriate PPE, including rubber shoes, non flammable clothing, and safety glasses, and have the appropriate training you are a FOOL. and if working on singlepower gear, add a blast shield. I saw first hand while working at Zenith Radio what happens when someone does not follow the rules, I was less than 15 feet away. And that person got a trip to the hospital and was lucky. Back when CRT's were the in thing and 25KV was the way things were done. Glad that is over now. The rest of it is marketing BS. Deliberately requiring an amplifier to use a $30k dac because if it clips it may blow up seems a bit stupid. Calling the pair a high voltage DAC when there is a transformer in the middle is a lie. You actually can make a real high voltage R2R dac, with 1500V opto isolators, its pretty easy actually, much easier than doing a low voltage version. etc.

Test Tone @ Home live right now: http://mixlr.com/illuminator/chat

This thread has become un-readable with all the dumbass comments. Dusty, Dan...can we get a cleanup on isle 4?

The problem isn't how much time has passed since you joined, the problem is how effectively you used that time. As I know Mr. Tyll is respected member of HC. Just FYI. And at least read the review before comment on it.

See, this is the real idea behind the Stax mafia. They pat you on the back for building one of their designs while they're sucking money out of your pocket by posting a new one.

I don’t have to listen to it to know it sucks. iSquirrel is useless, ignorant of even the slightest clue as to anything technical, his profile fits MSB marketing perfectly. “Quite frankly I don't care what's inside, only what it sounds like.” iSquirrel November 2016 Says it all.

Thanks Al. It was Gail's initiative and my work. Carved up and ready to go. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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.

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.

I'm super jealous of eating beef you raise

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

SMOKED HALF PIG HEAD crispy fried ear, braised tongue, roasted loin, (feeds 2-3 people) mama lil's peppers, aioli, stone ground mustard

Meanwhile...

An easy bitch with bacon

Fight Club. I haven't seen this since high school. I saw it for the first time in the theater. I now recognize how much this influenced me. Perfect movie for 16 year olds exploring politics. It's really good. Also really stupid. I love David Fincher. Glad I grew out of this. Fincher is great, though: his Zodiac is still the best mainstream movie from 2000-2010, in my opinion. If anybody ever directed a movie version of Neal Stephenson's Zodiac, I'd want it to be Fincher.