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Yes, that's it exactly. You roast all of those till they're good and scorched. Peel the paper off the peppers, toss it all in the blender and that's the base of the soup (plus some chicken stock). Also cube pork, toss with salt and pepper and then coat with flour. Brown in a pan with some olive oil and add to the soup. Let simmer for a few hours. We then thicken it and serve it over rice like a stew. Plated

I haven't banned anyone this year

i'm pretty pleased with the sound of my vinyl rig at the moment, but that didn't stop me from picking up this oddball on new years eve. it's an old NRK broadcast turntable from the late 60s (probably), based on a Sony TTS-3000a it's got a pretty interesting arm, made for NRK at the Kongsberg weapons factory. i guess the reason they went for a highly expensive custom arm, was that all the adjustments are hidden and locked down with unbraco screws, making them fool proof and durable in a studio setting. you need a slotted screwdriver to adjust the counterweight, and a tiny unbraco key to set the torsion spring anti skate on top. no accidental bumping will ever upset the settings. Still haven't got it up and running, as i need a new belt and cartridge clips, but i'm looking forward to seing how it performs. The inbuilt riia is supposedly pretty serious, so i'm also looking forward to compare it with the graham slee reflex M. i need to make some kind of internal rca junction box though, so i can bypass it, or insert the elevator EXP for MC cart usage.

OMG please go find another forum to troll

So I ran the numbers, and due to your time zone, it looks like you bumped a thread from the grave 6 years, 6 months, and 6 days after it was last utilized. That's fantastic. **BRENT**

There is a guy that lives in Sebring, FL that is selling his Yiggy for $1800. I know him from HF. He is a good guy. Bought my first headphones from him years ago. His username is Screwdriver on HF. I was going to buy it but I'm passing for now so go for it if you want. He wants to do a local deal.

It's not a bug, it's a feature.

I finally got the v2 version of the Zaph mod implemented and it sounds very good.

You'd know the difference; doughnuts are glazed, and are somewhat sticky. Bagel date ended up not happening. There was a plausible reason, but I think it came down to "fit yoga instructor and fat sarcastic guy aren't necessarily a great match." Meh.

Tea bag soaking machine using CD/DVD drive controlled by Raspberry Pi:) https://github.com/achilikin/cdtea

yeah, a proper refurb is probably needed for achieving the original wow and flutter specs, though i hope it runs well enough for me to try out for a while before picking it a part. luckily someone was nice enough to email me some (bad) photos of the original schematics and technical documents, so if anything goes wrong it should be fixable. also, here is a picture of the unusual anti-skate, hidden on top of the arm.

That's satanic.

i love the hand made build quality of cool solution on old gear like this. properly laid out, easily serviced, and build to last. just remove some thumbscrews and pull out whatever you need. everything with oversized metal connectors and plugs. just look at this cool little pulley for the arm-lift next to that huge slab of lead or whatever that is. if you press the spring loaded arm-lift knob it functions as a button for something! (probably a muting circuit) so cool, and it has a real satisfying click! everything is just so satisfying to use. loud clicks, strange relay noises, lots of pilot lights and smoothy sliding sliders. to be totally serious though, at over 50 years old, odds are there might be some issues with old caps and such, but hopefully it wont be too much work getting it up and running again (reliably)

Apparently you haven't noticed, but the whole forum has a bug up it's ass against people who don't understand what this place is.

Nope, just equally retarded and in a rush to loose some money.

Day off so pork chili verde is on the menu tonight.

a bit newer maybe, but i've still got my old fostex T30 studio phones to casually drape over the table during photoshoots.

Beautiful! After restoring/upgrading a number of reel to reel machines of that era, getting these electro-mechanical devices running as they should has been 90% mechanical and 10% electro. Cleaning up hardened grease and replacing belts and rubber bushings that have turned to goo is a lot of it. There are companies that make all these rubber parts but it may take a bit of searching and trial and error to find the best fits. In my experience, it's better to just bypass the old stock electronics like you mentioned. Cardas used to make a junction box but that might be over the top. Just be sure that you use shielded cables and avoid all circuits to avoid hum (tiny signal). Looks like a fun project and quite a show piece! Congrats!

What? This late in the year?

So it looks like I will be getting an office in the next few months which will become home for the Oppo HA-2. It is now serving the duty of the DAC in the home headphone rig and will thus need to be replaced. If anyone has, or knows of, a Yggdrasil for sale, please let me know.

Finally banned or just the nth warning?

I love some of the old broadcast turntables, and that one is at the top of the heap! Just beautiful!

Sorry to hear Jacob. Did you at least get to enjoy a bagel? They look good!

I think you mentioned the last time that I made it, I've been meaning to try it. I think what I need to do is to make the pulled pork version along with the tomatillo based sauce...

Exactly how I make it. Makes a damned good burrito too.

American Experience: The Battle of Chosin Exceptional documentary from PBS on one of the definitive and representative battles of the little discussed Korean war. The story of the battle, the heroism, sacrifice, and courage of the soldiers and marines, Chosin's significance in the Korean conflict, and the battle's lasting legacy are all here and all very well done. History/Military History fans, check this one out. Also, kudos to the producers and interviewees for going out of their way to describe the equally amazing courageousness and sacrifice of the battle's other two major participants, namely the Chinese soldiers and the Korean civilians caught in the crossfire. Can be streamed on Youtube here:

Yummm!

I think I "dated" a bagel once. Admittedly it was dark, so it could have been a doughnut.

I'm now living in NYC, it'd be great to meet everyone if there's room.

A surprisingly small one. There is a mild suppression in the upper midrange where you loose some "air" and the bass is clearly tuned like other Pro model Stax so lean but insightful. Their major drawbacks are just how heavy and bulky they are. Also the first ones are so uncomfortable that it isn't even funny. Ohhh and as I found out...stay far away from ones that have been serviced. Stax will turn them into an unlistenable mess which sucks so bad that it isn't funny. Now we all know that the SR-507's are garbage but those drivers in the 4070...holy fuck that was bad.

thanks for the input, I wanted to bring up the elear but it wasn't worth making a new thread. I'll have to check the utopia out at some point after I get my dynamic setup going again