Leaderboard

Finished... Back plates before I mounted them...

Had a great time! Nice to finally meet Collin. Justin and Brent were awesome as always. Doug's T5 was excellent and on the same level as my L3. I had no time to listen to Mr. Speaker Ether Stats. We went to Brazilian steakhouse yet again. Matt missed out on a great meal unfortunately.

Spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday replacing the deteriorating wood decking with composite. Thanks to my bro-in-laws for doing 80% of the work, the deck lives again. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bearded Justin is disconcerting.

I usually stagger after the joints... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Colin's IV (which is a common base topology) is a good alternative for a current out DAC. It is similar to Jocko's circuit, or Nelson Pass', and it can be made differential without too much trouble. For a voltage out DAC, a simple emitter or source follower works great as a buffer. Even a diamond buffer is a good alternative, and it can be made DC couple-able with the help of a servo (unlike some off the shelf diamond buffers.) Or any of Pass' recent buffers are good options. There is this myth of tubes as being pleasant sounding, and tooby. The reality is that tubes are very linear amplifiers with excellent bandwidth, and the bulk of the added distortion and limited bandwidth attributed to them has to do with the topologies and the surrounding components used. Similarly, the myth of DAC digital glare probably has more to do with the opamps used in the IV than the DAC chips themselves.

Well to be fair, it was actually much darker than the picture shows and I had spent the last twenty minutes navigating through a fog of ganja smoke.

And what did Colin Have?

Had a weekend in Atlanta and got to hang with Colin and Justin and Purk. Had a few snacks. **BRENT**

Have a great one Shell! Cheers!

I can definitely do a I/V converter with a discrete cfa amplifier with the current input directly feeding the emitters of a complementary input stge.

It's even prettier in person. So...when can I get one?

Indeed!

Not a bad Sunday. My standing table top group solved case 7 of Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, than then I puttered around on some projects at home. A nice cigar and a couple drinks post dinner, and now time for a good walk, and then some good ol' "TeeVee," when I get back home. I think I'll start watching the new season of The Americans.

I have a working II+. I pull it out every few years to play Microsoft Olympic Decathlon.

I ain't no Optimus Prime!

We wanted to show our house guest some So Cal culture and it was down to the Getty Museum or... so naturally we chose Venice Beach. Luckily Al was able to join us.

Burger with everything* *Colin not included

The only reason I didn't make it to BBQ with Nate. Pre-birthday celebration at The Pass. Fantastic!

Whenever I pronounce Soekris I think of this ...

Prime rib and shrimps.

The modern version of T2! That is awesome. The old sands are too hard to find nowadays

Composite is the shiznit. Nice job!

Beyond well done. Stunning quality case work!

Having seen & heard the amp in person ,It is more impressive then the Pics. Great job Kerryi

When I upgrade I think it will be to a Yoder or one like Mike's. http://www.yodersmokers.com/ys640-competition-cart.html

It's beautiful!

Really beautiful.

Awesome!

Congrat. Sublime.

Just gorgeous

That thing is awesome Kerry!

Gorgeous!

A work of art. Love it!

Kerry , that is quite the accomplishment!

Excellent!

That T2 looks sweet!

I'm going bring Wachara's Orpheus Clone to the meet as well.

Dammit Colin Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

Who. Fucking. Cares.

OMG those are funny Dusty! Thanks, I needed that.

Beef ribs, wagyu brisket, creamed corn, and mac and cheese. Shelly steered me right.

Also, no one is allowed to let Brent consume biscuits.

Yeah, that's the kind of mood I've been in, lately.

So close, but so far ...

Well the new 100/100 fiber at home seems to be working..

But my sarcasm... Was like... turned up to 11.