Anyone need a good, budget turntable? Turntable Lab (and some others) are doing the Denon DP-300F for 199$, with an upgraded version with cork mat, an Ortofon 2M Red, and a carbon fibre brush for 269$.
HOLY SHIT! Where have you been dude? It's been a long time...welcome back
The inspection today went without a hitch. The report points out things so minor that they were included as issues since there really weren't any. In an even more pleasant surprise, my parents very generously offered to loan us an extremely large sum of money so that we could avoid the hassles of going through a mortgage and just buy the condo outright. By some very conservative measures we should be able to pay them back in about 2.5 years which not only saves us a lot of money in closing costs but more importantly saves me the time and headache of telling the bank where a $24 deposit came from 3 months ago. The downside it that we are about 8-10k short of the contract price between our salaries before the closing date, all the cash we have saved up and what my parents are offering. Now comes the fun part of flipping over cushions to find change and hoping for a lot more cushions than we have.
I went to the thrift store and there was nothing cool there until I saw this on a bottom shelf...
They were asking 20$ with stickers that they were unsure if it worked so perfect for me. This is a PSU for Mackie mixing desks with a super long umbilical cable which I have removed. Heavy fucker too... at least 10kg.
Healthy output current so the idea came into my head to use it as a bench supply should it work.
After some cleaning it looked ok with no bad caps or any visible damage. Just look at that monster of a transformer. So I turned it on and well it worked so this was next:
No current limiting here but hey, this one was cheap so who cares. Also I can test large class A amps with this beast.
I've driven some pretty damn big motorhomes, I'm always sober and I don't eat as much as it would appear that I do.
That's my resume for the designated driver position (disregard the snoring issue).
Finished up the separate "Universal" PS that will be used to power my GG. Maybe try it with a Carbon later.
Measurements:
GRHV+: 404.5VDC
GRHV-: -406.4VDC
GRLV+: 15.01VDC
GRLV-: -15.00VDC
Pro Bias: settles at 580VDC
Casework by Head-Case member joehpj
Awaiting select parts on a slow boat from China to finish up the GG.