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A day later, rough framing complete.

I found the perfect ride for @grawk

@cetoole was visiting, so we made a slightly absurd amp using parts from the bin. I had originally milled the chassis with the intention of building a 6E5P triode -> 4P1L triode SE; then realized that would be a bit awkward, since the 6E5P is rated for higher dissipation than the 4P1L. I may have also forgotten that 4P1L filaments need power supplies when I bought my power transformer, too, so that was a non-starter. Not wanting to leave two unused holes in the panel, the obvious solution was to throw some 0C3s in. Glow tubes are pretty; it follows that any amp that uses them will sound better than one that does not. A normal person might be tempted to string them in series and use them as a reference for a regulator. Instead, each channel gets its own shunt regulator with a voltage reference made up of a zener stacked on top of the glow tube, and a SiC shunt device. R7 ensures that the tube strikes. And the current source (which is nothing inspired) The regulator terminates into the cathode rather than ground, keeping the cathode regulator out of the output current loop. It also forces the PNP to run at constant current regardless of cathode current, meaning its impedance will also be constant. It sounds like a single ended triode (i.e. terrible). But it was an awfully fun build. Slightly tempted to parafeed or otherwise upgrade the iron. It's surprisingly silent when nothing is playing.

On a lighter and less important note: Yesterday I put back together a door frame that had been ripped apart when a visitor of ours tried to close a screen door that was locked open. The day before that I managed to fix the CD drawer on my Linn Classik that has been broken for years. All it was was a simple loose rubber belt internal to the mechanism. Some belt conditioner fixed it right up. Very glad because it seemed to be a custom transport. Yay for working beloved electronics and saving money.

Looks like I've clinched the season championship after the two drops Probably will still race the final event of the season.

Meat.

Went OK. Got beat by a S60 R Design which seems like a good sleeper for the class.. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

George Blood is one of the masters in the craft of archiving audio and film. The guy has "been there and done that" from the early days of recording and has forgotten more than just about anybody else living knows about the development of the recording arts. Pretty cranky and ornery from what I can tell!

We really need Grahame slamming into him, though. I hate the way they do pointer cones. Congrat, Chris. Let me know if you want a codriver so you can see how it's to be done. **STIG** Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using Tapatalk

And then there was

The end of season tire bill is going to be all too real... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

John testing. And 10 different takes of Giant Steps from the heavyweight champion boxed set.

Condolences to you and your family, Kerry.

Never really have been a gamer but I gotta say they've come a long, long way. That looks almost real!

Sorry Kerry. Wishing you and the family peace

Sorry for your loss Kerry

All the above Kerry. Condolences to you and yours.

Condolences to you and your family, Kerry.

So sorry to hear this. Condolences to you and your family.

Sorry for your loss, Kerry.

Condolences Kerry.

Sorry to hear, Kerry.

Also, not meat

^ This.

Condolences, Kerry.

Condolences Kerry. Fuck cancer Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

Condolences, Kerry.

Sorry to hear that, Kerry.

Condolences. 90 is a rich age, still a great loss Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Sorry for your loss Kerry. Condolences to you, family, and friends. 90 is a good age, but fuck cancer still.... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

Condolences

So sorry to hear, condolences to you and your family

Sorry for your family's loss, Kerry.

Meanwhile ... (for all you 78 fans) http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/arts-culture/106319-philly-company-digitizes-collection-of-25000-old-records-and-growing-free-to-download https://archive.org/details/georgeblood&tab=about https://archive.org/details/georgeblood&tab=collection So much yodeling ...

Larry Carlton Quartet full concert at the Festival de Jazz de Vitoria, performed on July 12th this year

Just finished playing a three-night run of sold out Eric Clapton tribute concerts. I'm not a Clapton fan but it was fun. The afterparty was also pretty good.

No pictures of progress since my focus was otherwise occupied, but I tried my hand a ribs yesterday. Everyone was quite please with the results.

Summer fruits!

Yes and no. There are solid dust covers on both sides of the drivers ever since the SR-Omega in 1993 (only on the front before that) so the drivers should be sealed but...the plastic is thin and tears easily so stuff can get in. Also something could be in there from when they were assembled as even though they have a clean room, shit happens. Phones such as the old HE Audio stuff, King Sound, Sennheiser HE60 and HE90 all have porous dust covers so crap will get in there over time.

I've got my controller boards working pretty well now with the digital attenuators. I like the larger one because it has a really nice feel as you turn the volume knob (...yes I see it ). I went and added a USB input to the board itself, though this is really overkill - which is why I did it. Here I'm updated with the TX / RX LEDs blinking away. EDIT: I've got to do one more round of cleaning...

We buried my father in law today. Very sad day. He was just shy of 90 years old. They found a small spot in his lung about two months ago. After radiation treatment, he deteriorated very quickly. Lots of good memories to keep with us.