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I got routine blood test results. My triglyceride levels were 489 mg/dl, right before I became a vegetarian. Two years later, it's at 160. Still a little higher than I'd like (high triglyceride levels run in the family; for instance, my mother weighs a hundred and twenty pounds and has as pretty low calorie diet, but has a triglyceride level over three hundred, despite statins), but I think that's a pretty darned good result. Everything else in the lipid panel were squarely in the "normal" zone. Fasting blood sugar is under 100 (everybody on both sides of my family over the age of 30 has diabetes except for me and my mother, so I think this is a triumph!), my resting pulse has fallen under 75 (again, still higher than I want, but it was over 100 two years ago). Blood pressure has been good despite reducing the amount of medication I take. I think I'm doing pretty darned well.

This is it. The main profiles were water jet cut. The main thickness is actually two slabs bonded together so there is a bit of damping. The 401 used to be notorious for rumble, but that used to be as a result of the primitive chipboard plinths. Screwed hard onto a slate plinth it is silent. Now all the plinths and baffles I've seen (including mine) are the grey sedimentary slates. There is another type, which is the product of ancient volcanism, and under extreme pressure and heat becomes a gorgeous green colour. I have no idea what the internal damping of the two types is, but I'd like to experiment with the green stuff, if only for the look. The plinth above has been NC machined, and you can do much more adventurous things that way - like the superb looking chamfers.

Just change cobbler to gobbler and that's a pretty good description of **Brent**

Slate is a great baffle material. Inert and highly damped. I'm actually thinking of replacing the upper baffle on my LX521's with slate. My local "Monumental Mason" Abingdon Slate and Marble made a superb plinth for my Garrard 401, so they have the capability to do a great job.

I note that Stretch liked your comment, but I will point out, as his attorney, that he said wine drinking "in his house" will occur henceforth only after a body weight of <210 is recorded. He is on vacation in Hawaii, not at home. This rule shall not be in effect for some days. I will further note, that I am disappoint, unless he's going to drink with me outside his home, even if he is still "Fat."

Some additional heavyweight

I actually had a Cher watch! But I broke it while turning the dial backward. My thinking was "If I could turn back time".

Yeah, just noodling. Think I'll have about 6" of free air space behind the desk so could also push any speakers back there on tall stands. Probably a discussion for another thread ...

Holy crap, I've never wanted a speaker more.

The AMT unit is the best midrange I've ever heard! The bass of the ESS speakers was a little loosey goosey but I'd imagine the OMA's would be glorious.

I like the industrial look. It's true to form, and I believe that a more stylized carriage would only detract from the beauty of the wooden horns. And that is where the beauty lies IMO. I think there are better looking versions though... Personally, I'd choose Cherry wood with the Black frame. And it looks like OMA has a new speaker! Want! Without research, it looks like a Heill AMT with a 12" woofer. Having owned the ESS AMT 1D's, I can attest to how good that combo can be. EDIT: Indeed it is a Heill AMT unit and 12" woofer. However, it is not an NOS AMT, but rather a new unit, built for OMA in Germany. Nice!

Outstanding! Having had my bloodwork interpreted recently, I actually understood the ramifications of all those numbers.

Indeed **BRONT**

I thought that said "solid state baffle" and was like

I'm going to guess them to be about 22" wide x 26" tall. They are large! I'm imagining sitting atop a desk, no riser would be needed. I'm not sure that the name "Monitor" should be taken as desktop monitor. I think you'd want to be at least 8' back. Those AMT units have a wide dispersion but sound best further back. At least with my old ESS's.

Seriously though, those blonde wood OMA Monitors would match my new desk eerily perfectly. They say "mid-field" and boundary reinforcement would likely be an issue with the big woofers, but maybe on risers and about 6-1/2 feet back from my earholes might work?

When did we change the subject to my sex life?

Very lawyerly! How much do I owe you, Al?

Chris didn't pay his 57$ protection fee. Fuck it. Bojangles' Cajun Filet Biscuit. **BRENT**

I'd love to hear those! The OMA slate is beautiful stuff in person.

PS: That's a solid slate baffle. It's called aptly "Monitor". I can't find a price but if I ever win the lottery...

No wine for you.

Usually both are 300-400 Mbps higher. This was tested at 7 PM on a Tuesday, though, which is nearly peak usage. I love FiOS.

My contribution to the pissing contest : Ali

A bit better than the last place I worked

Condolences to you and your wife and whole family, Kerry.

Anyone need a good, budget turntable? Turntable Lab (and some others) are doing the Denon DP-300F for 199$, with an upgraded version with cork mat, an Ortofon 2M Red, and a carbon fibre brush for 269$.

The cascode current source can be set with an LV source. Connect positive voltage to B+ terminal of the amp board. Connect negative voltage to the end of the 100ohm resistor adjacent to the DN2540 away from the heatsink. Measure voltage between the testpoints. Adjust until measurement is 1V for 20mA. (Calculation is 50ohms / 0.02A = 1V).