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Thanks, guys. Blueman2, the custom electrostatic drivers are indeed my creation -- they were inspired by Chinsettawong in his DIY Electrostatic Headphones forum on Head-fi.org (https://www.head-fi.org/threads/my-diy-electrostatic-headphones.498292/), and they were the reason why I started building electrostatic amps in the first place. When I saw that thread several years ago, I bought an old stax SRM-1/Mk2 from eBay to start my DIY headphone attempt, wasn't happy with the old stax amp, so built the KGSSHV... It's been an ongoing fall down the rabbit hole since then. The drivers were made from pcb boards and mylar film with a coating of staticide 6500 antistatic spray on the film. I'm waiting to get access to a machine shop or at least a cnc router again so I can build the cups for them -- or at least get some time again to finish up the wood cups that chinsettawong gave me so I can finally case some of my drivers. In the meantime, though, I have some acrylic headphone cups I've just finished cutting that will finally serve as my version 1.0 of the DIY headphones. (will post pics soon) I know most of you guys have the top-of-the-line Stax headphones and look down on the SR-404 and 300 series, but that's all I have, and these DIY drivers blow those old Stax headphones away in both transparency and soundstage. JoaMat, the relay board is just a stock selector board to let me switch between the balanced (tiny XLR) and unbalanced (phono) input. That and the SumR transformer are the only major components that's stock -- I made everything else from scratch including the stax connectors, pot board, etc. The stax connectors were made from stocks of teflon and have gold-plated brass vacuum tube sockets for connectors. I even molded the stax connector on the cable from scratch: the flat cable itself was a Koss extension cable; the connector on the end was made from pieces of brass rods, a teflon core I milled on a table-top cnc, and covered in a cast hard urethane casing. I DIY cast the mold out of silicon from the end of the cable on my SR-404.

Lily and I made German Chocolate Cake today.

It has an energy for sure! Speaking of which, YouTube served this up tonight. They get me.

Some footage of playing in Zion on the Can-Am Maverick X3 Max X RS Turbo R. These things are an absolute blast, and if I lived somewhere they would be useful I would definitely be buying one.

Then again, in the course of the year you might have asked her a question or two about her life to learn this fundamental fact...

It was 2lbs, and it was bloody delicious. I think Colin probably could have done it in a single serving, but these days? I couldn't have.

hangin' out with Michael Fremer...Frems, as I call him...in Indianapolis...taking crappy pics...listening to great recordings...

I finally broke down and put my "temporary" acrylic front plate on my carbon build... I finished the boards almost 9 months ago and have been waiting for access to a cnc or mill to make the front and back plates. After waiting for so long, I finally bolted the acrylic plates that I had originally made just to size and verify the positions of the components... The amp sounds pretty darn awesome, even with the uncased DIY drivers I had made... Loud enough at 12 O'Clock position to fill a small room with very transparent, noise-free music... Definitely enough to blow out what's left of my eardrums. It'll probably be a while before I can get the permanent, aluminum front and back panels made.

What we called beef stew growing up, or irish stew. My ex made english beef stew with v8 and other garbage. This is my first time cooking the beef stew of my childhood in the better part of 20 years. My house smells like memories. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

This is a sequencer. You can see the 19" rack gear inside the enclosure.

Yes, I will probably wait for the Mark II Gold Maximum Maxed Superturbo RS

Needs moar Special Edition.

I can't imagine that wavering horn riff being anything but annoying, yet they've managed the My Bloody Valentine thing -- repeat it until it becomes addictive as all...

http://www.metalsucks.net/2018/11/10/jered-threatin-also-created-a-fake-record-label-fake-press-outlet-fake-award-and-fake-web-design-company-to-promote-his-band/ It’s like the world’s worst Wix commercial.

a new baby GG is born! a fantastic build by Soren, thank you!!

In the Paris rain, May 1961, JFK and de Gaulle honor soldiers who gave their lives. "Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first." - Charles de Gaulle

She doesn’t wear a ring, so I am absolved for not knowing. Still wish I knew a year ago, when my crush was barely forming, would’ve saved myself a lot of consternation.