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And then there is El-Pipo. Which he combined with the above KleinHorns (small [!!] horns). http://www.firstwatt.com/pdf/art_elpipeo.pdf The best sentence in that article is "Funny things happen when your speakers are flat to 13Hz. You have to be careful about your tone arm, your windows, your neighbors, and your bowels"

Today's ride on the new to me Lemond: 17.3 miles, 13.6 mph, 798 calories, 589ft elevation gain

Happy 25th MP3 https://hackaday.com/2020/07/27/mp3-is-25-years-old/

Thank you very much indeed, guys. I much appreciate your good wishes, they put a smile on my face, which is not that easy lately. I took a day off work, I've been skipping work for my birthday for a few years, kind of a tradition already. This year tomorrow will be holiday for me as well, so toasting to your health and wellbeing with a dram of straight rye

I had the good fortune to have listened to the Beast driving a pair of Nelson’s own DIY Lowther speakers at the 2011 Audio DIY show held in San Francisco. It left an impression!

Or The Beast with a thousand FET's. A 50W amplifier comprising J74/k170 cells. 2352 of them. Pass is nothing short of a nutter. http://www.firstwatt.com/pdf/art_beast.pdf

Hate the Emmys, but guess who just got 26 nominations?

Somewhat related – Defining the '90s Music Canon: https://pudding.cool/2020/07/song-decay/ You may recognize the song, but that doesn't mean you have to like it 😈 There are some interesting spikes in the graph at the bottom that might demonstrate the associative soundtrack / meme value of some songs over their musical value.

I hope that concerts will become a thing again, i would like to see them perform live.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Antonio! Glad you had a great day.

The mcontrol software is abysmal.

Does that mean this is a Happy Belated Birthday!, or a Happy Birthday* Extended Edition!. Either way Have a good one!

Beer Pong, isolation edition. https://www.gif-vif.com/gifs/Weekend-goals

So I decided to explore the Topping and SMSL offerings. First of all they are not exactly comparable to the Project as neither has a built-in headphone output. To get that you need their separate matching Headphone unit. For the Topping that will set you back $170 (Total $420) and for the SMSL that will cost $190 (Total $440). I actually decided to try the two matching SMSL units as the DAC (SU-8) has balanced outputs and the headphone amp (SH-8) has balanced inputs and a 4-pin balanced headphone output, which to me is worth more than the additional $20. So here they are: Initial impressions are very good. At least as good as the Project, plus I can slip my GSX in when it returns from the manufacturer (Ahem ...). I'll probably stop here for a while since I now have a Dinny level of DACs and I need to decide on what I want to compare next.

^ was just coming here to post this

Magnum’s Square Print sale is back on. Theme is Solidarity and 50% of proceeds go to NAACP. https://www.magnumphotos.com/shop/?rfsn=610537.fb00b&subid=IG

Because Nelson Pass is a bit of a nutter with building stuff. He apparently has a big house.

This again. Just assume this is on constant rotation for the next month. Doesn’t rise to Jenny Lewis’ last, but perhaps more fitting in these smaller, breakup-with-the-past, Corona-days. Shades of Kathleen Edwards.

Nice chair, but I think the image needs more filter.

RIP John Saxon. Loved Don Winslow's Tweet: