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My friends and I did our century yesterday on Cape Cod. The weather was mostly great, 70d and sunny but the wind was strong out of the east and instead of helping as we'd hoped it would on the way back kicked our ass for a solid 10 miles. Still, much fun was had and the two guys who were only planning to do 60 stuck with us for the whole ride. We went a little slower as a result but it was well worth it to have all 6 of us hit the mark.

Finished my latest composition.

Oops, I didn't realize you could see it. I'll cover the camera on my laptop next time.

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Last night's show is up:

It's been quite a while since somebody has come in and told us to just ignore everything even close to negative because it "sounds good". Sure, good for you but those of us who have been here a while know that was also said about other amps which turned into an absolute clusterfuck so yeah, keep that in mind. So a couple of things things, this amp doesn't swing enough voltage to really work. Even the SRM-252S has +/-250V rails and that is really the absolute minimum for this role. Only the utter dog turd that is the SRM-D10 uses +/-200V rails but then again, the off the shelf opamps it uses can't handle any more. Now the issue is just how much volume are you using and is the amp clipping. Setting aside the issue of headroom, can the amp handle normal transient swings? Second, what does it bring to the table that a SRM-353X doesn't do and better?

Is it possible that there is not a dedicated podcast thread yet? https://crooked.com/podcast-series/wind-of-change/

Assault on precinct 13 recording session. Moog 901s in full effect.

This is a crossover, because it's speaker porn too. This is my dream system...Vivid Audio Giya G1speakers and Luxman B-1000f monoblocks. Yes please!

I just listened to the first episode of “Winds of Change”,@dsavitsk, and I’m hooked. His description of information security runs very close to my experience working in highly classified spaces — there is no “all access pass” to the good stuff. Lots of times the people who know the good stuff have no idea how good it is. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I read Cape Cod's beer and pizza joints have a lot of stairs.

I’m perpetually aboard the DAC train, looking for a way off. My current operating theory is that enlightenment lies in feeding high bit rate DSD from Roon via HQPlayer to the cheapest DAC that technically works. I will update the dacses faithful once I realize that theory is wrong. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The ride was surprisingly not flat. No huge hills but lots and lots of rollers - way more than I expected frankly.

Que sirrah, sirrah.

I probably could have gotten it 8$ more off of retail, but that's just b/c I'm even better. But yeah, great price; curious as to what you think. I love sunglasses and sound, and if only my head were 37% smaller, I'd do it.

Looking at the design, and with this info, I'm not sure I'd bother building it. I guess its your money...

I did get a nice discount. Found a new pair for $139.00. Remember, gay guys are pros at shopping! That's $61.00 off of retail.

There were pictures of him in a robe preaching to us mere commoners so yeah...

The whole shaving off the top of the main transformer scares me. Insulation is there for a reason. 1st order of business, try NOT to kill the user.

Well, if an electronic component is put together in a slapdash manner such that a cursory inspection reveals faults, what does that say about electronic issues that might pop up down the road that don't show up right away? Also, if a company/person doesn't show a lot of competence in building the amp correctly, how competent are they about how they install circuits? I'm glad it sounds good to you. I just hope it lasts.

Neither do I, so I listen to those who do. I suppose the other approach is to just not care about things you don't understand.

i ended up grabbing an Adcom GDA-700. the price was dirt cheap, it has the outputs i wanted, and it has all the old tech and sound i’m familiar with. no regrets.

The orange has disappeared here, but a shot from yesterday and its AQi of mid-200s. Dead tree for symbolic effect.