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If you were lucky enough to know a guy back in the day, whose birthday happens to be today, then you might have the 2046 movie and the soundtrack.. But these are the discs I have been spinning:

Many thanks everyone. It's great every year to see this. Good day here so far. For lunch - sous vide Fred’s Steak/tri-tip, mashed potatoes, and cheesecake. For dinner planning sous vide Fred’s Steak/tri-tip, mashed potatoes, and cheesecake. Hope everyone is having a good (by 2020 standards) Xmas.

Yesterday's Meat

I inherited a Yamaha receiver with that exact tuner from my brother and used it at my college dorm and beyond.I may have had that tape deck, but I destroyed a lot of brain cells in that era (not so different now, I know).

Annual Timbuk2 bag sale going on. Those messenger bags are pretty solid. https://www.timbuk2.com/collections/sale

Who the F buys biscuits when they are already planning to cook? No wonder your biscuit karma sucks, man.

I heard the RV said something about there being no biscuits so everyone should evacuate 15 minutes before the explosion.

Thanks for info, Kevin. Now changed driver voltage from +/-15 V to +/-35 V and op amp to OPA445 (from OP27). So far I’m happy with the outcome.

Here's to hoping that everyone had a safe and happy Christmas.

Happy, birthday-ric.

Merry Xmas, Satanballs, or Holidays, or whatever you celebrate Our HC Santa is a lot more handsome. Ric, you're kind of sick

Merry 2020 Xmas!

Another crazy deal at Adorama for some Etymotics—the ER2SEs are $59: https://www.adorama.com/etyer2se.html?emailprice=t&sterm&br=1 I own these and the ER4XRs and while I like the ER4XRs a little better, the ER2SEs are damn good, and at this price they're a ridiculous value.

The results of last night's baking

Tried to post this earlier from my phone and failed - Christmas Breakfast 1. Chili Cheese Eggs - egg, cheese, and mild green chillies. 2. Cinnamon French Toast Casserole

@MexicanDragon Can you really be trusted with a Satanmass Biscuit Fiesta in this of all years?

Made our way up to Maine, last trip of the year before we close our condo down. My son and his girlfriend spent over a week up here. After COVID restrictions at school, and then not co-mingling once they got home, it was a great break for them. Time together/alone, very little to do. Was happy they got that time. Stopped at one of Maine's more famous lighthouses on the way up, Nubble. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!

Merry Christmas to all a happy & Healthy one! 🎅

I suspect Nashville was Brent's residual karma.

Holy alliteration Batman!

Hey, that may mean I have a copy of the film around here! SoundCloud to the soundtrack rescue! https://m.soundcloud.com/mariaguadalupe-aguirre/sets/2046-soundtrack

Something tells me he does.

Adulterating today's Nog. My Nog portion was partitioned prior to the pour.

Less grammar, MOAR Happy Birthday!

“Artemis” is back to wish everyone a very, merry xmas #coronamask

Probably for the best on Christmas morning. 😉 At least I now know you weren't responsible for Nashville.

The Thd is going to be higher at lower driver board voltages. Not a lot higher, but the idea is that the driver board needs to be able to fully drive the output board, so the driver board needs at least a couple more volts than the output board.

Shigeru Umebayashi - 2046 I happen to have a rip of the CD. Lovely music. I should find and watch the film. Amazon has it available on streaming but not for me

I don't think any of us want to find out.

On the night before Christmas, There was: Shortbread And another Ultimate Coffee Cake

Went shopping (ran out of paper towels the night before we are doing a "nacho bar" for Satanmas dinner. No bueno. Realized I wanted to cook for the first time in months, so I was looking for things to do for breakfast in the morning. Fucking place sold out of biscuits. I bet Colin went and bought them all; that bastard. But 3 pounds of meat, 18 eggs, multiple pounds of cheese (for variety, probably) and a bunch of tortillas means some possibly amazing breakfast burritos. Looking forrward to it! (Still, though... dammit, Colin! @ biscuit dearth.)

Oh, it will have to sound more "open"

Completed a second channel of a Raal amplifier. Current through output boards are 2.5 A giving heat sink (Modushop 300 x 40 x 80 mm) temperature of 85 degree Celsius (185 dergee Fahrenheit). Driver boards powered by +/- 15V. Original it’s +/-35V. I might try the higher voltage but my idea is to use mostly smd parts in driver boards and then you probably have to reduce voltage to something like +/- 15V. There is no bass filter at the moment on the boards but Roon is taking care of that. Rear plate is to short. But that was what I had at hand – shouldn’t affect the sound?

Merry Christmas!