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Working on my first ever coffee table. Have the base built, but not finished. Next up is making the top which is going to require me to learn Fusion 360. Top is going to be 2” thick in the middle with a radius on the bottom following the radius on the top of the base.

Last good, hard training ride in the books. I'll spin a few miles this week to keep the legs moving but I feel well equipped for the century.

Yeah it allows you to do some some things that normally would be really difficult. Great thing is once it’s it’s all designed, it’s easily repeatable.

Two bags of beans (thank you, Covered_Ears for the Cyimbili: I can smell it through the valve!) and a funnel for my Orphan grinders? My new Bottomeless porta is supposed to arrive today, too. A good coffee day. I might even make coffee tomorrow.

Why isn't Pitbull on your list? The Dune Sketchbook by Zimmerman

I cannot really disagree with the above but I always have trouble because I also like Steve Earle a lot since one of my favorite albums is Which I am listening to right now

My Top three singer/songwriters are Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark and Kris Kristofferson.

I heard that yesterday but couldn't post and then forgot. Vachement cool. RIP JPB.

Al Di Meola Plays Piazzolla Not an example: Just...superblime. I was in love with Al Di Meola playing Piazzolla before the album existed. (Libertango is from a different album, but I must've heard him play it live before this record came out, during the Cielo e Terra/Scenario era, which is when I first saw him play live.) It's hard to stay cranky when one is listening to music this beautiful.

Last night's dinner - all homemade - lobster pie, reverse seared filet mignon, seasoned potatoes.

Jim, be careful with Fraternity choice. Not trying to be rude, but hazing on anyone over 50 can be rough.

Finished college applications for Colorado State, Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill. Three down and at least three more to go.

I might put in an order for one some day.

No he just an Australian reseller for JR Audio in China.

Good pace, good average time, nice max watts you are ready! Oh, and no biscuits for Brent.

I am sorry to hear that. We should be held responsible for any defect on our units upon arrival. Seems the primer under the paint is not adhering well onto the body. Please email me your situation and let me send you an replacement.

Got the first stage of my next project working, an amp that started out as a Menace clone and has changed a bit over time. 6SN7 input stage, CCS with a 21st Century Maida circuit as the B+ supply.

And damn, right after Belmondo, Nino Castelnuovo. RIP. https://www.tellerreport.com/life/2021-09-07-actor-nino-castelnuovo-is-dead.B1mKEeGrzt.html

Something that erk'd me though was the trash talking about Vance@Myheadfi, so I had to say a bit on that for the record, which also covers why he's pushing JR gear. I live on Ebay and there's not alot of E-stat gear on there, well not for us Internationals, US is usually post to 48 states. When searching comes up with JR amps it's from Myheadfi listing, Vance is the owner and it's a one man band, I thought out of HK but I think could be China. He came across JR coz he likes headphones and was getting into E-stats, then started to sell them. MyHeadfi is a headphone shop that sells mostly secondhand and some new headphones/Iems/Dacs. I've bought the 3 amps through him and a week ago I dropped another $1k on him for iems even after reading the "issues" the other user has with him. I have atleast 50 emails between us over the last 2 years, and quite frankly is one of the most solid guys i've ever dealt with in the interwebs. When you go to his website, it displays prices based on your location..i.e AUS is AUD, US is USD, EU is EUR.....Vance is smarts And lastly, the iems I bought off him, I asked if he can check for imbalance before posting them, he sent me back a pic of the FR graph from a EARS rig....if he's such a scammer why is his customer service so damn good😝

Howdy, so this is where I step in with some helpful facts surrounding why ppl are buying JR gear, what Myheadfi is about and what can be used as constructive criticism to better the children for the future. But first it's story time, once upon a time...... I started in headphones around 3 years, I had no stereo gear at all ever, PC sound out or car stereo, but always bought CD's to play. Bought a AKG 712 Pro, then MONOPRICE 1060's, SENN HD700 and so on. When I found out about E-stats I eventually ended up here to learn what it's all about. Prob read 1000 pages on all topologies, without knowing much background knowledge about SS or Tube amps, all Tube stage, 2 stage, 9 stage. I know nothing about PCB or electronics, surface mount, through hole, all sounds Greek to me. What I do know about though is cold bore center-mass shots@ 1000yds and Benefication and Extraction of Earth's minerals. So when it came to getting into E-stats, what are the options..... And that's how I ended up with, Stax 353X, Stax-700T, JR Grounded Grid, JR KGHVSS Mini, JR Carbon, FLS Blue Hawaii...which all work, although QC is another story.

Add Jean-Paul Belmondo's characters to the cool list. RIP. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/06/jean-paul-belmondo-star-of-breathless-dies-aged-88

Nooooooo! Michael K. Williams, Omar from The Wire, gone to what looks like an overdose. https://nypost.com/2021/09/06/actor-michael-k-williams-found-dead-in-nyc-apartment/