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I did sous vide picanha for the first time today. A simple rub of spices, smoked salt and olive oil, then cooked in the bath at 133F for 6 hours. The 'grill' part comes from very briefly finishing on the pellet grill, just one minutes a side, with the flame box open and the temp at the absolute highest I could get it, about 700F! Served with fresh chimichurri, I was in meat heaven.

Returned from a shopping trip to Paso Robles.

Brent and I tried this escape room game out (on game pass). It is actually pretty fun! Though he makes some... I guess we can say 'interesting' choices in life, Brent's MENSA status has not been in question for me and he turns out to be a pretty decent partner for solving logic puzzles.

RIP Claes 😢 This one is the one I saw the most near my offices in SF

😥 My fave…

Debussy: Préludes du 2e Livre, La Mer (transc. Debussy) Alexander MelnikovOlga Pashchenko 2018 https://album.link/i/1612794541 Example:

Glad you spotted that "Easter egg". The motion blur should tell you she was running in front of the stage, and hence max spl. But kids eh, what do they know?

That looks heavenly!

https://www.cortemaderacommunityfoundation.org/corte-madera-summer-concerts Soul Mechanix entertaining the good people of Corte Madera.

Aren't they former Brit bites now?

Has anyone tried the Amazon Echo Link streamer? I'm considering buying this for my bedroom system (Parasound Z-stack/DIY monitors/Gallo sub). I would of course use the Toslink digital output to bypass the internal DAC, and run into my Parasound Z-DAC. But the ease of voice control, using my existing Echo Cube is something I think I'd really appreciate. Any thoughts?

The Twin Eagles has landed.

Picked the wrong day to turn this into this more seasoning is required but made as much of a start as I could in the heat!

I had a pair of HomePods, and I’ve hated the Kindle Fire TV interface, so I like picked up a 4k AppleTV, a mount for it, some HomePod brackets and some aluminum angle and miscellaneous hardware. Made a few cuts, drilled a few holes and mounted everything to the TV wall mount. Then I paired the HomePods with the AppleTV and I have a much-improved setup on the cheap.

https://goldensound.audio/2022/07/04/kevin-gilmore-cfa3-headphone-amp-measurements/

Happy Birthday, Spritzer!

Born in pain - no semiconductors on the market- but case is here ! Introduction my portable estat with necessary modifications

I think a lot of people are convinced that the obscure stuff they stumble upon in audio is new/bleeding edge/disruptive, moreso when these designs aren't out in the open. That new car smell makes people defensive when technical stuff gets thrown around.

Trading up from a standard KGSSHV to a Carbon is logical. None of them are from those reputable builders, or in the EU. So no, I haven't seen anybody switching to this shitbox just yet, but one never knows based on how some people think. I can only say I am really surprised (saddened) that some people just willingly refuse to use any of their senses, when everything is laid out quite clearly for them to see - if they want to, but that's their choice. Unfortunately, at this place, BS comes out as what it is, which is BS.

https://www.inexxon.com/online-shop/paltauf-verstärker-amplifier/ Some specs are here, a full Carbon with GRLV+GRHV costs a lot less, maybe even a modded 727 is more than competitive against it... And of course there is also this one, the Eksonic Aeras, which I am sure is also going to be excellent (was presented at CanJam and most people said it really wasn't far off the DIY T2) and distributed within the EU as well (with warranty, if you are worried about that).

One constant among all discussions I read on audiophile fora is the back-and-forth between older enthusiasts who have spent $800 on Pet Sounds and younger enthusiasts who have spent $0 pirating video game soundtracks. I think the best way to bridge that gap is to put everyone on a level playing field. If you would, please share some examples of albums you love that were first released before you were born. For my part, here are five to get us started. 1) Ahmad Jamal: Chamber Music of the New Jazz This is a phenomenal recording, showing really thoughtful playing by Jamal. I'm particularly fond of the rhythmic tapping and string plucking he employs throughout, making use of parts of the piano you're not supposed to play. This is from an era of jazz I don't prefer, but it sounds to me far ahead of its time. Roon says I've listened to it 78 times, and I don't doubt it. While writing my masters thesis I would listen to this album every day. That was pre-Roon, so those plays aren't even counted. I never tire of it. 2) Talking Heads: Remain in Light This is for my boy TMoney. Being a millennial, I was first exposed to David Byrne via his solo career. "Sure sounds like the guy on Psycho Killer", I think I said. Working my way back through the catalog I was absolutely floored by this album. Some of my favorites off Stop Making Sense were on here, and to me it represents a turning point for the musical landscape that would lead to a lot of things I enjoy. 3) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Will the Circle be Unbroken? I inherited my Dad's turntable and his record collection when I turned ten. He didn't die or anything, he just didn't listen to records. I sure as shit did, but didn't want to listen to all the stuff I'd heard on repeat the last ten years of my life, so I went to record shops and thrift stores and picked up things with interesting covers that I could afford on a very finite allowance. This album was the heaviest thing I could get for $0.25, which represented a real value. It was also the first bluegrass/old time album I ever heard, and it was an absolute revelation to me. 4) Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel III (Melt) I'm cheating a little here, as my favorite Peter Gabriel album is "So", but that came out in 1986 and as such is disqualified. Obviously there are some phenomenal songs on here, notably "Games Without Frontiers" and "Biko", but this was also the first album to use gated reverb on drums, ushering in a sound no one would get sick of for ten years. I constantly tell my wife and daughter "this is a Peter Gabriel household", and we wear it on our sleeve like it will get us martyred by the IRA. I don't know if the Collins/Gabriel divide of opinion exists in real life, but if it does we are ready. 5) Frank Zappa: Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch This was another gem from my father's record collection, but one I actively avoided for years. It was the weirdest thing I ever heard, and I thought it might be irreparably damaged. The only song I could even remotely latch on to was "Valley Girl", but I played it dozens of times until I got the courage to ask my Dad what that even meant. The explanation went similarly over my head.

So, I have accumulated a good amount of Opera over the years and have decided to take a systematic approach to listening through it. Some of the stuff has decent libretti and notes included, but I am looking for some additional external sources. I definitely would like a compendium that includes English translations, as I have a lot of Euro releases without any English, but also looking for reviews of performances and what not. Any recommendations of some things I can grab on Amazon? My goal is to do headphone (audio-only) listen-through and then BluRay / move theater / live and then back to a speaker rig (audio-only, probably) over say the next 3 years.

Claes Oldenburg, a whimsical father of pop art, dies at 93

CNC decided to quit communicating with the VFD for the spindle so dead in the water while I was hoping to do the new ToolsToday spoilboard today.