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Someone on the MV FB group I'm in got their account hacked and posted this obvious scam: So I posted my own version:

Now this is how you introduce changes!

Time to pivot to being an "influencer" full-time, Jeff?

"Amazing, amazing stuff!" Nice I did like his Irish pronunciation of your last name too! Or was it Scottish?

That doesn't make any sense, why would protection on the low voltage side matter? How can the low voltage side know of a short or anything like that on the other side of the transformer short of a basic overload? There is nothing that connects the two, except the transformer. There are no large relays on the amplifier side to turn off the output in the event of something bad happening so I very much doubt there is any protection at all. Certainly not on the main, large PCB. Another factor are the large impedance swings of electrostatics which will mimic a dead short at times. The build quality is terrible, it's better than the Monoprice or Drop Cavalli units but yeah, these will not last for long. The main thing though is this sounds absolutely horrid. I had a SRM-1 Mk2 and a SRM-252S I needed to test yesterday so I connected them all together to the same source and matched the output voltage of them. The difference in sound quality is rather stark, even driving a set of SR-207's (so very light load) the Stax units walk all over it. The EHA-5 sounds just like the squarewave, it is under immense strain so very bright and broken sound.

Fun explanation on how photos were sent by wire

Thanks to the wonder of modern PCB manufacturing, this showed up yesterday: I bought the boards fully assembled as I'm lazy and I hate SMD soldering so I just had to add the connectors. To make it a single sided load (so the assembly would be much cheaper) the board had to be a bit wider than the stock board so one of the transformers had to be moved around 10mm. Just remove one screw and slide it to one side. Drill a new hole and it is done. Now the EHA-5 still sounds like shit but it is at least safe for the end user.

Hey, what can I say? Hope you're all doing well.

Had a picnic, in Belvedere Park with some of Joannes ex colleagues, one of whom now works in finance for the City of Belvedere, which isn't as relaxing as you might imagine, when questions on the state of the accounts from local residents include those from the ex Head of The World Bank. Following that, we had a leisurely stroll Around Belvedere , where we took in views of. Angel Island. The City (SF) shrouded in Fog. Likewise, The Golden Gate Bridge Fog rolling over the hills into Sausalito . And of course, Mt. Tam. A very pleasant afternoon.

Here's another idea. Mount the grlv sand offboard, and flip is on its side. Mounting grlvs on top of trafo covers and remote mounting sand to sink.

Alternatively, Line Arrays.

Here in SW Tennessee the metro Memphis area is a real Shooting gallery. Youngsters stealing cars are common. And they use those cars in robberies and drive by shootings. Morning newscasts are depressing.

Alternatively alas in Texas https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65437185