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Happy Thanksgiving!

Gobble Gobble. We're doing Thanksgiving tomorrow, which feels weird. Hope everyone else is already in a turkey triptophan coma.

15 mile post thanksgiving hike through SF with the boys!

Happy Thanksgiving and all the days after! Wonderful day spent with family!

Happy Thanksgiving, Head-Case. I remain grateful for this site, not so much for the headphones, just for the company.

Happy Thanksgiving and hope everyone is having a great day. I’m thankful for DC fast charging on Thanksgiving trips.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving d-_-b ! There are still some things to be thankful for. #NFLO

Ok HC photogs, my Gen-Z daughter has put a point-and-shoot on her Christmas list and her choices are uninspiring. I've been told that I cannot "Nate" this present so I won't be getting her anything too crazy but here's the thing, I can't not be me. So, 1. Anyone have anything vintage kicking around that they'd want to sell as I guess part of this trend is buying old cameras and putting them back into service. 2. Anyone have any recommendations for new gear? I've read some articles online and I'm not seeing much (not shocking) and the usually great Wirecutter offered essentially no choice short of dropping $1,300 which is simply not going to happen.

Thanksgiving And a selection of desserts, with a nice cup of tea.

@n_maher Just Sayin' Also: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3385227

Happy Thanksgiving. I spent it with two young friends and their families. It was great.

So you’re thinking the Leica Q3 Monochrom? Modern P&S is tough as you hint. Maybe one of the previous Sony RX100 versions? The Ricoh GRs go way back. For older a Canon G9/G10 or Powershot SD1000? In between a Nikon Coolpix A? And of course the Fuji X100 goes generations back. How large would she likely carry? How frustrated would she likely get with old AF? Is she chasing CCD sensors or anything? Need WiFi? Maybe glance through the Snappiness and One Month Two cameras (both mentioned in last few articles on the subject) YouTube channels. They’re really driving which models are currently in. P&Ss aren’t my focus, but I do have a Canon G2 you’re welcome to. It’s just the camera and I’m not sure 4MP is where I’d start in 2024, but PM if interested. EDIT: Honestly, those are pretty practical, uninspiring choices too. Let us know if you’re looking for exotic, difficult to process, ones.

Ended the day with a ride in a Waymo (Robo taxi) for the full San Francisco experience. Absolutely insane. This is the future. For the first ten minutes it is a little nerve wrecking until you start to relax because it does such a good job.

That's what I was thinking, the margins must be insane on these as its a store not really known for any good deals. Now I'm thinking if I did a deep dive on this earlier in the year when I got a set dirt cheap... or I just sent all of that to Kevin? Well first off input, bunch of parts here USB xmos, A/D etc: All of this leads to a pair of ESS 9028 dacs: Not the best picture but that looks a lot like filtering to try and make up for the utterly retarded driver design: Finally output stage... yeah this is pretty dire. Remember this thing is 4k$... Now how does this thing actually work? The clue is those two gray caps and the wires going to the headphone plug. 450V B+ on a single rail so shall we say a maximum voltage swing of ~840Vppss and the bias is clearly 2000V. The bias is superimposed on the audio signal after the output caps and then we have the grounded shield, that's it. These are even simpler than what Koss were doing in the 60's where the back stator on the ESP6 (and 7, 8 and 9) are grounded but otherwise normal electrostatics.

I don't think Warwick are doing so hot these days... I snapped this in Selfridges on Oxfordstreet yesterday and I might have been tempted as an insane collector if I didn't already own one of those piece of shit amps. Well that and it sounds like shit... there is that issue too.

Dea Matrona from Ireland:

Happy Thanksgiving all US HC-ers (and those who celebrate but elsewhere)!

RIP Jim.... When I was I think 13, my brother got a friend and me into Kentucky Fried Movie. Little did I know then that the makers would become some of my favorite comedy film creators! Need to watch Top Secret and Police Squad (TV series) again now....

Smoked pork belly

Fire pit nice cup of tea and nibbles.

Pro4A seems spot on.

Wow. I learned that J. Saul Kane died. He was only 55. JSK was a fascinating character. In the early 90s, he played a huge role helping produce legendary rave tracks like EON's "Spice" JSK was best know for his solo work undfer the name Depth Charge where he combined elements of rave, breakbeat and house with kung fu samples. He was also a serious photographer, working mostly in his native London. JSK's other notable characteristic was his pure "no BS" policy. He neither gave nor took it. This made him an odd fit for the music industry, but he had so much raw talent he got ahead anyway. I was Facebook friends with him (ya rly) for like 15 years. He was one of the people whose activity where never not interesting, whether he was him excoriating some fevered ego like David Guetta, showing off his street photography, or some new piece of musical kit he had acquired. This only begins to cover how cool his studio was. Also JSK wasn't just a gear hoarder. He did amazing things with it. John understood sequencing, synthesis, mixing and mastering. John had the distinct aura of brilliance about him, which came through in everything her pursued. He's a man gone far too young, and completely irreplaceable. He will be missed. Rest in peace.

Who can identify the cans in Quincy's home studio, circa 1974? Not I, by the way... RIP to the legend with a legendary name, Quincy Delight Jones, Jr.