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Took delivery of the last of our orphan household goods, which have been sitting in a storage locker in Westborough, MA since 2010. OMG so much random and forgotten audio shit. At least I know someone local who might take the Talking Heads LPs.

It's the first time I've ever wanted to go back in the closet!

JP asked me about a different phono stage that I actually use so I offered to sell him the Eddie Current Transcription amp sitting in a cupboard the last few years. It's a start. Oh, and I still use the Millett amp in my main system.

I had Bobby on my lap (which is becoming a daily occurrence and lasting longer and longer as he gets comfortable with me playing on the iPad or reading while he’s there) and Skye on my chest earlier, which is a first! At least first time they’ve both stayed for longer than a couple seconds (Bobby usually notices and departs). And that’s actually the longest that Skye has stayed longer than a minute, so two firsts.

and sell it.

Can't wait to hear this and eventually own it.

Porcupine Tree -- Deadwing

I actually sold a phono stage today! It begins...

Nate's home for wayward audio shit is still marginally operating on the east coast. And having seen Al's closet, everyone's wallet should be very, very afraid.

I guess I can answer this It is a diamond buffer, but it uses servo controlled current sources to maintain stability and improve performance. It also has JFET input and Sziklai output devices for low distortion and low noise. The PS uses Jung regs. And we kept the raw PS external to eliminate any chance of noise being picked up (I think CJ's uses an external switcher, but a transformer works, too).

Macrium Reflect has worked well for me in the work situations where cloning was needed. I prefer to do a clean/fresh install as well, but dread the time and work needed to get everything reinstalled and configured. I've been putting off upgrading my primary 120GB SSD to a 500GB I've already purchased for months now.

Did I read that right, it was minus one-fucking-hundred degrees windchill in NH today? Noooooo thank you.

Sup Heads? Thanks for the birthday wishes. In spite of rumors contrary, I have not frozen to death here in Scenic Western MassaHOTHsetts. (Yet.)

Test Tone @ Home live right now: http://mixlr.com/illuminator/chat

Going to try to do a brisket in the cold this weekend. I think I might go for a slightly faster cook than normal of 6-7 hours, half in the fancy brisket fairy paper. It will probably suck but it is a last minute gathering of the Polish people so they probably don't know real BBQ anyway.

Annie – Two of Hearts

Where is the real Al and what did you do with his Unnecessarily Complex 300B?

I got one of those smaller powerpacks that can help jump a smaller car, as well as having USB charging ports and more. Has worked twice on my mother-in-law's car. Got another for Karen for her car, too. Here's one example, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077HQ3RMC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AY5XLL1NQPR7O Another ~$20 off with coupon code: KEIA972K In any case, hope you weren't TOO cold, and good luck tomorrow.....

Were made 2 years ago. But wanted to post it here. Balanced Beta22. Weight ~ 22kg. More photos on https://cloud.mail.ru/public/HozE/Ap7NVDRwo

Immigrants! Real Californians sleep right through such a little earthquake.

Yup, snapped awake in the middle of the night and didn't know why. A few seconds later, the shaking started. Believe the effect is due to the p-waves preceding the quake? Anyway, weird, and please notice that Brent had cleverly flown out beforehand to maintain plausible deniability.

Nah. This pair is now dedicated to skating, and I'm getting a sort of perverse pleasure out of slowly destroying them. Stretch cordura ftw, the stitching is blowing out faster than the fabric. I tore one of the rear pockets halfway off during this session. Sadly no.

Community I skipped the 4th season, though... this just reminded me to get the 6th season!

I never had troubles with the HV900's, and haven't had any that blew, so the following is based on what I've found useful troubleshooting/checking the regular Golden Reference HV. Often it can be helpful to work at lower voltages when trouble shooting. Paralleling the high resistor (is it 2x 450kohm in the HV900?) in the probe string to get the circuit in action at a lower output DC. If regulation doesn't work for some reason and things go bad it usually isn't really bad. Parallel the R8(2x 450k) with one ~100k (one across both) will provide some ~100VDC. Initial check: The CCS's Use a lab supply at some ~15-20V, through a DMM at mA: put the (+) at the drain (middle leg) of the 10m90, and the (-) at the bottom of the CSS where R2(100) and R1(4k5) meets ...you should get ~2mA ....if you see much more, try replace the DN2540. Do the same at the other CSS: (+) to drain (middle leg) at the 10m90, and (-) at the bottom (pin 6 at the voltage reference) ...you should get ~1.3mA ...if not the 10m90 is probably damaged. Check the current limiting CSS you added (your drawing) the same way (Kevin suggested 50mA for this) When powering up the supply, hold the variac when you reach some ~40-50VDC output, and check: the pin6 of lt1021 against "ground" (pin4) ....you should see 10V ...if not, the lt1021 has probably gone south Before raising the VARIAC further: Attach a DMM across the 2k at the bottom of the cascoded CSS ... you should see ~0V (when at ~50VDC output) and only before regulation kicks in, the voltage jumps to some ~4V; it happens just before you reach the desired output voltage Attach a DMM across the 3k at the source leg of the output CSS (right most leg) ...should be some steady ~4V

Well I'll jump on the kitty dog-pile. My first cat was a russian blue so I have a bias towards those cats. Dusty, your new kitty looks adorable. It makes me want to get another cat. Here's a picture of my cat that I got about 8 months ago. he's become an adult and has shed some of his goofy kitten looks to become a gorgeous cat.

It is cold here. So cold, my car wouldn't start (battery/alternator/alternator belt/who knows?). I had to walk home. I'll take care of it tomorrow.