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Went from AT&T DSL to Sonic fiber in SF. The 5G wifi from Sonic was about 90-100mbps. This is the ethernet connection speed. Seems better.

STAX announced new closed sealing covers and ear clips (eliminating the wire headband) for retro fitting existing SR-001mk2, SR-002 and SR-003/003mk2 IEMs. Supposedly the CES-A1 combo will be available in Japan mid-December. https://stax-international.com/products/ces-a1/

Happy Birthday!

I went the HC way, of course.

Have a fantastic day! See you in the bay area soon!

Happy Birthday, Brian! Why not have a drink to celebrate!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy birthday, Bryan!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Bryan!

Happy Birthday!

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Happy Birthday!!!

One can always hope... springs eternal and all that. The WES is a particular clusterfuck though as it didn't work on so many levels. It's a collection of 4 mono phase amps really so you need the super noisy phase splitter to the circuit for it to work with RCA inputs and then we have the inductor output loads which simply don't work. Add to that a really, really crappy power supply and all the usual Woo audio safety concerns. So back in the day, for those that are unfamiliar, there was some discussion that they were just doing the best they can or some such BS so I said...can I do better? I set some rules, same power supply voltages, same tubes naturally (though not the rectifiers as they are just stupid) and as similar a parts count and general topology as possible. So output caps like in the original, inter stage caps etc. Throw it all in a spare box and here it is: The massive tower was just something I had and as you can see... it is pretty much empty: The chassis was reused from a dac project our resident "circular hole cutter tech" did so extra holes galore and then it was powder coated to look nice. That's why it has only XLR loop outputs on the back. So here is the money shot... Sooooo...this is a small DC supply to run the heaters of the tubes and my SSPS (simple stacked PS) feeding +300/+600 plus bias to the amp. The amp it self is a combination of a modified SRX front end with a new grounded cathode output stage. That pic is from the first testing so there were some changes done later on but it worked well enough and about 1/4th the size of a WES...

Antonio, what does that convert to in american Mb/s?

RIP Mr SquarePants. ALS and dead at 57 sucks.

Oh, man. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/stephen-hillenburg-spongebob-squarepants-creator-dies The first three seasons and the movie are some of the best cartoons I've ever watched. They also explained like every millennial meme ever to me.