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  1. I think there are enough of us with turntables to warrant a specific vinyl thread. After all it's not the same as streaming digital. Shirley Bassey: Good, Bad but Beautiful
    4 points
  2. A great Tiny Desk concert (home) by the Iranian-born Sevdaliza. Not much to argue about her 2020 release being one of the best regarded pop albums of the year.
    4 points
  3. If it's younger males we're advocating for, can I recommend Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas' halloween costumes as a point in the Addams Family's favor?
    4 points
  4. Yup, sure can. I don't speak for anyone other than myself when I say I could not care less about your personal headphone journey. This website does not exist to make you feel good. Members here are free to respond (or not, as is the case here) to your review. You bumping your own thread looking for gratification is not something that I'm forced to tolerate as a moderator here. So either take my friend Todd's advice above and realize that you've basically been treated with kid gloves so far or don't and you'll find you no longer have to worry about it. Last piece of advice - imagine you just walked into a bar that you've never been to before and started shouting about how great Bud Lite is and expected people to cheer. Would that seem like a normal thing to do?
    4 points
  5. First time poster. Happy to report that this beauty is now on its way to its new home in Melbourne. Happy to find head-case via this purchase. I am relatively new to estats, but not to headphones. I've been mostly avoiding HF over the last few years and mostly posting about audio in a small closed facebook group - happy to find this place which shares my low tolerance of shilling culture. The amp will replace/sideline my current stock SRM-313. I might hang on to it, in case I ever get something with normal bias. In terms of headphones, the KGSSHV will feed my L700 and the Koss/Drop estat. Cheers everyone. I've been having fun reading through older threads, especially the critiques of poor quality hyped up products.
    3 points
  6. it wouldn't take you long to figure it out, Steve, There's a ton of info on the web about most machines. I think the routers are actually easier to approach than the lasers and printers that I've been able to use. Speaking of, I've been working on a printing project too but we'll wait to see if what I printed actually works before celebrating.
    3 points
  7. An interesting documentary about how Peter Frampton got what was his guitar for 10 years, lost it, to get it back in his hands several decades later
    2 points
  8. https://www.headamp.com/products/headamp-pico this, perhaps? There are so many IEM-friendly options nowadays. You don't actually need "negative gain", just a low gain option.
    2 points
  9. Thanks for the birthday wishes. I spent the day self isolating and seeing exactly nobody. #ThugLife uh I mean #PandemicLife
    2 points
  10. Bought a pair of the Vampire RCAs (ebay) and measured them. I've attached an Eagle library with these in them as well as a board layout using these and Neutrik jacks and NKK switch. I haven't verified any of the board <-> panel spacings yet, but they seem reasonable, with some soldering slop. Change the file extensions from zip to lbr for the library file. con-audio.zip
    2 points
  11. Send them my way! Edit:just got the call that it ships in the next two days!
    1 point
  12. Me too! I have a giant list of projects for you to complete! 😊
    1 point
  13. The Pico Slim, while not a DAC, would make for an exceptional volume control if nothing else.
    1 point
  14. Pennyworth - explores the early life of Alfred, the Wayne family butler. Tics all my boxes, & great performances across the cast. Binged thru season 1, now onto season 2.
    1 point
  15. I recognize many of your memories are from the shows, which were well into syndication by the time i got to them, but for me the Addams Family was the 1991 movie. While I recognize this may be seen as heresy, can you fault me for preferring Anjelica Huston?
    1 point
  16. I recently picked up its lower grade sibling, nicely restored, from a local dealer and fixer, to add a tape deck to my system. I did buy it more for its looks than its sound... but who can blame me for that?
    1 point
  17. Apparently she is still alive? https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/04/entertainment/tanya-roberts-update/index.html
    1 point
  18. well, they got her for the video "... and they drive an ice cream van (1:31) "
    1 point
  19. Dramatic rendition of facebook drama. I've watched this more times than I care to admit: https://www.tiktok.com/@lubalin/video/6911781218799471877?lang=en&sender_device=pc&sender_web_id=6912486033939023366&is_from_webapp=v1
    1 point
  20. Relax and chill..... It's usually best to browse a forum when you join, to get a good feel for things. We are WAY more than a headphone site, indeed to the point above that we're NOT really a headphone site at this point. This is an eclectic group of great people that have many interests and personalities. We don't need lessons in forum and hobby lifecycles, coming in here and preaching that will not endear you, especially with the passive-aggressive "You can do whatever you want though" conclusion. If you truly want to find out about headphones, there are other sites that will fit your needs better. If you want to talk about other things - woodworking, watches, alcohol, bikes, movies/TV shows, DIY, and yes occasionally headphones/amps, etc. etc. - this will be a welcome place, and likely a nice respite from some of the other forums. But you can do whatever you want though.....
    1 point
  21. Can't agree more Steve. I chased accuracy and a flat response for many years, only to get very close and realize that I did not enjoy the system much at all. Flavor is just fine if it's the right flavor.
    1 point
  22. I've been screwing around with the laser lately, mostly trying to figure out how to get the damn thing to cut and engrave. I'd had the engraving part sorted for a while and finally had a break though today with cutting. For the inaugural project I decided to do something that popped into my head while listening to RTJ the other day. It'll end up being a thank-you gift for the friend that introduced them to me back in the spring. Each of those is about 2-1/2" long and the source file was custom designed by me in CAD based off of the cover of RTJ4. It's mirrored 🤦‍♂️ because the album art I used was, so I'll flip it for V2, add a small hole for a hanger, and viola, one of a kind custom RTJ Christmas ornaments.
    1 point
  23. ^ This a nice álbum Torpedo. My favorite Pat (group) álbum
    1 point
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  25. That's an easy one for me, clearly The Munsters. The Addams weren't even aired here.
    1 point
  26. This isn't really a forum for headphones.
    1 point
  27. Nice woofer..... 😊
    1 point
  28. i have a pair of 801 mk 3 that i still use as television speakers. with the arcici stands. in black. and the B&W bass alignment active filter somewhere.
    1 point
  29. This one came to an end this week as I finally got round to turning the amp on and testing it. Busy summer and all that but here is what this should have been in the first place: Old school KGSSHV build only using the input sockets on the back, that swanky gold IEC and the volume control. The rest was all garbage...
    1 point
  30. ...wait, there is more!! I woke up early so what better than strip this shit down. First off was to remove the transformer and I found this: Notice the wire coming off the IEC and into the end of the fuse holder...and another wire connected to that pad? Yeah... I don't see any evidence that there had ever been any solder on that end of the fuse holder and the insert which holds the fuse is indeed missing. That would explain why, when the PSU blew it left this mark on the chassis At least the IEC input is nice... Gotta have that gold plating. I also don't understand how anybody could put "copyright" on this PCB with a straight face: It's two traces between two terminal blocks... ok. Now the real price, lifting the amplifier boards: Notice the nice line of standoffs...yeah not connected to anything: The heatsinks just sat on them, not connected in any way. So this thing has been shipped and the only thing securing the sinks are the transistor legs!! Spoiler alert but what could possibly happen... So 3 screws hold the amplifier boards to the chassis but no lock washers anywhere and everything was loose. What a great way to support some of the heaviest objects in the amp.
    1 point
  31. The lovely cassette deck I mentioned above. TBH it wasn't as good sounding as the looks would suggest. Still I recorded a ton of vinyls into cassettes with that machine.
    1 point
  32. Pioneer in all its glory
    1 point
  33. Sadly, she's dead again. https://www.thedailybeast.com/bond-girl-that-70s-show-star-tanya-roberts-has-died-rep-says-after-premature-death-announcement
    0 points
  34. You wouldn't want that. The Tinesort Consortium will be after you for that one. I think it's a violation of the 1972 Stifle Act to Prevent Distribution of Unauthorised Inset. You know, there's something satisfying about breaking those nibloid moulds but for some reason the fixture waneshafts are always void. I find it's best to apply some regular T.Consortium Verified Vaseline Product to the shafts regularly to prevent them from oxidising into void. You lost me, I thought voiding was a result of dadaist retrodeconstructionism (Or is it autodeconstructionism? I always forget. I'm such a plebe), not oxidizing. How does Vaseline help? according to General Electric, the purpose of the Encabulator is to measure inverse reactive current in unilateral phase detractors with display of percent realization.
    0 points
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