Knuckledragger

Six of these: 15 Amp, 125 Volt, NEMA 5-15R, 2P, 3W, Wide Body Duplex Receptacle, Straight Blade, Hospital Grade, Self Grounding, , Back & Side 8 Hole Feed-Thru Wired, Nickel Plated Brass Strap, - White

Thanks for the replies. The Porter Ports are reasonably priced, by the standards of power products directed toward audiophiles. That said, I am completely unsold on the merits of cryo treating, especially for power components. I spent a bit of time digging around the Leviton site Jeepster linked to, and found what suits me. The "One Stop Buy" online store has these for $10 each. The store also have a variety of hospital grade plugs, but I'm going to resist the urge to start making my own power cables at this juncture.

The two receptacles in the wall by my computer and assorted audio equipment are both quite poor. They're at least 25 years old and don't hold plugs well anymore. I'm looking for some quality replacements. I balk at the idea of paying $100+ for boutique audio outlets, but I don't want $3 pieces of junk either. There must be some middle ground in the market. Any suggestions on brands, models, and where to look would be muchly appreciated.

Woke up at 5 AM, not by choice. Wondered why I'd been dreaming about demons possessing elaborately carved antique wood flooring. Wrote an old college friend an email while I waited for the contractors to arrive. Discussed the schedule for installing a new side door in my house with the contractors. Agreed to let them tear off the remaining clapboards on the lower part of the south face so they could check for any any other missing insulation and ...something else. This afternoon I moved two empty bookcases and a small mission shelf, as well as the top to a case clock. Emptied the books out of a three section double-wide mission style stack bookcase set. Briefly entertained the idea of moving the said stack bookcase to the newly-emptied space. Realized what it would take to shim and level the case, and said the hell with it. Attempted a half-hour nap. This evening I took apart the two part audio rack next to my computer, including the APC UPS. I managed to keep from shutting down my computer by moving the APC around like a shuttle. My back is telling me this was not a good idea. While I completed this process, and later re-wired my rig, I caught up on The Daily Show using my housemates computer and my Quads. Now am I sore, tired, cranky, and thinking I need to buy a GS1. What will I do with my GLite and DPS?

That is damning with faint praise.

Yes, I'm pretty familiar with DoF vs. focal length, aperture, and subject distance. My point was more that I know how to get the results I want out of my 35mm prime, but the 85mm continues to beguile me. I'd not put up with it if it didn't have such gorgeous bokeh. Wow, that's one sweet looking darkroom you have set up there. I have a tentative plan to convert the downstairs bathroom in my house (already in need of serious renovation) into a darkroom next year. I forget, what kind of film do you shoot? It looks like you have plenty of elbow room for medium or large format negatives there. Edit: I forgot to post a picture. I cheat and use HDR for clouds: Widescreen edition. Normally I am very careful to crop my photos in a specific apsect ration (3:2, 5:4, square) but for this shot I decided to have a little fun with it. I didn't have a tripod, so I set my camera on a fence post across from the field. Made with three exposures in Photomatix, and cleaned up substantially in Photoshop.

Did you mean Audio Research uses solderbrite boards, or lays their PCBs out by hand? In my admittedly limited experience with Audio Research products I have observed them to be suitably tank-like. I have never opened up an AR product, nor would I know what to look for on the PCB. I can't imagine AR using a PCB process that corrodes after a decade, especially given the operating temperatures of most of their kit.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6919298318909498564&hl=en

Sound Wave.

Another pair in cherry, ending in a couple days. I can, ahem, attest firsthand as to the quality of the cherry finish. My only objection to the Quads thusfar has been the overly bright blue LEDs. I'm going to have to cover them with a few layers of matte scotch tape. Ever since I got my GLite and DPS, I have appreciated how the LEDs are both not overly bright and somewhat recessed. I wish more audio designers would follow Justin's lead. I'm not a fan of being blinded by my electronics.

58mm circular polarizer 58mm FLD filter 58mm 812 warming filter 58mm ND 2 filter 77mm circular polarizer Lowepro Filter Pocket Total cost: $42, or about half the price of the 77mm CP if I bought it new.

Even larger version here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDW_Hj2K0wo

I dunno about the music, but that video was pretty cool. It reminded me of Donnie Darko, not furries.

I now have a pair of matching black 12L Active sitting on my desk. They're being feed directly via the balanced output of my Adcom GCD. This arrangement is suboptimal for a number of reasons, but it was simple, and there's not much in the signal path. It'll be weeks before I can offer any real insight into these things (I am ponderously slow at getting to know a piece of kit. I'll say this offhand, the Quads appear to be closer to the Gilmore "clear light of day" sound than the "beer goggling" of a Millett. I've already found one recording that I can't stand to listen to (the promo version of Kyuss - Sky Valley is mastered horribly.) The GLite + DPS perch quite nicely on the left speaker. I'll take pix ...real soon now. I've got to clean off my desk and get some of these building materials out of the kitchen before I even think of taking pictures.

Perique is some strong stuff. In my pipe smoking days, I mixed it with some other type of tobacco, usually English. I think I did smoke Latakia straight.

Managed to get out of bed and stack around 2/3 of a cord of wood. This is a fairly major accomplishment, as I've been seriously ill and mostly bed-ridden for the last 36 hours. I also took delivery of the replacement Quad 12L Active (hopefully black) and the shipping label for the cherry one. If all goes well, I'll get it in the mail tomorrow. For my next trick, I'm going to try to eat some solid food, and hopefully keep it down.