Knuckledragger

ISTR a sales droid @ Spearit Sound told me that Rotel amps are grounded through the preamp via the ICs. I have no idea if this is true or not. It sounds plausible. Curiously, one of my DJ mixers (a decidedly mid-grade Gemini 626) has a 3-prong IEC, while my much more expensive ones (Pioneer and Allen & Heath) do not. Pro video editing equipment almost universally has 3-prong IEC connectors. Pro audio gear is a distressing combination of IEC3, external PSUs (wart-in-the-line and wall warts) and hardwired cords.

Around here, that's a rhetorical question. This is Club "Dew Eet."

Sauce. Larger version here.

When I bought my GLite, the owner threw in a Shunyata <mumble> power cord. It's one of their lower end models ($125-ish). It was sufficiently excessive (30A rating, absurd gauge) that it dragged the DPS/GLite away from where I wanted it. I use it on my 5 ch Rotel amp now, which isn't going to be dragged anywhere. I'm afraid my scientific testing on the Shunyata (I think it's a Diamondback, but I can't be arsed to go look) is about as extensive as what I've done with the Quails: I plugged it in, and went on with my day. I will say this: the IEC connector on the Shunyata, while transparent and fancy looking, doesn't grip nearly as well as the ones on the Quail cables that cost 1/20th the price. This is especially annoying on Rotel components, which only have two pins in their IEC jacks.

The Boston Coffee Cake, Marble Madness variety. The complete opposite of what I should be eating, but it is So. Good.

Oh. You meant one of those round things Europeans like to kick around. Why didn't you say so? EDIT: Shee-it, they're a 20 minute drive from my house.

Soccer ball?!?

Total time logged in: 7 days, 7 hours and 7 minutes. (most of that was idling, I imagine)

I got a bunch of Quail hospital grade power cords, from their "dentist" line (the only differences are cosmetic, the dentist cords are an unattractive putty color and lack transparent connectors.) The average price was about $7 each. I have been highly pleased with them. That said, I'll freely admit, I have done exactly zero A/B comparisons between them and the stock cords. In every instance, the Quails are between a power conditioner and the component, where they theoretically do the most good. The only caveat is that Quail has a minimum purchase of $50, which can translate to a lot of cords.

There's several other versions of that photo, at least one has all three in bed.

INTENSE MILKS.. NSFW. Possibly NSFH. Definitely NSFGT.

Bill ORLY's producer.

"Manties" :kitty:

Awww.