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Not enough Francs to get closer to the view, but appetizers

My table number, taken from the Ray Samuels school of counting.

I am Bonn again!

I think pipe smoking must be more popular in this part of Germany

There have been so many since then, I can honestly barely remember yours Zach. Was it fuzzy and a little loose? [emoji14] Bleach and roses, Steve. swt61: Are you sure we are talking about the same guy: Grand Enema?

Nailed it.

This is Head-Case Craig...

Craig, you need to check out C. Gars LTD - as lame as it sounds, it is the premier cigar auction house in the world. http://www.cigarauctions.co.uk/index.php

I must be dense... the "Y" part You said DIY was okay

... (Finishing my thought) there are some great NC brands though, Tatajue being one. Monte No.4 - the worlds most popular cigar.

Ah, I assumed this:

Appetizer before Black's?

Yeah, that's what the "Y" part is all about

I would say "different" - not superior. the issue is that Cuban cigars require aging to settle down - so the mark of a really good supplier is how many years of stock they have on hand (which is why Asia is an amazing place to buy). If the market opened today, I would still buy overseas to get the older stuff. I would expect the quality to go down or the prices to get insane. In either case, there are alternatives from other countries, or stockpile like Kennedy

Wayne, need someone to come out and scare people of cyber crime?

Cheap will mean opamps. I would suggest Hagerman's stuff then: the Bugle2 ... or this: https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ediyaudio%2Ecom%2Fforums%2Fshowthread%2Ephp%3Fp%3D4817780&share_tid=282634&share_fid=10716&share_type=t&share_pid=4817780

Cheap will mean opamps. I would suggest Hagerman's stuff then: the Bugle2

JH13s

Try TRAX, it seems to work better than Sonore.

If it was balanced bridged, the balanced input impedance would be double the single ended. It's not and that is odd. The other numbers no one can really dispute until they measure them, the input impedance should be something one can rationalize. It's odd, that's why I brought it up. Glad you are enjoying them, very compact design. How many watts do you believe you are running them at? Any idea what the input voltage is to the amplifier at your usual listening volume? They specify distortion at a much lower power than they are rated, I would assume that is because at full tilt the numbers are (considerably?) higher.