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I'll be making sure the tractor gassed up and ready to go.

Health and prosperity, Wes.

His name is Bryant. Nice Ride, Jeff. Can't wait to see the whole thing. And yes, Dinny needs a bike.

Eat poo, tall Man. It was 10F in NH this morning.

^^ Noice! I really can't wait to get back in the saddle. Is it April yet?

Yeah, I'll echo the above and add that I can't imagine running a close ratio cassette with the hills around here or if I was just starting to get into cycling. Cut yourself some slack and pickup the largest spread that your rear derailleur will accommodate. If you don't have a compact crank (50/34), pick one of those up too.

Sweet!

Explain? I didn't know one could do that.

Pictures might help.

Well done to both of you!

Woot! Well done, Emily. And congrat to you of course Jacob, mo money doesn't always mean mo problems when no money is the problem.

Looks great, Doug.

Agreed, that's a beautiful image that you captured there Peter.

Give it some time.

Tom, this is Headcase, no one is going to care if you recommend the Max or the Torpedo over some other DIY kit. We all know who you are and what you do, no need to be cagey. I'm guessing given your reply that you don't agree with my recommendation so please share your thoughts on the subject. And to echo what RudeWolf said casework is difficult if you care what something looks like. I often used to say that stuffing the boards was less than half the work required to build an amp and I stand by that. Even when using a service like FPE you still have to do all the layout work to make sure that stuff is going to fit. Tom/Beezar have taken all of the worry out of that part of the equation and he doesn't charge nearly enough for what he provides.

Bourbon in hand, ass on couch, all is right with the world.

1. If you try to use a soldering gun on either of them you'll probably end up really unhappy. 2. The Bottlehead is really best suited for high impedance headphones (>200ohm). See Bottlehead's site for confirmation. Those two points aside both are pretty easy to build and if you can read instructions you shouldn't have any trouble. Of course, I'd recommend something different and suggest going with a Torpedo instead. The full kit is still under $300 (maybe not with shipping, but close) and I'd like to think it'd pair nicely. It may be even easier to build than the Minimax, I think it has fewer parts and doesn't have fiddly things like bias adjustments. But you do have to watch out since it (and the Bottlehead actually) use high-voltage B+ supplies.

agreed, that minor a glitch would be almost impossible as a hardware failure.

I hope to be watching it later tonight in glorious high-def.

Where does Todd say he'll only consider a balanced amp? He asked for suggestions for the LCD-3 (sort of) and used the Mjolnir as a starting point.

This seems like a decent deal - http://www.ttvjaudio.com/Apex_High_Fi_Audio_Arete_p/aaa0000011.htm.

This. And Shelly, how does it sound?

Nice Mike. I'm jealous, today is the warmest it's been all week at 15F.

Yup, that's the 4-pin layout that I've always used and if you ever need confirmation just look up the K1000 manual, that's where it all started as far as I can remember.