Haven't decided which I'll buy yet (have the option of either) but Saturday I picked up a Tek 465 (w/ spare parts scope) and the previously mentioned 7633. Got both working last night and was able to check them with their respective calibration signals.

Scopes are fun.

Haven't decided which I'll buy yet (have the option of either) but Saturday I picked up a Tek 465 (w/ spare parts scope) and the previously mentioned 7633. Got both working last night and was able to check them with their respective calibration signals.

I have absolutely no idea what that is or what that means.

I bought lunch. It was tasty.

I have absolutely no idea what that is or what that means.

I bought lunch. It was tasty.

It's kind of like me reading your gun posts. I go, "oh, it shoots bullets" but that's about all I get out of it. What I bought was diagnostic tools used for trouble shooting amplifiers and other electronic circuits. Pretty boring unless you're a nerd.

It's kind of like me reading your gun posts. I go, "oh, it shoots bullets" but that's about all I get out of it. What I bought was diagnostic tools used for trouble shooting amplifiers and other electronic circuits. Pretty boring unless you're a nerd.

Ah. I may have no idea what a Tek 465 w/ spare parts scope means, but I certainly glad that nerds like you do.

I bought some Toffifay!

Mmmmm, yummy treats.

I will probably never get to use:(

Why?

It's kind of like me reading your gun posts. I go, "oh, it shoots bullets" but that's about all I get out of it. What I bought was diagnostic tools used for trouble shooting amplifiers and other electronic circuits. Pretty boring unless you're a nerd.

You know more than I do then, I wasn't even aware that her guns shot bullets.

I have a totally ridiculous prejudism against guns. It's got nothing to do with any moral issue whatsoever, and I'd never ask anyone to give up their firearms. I don't mind others having guns at all, but when I was 11 years old I wanted a bike for Christmas. My Dad wanted to get me a rifle just like he bought both of my older Brothers rifles for their 11th year Christmas presents. Nevermind that I was quite vocal about the fact that I didn't give a rats ass about ever owning a gun. My Mom did her best to try and persuade him to buy me the bike I wanted, but his machismo won out and I got a fucking rifle, and still had to walk wherever I went.

I refused to ever fire that rifle. And 30 years later I gave it to my nephew, still unfired (is unfired a word?).

Wow, I feel better now! Thanks for letting me rant.

Edited January 27, 200917 yr by swt61

Why?

The Army finds the need to spend taxpayer's money and move units around every three years in between deployments. And I am currently in one of those units scheduled to move in three months

The Army finds the need to spend taxpayer's money and move units around every three years in between deployments. And I am currently in one of those units scheduled to move in three months

Do you know where you are going yet? I'm an Air Force brat. We had two unusual postings. We were at Mountain Home AFB (ID) for 8 years and at Davis Monthan AFB (Tucson, AZ) for 4 years. Of course, we had some short stays too like 1 year at Walker AFB (Roswell, NM) and 2 years at Andersen AFB (Guam). I moved a lot as a young adult but have lived here in Santa Barbara sinc 1988.

Herbies shopping day:

Two Ultrasonic 9 Dampers for my tube preamp

Grungebuster Dots to put under my myrtle block/turntable shelf

Supersonic Record Stabilizer

Baby Booties - feet for my Pearl DIY Phono stage

Hmm, I'm actively buying audio stuff again...ugh/yay?

Bought some Vishay 1/4 Watt metal film resistors from Mouser last night, for changing the gain on a freshly arrived Gilmore Reference.

Waiting on Audiogon sellers to maybe buy AQ Diamondback cables (they seem very well built and I really like how they look, it's good enough for me ) and an older Musical Surroundings Phonomena MC phono stage (for cheap-ish $175, and I like all the loading options).

Waiting on Audiogon sellers to maybe buy AQ Diamondback cables.

I like those a lot. The welded connection makes a lot of sense to me, and my pair sounded truly excellent. They're my TOTL.

I like those a lot. The welded connection makes a lot of sense to me, and my pair sounded truly excellent. They're my TOTL.

I've come to a similar conclusion. I don't buy into the expensive cables thing anymore, but would like stuff that looks nice with a solid build and reasonable design. The Diamondback looks great and makes sense, no wacky tweaky stuff, nice connectors, and reasonable prices on the used market. I've been tempted by the King Cobra once or twice but honestly I like the blue cover on the Diamondback

I've already got a pair here and I'd be very happy with a few sets to hook up my major components. Can't wait to get rid of my old HGA silver laces, those are absolute rubbish in build quality (they're not even the DIY kind), been an eyesore and a headache with those horrible locking jacks that don't even make a connection on some gear.

...and an older Musical Surroundings Phonomena MC phono stage (for cheap-ish $175, and I like all the loading options).

Well, nevermind on this. No reply email, the "JB Audio Pimp" just updates the ad for double the price - now it's listed at $350/$600, nice

I knew the original $175/300 was low on the MSRP side, but figured the $175 was a good deal considering it's old (2000-ish) and there's a newer version out. For 350 I'd want the newer one.

The Army finds the need to spend taxpayer's money and move units around every three years in between deployments. And I am currently in one of those units scheduled to move in three months

Hope you get to go somewhere nice.

Do you know where you are going yet? I'm an Air Force brat. We had two unusual postings. We were at Mountain Home AFB (ID) for 8 years and at Davis Monthan AFB (Tucson, AZ) for 4 years. Of course, we had some short stays too like 1 year at Walker AFB (Roswell, NM) and 2 years at Andersen AFB (Guam). I moved a lot as a young adult but have lived here in Santa Barbara sinc 1988.

I wasn't aware that you lived in Santa Barbara. That's a gorgeous town! I spent a week at the Montecito Inn in about '93, and I fell in love with SB.

I wasn't aware that you lived in Santa Barbara. That's a gorgeous town! I spent a week at the Montecito Inn in about '93, and I fell in love with SB.

It's only been my "location" for 2.5 years.

Yes, it's really nice here. Of course, you have a place to stay if you ever visit SB again.

Do you know where you are going yet? I'm an Air Force brat. We had two unusual postings. We were at Mountain Home AFB (ID) for 8 years and at Davis Monthan AFB (Tucson, AZ) for 4 years. Of course, we had some short stays too like 1 year at Walker AFB (Roswell, NM) and 2 years at Andersen AFB (Guam). I moved a lot as a young adult but have lived here in Santa Barbara sinc 1988.

Hope you get to go somewhere nice.

Ft Riely Kansas. It would be nice if I liked flat land and tornadoes. I don't. I am hoping that a friend can find something for me here.

Don't use that same storage place you put your bike and planes in last time!

My Dad was stationed there for a year, longest year of my life.

Ft Riely Kansas. It would be nice if I liked flat land and tornadoes. I don't. I am hoping that a friend can find something for me here.

At least the travel is short to there. You also have a place to stay if you get to Santa Barbara. Just let me know.

LITEON USB bus powered CD drive.

1. Two large aluminum heatsinks. 1 for a switchable dummy load for testing purposes, 1 for a unique SSMH build to use up some spare parts.

2. M-Audio Firewire Audiophile DAC (second time I've bought one).

3. Parts for repairs of various damaged amps.

Some hifi2000 goodness... 1 to case morphsci's sigma22 build for his AA HPA 1.0, maybe another for...

Hmm, I'm actively buying audio stuff again...ugh/yay?

Bought some Vishay 1/4 Watt metal film resistors from Mouser last night, for changing the gain on a freshly arrived Gilmore Reference.

Waiting on Audiogon sellers to maybe buy AQ Diamondback cables (they seem very well built and I really like how they look, it's good enough for me ) and an older Musical Surroundings Phonomena MC phono stage (for cheap-ish $175, and I like all the loading options).

I still use some AQ Turquoise cables that I've had for years, as well as a couple of pairs of AQ Ruby that I bought awhile ago (when I was still in a cable phase thing ). I also have some long (25') AQ Indigo Blue (IIRC) speaker cables that I should sell...

Edited January 28, 200917 yr by Pars

The Jesus Phones.

Figure they won't ship from Headroom for at least two months and hopefully I'll have the money together by then.

one of these:

!!!