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1: Hi-Rez Highway, All other things being equal... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-21, 07:36:42 (73.242.169.18)
but then, the rarely if ever are. The difference between 24 bit and 32 bit is likely zero, all other things being equal. OK if one wishes to listen to 'brownian' motion, 32 bit might be your encoding .......
2: Inmate Central, Always suspected it being a 'black' term... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-19, 15:57:01 (73.242.169.18)
the way white folks seem to dispose it. .......
3: Inmate Central, RE: Go woke, go broke NT (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-19, 06:12:03 (73.242.169.18)
$10B + $270B + $5B .......
4: Inmate Central, Heating EVs... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-19, 06:07:41 (73.242.169.18)
Hopefully, by now, most are heating both the battery and the interior using heat-pump technology (running the AC system backwards, so to speak). Sadly, the original purchaser of our 2016 'Leaf', while .......
5: Inmate Central, Do keep in mind that for most of his history leading Amazon... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-18, 15:32:12 (73.242.169.18)
at least the early history as a public company and for quite some time, Wall Street was after his scalp because he refused to turn a profit. Continuously rolling any cash the business produced back in .......
6: Inmate Central, RE: Your numbers look kind of wrong! Please recalculate! n/t (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-18, 15:25:41 (73.242.169.18)
Did it in my head. 174,000,000,000 divided by 100,000,000 equals 1,740. iPhone calculator this time. .......
7: Inmate Central, Bezos is worth $174 Billion... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-18, 13:29:35 (73.242.169.18)
He could keep the WP going until there is no life left on earth. At $100 Million a year that's about 1,740 years and at the rate we're going we won't see the 22nd century. .......
8: Inmate Central, Wha? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-18, 13:15:29 (73.242.169.18)
It's The Onion, right? Gotta be The Onion. .......
9: Inmate Central, Still noisy... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-18, 12:16:00 (73.242.169.18)
even with the speaker disconnected! OK, transformer noise. But at least the high frequency noise is gone thanks to a serious reduction in gain of about 12dB (schematic he used was for an integrated am .......
10: Inmate Central, Love to see how that door works. (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-18, 10:21:44 (73.242.169.18)
Oh, never mind. .......
11: Classical Court, Or Queen... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-18, 07:46:10 (73.242.169.18)
depends. .......
12: Inmate Central, Because... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-18, 05:57:39 (73.242.169.18)
. .......
13: Inmate Central, RE: "At some point the decision on whether to vote for the opposing party needs to be made" (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-18, 05:37:46 (73.242.169.18)
Come on over, Carl. Your welcome here! :-) .......
14: Inmate Central, Combo of two very bad actors with an assist from a third... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-17, 10:24:54 (73.242.169.18)
Utilities got the bucks to sway the politicians and the California PUC. The same utilities responsible for both the fire deaths in the Paradise, CA as well as the gas explosion deaths in Daly City, CA .......
15: Inmate Central, I'd take the new 'S' if someone gave it to me... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-17, 05:57:06 (73.242.169.18)
Now 'just' $80K? .......
16: Inmate Central, Not in a garage attached to a heated home... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-16, 15:08:25 (73.242.169.18)
I'm guessing. Lived in Utah for years and saw many a January where it never got above freezing due to high pressure inversions, etc. Still, garage was seldom below freezing and if that, only for a few .......
17: Inmate Central, RE: Don't know about you, but... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-16, 11:52:07 (73.242.169.18)
Got down to 7 deg. last night. Leaf is in an unheated garage, hasn't been driven for a coupe weeks due to 6 inches of snow in the 200 ft. of gravel driveway down to the street (Prius has the BLIZ .......
18: General Asylum, Yep, AMPEX in Redwood City.. (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-16, 11:40:30 (73.242.169.18)
Bing was an original investor of sorts, or so the story goes? I worked there for a few months in 1970. .......
19: Inmate Central, RE: "unilateral focused ultrasound ablation"... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-16, 11:04:47 (73.242.169.18)
Sound great, except for the 'ablation' part. ablation. / (æbˈleɪʃən) / noun. the surgical removal of an organ, structure, or part. the melting or wearing away of an expendable part, .......
20: Inmate Central, RE: "Of course he and his wife own more than one vehicle." (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-16, 10:08:03 (73.242.169.18)
As do upwards to 1/3 of all US households. .......
21: Inmate Central, Isn't that what OJ used... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-16, 07:53:29 (73.242.169.18)
when he 'didn't' kill his ex and her boy friend? .......
22: Inmate Central, RE: "I used to think Dan Marino was the best QB I ever saw..." (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-16, 06:37:02 (73.242.169.18)
Joe Montana agrees. .......
23: General Asylum, RE: "if he had wanted to go with analog tape" (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-16, 06:24:21 (73.242.169.18)
Yeah, near-100 yo technology. Much more better. .......
24: Inmate Central, It does... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-16, 05:18:14 (73.242.169.18)
And it did! .......
25: Inmate Central, RE: Wow. Never got out of single digits here and (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-15, 20:31:10 (73.242.169.18)
Central New Mexico is dodging it while it looks like you are on the edge of the worst of it. .......
26: Inmate Central, High of 42 here today... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-15, 20:08:01 (73.242.169.18)
Temps are dropping but doubt if it gets below the mid teens tonight. East of us will get hammered though. Ted Cruz is likely on a plane to Cancun. .......
27: Inmate Central, Starting to get cold... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-15, 18:54:27 (73.242.169.18)
But the worst is still a few miles to the east of us. .......
28: Inmate Central, What happened to San Diego? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-15, 06:07:13 (73.242.169.18)
Both the Clippers and the Chargers are now in LA? Why would anyone want to leave San Diego for LA? OK, never go closer than San Clemente, but that was a decent town for the short year+ we lived there .......
29: Inmate Central, Too much time on your hands.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-15, 05:44:08 (73.242.169.18)
Get back to work on some speakers. :-) .......
30: Inmate Central, More cold on the way... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-15, 05:42:26 (73.242.169.18)
Arctic blast finally hits most of New Mexico tomorrow. Keeping in mind that the above map is all about 'wind chill'. Current morning temperature here is about 23, just a few minutes before sunup. .......
31: Computer Audio Asylum, IP Scanner (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-14, 21:04:19 (73.242.169.18)
Link below. .......
32: Computer Audio Asylum, From HiFi Berry to ALLO (neither seems very active at all now)... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-14, 13:14:18 (73.242.169.18)
I've moved on to Pi2designs. Michael Kelly in Rhode Island is still cranking out decent S/PDIF/AES/I2S 'hats' for Pi3 and Pi4. Have no idea how long he will last what with uncertainty in the suppl .......
33: Inmate Central, Just misses us... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-14, 12:28:56 (73.242.169.18)
Dodging the bullet, or arctic blast. Texas is taking it on the nose though, along with Oklahoma and Kansas. .......
34: Classical Court, Not if you're in Philly... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-14, 11:06:58 (73.242.169.18)
OK, just as principal guest conductor, but who knows where that might lead? OK, Yannick Nézet-Séguin ain't going anywhere for a bit, and while I liked him in Montreal, he might be a bit over his head .......
35: Inmate Central, And if, after doing so, a calamity follows... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-14, 11:00:46 (73.242.169.18)
do you get your $50 back? .......
36: Inmate Central, Yep, that's why we have labs done every year... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-14, 08:16:00 (73.242.169.18)
as part of an annual physical. Yes, Vit. D is important. Especially for older folk and WOMEN! And ESPECIALLY if your serum 'D' is low and especially if 'Calcium' is low as well. Keep your 'D' at the h .......
37: Inmate Central, 28F and cloudy... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-14, 05:38:04 (73.242.169.18)
Looks like the arctic cold air is hitting the eastern part of NM and not central, yet. .......
38: General Asylum, Yeah, he died.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-13, 18:48:32 (73.242.169.18)
Lots of thing emerge after one's passing. I'd guess he spent WELL over the $1 Million claimed in the piece. And then the medical costs as he slowly died of ALS (no fun there) didn't leave as much as .......
39: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: " turn the volume WAY up" (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-13, 08:09:53 (73.242.169.18)
Volume on the source or volume on the amp? .......
40: Tube DIY Asylum, As they are monoblocks, did you swap positions? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-13, 06:55:32 (73.242.169.18)
Just a guess. .......
41: Inmate Central, Likely so... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-13, 06:52:37 (73.242.169.18)
he said '6 speed' and the automatic is '7' .......
42: Computer Audio Asylum, Or... "burying the led" (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-13, 05:35:23 (73.242.169.18)
or lede. Don't ask me why. .......
43: Inmate Central, Nah... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-12, 10:51:05 (73.242.169.18)
Padding the input is exactly what the volume pot in the schematic does. It's taking the input from the wiper on the pot between to resistors. I'm just replacing the volume pots (see picture above .......
44: Inmate Central, It's a circuit taken from an integrated amp.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-12, 09:02:19 (73.242.169.18)
with tons of gain if set to maximum volume, Instead of a volume pot it has a single input resistor to ground but no series resistor as would be the case with a volume pot, which sets the input to max. .......
45: Inmate Central, Not yet... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-12, 08:38:15 (73.242.169.18)
Going to have to add a 'L' pad to the inputs. WAAAAY too much gain. Parts arrive on Monday. Circuit used is from an integrated amp with two stages of 6SN7 so it's amplifying everything in the room and .......
46: Inmate Central, It's cold... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-12, 05:33:42 (73.242.169.18)
Could be colder. And all systems are working. .......
47: Inmate Central, 3 year old Fujitsu mini-split has no such technology.. (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-11, 20:10:03 (73.242.169.18)
It's on its third winter and this night will see it the coldest in a few so a good test. As we have home that originally has in-floor heating with defective plastic pipe in the slab it was built on an .......
48: Inmate Central, Bedroom is maxed out at 64 deg. at the moment. (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-11, 18:54:04 (73.242.169.18)
which is fine as we prefer to pile on the goose down at night. Rest of the house is pretty much maxed out as well with the addition of a couple 1600 watt space heaters as well as two cats doing their .......
49: Inmate Central, 23 deg. 'F' at rhe moment.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-11, 17:32:18 (73.242.169.18)
but dropping. Expected down to the low single digits before sunrise tomorrow. Have a mini-split (heat pump) in the 'Casita', which has never seen temperatures that close to zero so far in its life. We .......
50: Inmate Central, Therms! (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-11, 17:01:12 (73.242.169.18)
Because it's gonna get COLD! Residential - GB02 Cost of Gas 22 DAYS-Dec 131.322 Therms @ $ 0.4432000 $58.20 Cost of Gas 09 DAYS-Jan 53.722 Therms @ $ 0.4507000 $24.21 Plus a mess of Distribution Fees .......
51: Inmate Central, Better... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-11, 06:18:09 (73.242.169.18)
Little less front bumper helps. Still think the skirts look like an after thought. But it's 1941. OK, not a Lincoln, but the Mercury in 1941 looks to be a very much older car. So I give Packard c .......
52: Inmate Central, Other than the hood ornament, which is REALLY out of place on that car... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-11, 05:50:04 (73.242.169.18)
and fender skirts that don't quite fit right, it's not THAT bad. For 1941. And they did themselves no favors calling it a 'Clipper'. .......
53: Inmate Central, Folks are easily triggered here... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-10, 18:07:56 (73.242.169.18)
for some reason. .......
54: General Asylum, All of my systems... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-10, 10:58:35 (73.242.169.18)
are 'A' systems. :-) .......
55: Tubes Asylum, Very happy with EMl Mesh Plate... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-10, 10:57:24 (73.242.169.18)
even as second owner. .......
56: Inmate Central, Pretty much any thread started by 'Wojciech'... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-10, 07:22:00 (73.242.169.18)
should be. ;-) .......
57: General Asylum, Indeed... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-09, 12:17:50 (73.242.169.18)
Remembrances of Terry Cain next to my computer in the 'Cassita'. .......
58: Classical Court, Guessing most took their hatred to the grave... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-09, 06:00:29 (73.242.169.18)
That's where hatred ends up. :-( .......
59: Inmate Central, Let them come... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-07, 18:26:51 (73.242.169.18)
as long as they don't try to vote. :-) .......
60: Inmate Central, No overlap... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-07, 09:31:52 (73.242.169.18)
NONE! .......
61: Inmate Central, Because Home Depot doesn't sell books.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-06, 07:50:10 (73.242.169.18)
and Amazon doesn't sell lumber, they clearly don't compete? Got it! .......
62: Inmate Central, RE: Climate change hits the North Coast... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-06, 05:41:00 (73.242.169.18)
Forecast says single digits in a day or two. .......
63: Inmate Central, Home Depot was never 'locked down' during COVID (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-04, 19:11:48 (73.242.169.18)
By mid 2020 even our gun stores were back open. In New Mexico our Dem. governor declared gun stores as essential businesses. .......
64: Inmate Central, He didn't refer to that election... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-04, 15:19:15 (73.242.169.18)
"therefore Joe supposedly won by the largest margin in a long time, bigger than Obama and that makes a lot of people wondering why" He implied that Biden's 'large margin' of victory, being larger than .......
65: Inmate Central, Maybe wait until the SC rules? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-04, 14:30:43 (73.242.169.18)
If you are on to something, we would expect a 8-1 ruling against him appearing on the ballot in Colorado, with Amy Coney Barrett (Notra Dame) the sole dissenter. Not taking that bet. Majority will wan .......
66: Inmate Central, I feel better already... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-04, 13:50:16 (73.242.169.18)
regards Ghia. .......
67: Inmate Central, Did Chrysler ever think to ask Ghia for a refund? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-04, 13:21:44 (73.242.169.18)
Maybe they should have. .......
68: Inmate Central, RE: "after the local hardware store." (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-04, 09:18:49 (73.242.169.18)
Still first choice as it... Local. .......
69: Inmate Central, COVID did bricks and mortar no favors... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-04, 09:01:19 (73.242.169.18)
I always shopped Lowe's and Home Depot first. Maybe second after the local hardware store. .......
70: Inmate Central, And, because Amazon is so 'big'... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-04, 08:33:43 (73.242.169.18)
Your local Lowe's and Home Depot can no longer afford the cost of stocking extensive numbers of obscure bulbs and other stuff. I have a couple water filter cartridges that need replacement every few t .......
71: Inmate Central, Makes as much sense... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-04, 07:28:20 (73.242.169.18)
As tracking SC decisions based on the percentage of Catholics, one side or the other. And none of this really matters, at the end of the day. Except for the fact that these state decisions will force .......
72: Inmate Central, RE: "Turns out gophers can't breath CO2 very long either." (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-04, 06:49:50 (73.242.169.18)
Much less pleasant. .......
73: Inmate Central, Maybe remember you post.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-04, 05:47:06 (73.242.169.18)
I certainly recall the events. Imagine my disappointment when Stanford passed on Robber Barons. Full disclosure: I was likely doing my banking with Crocker Bank in those as that might have been befor .......
74: Inmate Central, What a way to go.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-03, 20:08:15 (73.242.169.18)
OK, if ya gotta go. So the folks in Alabama want to execute this poor soul (not that he doesn't deserve it) using an 'untested' method, nitrogen hypoxia. But a panel of 'experts' are 'concerned'. "We .......
75: Inmate Central, Patience... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-03, 16:34:31 (73.242.169.18)
We'll get there. .......
76: Inmate Central, Mostly, it was about money.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-03, 16:03:46 (73.242.169.18)
They thought that he had even more than he did, and he did have a lot. .......
77: Inmate Central, RE: Does "engaging" in insurrection require a conviction ? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-03, 16:01:53 (73.242.169.18)
Biden vs. Trump 81,282,916 to 74,223,369 votes 51.3% to 46.9% Obama vs. McCain 69,456,897 to 59,934,814 votes 52.9% to 45.7% Obama vs. Romney 65,899,660 to 60,932,152 votes 51.1% to 47.2% Yep, sur .......
78: Inmate Central, Whew! (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-03, 14:41:20 (73.242.169.18)
I'm not on the list! But a lot of folks are. .......
79: Inmate Central, Agreed... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-03, 14:37:01 (73.242.169.18)
If this thread gets axed it may well be because the OP was dumb, not because it was political. .......
80: Inmate Central, RE: Does "engaging" in insurrection require a conviction ? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-03, 14:16:02 (73.242.169.18)
"At what point do never ending accusations that haven't panned out legally become the boy calling wolf one too many times?" Are you speaking of the many baseless charges of MASSIVE election fraud whic .......
81: Inmate Central, In my view, it does... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-03, 13:57:30 (73.242.169.18)
and I'm betting the SC will agree. Jeff Davis and R.E.Lee being not 'convicted' notwithstanding, this one is a stretch. Absent a conviction, it would open a can of worms the SC would have to deal with .......
82: Inmate Central, In the case of Stanford... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-03, 12:39:31 (73.242.169.18)
a University founded by a 'Robber Baron', it goes back to Herbert Hoover. .......
83: Inmate Central, So it would seem... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-03, 11:43:52 (73.242.169.18)
and if so, justifiably. As has happened so often in the past when ones past catches up to them. But that doesn't explain the 'front page' news or celebratory mood of many here, does it? Must be more t .......
84: Inmate Central, RE: "To assert otherwise would be megalomania." (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-03, 10:55:09 (73.242.169.18)
And yet.... .......
85: Inmate Central, There you go again... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-03, 07:45:16 (73.242.169.18)
contributing to the tread. :-) .......
86: Inmate Central, Yeah, when we get old we tend to repeat ourselves. :-( /n (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-02, 19:16:00 (73.242.169.18)
n .......
87: Inmate Central, Don't look now... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-02, 13:41:58 (73.242.169.18)
but you're here too. :-) .......
88: Inmate Central, I KNEW it was discussed here! (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-02, 13:33:05 (73.242.169.18)
And everywhere else, I'm sure. Even the OP regmac likely chimed in, but I can't seem to find that post either. I feel better now. .......
89: Inmate Central, Yep, regmac tipped the scales... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-02, 12:48:19 (73.242.169.18)
I can hear it now: "Look Claudine, this has gone too far. Ya gotta go. They're even discussing it on a chat board called 'Audio Asylum' where a bunch of old white guys gas on endlessly about world aff .......
90: Inmate Central, Sure, the alums are upset.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-02, 12:42:07 (73.242.169.18)
No surprise there. But a bunch of old, white dufuses on and audio chat board? PLEASE! Excuse me if I suspect there is more to this outrage than just another college president caught cheating. ::: TOP .......
91: Inmate Central, Which explains why EVERYONE... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-02, 12:36:25 (73.242.169.18)
ALL over the internet, from coast to coast, was following the Marc Tessier-Lavigne scandal at YOUR alma mater. Hundreds of posts here about it, with tons of quotes from the Stanford Daily. I just can .......
92: Inmate Central, RE: I slept but there were black women named Gay in my nightmares (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-02, 12:29:52 (73.242.169.18)
Mine too. But then I slept fully clothed so my penis was well protected. .......
93: Inmate Central, What Tom, you and I all know... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-02, 11:13:15 (73.242.169.18)
but no one dares to admit is... If she were white male and not an 'uppity' black woman, no one would give two hoots about 'plagiarism'. We wouldn't even know about it, much less care. .......
94: Inmate Central, You're right about the racism part.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-02, 11:09:04 (73.242.169.18)
She's gone! .......
95: Inmate Central, Thank G*D! (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-02, 10:53:58 (73.242.169.18)
I haven't slept in a week! .......
96: Inmate Central, 29 Harvard presidents going back to 1640... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-02, 09:27:03 (73.242.169.18)
All white, one woman (in 2007). 30th is a black female and you're shitting your pants. All over the presidency of a university that NO ONE posting here could likely get into in a million freaking year .......
97: Inmate Central, RE: Harvard students call for Gay's resignation... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-02, 08:52:32 (73.242.169.18)
"In 2007 I became Harvard's FIRST female president, following 27 white males going back to the year 1640." . .......
98: General Asylum, LOTS! (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-02, 05:38:24 (73.242.169.18)
Way more than all of the amps I've built myself put together. :-( As I no longer have access to a complete R%D facility (or the PhD/EE/etc. that come with it) as I did when I worked, I have been limit .......
99: General Asylum, Sorry, asking the wrong person.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-01, 18:41:45 (73.242.169.18)
. .......
100: General Asylum, You know who... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-01, 18:36:06 (73.242.169.18)
but it's a secret. .......
101: Inmate Central, To the extent that everyone will pay the environmental costs of burning fossil fuels... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-01, 16:05:12 (73.242.169.18)
you are correct. .......
102: General Asylum, A $100 DAC forum? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-01, 15:59:19 (73.242.169.18)
Should be! :-) .......
103: General Asylum, Hopefully I can stop spending on audio... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-01, 14:54:42 (73.242.169.18)
new pair of custom built VT-25 tube amps are on the way here and should arrive soon but those were ordered and paid for in 2023 so maybe don't count? .......
104: Inmate Central, They guy driving on them.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-01, 14:52:00 (73.242.169.18)
or the business owner whose employees use them to get to work? We all benefit from roads even if we don't drive on them. .......
105: Inmate Central, Resolution... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-01, 14:46:59 (73.242.169.18)
Resolve to see 2025. Hard to believe I've beaten the odds and gotten this far. Actuarial tables say I should have been gone years ago. .......
106: Inmate Central, Oil companies are partially to blame though.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-01, 13:50:40 (73.242.169.18)
They literally cut and run to cut costs during the pandemic, leaving equipment to rot and rust, not even capping the seeping holes and worse, leaking tanks of fracking fluids, you name it. And all of .......
107: Inmate Central, I hate regressive taxes though... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-01, 13:37:27 (73.242.169.18)
even, or perhaps especially ones that target behavior as it seems the only ones punished for said behavior are the less fortunate. As one of the more fortunate, it's really not much of a tax. And yes .......
108: Inmate Central, They should tax the shit out of it! (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-01, 12:35:29 (73.242.169.18)
Or maybe not. As gas taxes are a sales tax and sales taxes are a 'regressive' tax; penalizing the poor as they pay a larger percentage of their income/net worth in taxes than the rich as it is. But th .......
109: Inmate Central, About as well done... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-01, 12:07:22 (73.242.169.18)
as is doable. .......
110: Inmate Central, And that's about all ya need to know... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-01, 11:18:05 (73.242.169.18)
Supply and demand, and the government controls neither. Though I am sure some in government would like to. As large a part of people's lives gas prices seem to be, I doubt there is any other subject a .......
111: Inmate Central, LOL! That's a four+ year old piece from 2019... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-01, 08:31:20 (73.242.169.18)
The fact that only California refineries are geared to formulate California's unique mix means that gasoline is NOT a fungible commodity, at least in California. Supply and demand work against you as .......
112: General Asylum, But not too much... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-01, 06:53:34 (73.242.169.18)
Too much dusting causes a 'hard', 'shiny ' sound. .......
113: General Asylum, Over the years, I've come to appreciate Stereophile method of doing reviews... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-01, 06:50:30 (73.242.169.18)
as they separate, in both time and place, the subjective reviews (author of the review) from the measurements (used to be JA). Reviewers tended to be fairly consistent with what they preferred and the .......
114: Inmate Central, Mostly due to more production... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-01, 05:55:48 (73.242.169.18)
"The U.S. set a new annual oil production record on December 15, based on data from the Energy Information Administration." It's that 'supply and demand' thing and supplies are up. The would largest o .......
115: Inmate Central, Your special. Your gassoline is different... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2024-01-01, 05:49:04 (73.242.169.18)
It's a special blend. Produces less pollution, they say. "As part of an overall program to reduce emissions from motor vehicles, CARB implemented the first phase of California Reformulated Gasoline r .......
116: General Asylum, RE: 'Marantz 8102 receiver' (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-31, 18:44:20 (73.242.169.18)
A bit more than $100. That said, for years my DAC of choice was a Marantz NA7004 based on the CS4398 DAC chip which managed 24/192 over S/PDIF. All in the 2010's? Again, a bit over $100. ::: TOPIC: .......
117: Inmate Central, $2.649 here in oil-rich New Mexico... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-31, 08:33:16 (73.242.169.18)
But when you only fill it up once a month and then not even half a tank full... .......
118: Inmate Central, Looks a bit like what Studebaker built back in that day... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-31, 08:29:05 (73.242.169.18)
1965 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk I prefer the Studebaker rear end. .......
119: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, Often wondered, and wanted to build (or more accuratly HAVE someone build)... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-31, 07:10:56 (73.242.169.18)
Bruce Edgar's 'Show Horn', as published in 'Speaker Builder' more than 30 years ago. I suspect my Edgar Titan (with an 80Hz? folded mid-bass horn) is of similar design, but I will never know as the pr .......
120: General Asylum, $29.71 on sale? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-31, 05:35:46 (73.242.169.18)
A deal. I guessed at least a $hundred$. .......
121: Inmate Central, LOL! Aerodynamics is bad? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-30, 19:48:07 (73.242.169.18)
And nowhere is 'aerodynamics' found in the CAFE standards. Manufacturers are free to use any and all engineering techniques at their disposal to achieve 'fleet' MPG. Just wish pickup trucks were not s .......
122: Inmate Central, Likely some structural differences other than battery weight... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-30, 17:07:40 (73.242.169.18)
Heavier truck to accommodate the weight of the battery and additional torque by the motor(s)? Again, our Leaf weighs 400 lbs. more that our Prius but is a LOT more fun to drive. .......
123: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Which power supply.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-30, 12:59:14 (73.242.169.18)
Seem to recall ya gotta use the 48V 5A one to get all 300 watts per channel. Mine came with the lower voltage supply but I ain't planning to drive Maggies. .......
124: Inmate Central, The only thing dumber than a HUGE, gas guzzling pickup, whose bed never hauls anything... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-30, 12:10:47 (73.242.169.18)
is the same truck dragging about over half of a ton of battery. .......
125: Inmate Central, All about cost of manufacturing... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-30, 11:41:59 (73.242.169.18)
Lowest common denominator. But when you hate the government and its regulations, that's who you blame. .......
126: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Most of that 300Watts is just 'headroom'... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-30, 10:50:59 (73.242.169.18)
A bit of distortion when the bang the drum hurts no one. .......
127: Computer Audio Asylum, I really don't know... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-30, 10:48:30 (73.242.169.18)
Again, you could ask them. Looks like the same chip technology in both. The more expensive 'Pro' has the option of powering with 5V separate from the Pi as well as I2S and AES3 while the 'LITE' appear .......
128: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: "AMANERO is pretty old tech"... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-30, 10:05:20 (73.242.169.18)
So are tubes, horns and vinyl. And yet... .......
129: Computer Audio Asylum, That was quick.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-30, 08:21:26 (73.242.169.18)
Good luck getting an answer from ALLO. If you can live with AES COAX OUTPUT rather than AES/3 then the 'lite' version (PI2AES-LITE - Pro Audio Shield) at $199 is cheaper (while also including the case .......
130: Computer Audio Asylum, Some will say.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-30, 07:33:15 (73.242.169.18)
That the USB out on the Pi 4 is GREAT! But, I have an Audio-GD DAC with AMANERO USB input, better clocks, and Audio-GD regulated voltage powering it and still.. Same with the Denafrips Terminator (min .......
131: Classical Court, Levit - Beethoven Sonatas is old... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-30, 06:04:26 (73.242.169.18)
Found it in my QOBUZ favorites. Maybe just 2023 release in Dolby Atmos/Apple Music? Is there a danger in becoming more of a 'format' enthusiast than 'music' enthusiast? .......
132: Inmate Central, I like it... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-30, 05:56:22 (73.242.169.18)
Have no idea why. Pretty sure I would tire of the tail fins though. .......
133: Inmate Central, RE: "This comes very close to an idle threat..." (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-29, 20:40:08 (73.242.169.18)
Because Putin knows Biden doesn't have the unlimited resources to support Ukraine because the Republicans in congress control his purse strings? Or because Putin can read the polls and believes, come .......
134: Inmate Central, Even our Leaf is fun to drive... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-29, 13:04:29 (73.242.169.18)
OK, 0-40 not 0-60, but with better tires... Currently rolling crap, but they go fast on an EV, so maybe better tires soon. 400 lbs. more than our Prius, but the torque makes up for that. .......
135: General Asylum, And yet... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-29, 12:57:58 (73.242.169.18)
Been spinning a few silver disks here of late. CEC TL-5 transport to Denafrips Terminator DAC via decent RCA S/PDIF cable. The Transport is a Japanese 100V version shipped direct from Japan at about 1 .......
136: Computer Audio Asylum, This one? Maybe? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-29, 12:42:18 (73.242.169.18)
If the Pi can send it to the 'hat' over the Pi's I2S lines... Maybe? I'd ask before buying but I do have one (but not hooked up to a DSD DAC). Not cheap but the owner answers the phone and it's a step .......
137: Inmate Central, Here's what 'liberal elites' will be driving... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-29, 07:57:44 (73.242.169.18)
Leastwise, those with deep pockets in Northern New Mexico. Your big Caddy may be popular in Texas, but not here. .......
138: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Yep, mine does.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-28, 19:33:41 (73.242.169.18)
Didn't mean to imply anyone else's did. .......
139: Amp/Preamp Asylum, It's Class 'D' MAGIC! (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-28, 15:56:45 (73.242.169.18)
Either that of 'Switching Power Supply' MAGIC! Or some combination of both? .......
140: Amp/Preamp Asylum, And yet... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-28, 15:28:29 (73.242.169.18)
if you go back to the OP you will see Ralph Karsten of OTL fame, comment on the plusses of the TI Class 'D' amp chip under discussion (with the caveat that distortion increases with power output). And .......
141: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Nah... I have the Fosi Audio BT20A PRO 300W x2 TPA3255 by TI... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-28, 11:29:11 (73.242.169.18)
Don't think the Topping uses the TI chip as the OPer of this thread asked about. We're a bit off topic on this sub-thread (at least according to the OPer) Still, the TI has gobs of feedback, as do th .......
142: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I will soon know.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-28, 08:04:41 (73.242.169.18)
But I haven't had time over the holidays to try it out in the same system the Ayre lives in. I would expect it to do a better job of 'controlling' the speaker, and yes, even a single full-range driver .......
143: Inmate Central, RE: For the liberal elites... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-28, 07:41:36 (73.242.169.18)
State / Territory Number of dealers Population Population per dealer California 52 (9%) 39.51M 759.85K Texas 48 (8%) 29.00M 604.08K Florida 42 (7%) 21.48M 511.38K Ohio 31 (5%) 11.69M 37 .......
144: Inmate Central, Lincoln, Lincoln, bo-bin-coln.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-28, 05:59:24 (73.242.169.18)
Bo-na-na fanna, fo-fin-coln Fee-fi-mo-min-coln Lincoln! Sorry, that's all I got. :-( .......
145: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Thanks, somehow I missed that one. /n (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-28, 05:52:08 (73.242.169.18)
n .......
146: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Fosi and Aiyima very similar... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-28, 05:50:21 (73.242.169.18)
Wouldn't be surprised it their made in the same plant. Fosi has enough room for shorter (but fat) discrete op-amps so I'm guessing so. Haven't plugged it into my main system (in place of my Ayre AX-7e .......
147: Inmate Central, What's a Hummer weigh? Or ever a 'normal' SUV? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-28, 05:36:26 (73.242.169.18)
2023 Chevrolet Suburban Gross weight 7,700 lbs. (link below) Not that I'd even want one. My 2016 Leaf weighs about 400 lbs. (fully charged) than my 2011 Prius with a full tank of gas. .......
148: Inmate Central, The version I'd want isn't cheap though... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-27, 12:48:31 (73.242.169.18)
Likely $40K+ OTD. .......
149: Inmate Central, I we could only have one car... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-27, 12:39:09 (73.242.169.18)
Likely be the newer Prius Prime plug-in hybrid with about 40 miles of EV range. Current 12 year old Prius is holding up fine (so far). Six year old Leaf, likewise. Combine the two into one car. Best o .......
150: Inmate Central, On the plus side... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-27, 12:17:36 (73.242.169.18)
maybe the loafing driver lost his job? .......
151: Amp/Preamp Asylum, $3.75 and Mouser? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-27, 11:05:56 (73.242.169.18)
Aren't just about all standard op-amps, and chips in general, foreign made? .......
152: Inmate Central, While the French serve Dijon with a lot of things... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-27, 10:58:54 (73.242.169.18)
Don't recall them mixing in with mayo, or even serving mayo on the side of may dishes. .......
153: Amp/Preamp Asylum, If by 'better' you mean 'controlling an unruly loudspeaker... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-27, 08:00:31 (73.242.169.18)
quite possibly. The Ayre AX-7e lacks feedback and, as such, has a bit of a hard time dealing with speakers that present a 'complex' load, jumping about in impedance across the frequency range. From Jo .......
154: Inmate Central, In Germany they put it on French Fries instead of ketchup.. (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-26, 19:34:30 (73.242.169.18)
Don't they do that in Poland? They should! .......
155: Amp/Preamp Asylum, The only SKuaiKe 48v power supply I found on Amazon is only rated at (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-26, 19:32:27 (73.242.169.18)
917 milliamps while the Fosi, while costing twice as much, is rated at a full 5 amps. Don't know if that matters. .......
156: Amp/Preamp Asylum, They are based on western IC technology (chip amp/op-amps/etc.)... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-26, 19:24:51 (73.242.169.18)
all of which are made in China (or Taiwan) by and for US or Japanese companies all cobbled together on a PCB using solid engineering design. We taught them how to do all of this YEARS ago as they make .......
157: Speaker Asylum, Bruce Edgar preferred vintage Paper in Oil caps in his EdgarHorns... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-26, 17:29:49 (73.242.169.18)
much like the picture above. I tried replacing them with expensive film caps but went back to the big fat oil caps. YMMV and all that. .......
158: Inmate Central, RE: Scotty Kilmer's Latest Rant - EV Charging Station Companies (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-26, 16:50:50 (73.242.169.18)
If they would just keep them functional, then the $$$ wouldn't matter quite so much. For example, there is but ONE charging station (Charge Point) in Española, NM (5 miles north of the town). Sad an .......
159: Inmate Central, Is stalking a sign of endearment? Obsession? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-26, 16:41:44 (73.242.169.18)
Just curious. .......
160: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Yep... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-26, 16:25:08 (73.242.169.18)
$71.99 FREE Returns FREE delivery Hard to ignore. .......
161: Amp/Preamp Asylum, And you can tailor the sound by replacing the op-amps in the signal chain... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-26, 16:21:00 (73.242.169.18)
"Customizable Sound Signature: The V3 amplifier features replaceable op-amp chips, there're two plug-ins NE5532 Op-Amps can be replaced by SS3602, MUSES02, OPA2604AP, OPA2134PA Op-Amps etc.enabling us .......
162: Classical Court, Music great, well recorded... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-26, 12:40:11 (73.242.169.18)
WAY too much theatrical nonsense added so hard to enjoy. :-( .......
163: Inmate Central, Just wait till the hackers charge you to unlock your car.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-26, 08:06:25 (73.242.169.18)
Gonna happen soon. .......
164: Inmate Central, Continental kit done right... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-26, 07:59:10 (73.242.169.18)
Also tail lights done right. .......
165: Inmate Central, And while the mid-west enjoys a 'brown' Christmas... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-26, 05:52:23 (73.242.169.18)
and 'record' high temperatures... .......
166: Inmate Central, OK, you guys win... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-26, 05:32:31 (73.242.169.18)
Not an Edsel, but it's still an ugly front end. Side view OK, and I'm a sucker for fake, part of the trunk Continental Kits', but the 'Imperial' tail lights don't seem to belong. .......
167: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Yeah, buy then from Mouser for from $5.50 to $8.00, in quantaty... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-25, 15:21:46 (73.242.169.18)
Unless you think Mouser is selling counterfeit chips. Why would anyone go to the trouble to counterfeit an $8 chip? .......
168: Amp/Preamp Asylum, DAC = no feedback... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-25, 09:56:43 (73.242.169.18)
Phono has the RIAA EQ in a negative feedback loop. Ironic huh? .......
169: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Best not learn... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-25, 07:12:27 (73.242.169.18)
it can get expensive. .......
170: Inmate Central, RE: And maybe the last one as well. Thanks to Cains who let you astray (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-25, 06:05:17 (73.242.169.18)
And a belated Happy Hanukkah to you! .......
171: Inmate Central, RE: No matter how misguided or delusional you may be (or not!). . . (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-25, 05:37:17 (73.242.169.18)
. .......
172: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I certainly would... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-24, 13:10:41 (73.242.169.18)
were I a lifelong SS guy splurging on their first tube amp. In fact I went down THAT rabbit how way back before the turn of the century. Thankfully, while gear may depreciate somewhat, the tubes that .......
173: Inmate Central, Moisture the last few days... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-24, 12:32:31 (73.242.169.18)
Wintery mix of rain, sleet and now. All melted now, which is good as it all went into the ground rather than sitting in the sun and evaporating back into the air. Now we are heading into a 'cold snap' .......
174: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Down the 'chip amp' rabbit hole... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-24, 07:29:38 (73.242.169.18)
Fosi Audio BT20A Pro is still in the box. Not very enthusiastic about plugging in a piece of gear with GOBS of feedback as I am mostly if not entirely feedback-free in most of my systems. ::: TOPIC:: .......
175: Inmate Central, Just up the street from where we lived in San Francisco... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-24, 06:41:11 (73.242.169.18)
and yes, way back in the day I'd ride my mt. bike up Noriega Street to Cheung Hing (across the street from Safeway store) and pick up a whole duck! As the Sunset District has a rather large Asian .......
176: Inmate Central, Not only did they steal the name from Ford.. (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-24, 05:55:55 (73.242.169.18)
they stole the grill from the Edsel. OK, not sure of the year so maybe it predated both? .......
177: Amp/Preamp Asylum, $5.41 from Mouser (in 2000 quantaties).. (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-24, 05:52:56 (73.242.169.18)
So who's gonna be making counterfeit chips in this market, even in China? .......
178: Classical Court, 24/48 on QOBUZ. (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-24, 05:25:47 (73.242.169.18)
Worth a listen, but maybe after Xmas. Not one for soundtrack music but who knows? .......
179: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Thinking I first met him back in the early 2000s... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-24, 05:18:27 (73.242.169.18)
well before the accident. Likely RMAF but I was all over the map attending CES/T.H.E and HE2000 whatever shows in those days. Struck me as a guy with no shortage of passion for audio and, agree or no .......
180: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Have any idea how many drugs he was on after the accident.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-23, 15:25:34 (73.242.169.18)
that eventually took his life? Heard from folks that worked for/with him in his last days that it was quite a load. Crushed spine being about the worst thing that can happen to a person. .......
181: Amp/Preamp Asylum, $79 work? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-23, 15:21:03 (73.242.169.18)
"TI TPA3255 Chip Amplifier with 300 Watts x 2 Power Output: Advanced feedback design and high-speed gate driver error correction for efficient and high-quality audio performance, with low idle losses .......
182: Inmate Central, Yep, they are everywhere.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-23, 12:01:05 (73.242.169.18)
Including 'leftist' cities like San Francisco. Been that way since I moved there in the early 70's. They just don't prey on the ruling class. .......
183: Inmate Central, Why would I want to stop 'energy production' in the US? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-23, 07:32:55 (73.242.169.18)
New Mexico is the second largest oil 'producer', make the 'extractor' in the USofA; the country that currently leads the world in extraction. And we tax the shit out of it (ok, a few percent of it's m .......
184: Inmate Central, Maybe because they didn't WANY to do anything before the attack... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-23, 06:36:00 (73.242.169.18)
"The premier's policy of treating the terror group as a partner, at the expense of Abbas and Palestinian statehood, has resulted in wounds that will take Israel years to heal from..." Ok, from the ant .......
185: Inmate Central, RE: " unless and until I cash in at a profit or collect interest on those savings." (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-23, 05:31:00 (73.242.169.18)
Yes, as I clearly stated, interest is taxable. The principle in a savings account, if after tax, is not. No 'wealth tax' yet. Key word: 'yet' .......
186: Inmate Central, Yeah, they can't stop oil companies from drilling on land the own... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-22, 14:27:47 (73.242.169.18)
or on land they hold valid leases. And sorry, if there was anything worth taking in our national forests, the big bo7ys would have taken it long ago. Only small fry drillers are whining about not bein .......
187: Inmate Central, Jim, it's so obvious.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-22, 13:36:07 (73.242.169.18)
This was a Russian/Hamas/Trump/Netanyahu plot from the beginning. Trump wins because Israel's response splits Biden's big backers, the Commie-Jews and the Leftest Muzzies. Russia wins because they hav .......
188: Inmate Central, Thete is no economic benifit to New Mexico on solar energy 'collected' by out-of-state... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-22, 13:26:27 (73.242.169.18)
and even out-of-country 'producers' who invest for the sole purpose of exporting that energy, at a profit, to neighboring states. None. And nobody is taxing my after-tax savings unless and until I cas .......
189: Inmate Central, As 40% of New Mexico's gross revenue comes from taxing oil/gas extraction.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-22, 11:27:45 (73.242.169.18)
we are not 'punishing the greedy', we're merely taxing them and, IIRC, that tax rate is a bit higher if oil is over $70 bbl. And that's gonna go on for a while. Irrespective of what others may say, th .......
190: Inmate Central, Pretty much all of the costs of most all businesses are passed on to the consumer... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-22, 09:06:16 (73.242.169.18)
and yes, seamlessly. Pretty sure Brent Crude at 78.49 USD includes all of the taxes associated with extraction. .......
191: Inmate Central, RE: I mentioned this to E-Stat in another thread (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-22, 08:28:21 (73.242.169.18)
"China, the world's biggest emitter of carbon dioxide, produces 12.7 billion metric tons of emissions annually. That dwarfs U.S. emissions, currently about 5.9 billion tons annually ..." Note only two .......
192: Inmate Central, About $.54 a gallon plus a few percent sales tax for the state.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-22, 07:38:39 (73.242.169.18)
maybe 20 cents a gallon for the Feds (as everywhere). New Mexico is about $.17 excise plus sales tax. .......
193: Inmate Central, Califonnia has that expensive 'environmental' blend... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-22, 07:22:25 (73.242.169.18)
Plus market forces do apply. You guys rule when it comes to demand. We have all of 2 million in population and while driving distances for some can be great, no lines at our stations, not even the che .......
194: Inmate Central, Drill baby drill... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-22, 06:59:15 (73.242.169.18)
And we are. "The US is now history's largest oil producer, according to S&P Global Commodities Insight." And who can argue with the S&P? "Not only is the United States producing more oil than any coun .......
195: Tube DIY Asylum, Overloading which winding? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-22, 06:39:00 (73.242.169.18)
HV? Overall? One winding? Clearly be drawing more current from the 5V winding than specified, but overall barely 1/3 the transformer's wattage rating? .......
196: Inmate Central, Wife still has one IRA that's partially in stock... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-21, 09:11:14 (73.242.169.18)
Maybe a couple ROTH IRAs as well (but small). Everything (retirement wise) is is long-ago amortized into monthly payouts. 5% beats what we have for our cash. OK, don't need the money now. If we have .......
197: Inmate Central, Yep, been around a LONG time... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-21, 09:01:33 (73.242.169.18)
Recall Toshiba as a player in the old electronic calculator market then-dominated by the Japanese in the early 70's. .......
198: Inmate Central, OK, stocks likely to end the year on 'record' highs? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-21, 07:58:31 (73.242.169.18)
OK, financial records only go back a few years in these parts (see record high inflation and record high interest rates). But this record high may, in fact, actually be a... Record HIGH! And, of c .......
199: Inmate Central, Mine was early 60's (maybe 1960?).... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-21, 07:28:01 (73.242.169.18)
owned it in the mid 60's before going into the service, and a year stateside while in. Spent a ton getting it into shape then gave it to my dad when I shipped oversease.you loved it. Side curtains and .......
200: Inmate Central, But, wouldn't you really rather have... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-21, 05:25:54 (73.242.169.18)
a Buick version of the 1954 Corvette? Sadly, I don't think they got to make one. :-( .......
201: Classical Court, RE: 'Maybe this is how Davies Hall really sounds' (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-21, 05:18:43 (73.242.169.18)
Depends on where you sit. When first constructed, it was AWFUL. Lots of movable ceiling panels and other tricks later, not so bad. We always opted for cheap day-of-performance 'rush' tickets and sat b .......
202: Speaker Asylum, Are you kidding.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-20, 13:17:13 (73.242.169.18)
That's more than a thousand $$$ just in drivers and all of that for a sub $2000 set of speakers? Those same drivers, or comparable valued ones, in a commercial offering would run you $6 to 8$ thousand .......
203: Speaker Asylum, Even if purchased with finished cabinets, you are under $2K... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-20, 07:38:42 (73.242.169.18)
for a speaker with a tube-friendly, minimal x-over and is a perfect match for a tube-based PP amp. .......
204: Inmate Central, If and when Hamas is GONE! (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-20, 07:24:47 (73.242.169.18)
Let them bargain with Allah for their virgins. My guess is that Allah with give them none. .......
205: Inmate Central, RE: Pontiac... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-20, 06:57:27 (73.242.169.18)
A bit light on carburetion, but that could be cured with a few side-drafts. .......
206: Inmate Central, Imagine a world... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-20, 05:29:07 (73.242.169.18)
in 1954, where each GM division got to built their own Corvette. Which one would you buy? .......
207: Computer Audio Asylum, Gold, Jerry... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-20, 05:26:25 (73.242.169.18)
Gold! .......
208: General Asylum, Which one has the 'Lifestyle'... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-20, 05:23:35 (73.242.169.18)
The 'well pressed' gentleman on the right, or the 'T' shirt wearing slob on the left? Those pants he's wearing look like they haven't seen the inside of a washing machine in months and likely NEVER se .......
209: Inmate Central, I usually check the oil when the engine is off and cold.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-19, 13:32:26 (73.242.169.18)
Am I doing it wrong? Could the car be made to measure the same thing? .......
210: Inmate Central, And maybe manufacturers who can do one better... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-19, 11:32:08 (73.242.169.18)
than an oil 'pressure' light that comes on when it's maybe too late to save the engine? .......
211: Inmate Central, Careful now... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-19, 11:16:25 (73.242.169.18)
Thread is getting a bit too far off to the right side of my 13 in. retina MacBook Pro screen, as it will if you continue a discussion with E-Stat who MUST have the last word. .......
212: Inmate Central, But, but, but.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-19, 09:32:48 (73.242.169.18)
Piston side force! .......
213: Inmate Central, Live by the tax rebate... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-19, 09:31:34 (73.242.169.18)
Die by the tax rebate. Nissan builds all of their EVs in the USofA (OK, 'assembles' is a better descriptor), but... Asian battery so no rebate for you, Nissan. Nissan EVs are sitting on the lot and de .......
214: Inmate Central, I like the 'no piston side force'... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-19, 09:18:06 (73.242.169.18)
View YouTube Video Not sure an extra crank shaft is worth it though. .......
215: Inmate Central, They did it on the bottom end? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-19, 08:48:46 (73.242.169.18)
by way of a variable length connecting rod? Why not a variable thickness head gasket? OK, maybe not. Variable thickness valve seat? I'm done now. .......
216: Tube DIY Asylum, Single output tube at HV= 300V/50ma plus two sections and the heater for a 6SN7... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-19, 08:16:25 (73.242.169.18)
output tube has its own filament transformer so that's about it. Transformer is top mounted so heat is easy to monitor, but then 200 series Hammond transformer do hum on occasion. But then that would .......
217: Tube DIY Asylum, No can do? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-19, 07:07:31 (73.242.169.18)
Hammond power transformer 272dx with a Filament #1 (VAC)5V C.T. @ 3A appropriate for a 5U4G (I have 2-3 of them) and not a the 3.7 amp filament of the 5AW4, which I have a shit-to of. More than 20% ov .......
218: Inmate Central, While your (and my) opinions are based on 'facts'.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-19, 06:55:46 (73.242.169.18)
Victor's 'facts' are mostly based on his opinions. .......
219: Inmate Central, RE: " BEV IS, after all, a dead end technology." (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-18, 19:44:57 (73.242.169.18)
So is life on this planet, but do go on. .......
220: Inmate Central, RE: "Expect 250,000 to 300,000 miles with 10% range degradation." (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-18, 13:40:48 (73.242.169.18)
Neighbor is seeing about that in less than 50,000 miles and a couple years time on his Tesla. I'm closer to 25% down after a mere 42,000 miles and a bit more than six years on the Leaf. That said, So .......
221: Inmate Central, RE: "Betcha my 10 dollars to your 1 that Rod won't give Regmac any kind of reprimand." (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-18, 13:33:25 (73.242.169.18)
Likely based on the fact that nobody is using web crawlers anymore to root out copyright infringement. But... Was a bit of an issued a decade or so ago for web sites. .......
222: Inmate Central, What with YouTube, Facebook and the site formerly known a Twitter... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-18, 12:05:53 (73.242.169.18)
not sure how all that stuff works regards site owners being somehow financially liable when folks posted copyrighted materials. Used to be something, as a site owner, one wished to avoid for risk of s .......
223: Inmate Central, RE: throw the guy in Jail then (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-18, 09:17:38 (73.242.169.18)
. .......
224: Inmate Central, RE: Fair use? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-18, 08:26:55 (73.242.169.18)
"Posting/re-printing/re-broadcasting of lengthy portions of a work without permission is a no-no" Not really. Publishing copyrighted material can cost a web-site owner a few $$$ though. Although the ' .......
225: Digital Drive, I would wager.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-18, 08:21:00 (73.242.169.18)
you would have appreciated what Dave Slagle has done with his built-in bi-amping of his Quad 57's. (link below) Like the author of this piece, I've long loved and lusted for a pair of Quad 57s, even h .......
226: Inmate Central, Fair use? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-18, 06:42:46 (73.242.169.18)
While it may be true that your relationship with The National Review grants you the right to violate their copyright, I'm not sure that permission is transferable and applies to the owner of this site .......
227: Digital Drive, Laid back and in your face (impress-your-friends-with-detail)... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-17, 08:36:01 (73.242.169.18)
Are likely just the two extremes. Doze off to sleep even at fairly decent listening levels? Laid back! Edge of your seat with mouth agape? Well, fun for a while but not how I listen to music. The prob .......
228: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Seen both the carbon plate and copper plate.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-17, 05:21:24 (73.242.169.18)
seem to recall you have to run the copper plate a bit easier that the carbon though. .......
229: Inmate Central, I know, UNFAIR! (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-17, 05:17:36 (73.242.169.18)
Just like folks who have no kids yet are taxed to pay for our schools. .......
230: Inmate Central, RE: Garmin Varia radar? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-16, 13:29:28 (73.242.169.18)
Too late! .......
231: Inmate Central, TAXES!!!! (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-16, 08:59:35 (73.242.169.18)
HIGHER taxes! :-) .......
232: Inmate Central, Like flying cars... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-16, 08:51:11 (73.242.169.18)
it will never make it to New Mexico in my lifetime. .......
233: Inmate Central, RE: Showing that it wasn't all Jimmy G's fault a few weeks back. (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-16, 06:46:59 (73.242.169.18)
"What?" . .......
234: Digital Drive, All according to taste.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-16, 06:42:40 (73.242.169.18)
Have heard a few dCS offerings over the years and, IMNSH opinion, for the same money as a Denafrips Terminator (which I have) or a Holo May (which I'd likely take over the Terminator) it's all about w .......
235: Inmate Central, Audio Asylum has only been up and running for about 24 years... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-16, 05:56:49 (73.242.169.18)
so that's about the best I can do. .......
236: Inmate Central, May I have my 3 minutes back please? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-16, 05:23:40 (73.242.169.18)
TIA .......
237: Inmate Central, And free college, etc.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-15, 13:19:55 (73.242.169.18)
Foooking Communists! .......
238: Inmate Central, VAT taxes consumption... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-15, 08:35:46 (73.242.169.18)
While Income Tax taxes production. But, having lived and worked in Europe (paid in DM and taxed as a European) it kinda works. One would assume that VAT works but then it's not the only tax Europeans .......
239: Inmate Central, Sorta like renters don't pay property taxes? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-14, 20:29:41 (73.242.169.18)
Please! The poor pay a higher percent of their income/net worth in tax than the rich. And yes, it's the renter who pays the property tax on the apartment they rent. The property owner uses the money .......
240: Inmate Central, Patriotism, much like the religion of our youth... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-14, 19:30:56 (73.242.169.18)
has become twisted so over time as to be unrecognizable. Too bad discussing religion is a no-no here. Great interview with a Texas pastor on The News Hour this evening but I dare not discuss it. To on .......
241: Inmate Central, We... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-14, 18:25:07 (73.242.169.18)
Key word: WE! Gladly pay more in taxes should that increase be shared 'proportionally' by those few who hold most of America's wealth. Why is it that the country's 'debt' is referred as OUR debt and f .......
242: Inmate Central, Best have nothing to do with either... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-14, 11:58:23 (73.242.169.18)
Anything about expatriate Ruskies? .......
243: Inmate Central, Neither will... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-14, 11:23:32 (73.242.169.18)
Americans hold about $100 Trillion (with a T) more in wealth than the current total national debt. And while the greater majority of that wealth is shared by an embarrassingly small number of folks, .......
244: Inmate Central, Dang... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-14, 11:09:46 (73.242.169.18)
I so wanted to be spied on. .......
245: Inmate Central, If anyone bears watching... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-14, 11:08:16 (73.242.169.18)
it's us. .......
246: Inmate Central, Send the to northern New Mexico... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-14, 08:05:36 (73.242.169.18)
Parking lots of the resorts are at 10,000 ft. with plenty of snow since Thanksgiving. .......
247: Inmate Central, Hummming along, for some.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-14, 08:03:43 (73.242.169.18)
But not much to hum about for the average Joe/Josephine. Yes, the unemployment rate is low, but so are wages and don't even ask about 'benefits' for they are few. And by design. If you run a business .......
248: Inmate Central, No bike ride today... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-14, 07:29:29 (73.242.169.18)
Still coming down. Picture above was at about daybreak. Maybe six inches worth before it's done, then maybe nothing until Christmas, if the weather folks are to be believed. Wet snow, as it's hove .......
249: Classical Court, 2 out of 10 count for anything? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-13, 20:01:26 (73.242.169.18)
Jessye Norman and the Arvo Part. Everyone gets a prize, yes? .......
250: Inmate Central, Yep, interest rates are coming down, but a bit too soon... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-13, 15:59:17 (73.242.169.18)
for me. Got a couple chunks of paper at VERY low interest rates locked in coming due next year that I'd like re-invest at higher rates but if rates are falling, not much chance of any home runs intere .......
251: Inmate Central, Yep, remembering when they played at the Cow Palace... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-13, 10:31:59 (73.242.169.18)
Trust me, if you lived in Oakland you would think the Warriors moved. .......
252: Inmate Central, AAA will pump it up as part of changing it.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-13, 10:30:07 (73.242.169.18)
When's the last time anyone had a flat? Maybe mid late 90's for me. And I drove that car another 100,000 or more after that without a flat. Haven't had to call AAA for over a decade, and that for the .......
253: Inmate Central, Gas (at today's price) is less costly than radiant electrric heat, that's a certainty... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-13, 09:01:27 (73.242.169.18)
but heat pumps are fairly efficient in this climate. Low 20's is about it here for nighttime temperatures and it nearly always gets about freezing in the daytime. My Leaf is heated by a 'radiant' heat .......
254: Inmate Central, Oakland lost three in a period of about five or so years? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-13, 08:49:04 (73.242.169.18)
Warriors to San Francisco in about 2019, then the Raiders to Las Vegas and now the A's have approval to move to Las Vegas as well? .......
255: Inmate Central, COTD and it ain't Pittsburg (or Pittsberg)... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-13, 07:59:21 (73.242.169.18)
2011 Crown Vic! And it seems like the LA County Sheriff still has TONS of them! .......
256: Inmate Central, Gotta do the same thing, at some point.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-13, 06:03:55 (73.242.169.18)
The 'Casita' is on a 'mini-split' (AC/heat pump) that, when properly charged with whatever refrigerant is now legal, does the job both summer and winter. But that's only a few hundred sq. ft. of space .......
257: Inmate Central, I was including all driving for the day.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-13, 05:33:05 (73.242.169.18)
because folks claim they need to charge outside the home, which I never do. .......
258: Inmate Central, All true, but why? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 20:50:32 (73.242.169.18)
I'd suggest it's the result of a lowering of the standard of living of the middle class over the time frames that you mention. And that lowering is NOT a product of a nation that is somehow becoming .......
259: Inmate Central, RE: "I hope the other guy gets the reserve back up to snuff before we really need it." (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 19:53:17 (73.242.169.18)
How can we 'really need it'? Unlike when the Strategic Oil Reserve was establish in the mid 70s, when we were an oil importing nation dependent on OPEC for our energy survival, we're now the worlds le .......
260: Inmate Central, RE: There's been so much reality dodging about ev's from the gitgo. (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 19:19:42 (73.242.169.18)
'They don't go far' The average drive is 37 miles. 'they take time to recharge' Based on the above, a car sits for more that 23 hours per day on average. 90% of my trips a LOW range six year old Nis .......
261: Inmate Central, Don't stop now, Carl... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 18:17:48 (73.242.169.18)
you're on a roll! :-) .......
262: Inmate Central, Oh no! Not The Strategic Oil Reserve (SPR). PLEASE NO! (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 17:32:07 (73.242.169.18)
"But few events so dramatically underscored the need for a strategic oil reserve as the 1973-74 oil embargo. The cutoff of oil flowing into the United States from the Arab members of the Organization .......
263: Inmate Central, Therms! (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 16:36:10 (73.242.169.18)
Cost of Gas on current bill. Nov. Therms@ $ 0.5014000 Dec. Therms@ $ 0.4432000 Cheaper than last year. We've had a unseasonably cold late November and early December so boiler been boiling. Henry Hub .......
264: Inmate Central, RE: "Oh yea WTI oil is below $70 dollars a barrel." (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 16:23:05 (73.242.169.18)
What? Damn. There goes my New Mexico income tax rebate check. :-( .......
265: Inmate Central, I was late for that... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 16:19:36 (73.242.169.18)
by a couple years. But I was buying CDs in '83 and getting pretty good returns. First home purchase I was already in my 40's. Home prices in San Francisco were going up faster than I could scrape toge .......
266: Inmate Central, A guy my age considers the 70's and 80's as just the other day... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 16:05:26 (73.242.169.18)
Last half of the 20th century? Maybe we can talk. Since the Great Depression? OK, that's a reasonable time frame for 'records'. To my mind, 'record inflation' and 'highest rate of inflation since the .......
267: Inmate Central, RE: "blame it ALL on the last guy because he's responsible" (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 15:48:40 (73.242.169.18)
As opposed to the current guy who inherited the mess, as Carl seems to imply? .......
268: Inmate Central, And I won't mention that everything you pointed out as happening in the last three years... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 14:42:01 (73.242.169.18)
is likely a consequence of the leadership (or lack of it) in the prior four. .......
269: Inmate Central, Leaf sales were 'flat'... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 14:38:48 (73.242.169.18)
or even declining but then from 2011 (US first model year) to a few years ago they had the market virtually to themselves, what with the six figure TESLA 'S' the only other EV of consequence. 650,000 .......
270: Inmate Central, RE: If EVs weren't a real threat... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 14:31:50 (73.242.169.18)
"So if the EV idea were solid economically why would it need any legal support at all or subsidies?" Never heard tell of a tax break for oil companies. Ever. But some would like to hurry along anythin .......
271: Inmate Central, LOL! You obviously don't recall the thread where... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 13:27:19 (73.242.169.18)
E-stat made those very claims and Rod backed him up; threatening to shut me down when I posted proofs. One of those typical E-stat-engaged threads where you either have to have a 27 inch wide-screen m .......
272: Inmate Central, Don't mind the rich... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 13:22:42 (73.242.169.18)
Had a few good years at the trough myself, back when I was working and worth something. But FFS tax those making $Millions$ at least at a rate equal or higher than I paid back in the 80's. ::: TOPIC: .......
273: Inmate Central, RECORD HIGH inflation and (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 13:17:45 (73.242.169.18)
RECORD HIGH interest rates too. .......
274: Inmate Central, Don't get me started... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 13:16:04 (73.242.169.18)
WAY too many cups of Henry's dark roasted organic Costa Rica coffee in me today. .......
275: Inmate Central, Reasons for Tesla price reductions on new cars and SUVs are two-fold... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 12:48:51 (73.242.169.18)
lowered manufacturing costs, for one, but mostly for getting under the rebate threshold. "Price cap. As of 2023, vans, SUVs and pickup trucks must have an MSRP, or manufacturer's suggested retail pric .......
276: Inmate Central, Even Nissan... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 12:31:13 (73.242.169.18)
but only after 12 years of the Leaf. Sadly. .......
277: Inmate Central, Even less, if my near-130,000 mile Prius is any example... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 12:29:52 (73.242.169.18)
OK, I take my Prius in to the Toyota dealer for it's required service and I pay with my credit card because that's my patriotic duty and I'm nothing if not patriotic. .......
278: Inmate Central, Wha? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 12:21:58 (73.242.169.18)
OK, the stock market isn't EVERYTHING, but still.... Annual inflation rate at 3.14%? Unemployment rate at 3.5%? Doom and gloom? OK, a National Debt as a percentage of annual GDP of 120% tells Ivan .......
279: Inmate Central, Been going on for thousands of years.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 11:57:56 (73.242.169.18)
Most religious miracles are made-up events marketed to the masses to draw pilgrims who spend money in the towns and villages where said miracles were said to have occurred. But let's be fair. And EV p .......
280: Inmate Central, If EVs weren't a real threat... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 11:53:11 (73.242.169.18)
why would the petroleum industry be spending $Billions$ each year putting these ideas in your head? :-) .......
281: Inmate Central, RE: The Honda E. (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 11:29:05 (73.242.169.18)
35 kWh battery, about 125 +/- range? Maybe enough for real world usage but not quite enough for the market? More than I'm getting with a 6 year old Leaf. My low end (for a NEW small, cheap EV) is 40 k .......
282: Tubes Asylum, Likely real Amperex/Prillips group manufactured... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 10:52:13 (73.242.169.18)
as the seams on top of the tube is hard to fake. .......
283: Inmate Central, Most of the negatives you read on the internet... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-12, 10:35:40 (73.242.169.18)
regards EVs, at least of late, is being driven by 'big oil' lobbying groups. OK, many if not most. And even including pushing Fire! Fire! Fire! risk of their rechargeable Lithium batteries (small risk .......
284: Inmate Central, And maybe, this time,... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-11, 18:57:28 (73.242.169.18)
it's not copyrighted material! .......
285: Inmate Central, Someone wants to fire a black woman who is also Gay? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-11, 14:42:16 (73.242.169.18)
OK, at least here name is Gay. You must be over-fucking-joyed! .......
286: Digital Drive, FOD? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-11, 10:12:07 (73.242.169.18)
Could be. .......
287: General Asylum, Brother of one of our engineers was in charge and resposible for some of the (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-11, 10:08:24 (73.242.169.18)
facilities at The Conference Center so whenever we had dignitaries from out of town visit us in Utah he would lead them on a tour. The organ console can be moved to just about anyplace on the stage ar .......
288: Critic's Corner, RE: "unlikely that competing hardware vendors would continue to invest in "Rune Ready" equipment" (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-11, 07:08:31 (73.242.169.18)
Not a given. Especially if Harman invests in hardware/software that makes ROON even more attractive from a user standpoint. And why would they cease to support other hardware manufactures? ROON has no .......
289: SET Asylum, As I have over 100 NOS 6SN7 and... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-11, 05:41:47 (73.242.169.18)
had to pay near $300 for a pair of NOS/NIB Bendix 2C51 maybe not a good idea. We should have to pay to tube roll! And the EML mesh 2A3s gotta be helping. A little? Do recall a friend upgrading th .......
290: Digital Drive, RE: Recall that Boulder unit also used an off-the-shelf... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-10, 20:30:12 (73.242.169.18)
Yeah, I got one of those too. :-) .......
291: Inmate Central, We're in for a big dose of that.. (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-10, 13:36:31 (73.242.169.18)
coming up very soon. .......
292: Digital Drive, Who knows? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-10, 11:41:19 (73.242.169.18)
They claimed at the time to have developed it to allow owners of their older DACs to stream when they started to build in steaming as a feature in some of their more expensive DACs, or so I understan .......
293: Digital Drive, OK, I feel better now... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-10, 11:23:33 (73.242.169.18)
No Pi and no switching supply. .......
294: Digital Drive, Recall that Boulder unit also used an off-the-shelf... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-10, 11:10:59 (73.242.169.18)
'switcher' as its power supply, also hidden inside the chassis where no one could see it. Afraid to open up my dCS Network Bridge now. Who knows what's going on inside? .......
295: Digital Drive, And some of those 'better S/PDIF streamers'... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-10, 10:47:14 (73.242.169.18)
have a Raspberry Pi inside. Don't know if you would consider the $4,250, back in 2019 when new, dCS Network Bridge as one of those 'better S/PDIF streamers', (dCS folks might) but I have one of those .......
296: Digital Drive, A lot of those so-called Hi-Fi streamers.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-10, 08:57:01 (73.242.169.18)
have a Raspberry Pi built in. And some don't even use a linear supply, if you dare to take the cover off. So I'm guessing you would have to call a Raspberry Pi with a linear power supply and a decentl .......
297: General Asylum, or... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-10, 07:01:14 (73.242.169.18)
Crappy 'pulls' which test above the 'replace' line on my hasn't-been-calibrated-in-fifty-years TV-7 emissions tester. That said, I've been lucky on ebay of late. .......
298: Inmate Central, "First they came for the cat haters" (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-10, 06:55:18 (73.242.169.18)
OK, maybe I let them have those folks, but that's it! .......
299: Inmate Central, RE: "Other than the funky tail fins" (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-10, 06:01:23 (73.242.169.18)
My first thoughts. Guessing that fiberglass body added a bit of weight to that TR-3 chassis and drive train? .......
300: SET Asylum, Never got too excited about the sound of the Paramour... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-10, 05:54:04 (73.242.169.18)
12AT7 > 2A3 amps of near-twenty years ago that some of my friends were building. And yes, that was in comparison with stuff like the 2A3 amp Josh built for Terry Cain. Looks counts for something. :-) .......
301: Digital Drive, Never worried about it much, tbh... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-09, 18:54:31 (73.242.169.18)
With about 4000 LPs playable on two turntables, a few thousand shiny disks and a subscription to QOBUZ going back to when you had to be in Europe to subscribe, I tend to listen to whatever format has .......
302: Digital Drive, What if... CD better that streaming 16/44.1? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-09, 16:36:41 (73.242.169.18)
Could be. Not sure. Sometimes I think so. Maybe. Playing CDs on a CEC TL5 transport via coax/S/PDIF to a Denafrips Terminator DAC has given me a chance to compare to a Raspberry Pi with S/PDIF 'hat' u .......
303: Inmate Central, Don't blame Victor for being upset... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-09, 15:26:59 (73.242.169.18)
as he watches the 'gun-rights' advocates in Congress work to 'disarm' the Ukrainians. A country who's leader is... OK, no need to rub it in. .......
304: Inmate Central, No, Victor... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-09, 10:43:02 (73.242.169.18)
That's not how it goes. First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist .......
305: Inmate Central, Nope, stayin' in... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-09, 05:31:02 (73.242.169.18)
OK, maybe go down for the paper and mail, but not before the sun comes up. .......
306: General Asylum, So if you don't agree with the results of a suvery... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-09, 05:23:59 (73.242.169.18)
you assume folks were lying? Explains a lot. .......
307: General Asylum, RE: "I didn't hear it until pointed out "... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-09, 05:21:39 (73.242.169.18)
And if you're an audiophile, once it's pointed out you can never 'unhear' it again. .......
308: SET Asylum, As 'Shitty little 9 pin tubes' go... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-08, 13:36:23 (73.242.169.18)
This one is less shitty than most. .......
309: SET Asylum, Certainly as much or more than the output tube... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-08, 08:46:56 (73.242.169.18)
But I'd suggest that the power supply and the output transformer are of equal if not more importance to sound quality of a 300B amp. That said, I prefer the bit less colored 2A3 to the 300B as I only .......
310: Inmate Central, Or perhaps a 1950 DeSoto... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-08, 05:38:40 (73.242.169.18)
Sportsman two door hardtop. Owned one just like this and in this very color, when a kid in high school. And in just about this condition. Of all the cars I've owned in my life, this is the one I'd lik .......
311: Inmate Central, Have no numbers but... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-07, 12:12:04 (73.242.169.18)
I local accident reports are to be believed, drunk driving has been recently augmented to 'driving while impaired' and for some folks that 'impairment' is a 24/7 and/or 'waking hours' condition and no .......
312: Inmate Central, The same could be said of Fentanyl... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-07, 11:42:24 (73.242.169.18)
Key Words: 'could be'. .......
313: Tubes Asylum, Take Rod's advice and swap the tube, bright to dim. (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-07, 09:05:02 (73.242.169.18)
The ST-35 is cathode self bias with a 'common' single resistor/capacitor attached to the cathode of all four EL-84 tubes. To my mind that might suggest using matched tubes? .......
314: Inmate Central, Easy to see why you'd be grumpy today... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-07, 09:00:00 (73.242.169.18)
Seems the same people who believe every American should be able to own any and all of the guns that they desire don't feel the Ukrainians should have any. Leastwise not from us. .......
315: Tubes Asylum, 5U4G testing... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-07, 08:51:49 (73.242.169.18)
or more accurately, at least with my limited ability, 'checking' with a Knight Tube Tester. Seem to recall from the distant past, that rectifiers tend to test, or 'check', either good or bad. Not much .......
316: Inmate Central, Scums'... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-07, 08:14:15 (73.242.169.18)
I prefer the plural possessive. .......
317: Inmate Central, Maybe restrict gun ownership just a bit? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-07, 08:05:05 (73.242.169.18)
Unemployed college professors seems a good start. .......
318: Inmate Central, The definition of a meaningless statistic... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-06, 16:37:31 (73.242.169.18)
is one with which Victor disagrees... Here's another some folks here have trouble with. .......
319: General Asylum, When the best part of your audio system is... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-06, 14:22:28 (73.242.169.18)
your clock. .......
320: Inmate Central, I start at home, about 7050 ft. or thereaboouts... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-06, 11:43:55 (73.242.169.18)
Drop down the hill from home to 6850 ft., the low point on Highway 285, turn right and then slowly climb for about 5 miles to 7400 ft., the high point on The Old Las Vegas Highway (Bobcat Crossing/Bob .......
321: Inmate Central, RE: Should you wonder why the move to defund the IRS (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-06, 08:26:00 (73.242.169.18)
"These include: fund services for institutional or private investors and for independent asset managers; custody services in more than 80 countries; and round-the-clock trading across all significant .......
322: Digital Drive, Maybe not so good for their advertising revenue though. /n (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-05, 20:12:08 (73.242.169.18)
n .......
323: Inmate Central, 'saved by employees'... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-05, 07:25:57 (73.242.169.18)
This woman 'saved' about $3.5 million. .......
324: Inmate Central, Again, why not a real car... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-05, 05:32:06 (73.242.169.18)
At least why not back then? Mid 50's? .......
325: Inmate Central, We will become much like Greece.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-05, 05:29:36 (73.242.169.18)
Where the only people paying taxes are government employees who's taxes are withheld from their salaries. Everyone else works under the table, claims nothing and pays nothing. .......
326: Digital Drive, If 1500 workers represents only 15% of their staff.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-04, 16:02:39 (73.242.169.18)
make that 17%, I think we can see the problem. .......
327: SET Asylum, Custom build for a bit more that your top end? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-04, 06:50:59 (73.242.169.18)
If it were me. Or build a kit which lets YOU control both the circuit and the component quality? Elekit from VK Audio in Canada starts at about $2K and this level includes Lundahl OPT transformers. Th .......
328: Inmate Central, And... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-04, 05:42:33 (73.242.169.18)
They go directly to the manufacturer, and I doubt the dealer gets much or any of the $$$. OK, he gets the 'undercoating' a 'special wax protection' $$$, but that's about it. .......
329: Inmate Central, RE: The Urban Wilderness... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-04, 05:25:16 (73.242.169.18)
. .......
330: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Transistors? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-04, 05:13:18 (73.242.169.18)
OK, maybe not 'great' but certainly powerful. .......
331: Inmate Central, RE: Don't fed the critters! (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-02, 18:06:18 (73.242.169.18)
. .......
332: Digital Drive, ROON Ready becomes Powered by ROON? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-02, 12:34:06 (73.242.169.18)
Makes some sense. Now that streamers are built into DACs and even integrated amps, all one is gonna have to do is plug an ethernet cable into the back of a device (or WiFi) and ya got QOBUZ, Apple Mus .......
333: Inmate Central, Screened in porch... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-02, 11:52:55 (73.242.169.18)
Keeps the cats in and the bugs out. A 'Catio', with lots of places for them to climb and look out at the wide open spaces. .......
334: Inmate Central, Saturday... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-02, 08:37:55 (73.242.169.18)
is 'Caturday'. .......
335: Inmate Central, Motor Trend 'Car of the Year'... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-02, 08:00:24 (73.242.169.18)
Not exactly the 'Cat of the Day' but still... If we were a 'one car household' the PHEV version would be a nice compromise and/or replacement for our current 'old' Prius and 'not new' Leaf. ::: TOPIC .......
336: Inmate Central, PHEVs sell at a premium such that... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-02, 06:37:40 (73.242.169.18)
nobody in their right mind would buy one with the intention of never plugging it in. But get ready for the silly what-if scenarios and misinformation spread by the oil lobby. I'm not even sure that th .......
337: Inmate Central, OMG! Oil Changes? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-01, 12:24:14 (73.242.169.18)
Who knew? And other maintenance? Really? Mostly have to do SOME to just about every car. And I still, after 120,000 miles, usually take the Prius back to the Toyota dealer for service on whatever sche .......
338: Inmate Central, Depends... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-01, 09:44:11 (73.242.169.18)
It is their 'review' of a car than concerns you or are you worried about the accuracy of their member surveys (as is the case of reliability reports). .......
339: Inmate Central, Two Toyota drive trains can be better and require less maintenance than... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-01, 09:34:50 (73.242.169.18)
single drive trains of many car makers. At 120,000+ miles and 11 years, our Prius is still going strong. .......
340: Inmate Central, During my working career I often drove as much as 35,000 mpy... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-01, 09:32:07 (73.242.169.18)
so I deserve a break. You? Not so much. .......
341: Inmate Central, :-) /n (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-01, 08:23:48 (73.242.169.18)
n .......
342: Inmate Central, Gotta 'hybrid', and got an EV... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-01, 08:21:13 (73.242.169.18)
Both are as reliable a car as I've ever owned. OK, mostly owned Japanese cars that are Made In Japan, which maybe helps? Except for the P.O.S. Mazda R-100, with its rotary engine, all have been decent .......
343: Inmate Central, And "Consumer Reports" ain't saying much good about EV's and PHEVs... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-01, 07:53:59 (73.242.169.18)
Personally, I'd expect a few problems what with everyone jumping into the deep end of the EV/PHEV pool with little preparation. Note that my 2017 Leaf was manufactured after Nissan had 7 years to get .......
344: Inmate Central, RE: "She has to talk to my brother again" (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-12-01, 07:34:29 (73.242.169.18)
As she should. .......
345: General Asylum, He tended bar at the AA 'parties' at CES in the mid to early 2000s... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-30, 13:22:11 (73.242.169.18)
after hours in the Parasound room, IIRC. Might have been where I first met some of the folks who run this dump. .......
346: Tubes Asylum, Maybe the Wrong Wright? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-30, 13:11:41 (73.242.169.18)
Don't see that logo on any other of his amps? .......
347: Inmate Central, Yep... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-30, 12:53:28 (73.242.169.18)
self-awareness is hard. For some, not even possible. .......
348: Inmate Central, Granting a President the authority needed to perform his/her constitutional duties... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-30, 11:32:36 (73.242.169.18)
does not an Iraqi invasion make. Yes, Bush should have had the authority, Presidents without authority really aren't Presidents, are they? But he shouldn't have used it to invade Iraq. Hillary and Joe .......
349: Inmate Central, And likely would not have invaded Iraq... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-30, 09:04:48 (73.242.169.18)
which helped create the chaos in Afghanistan, a war we had largely 'won' but then ignored. .......
350: Inmate Central, His 'legacy' proceeded him... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-30, 07:04:53 (73.242.169.18)
He arrived at the scene of the crime a bit late. Spanish American war, Philippine insurrection, Korea, even Vietnam, a conflict where US involvement could be put at the feet of Kennedy, late to the pa .......
351: Inmate Central, Is a black car a vehicular penis extension? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-30, 06:03:57 (73.242.169.18)
Who knew? Had a friend back in the day who got a heck of a deal on a mid 90's Lexas SC-500, in black. Had barely removed the window sticker when he was transferred to Phoenix. And that was the mid 90' .......
352: Inmate Central, RE: "The amount of politically motivated negative press out there is astounding." (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-30, 05:22:53 (73.242.169.18)
Been going on for a couple months. Now we know who's driving it. Big Oil. The 'Texas Public Policy Foundation' indeed! .......
353: Inmate Central, RE: H Kissinger has passed away (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-29, 18:59:22 (73.242.169.18)
Huffington Fuffington pulls no punches. OK, not my favorite US diplomat but still. More a reflection of his time. .......
354: Inmate Central, RE: This might be a $17 reason for some (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-29, 18:33:46 (73.242.169.18)
"Texas Public Policy Foundation stipulated that the hidden costs of fueling EVs drastically outweigh its low upfront fueling costs." The 'Texas Public Policy Foundation'? "A 2010 donor list from the .......
355: Inmate Central, I am? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-29, 14:32:03 (73.242.169.18)
WTF knew? .......
356: Inmate Central, Worst of both worlds is usually also the best of both worlds... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-29, 14:30:11 (73.242.169.18)
That's kinda how worlds work. .......
357: Speaker Asylum, If you can discern a difference between various speaker cables... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-29, 13:22:52 (73.242.169.18)
you might notice if difference using differing cables to each of your speakers inputs. I don't, but some do. I bi-wire my horns as it allows for easy swapping of amps should I decide to bi-amp. Or not .......
358: Inmate Central, All true... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-29, 11:34:10 (73.242.169.18)
Which tells me that 'market forces' might be the best route. IF they were gonna save the world, then government incentives might be justified. We're doing most of that stuff without ANY incentive, but .......
359: Inmate Central, And a dog... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-29, 11:17:10 (73.242.169.18)
Lots of yard for the dog. .......
360: Inmate Central, If he lived in my neighborhood... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-29, 10:15:49 (73.242.169.18)
I'd be thankful he didn't drive to work. =:-0 .......
361: Inmate Central, Car dealers are on the same political level as Realtors... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-29, 09:17:29 (73.242.169.18)
With bold claims of their inherent value to society and WAY more political influence than should be their due, at least based on their contribution. Screwing their customers and underpaying their empl .......
362: Inmate Central, Amazing.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-29, 07:46:21 (73.242.169.18)
Our 1600+ sq.ft. home in San Francisco, likely covering MORE than the 55% zoning limit of it's postage stamp sized lot, sold for more (in 2018). New owners added on in the back so maybe 2000? sq. ft. .......
363: Digital Drive, Exactly... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-29, 05:51:11 (73.242.169.18)
Ruin it? To what end? ROON only has value (to anyone) if it is universally accepted and supported by ALL (or most) of the players in audio world. ROON Ready doesn't work unless all of Harman's competi .......
364: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Oh no! (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-28, 18:50:34 (73.242.169.18)
Now I gotta send it back. :-( But OK, Amazon allows returns. .......
365: Inmate Central, All true.. (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-28, 12:55:22 (73.242.169.18)
and that's why voters passed it, but the folks who wrote Prop. 13 cared only about limiting the taxing of commercially owned property (which rarely changes hands) and they paid the $$$ to pass Prop. 1 .......
366: Classical Court, So 'Historically Informed Performances' are kinda like MQA? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-28, 11:46:44 (73.242.169.18)
Or perhaps ideal for MQA encoding? .......
367: Inmate Central, Yep, Jarvis and Gann... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-28, 05:54:50 (73.242.169.18)
Two more despicable characters G*d has never created. Where ever they are today, they are there together. Little guy (if a home owner) did OK, but the big boys? The vast majority of property in Califo .......
368: Amp/Preamp Asylum, OMG! Allows OpAmp rolling... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-27, 16:20:11 (73.242.169.18)
. .......
369: Whiner's Woad, Beats the shit out of me. /n (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-27, 13:01:35 (73.242.169.18)
n .......
370: Tube DIY Asylum, As I expected.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-27, 12:59:36 (73.242.169.18)
But, Hammond makes a 14VAC 2A filament transformer with a center tap so using one half we should get 7.5VAC +/- not very much. .......
371: Whiner's Woad, FFS Waxxy... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-27, 12:21:07 (73.242.169.18)
Can't you post without using 'fuckin'? .......
372: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Black Friday toy: Fosi (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-27, 12:18:50 (73.242.169.18)
"worry-free 24-month warranty, and friendly customer service." If I were a US manufacturer of Class D amps I might be worried. .......
373: Inmate Central, RE: California plates are white on the front of their SUVs... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-27, 10:45:36 (73.242.169.18)
Pretty easy to see the difference. California plate has a bit of color. . .......
374: Inmate Central, RE: "You don't suppose this was an attempt to buy votes? " (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-27, 08:51:14 (73.242.169.18)
Sounds like they bought yours! As Texas has no state income tax, you are hardly going to be ask to contribute at all. We are on the low end, as far as contributing to our states welfare. New Mexico no .......
375: Inmate Central, They drive into the state in their BIG WHITE SUV's... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-27, 08:34:39 (73.242.169.18)
and those BIG WHITE Lic. Plates on the front give them away. New Mexico has no front plates (no toll roads or video speed traps), so an SUV or pickup truck from Texas is easy to spot. Also, they do ta .......
376: Tube DIY Asylum, Anyone know if you can safely run an 801A on 6.5 VAC from a... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-27, 08:14:02 (73.242.169.18)
standard Hammond filament transformer (with proper 1.2A rating)? Be a volt short of specification, but... Really like the idea of AC heaters Even with a bias voltage of 30+ volts, with DC filament th .......
377: Inmate Central, RE: does it come with a gas mask? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-27, 07:57:29 (73.242.169.18)
Key word: 'mostly' .......
378: Inmate Central, Californication of Texas.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-27, 07:16:32 (73.242.169.18)
Who could be more deserving? Used to be Oregon. .......
379: Digital Drive, If you have a computer in the room.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-27, 05:28:19 (73.242.169.18)
download Room EQ Wizard. Seem to recall it's free-ware but does require a 'calibrated' mic for serious use (which the software calibrates itself to somehow). Mic is a Dayton Audio UMM-6 USB, IIRC. Und .......
380: Inmate Central, Get ready California, here they come! (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-26, 20:13:47 (73.242.169.18)
"Data obtained from the United States Census Bureau by the Houston Chronicle on state-to-state migration shows that California welcomed 42,279 Texans as new residents in 2022, the most of any state." .......
381: Inmate Central, A step up from the 1600... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-26, 19:38:05 (73.242.169.18)
Now we're getting somewhere! .......
382: Inmate Central, If the back of the house is south facing.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-26, 19:36:02 (73.242.169.18)
Not so bad but nobody in a $10 million home is gonna put solar on the front of a house with a peaked roof. .......
383: Classical Court, And it's also on QOBUZ as 16/44.1, not hi rez but... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-26, 16:06:53 (73.242.169.18)
Guessing that's OK for original instruments? ;-) .......
384: Digital Drive, OK, at least not MQA. /n (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-26, 16:03:33 (73.242.169.18)
n .......
385: Inmate Central, Here in northern New Mexico, pretty common... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-26, 10:57:30 (73.242.169.18)
No home has sold in our non-gated HOA in the last year for under $one million$. Neighbor just built a 6 car garage (1600 sq. ft. with shop). His home is better than 4,000 sq. ft., I'm guessing. Yes, .......
386: Inmate Central, I can has one for my 'Leaf'? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-26, 10:03:08 (73.242.169.18)
"With the absence of an internal combustion engine, the electric-powered car doesn't quite offer the soundtrack your typical muscle car would. To compensate, Shelby has added the Borla Active Performa .......
387: Inmate Central, Technically true, but then... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-26, 08:15:54 (73.242.169.18)
the previous bivalent vaccine was 'new' as well yet considered a 'booster' as it also protected against prior strains. "The bivalent booster, which is no longer available, was introduced in the fall o .......
388: Inmate Central, RE: Well, you mentioned "performance" model, not a dog like the 318i (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-26, 06:46:01 (73.242.169.18)
BMW was always considered a 'sporty' sedan. Even the car that started it all back in the 60s .......
389: Inmate Central, Standard 'bidness' sedan when I lived in Germany in the 90's was either.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-26, 06:39:05 (73.242.169.18)
a boring Mercedes 2.3 liter E type or, for the sporty, a BMW 520. I had the Mercedes, my boss the BMW 520. That two liter BMW in-line 6 was a wonderful engine though. Slant 4 in the Mercedes? Not so .......
390: Inmate Central, Looks like this one... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-26, 06:24:13 (73.242.169.18)
Which I would LOVE to own! .......
391: Inmate Central, RE: Good for you! (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-26, 05:58:59 (73.242.169.18)
Teens here. Yep, that's Fahrenheit. .......
392: Inmate Central, All better now... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-26, 05:41:29 (73.242.169.18)
Back to my morning pushup. .......
393: Inmate Central, +1... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-26, 05:39:18 (73.242.169.18)
Love to have them back. .......
394: Digital Drive, So the $9250 Boulder Streamer/DAC reveiwed above with the switch mode (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-26, 05:34:35 (73.242.169.18)
is not their 'top end' product? Well, take me to the top! Please. .......
395: Digital Drive, RE: " linear power supplies are always better than switch mode" (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-26, 05:29:59 (73.242.169.18)
Ok, maybe not always but... I'm going out on a limb and saying that linear power supplies CAN be made better than a switch mode. .......
396: Digital Drive, 24/96? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-26, 05:25:56 (73.242.169.18)
If so, beats the Stereophile test CD. .......
397: Inmate Central, Flu vaccine has never claimed 100% effectiveness... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-25, 18:07:49 (73.242.169.18)
40% some years, 60% others, some years better than others depending on how good they are at guessing what strain of virus will be in circulation. At my age (I'll be 79 in a week or so) I take no chanc .......
398: Inmate Central, Guessing '48 then... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-25, 15:19:31 (73.242.169.18)
Neighbor has an earlier 40's Chrysler (post war). He, of the new 1,600 sq. ft., 14 ft. tall garage blocking my view of the Jemez Mountains. :-( Nice car collection though. .......
399: Inmate Central, Hard to know... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-25, 15:10:01 (73.242.169.18)
but there seems to be a rule where only Israelis have the right to criticizes the country's foreign policy and anyone who is NOT Jewish (or Israeli) who dares to do so must somehow be antisemitic. Als .......
400: Inmate Central, At various times there looked to be a possible deal. (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-25, 14:59:04 (73.242.169.18)
and many times those various deal makers were assassinated for their efforts. .......
401: Inmate Central, Zero to Forty is it's strong suit.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-25, 14:52:22 (73.242.169.18)
Once it hits thirty to forty the value of the torque begins to fade. Will get you through the intersection before the guy running the red light can hit you and that's important. .......
402: Inmate Central, 1950? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-25, 11:53:13 (73.242.169.18)
Had a '50 DeSoto in that same color of green (sadly, no wood). .......
403: Inmate Central, Be a while... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-25, 11:44:49 (73.242.169.18)
before they will do Russia any good. .......
404: Inmate Central, RE: "impose a settlement"... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-25, 11:42:25 (73.242.169.18)
On whom? The time to think about 'stopping the killing' is before it started. .......
405: Inmate Central, 2017 Leaf - Zero to Sixty in 'about' 10 seconds... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-25, 11:40:12 (73.242.169.18)
Key word: 'about' .......
406: Inmate Central, Driving in the snow last evening... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-25, 06:23:17 (73.242.169.18)
Less than an inch so the cheap 'all weather' tires the prior owner slapped on right before the sale were fine, but... For a small car, the Leaf weighs in at about 400 lbs. heavier than the Prius. And .......
407: Inmate Central, It may be Italian and maybe it doesn't run but who cares.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-25, 05:40:32 (73.242.169.18)
I'd buy it just to sit and look at it. .......
408: Inmate Central, RE: Hamas: Made in America (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-25, 05:38:30 (73.242.169.18)
"For years, the various governments led by Benjamin Netanyahu took an approach that divided power between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank — bringing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to .......
409: Inmate Central, BOOSTED..... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-25, 05:34:38 (73.242.169.18)
again. Been a year so it's about time. Haven't checked for residual magnetism yet and if I were glowing in the dark the wife would notice (and complain). Rarely react to vaccines. Maybe one of the two .......
410: Digital Drive, Raspberry Pi, switching supply, op amps in the 'analog' chain... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-24, 16:20:46 (73.242.169.18)
and DAC chip/chips from who knows who? Screams "I'm a near $10K streamer/DAC/Pre". .......
411: General Asylum, If you are having trouble with AA email service.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-23, 11:40:17 (73.242.169.18)
as it applies to communication with buyers or seller on AA trader, not surprising. So have I. Mostly when my email provider decided that any AA email sent to me for any reason was spam and so they did .......
412: Inmate Central, Just local TV channels.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-23, 09:56:46 (73.242.169.18)
No nonsense. .......
413: Inmate Central, When wandering about Ivan's 2.51 acres.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-23, 07:59:31 (73.242.169.18)
or the hundreds of acres of adjacent preserve, one would best not be tromping about in shorts and shower shoes. Everything that grows here has some form of burr, thorn or sticker. No rattle snakes thi .......
414: Inmate Central, Trade group propaganda. /n (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-23, 07:52:33 (73.242.169.18)
But the US does have a pretty sizeable 'fast food' industry. They likely have a trade group too. .......
415: Inmate Central, So far.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-23, 07:25:55 (73.242.169.18)
But not for long, perhaps. ""General Motors acquired Tooling & Equipment International to bolster its portfolio of innovations and secure access to unique casting technology," the company said in resp .......
416: Inmate Central, Or, Big hat, not cattle.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-23, 05:48:13 (73.242.169.18)
But at least my boots don't have 'lifts' in them like that guy from Florida. .......
417: Inmate Central, We had gigabit fiber in San Francisco... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-23, 05:37:45 (73.242.169.18)
Way back maybe 10+ years ago. New company, not aligned with the 'big boys' and cheap. About $65 a month. Ok, tech boom in SF in the 2010s is in full swing when they start installing. But not downtown .......
418: Inmate Central, RE: " It's red though." (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-23, 05:23:31 (73.242.169.18)
As it should be! Guessing early to mid 60's? About the time I fell in love with the line. To no avail. :-( .......
419: Inmate Central, Early Sam... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-22, 17:10:39 (73.242.169.18)
at his best. .......
420: Inmate Central, Final word on just about everything... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-22, 17:09:57 (73.242.169.18)
and the final post on every long thread. Gonna buy a new MacBook Air, the new one with the 15 inch screen, just to I don't have to scroll to read his last post on every thread. .......
421: Inmate Central, No can do... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-22, 17:02:45 (73.242.169.18)
Boots and hat with jeans, boots and hat with a suit. NO boots and hat with shorts. .......
422: Inmate Central, Sadly, 'T Mobile' doesn't even reach where we live... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-22, 16:20:52 (73.242.169.18)
I have ATT and the wife has T-Mobile on our phones and we both have to enable WiFi Calling in order to use our phones in the house. In the immortal words of Sam Kinison: "You're living in a desert, MO .......
423: Inmate Central, Somehow, I knew that... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-22, 15:15:43 (73.242.169.18)
Somehow. .......
424: Inmate Central, Just find me some high speed internet that doesn't involve paying Commcast... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-22, 15:08:37 (73.242.169.18)
$175 a month. No, not Elon please. .......
425: Inmate Central, Don't know about you, but I'll be sleeping well tonight.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-22, 15:06:12 (73.242.169.18)
knowing THIS guy is on the job! Right Larry? Larry? LARRY? Wake up Larry! "huh?" .......
426: Inmate Central, Lot going on there.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-22, 13:14:32 (73.242.169.18)
Not all of it what it appears? For sure, Microsoft has a lot of leverage as they provide the computational power to make it all go. If they don't, who else? And the non-profit board has far differing .......
427: Inmate Central, Where did you find a 20 meter long stick... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-22, 11:44:33 (73.242.169.18)
as prudence would require, to get it "back into the water"? .......
428: Inmate Central, No one over 40 should be allowed to wear shorts in public... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-22, 11:22:04 (73.242.169.18)
Or perhaps a constitutional amendment is needed? Something SHOULD be done. .......
429: Inmate Central, Pretty much how it is now... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-22, 08:53:34 (73.242.169.18)
on all accounts, except 'earned income' with W-2. The chances of being audited are near zero these days. And for the sale of most stuff, the lie is not in the amount of sale, it's the calculation of t .......
430: Inmate Central, RE: 'The Villages'... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-22, 08:38:20 (73.242.169.18)
Yeah, and he's likely gonna walk as he'll be tried by a jury of his peers. .......
431: Inmate Central, And yet, the IRS asked for it... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-22, 07:31:46 (73.242.169.18)
And no real tax laws were changed. IRS claims no changes have been made in what taxes one owes on 'side hustle' income. Only that the 1099 threshold has been lowered. If you make it you still owe it, .......
432: Inmate Central, Which one of you car guys is this. (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-22, 06:20:59 (73.242.169.18)
"LADY LAKE, Fla. - A 76-year-old Florida man was arrested after he allegedly backed over a staff member at a car show for not letting him into the event, according to police." Demographic looks rig .......
433: Inmate Central, Which, of course, was the reason this was put into the bill to Save America.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-22, 05:41:06 (73.242.169.18)
Keep the IRS busy chasing 'side hustlers' making $600 and up a year for which they may end up owing no tax at all while ignoring those raking in $Billions$ and using every shady tax dodge on the plane .......
434: General Asylum, Rather have them do it at the recording end of things.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-22, 05:32:04 (73.242.169.18)
Ray Kimber's IsoMike. .......
435: Inmate Central, RE: "What Cut Throat does..." (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-21, 21:02:33 (73.242.169.18)
True, but his mid horns BIG go down to near 200Hz and he's using K-Horns for mid-bass and that goes way lower than the EdgarHorn mid bass. I'm using 2A3 amps (Doc's newer monoblock kit which I think h .......
436: Inmate Central, Got amps? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-21, 19:34:11 (73.242.169.18)
Ivan can help. Not taxes to pay, not 1099 and so many other benefits. But do tell, what amplification is better with your EdgarHorns than Gordon's 45 amps? .......
437: Inmate Central, And YOU think he knew it was in there? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-21, 16:07:54 (73.242.169.18)
No, you do not. .......
438: Inmate Central, I think if I were going to unload a bunch of tubes.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-21, 13:39:08 (73.242.169.18)
and I have thousands, I'd use AA trader, sell only to 'known' inmates and take the $$$ in the form of PP friends and family. But... My tax guy in California has retired so I got a new one here in New .......
439: General Asylum, The original 'tapes' may or may no longer exist... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-21, 13:27:19 (73.242.169.18)
"The Times estimated that between 120,000 and 175,000 master recordings were lost in the fire, which included songs by Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday and Judy Garland. Universal claimed the story exa .......
440: Inmate Central, Got a link showing Joe Biden actually ordering that? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-21, 13:08:36 (73.242.169.18)
Or was it a lifetime federal employee of the IRS changing the rules during his presidency? .......
441: Inmate Central, RE: well, according to those data, it's been dead flat since 1995 (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-21, 11:27:21 (73.242.169.18)
Total expenditure about 12% in 1995. Maybe 11% in early 2000s. At home does drop steadily but true, once the percentage get down to single digits, how fast can in drop? But drop it does. From about 7 .......
442: Inmate Central, Move to New Mexico... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-21, 08:02:59 (73.242.169.18)
LOTS of land. VERY few people. OK, most of the jobs are 'service' jobs, so you won't be paid enough to own any of that land. Maybe a spot at the local mobile home park? .......
443: Inmate Central, Works in Europe... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-21, 07:37:16 (73.242.169.18)
OK, in Germany Was a DM when we moved there, then they went to the Euro and the price went up! .......
444: Inmate Central, But, but , but... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-21, 07:34:51 (73.242.169.18)
RECORD INFLATION!!!!!!!!!!!! Take-away. Looks like we spend as much on food outside the home than in. Back in '71 it was only about a third? If I am reading the chart correctly, 5% of disposable incom .......
445: Inmate Central, My guess is that the problems run a bit deeper.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-21, 06:08:27 (73.242.169.18)
but WTF do I know? I quit watching football a decade or more ago. .......
446: Digital Drive, Them Tesla coils ain't cheap... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-20, 13:14:10 (73.242.169.18)
20,000 Euro DAC. .......
447: Inmate Central, RE: "among others"... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-20, 13:04:39 (73.242.169.18)
Indeed. .......
448: Inmate Central, RE: Source? nt (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-20, 12:51:31 (73.242.169.18)
. .......
449: Inmate Central, Only if we are a communist country... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-20, 11:07:06 (73.242.169.18)
which you like to say we are at risk of becoming. But no. We DO share the liabilities though. Or maybe not. Maybe the folks with the money are more at risk than those without? .......
450: Inmate Central, Of course 'defending', because the rich want to pay... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-20, 10:58:29 (73.242.169.18)
their fair share! OK, maybe not. De-funding it is. .......
451: Inmate Central, RE: There's this big thing (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-20, 10:29:56 (73.242.169.18)
"The financial position of the United States includes assets of at least $269 trillion (1576% of GDP) and debts of $145.8 trillion (852% of GDP) to produce a net worth of at least $123.8 trillion (723 .......
452: Inmate Central, RECORD INFLATION!!! Double digit! (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-20, 09:56:48 (73.242.169.18)
9.1% is double digit. As 9 is a digit and the .1 is a digit, so double digit is! RECORD inflation as well, I'm guessing. That said, filled up the Prius last week at $2.99 (regular). As far as "money .......
453: Inmate Central, Considering all that can go wrong with one... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-20, 08:06:38 (73.242.169.18)
in their declining years, a few vision issues are small potatoes. Imagine being an audiophile that is slowly going deaf? Besides, if I go completely blind I might take up the piano! .......
454: Inmate Central, RE: "what do you wanna spend while you are here or do you wanna leave it for others"... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-20, 06:10:22 (73.242.169.18)
Something I think about every time I buy a new DAC! :-) Escalating cost of 'elder care notwithstanding. We have friends and acquaintances from our past who are no older that we are who are already in .......
455: Inmate Central, RE: "but for longer runs, the Toyota based hybrid is the sweet spot" (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-19, 17:46:40 (73.242.169.18)
Yep, that's why we still have the Prius. OK, 126,000 miles and near 12 years old. Worse, burns a half a quart every 1800 miles, but... No range anxiety. Drove a Lexas ES300 for 16 year and 275,000 mil .......
456: General Asylum, Believe all of the Stereophile 'High End' shows... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-19, 12:35:42 (73.242.169.18)
east and west coast as in 'HE2000 whatever' were consumer shows? Don't know when they started those and the only on I attended was the one at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. .......
457: General Asylum, I attended CES in the early 2000's because I could... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-19, 12:28:04 (73.242.169.18)
Registered through the company I worked for at the time, who had very little to do with consumer electronics except for computers, and the same registration credentials got you into everything includi .......
458: Inmate Central, As a 20 yo factory worker from the industrial mid-west... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-18, 12:22:12 (73.242.169.18)
I didn't have a f%^ng clue. My guess is that I would have done what they told me, as that's what we did back then. When I got out in '69 I moved to Northern California and protested against the very .......
459: Tubes Asylum, And, with a lot of 'active loading' and 'shunt regulation'... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-18, 11:45:36 (73.242.169.18)
one can rival SS for 'detail' a 'clarity' while still retaining that 'vacuum tube magic', whatever that is. None of my tube gear exhibits any 'tubieness' as did a lot of my older tube gear. ::: TOPI .......
460: General Asylum, Been to many HiFi shows.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-18, 10:13:04 (73.242.169.18)
Don't recall too many companies with 8 people from the company in attendance. Not saying there might be close to that in the case of three companies sharing a room (speaker company, Amp company and ma .......
461: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, Which is why I'm dealing with it now... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-18, 09:58:55 (73.242.169.18)
I plan to spend my declining years swapping out interconnects. =:-0 .......
462: Inmate Central, Unless, of course, he descended from Native Americans who... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-18, 08:08:35 (73.242.169.18)
experienced just that thing. Your depth of understanding of just about everything you post about is so shallow as to border on embarrassing. .......
463: Inmate Central, Comes with the numbers... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-18, 07:57:42 (73.242.169.18)
Leaf has been out since 2011 and has a number of battery versions starting with about 24kWh and ending at 60kWh. 3/4 of a million sold world-wide. With some interchangeability. My 30kWh battery is no .......
464: Inmate Central, RE: I've heard that people are putting bumper stickers on their Teslas.. (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-18, 06:25:46 (73.242.169.18)
Some days it's better to be driving a Leaf! And not be spending time on 'the site formerly known as Twitter'. .......
465: Inmate Central, You got it right... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-18, 05:52:40 (73.242.169.18)
I was lucky to get classified as an 'era' veteran as I was sent to the other side of the world from where the action was. Cold wars beat hot wars 100% of the time. But I do know this. From the day you .......
466: Inmate Central, As Texas A&M is in... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-18, 05:39:20 (73.242.169.18)
Well, I guess that's self-explanatory, yes? They are welcome. But only with a fat, 10 year contract. What better way to spend those education $$$? .......
467: Inmate Central, Don't know, but it's creating quite a fuss... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-18, 05:36:19 (73.242.169.18)
Not on 'Twitter' anymore so I have nothing to report on the controversy. Two physicians who live across the street have Teslas. One retired one still working. Thinking to ask: "Doctor, would you like .......
468: Inmate Central, Did you accuse him of being an antisemite? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-17, 20:47:52 (73.242.169.18)
That might do it. .......
469: Inmate Central, Not a fair question... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-17, 20:45:41 (73.242.169.18)
to ask those who never served. .......
470: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, Not really 'messing' with them.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-17, 16:50:58 (73.242.169.18)
Just having them replaced at the same time. History of these (used) drivers would suggest differing and not top shelf diaphragms, especially after sending one back after recharging due to no sound an .......
471: Inmate Central, Exactly! /n (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-17, 16:19:44 (73.242.169.18)
n .......
472: Digital Drive, New transport sounds like... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-17, 15:31:45 (73.242.169.18)
lobster! .......
473: Inmate Central, Good point! (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-17, 09:42:56 (73.242.169.18)
Sue both of them! .......
474: Inmate Central, Move to California! (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-17, 08:14:40 (73.242.169.18)
Left one of my nearly 40 year old Emily K merino wool leg warmers at the rock wall on Canada Rd. at Edgewood near Cristal Springs Reservoir and thought it lost. Stopped there again and found it on top .......
475: Digital Drive, Dang! (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-17, 07:36:16 (73.242.169.18)
I'm using TP Link gigabit switches in my system, with JamesCo transformer/regulated wall warts (9V as required by the TP Link switches). Now I gotta go out and buy two D-Link DGS-105 switches and new .......
476: Inmate Central, They have more... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-17, 07:09:31 (73.242.169.18)
Near endless supply, I'd wager. .......
477: Inmate Central, Bought a late model '68 used in '69.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-17, 05:45:32 (73.242.169.18)
Should have kept it but in '72 traded it for a new Mazda R100 with the awful rotary engine. What was I thinking? OK, the Mazda had air and was quicker but it kept me broke replacing engines. ::: TOPI .......
478: Inmate Central, RE: 914... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-16, 19:10:42 (73.242.169.18)
Had a 72 from about the mid 70s until the early 80's. Other than frequent failures of the computer that controlled of just about everything (including ignition and fuel injection). Oh, and the electr .......
479: Inmate Central, Maybe ask an Israeli? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-16, 11:37:30 (73.242.169.18)
"The idea was to prevent Abbas — or anyone else in the Palestinian Authority's West Bank government — from advancing toward the establishment of a Palestinian state." .......
480: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: Aluminium! As the Brits say... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-16, 10:48:44 (73.242.169.18)
. .......
481: Inmate Central, Gambling money talks... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-16, 08:40:06 (73.242.169.18)
Barstool Sports rules. .......
482: Inmate Central, RE: I only answered his question to make it simple for him, why don't you figure it out /nt (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-16, 06:45:53 (73.242.169.18)
Maybe? .......
483: Inmate Central, But, but, but.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-16, 06:17:23 (73.242.169.18)
What about ISRAEL? What about those who oppose Israeli foreign policies regards the Palestinians? Gotta include them! Gotta! .......
484: Inmate Central, Gaza City is leveled.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-16, 06:13:18 (73.242.169.18)
Nothing much left to do except root our Hamas left in bunkers and tunnels. Iran has gone public with the fact they do not intend to intervene in any serious way, Crazies with Hezbollah the same. They .......
485: Inmate Central, 2016? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-15, 20:02:26 (73.242.169.18)
7 years ago? .......
486: Inmate Central, Big Tesla overnight... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-15, 20:01:31 (73.242.169.18)
At least that's what the neighbor says. Me? 24 amps for three hours gets me a fill charge on the Leaf (but not from zero because why run it down to zero?) .......
487: Inmate Central, Not really... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-15, 19:58:11 (73.242.169.18)
There will be an 'exchange' of prisoners (50 women and children plus some Americans?) and a few days (maybe 4?) of suspended hostilities. Israelis are in on the negotiations (haven't given a final OK .......
488: Critic's Corner, RE:*improved quality* over what? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-15, 12:06:40 (73.242.169.18)
Never understood the other half of that claim. Even when it was being made by folks in the audio publication biz. Better than Redbook? Maybe. Better that the original Hi Rez Master? Likely not. Can I .......
489: Critic's Corner, OK, then why all the fuss about 'hearing' a difference or 'sounding' better? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-15, 11:39:07 (73.242.169.18)
As it turns out it likely didn't save TIDAL much money over doing what QOBUZ does, sending the whole 24/96 or even 24/192 file to the streaming customer. What it MIGHT have done is allow the labels to .......
490: Critic's Corner, Lossy compared to what? (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-15, 11:23:02 (73.242.169.18)
16/44.1 compared to MQA processed 24/96? Everyone says 'this sounds better' or 'this sounds worse' but exactly what was the MQA use case? If it was sending 24/96 PCM over the internet in a 24/48 packe .......
491: Inmate Central, They have similar guidelines here.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-15, 08:43:11 (73.242.169.18)
But the solar companies are in the business of selling panels. We were allowed to say we intended to go with an electric dryer and purchase an electric car, etc. which would increase our usage plus we .......
492: Inmate Central, Another 'shortage' that may slow down 'growth'... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-15, 07:38:16 (73.242.169.18)
in housing, EVs and even solar? "As new homes are built in California, there's more need for electrical transformers that provide power to neighborhoods -- but right now, they're in short supply." In .......
493: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, Comforting to know... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-15, 07:04:49 (73.242.169.18)
as the original JBL aluminum diaphragm for the 2441 is no longer available. .......
494: Whiner's Woad, Doubt Romy to Cat runs at all these days.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-14, 13:40:52 (73.242.169.18)
He's put on a pound or two since our first meeting 20 or so years ago. View YouTube Video .......
495: Digital Drive, The fact that you can not hear a difference between CD transports... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-14, 12:47:12 (73.242.169.18)
does not mean that differences do not exist. .......
496: Inmate Central, Unless they live in an apartment. /n (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-14, 12:34:19 (73.242.169.18)
n .......
497: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, If the Radian web site is to be beleived... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-14, 12:32:37 (73.242.169.18)
their diaphragm is made of a 'unique aluminum alloy (aluminum, titanium, and copper)'. In a few weeks I'll know how they sound. .......
498: High Efficiency Speaker Asylum, RE: "Did you get your JBLs via Bruce?" (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-14, 12:27:23 (73.242.169.18)
The first two came with the EdgerHorns as purchased from Chris Brady. He had bought them new and unfinished from Bruce and had the cabinets finished with Cocobolo Wood Veneer (done by his father and b .......
499: Whiner's Woad, That's a running cat.... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-14, 11:29:58 (73.242.169.18)
An animated gif I stole from Romy the Cat's web site. .......
500: Inmate Central, Great... (0.00)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-11-14, 09:20:49 (73.242.169.18)
Hope it goes well and please keep us posted! .......
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