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1: Inmate Central, RE: Certainly (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-24, 12:30:36 (68.108.173.65)
My question was if there were NO tank cars carrying a product that would be applicable. You did not answer the question. All you did was repeat the detail of the regulation as in your previous post. .......
2: Inmate Central, only one example of the rollbacks (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-24, 12:13:21 (68.108.173.65)
I only posted one example rollack, there were plenty more. And if it had been left in place, it could easily have been broadened to include all poisonous/hazardous. And do you have information that .......
3: Inmate Central, RE: Train Bearing / Axle failure (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-24, 10:51:55 (68.108.173.65)
In 2016 and 2017, the administration ROLLED BACK or postponed new SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY. Transportation Secretary was Elaine Chao, appointed by Trump. In 2017 DOT said .......
4: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: IMD (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-22, 22:13:04 (68.108.173.65)
IMD has the reputation of being the bad guy when it comes to distortion. In the sense that it causes treble/high range harshness. If you end up with a DAC that has audible IMD, I bet you will end up h .......
5: Inmate Central, years ago when I was just a kid (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-22, 21:41:32 (68.108.173.65)
during the war years, the local cops in my home town really hated me. While in High School and after I was expelled, I used to hand out anti-war leaflets to students coming to school in the mornings. .......
6: Inmate Central, RE: Mexico's top security minister convicted of drug trafficking. More proof that Mexico is a narco-state. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-22, 20:57:36 (68.108.173.65)
I lived in San Diego for a few years, had a girlfriend born and raised in Makesicko. I spent a fair amount of time in TJ and Baja, and had many Mexican citizen friends on both sides of the border. You .......
7: Inmate Central, Remember that F35 crash on carrier last year? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-22, 20:40:57 (68.108.173.65)
The aircraft bounced off the flight deck into the south china sea and sank. Ultimately recovered by Navy a few months ago. The final mishap report has been released: During a somewhat unusual higher v .......
8: General Asylum, RE: My new listening chair.. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-22, 14:04:25 (68.108.173.65)
I put a wood plank under the seat cushions and another under the back cushions of my couch. It helped to reduce back ache. Fairly invisible and works for >1 couch occupier... .......
9: Inmate Central, RE: these guys told me (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-22, 12:01:40 (68.108.173.65)
Lieutenant Burger is on the left, Sergeant Kill is on the far right, and the three guys in the middle are Pvt.Moe, Pfc.Larry, and Pvt.Curly Courageous and committed militia who will save America from .......
10: Inmate Central, these guys told me (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-22, 10:46:50 (68.108.173.65)
just before their assault on the McDonalds where the democratic alien child molesters are hiding in the back room! .......
11: Inmate Central, RE: They are one of the most stolen items in home burglaries. nt. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-22, 07:55:13 (68.108.173.65)
yes the data shows that. and then the weapons are sold to rapists, murderers and thieves. the gun nuts don't have a leg to stand on when it comes to facts. just childish emotional nonsense. hence, the .......
12: Inmate Central, RE: My small experience, admittedly in Florida .... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-21, 22:23:27 (68.108.173.65)
I believe in the 2nd amendment. But even the gun nuts admit we have to have limits. Very few gun nuts say the general public should be allowed to have grenades, rocket launchers, artillery, and mortar .......
13: Inmate Central, over 90% of guns used in crimes (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-21, 20:39:53 (68.108.173.65)
in the U.S. were originally bought legally, not smuggled in from Cartel land. Over 90% It is the original legal purchasers who are supplying the guns to the criminals. Mostly the legal purchasers ar .......
14: Inmate Central, re: data (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-21, 09:08:34 (68.108.173.65)
damn facts again. STOP THAT! This is armchair world leader central ! .......
15: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Aiyama A07 (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-19, 18:44:45 (68.108.173.65)
thank you, I will try those. .......
16: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Aiyama A07 (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-18, 22:25:07 (68.108.173.65)
I decided to trust ASR and experiment with this chip amp. ASR lauded it considering the price. And it sounds damn good after about 4 hours of break in! Maybe 90% of the hifi amps. JUst a little cong .......
17: Inmate Central, you need a drone (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-18, 16:02:33 (68.108.173.65)
with a top level cam .......
18: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Help please! Seeking owner´s manual for Eastern Electric MINIMAX (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-17, 14:45:56 (68.108.173.65)
put this in the ebay search: Eastern Electric MiniMax DAC Operation Manual In Excellent Condition .......
19: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Help please! Seeking owner´s manual for Eastern Electric MINIMAX (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-17, 12:48:30 (68.108.173.65)
there is a printed manual available on ebay right now. .......
20: Digital Drive, Lo Siento (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-15, 14:00:35 (68.108.173.65)
No Habla Espanol. .......
21: Inmate Central, turning point was the kickoff runback (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-13, 19:40:19 (68.108.173.65)
that was the longest in superbowl history. totally energized the chiefs and convinced them they would do it. .......
22: General Asylum, I have been "insurance" buying (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-13, 17:40:08 (68.108.173.65)
NOS (LOL) or used (old style with anode place cap) EL-509s for about the last 15 years. And still have about 20 in the "bank" after a full power tube replacement cycle in the OTL about 2 years ago. .......
23: Inmate Central, and he is going to provide the proof "real soon now" (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-12, 15:20:45 (176.100.43.70)
along with the pillow guy. HAHAHAHAHA .......
24: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Squeezelite not runnio (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-12, 08:28:30 (68.108.173.65)
also are you sure it's not running or is it just that you can't connect? is your router dynamically assigning an IP? if so maybe it assigned a different IP than previous on the last bootup? this has .......
25: Computer Audio Asylum, had similiar problem yesterday and fixed it with better power (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-12, 08:16:10 (68.108.173.65)
I just had this problem yesterday trying to run my RPI with a weak power supply. The leds would all light up when powered on so it seemed to be booting but "Advanced IP Scanner" ( a free windoz utilit .......
26: General Asylum, Thanks to all who responded! (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-11, 19:41:34 (68.108.173.65)
Seems quite safe which is a relief! .......
27: Digital Drive, they'll love that (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-11, 15:08:10 (68.108.173.65)
in Saudi Arabia and the other Oil potentates. If it cost a couple million more, all the better. The billions jump into their laps... .......
28: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: google brings you to this (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-11, 13:24:27 (68.108.173.65)
how .......
29: Inmate Central, RE: Hybrid auto (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-11, 10:53:16 (68.108.173.65)
highly air polluting exhaust right? to my knowledge there is no "clean" diesel... .......
30: Inmate Central, hybrids (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-11, 10:19:51 (68.108.173.65)
have been proven overall to have much lower carbon footprint- mining to manufacturing to useful end of life. .......
31: General Asylum, made my 1st US Audio Mart posting. Is it safe? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-11, 09:29:37 (68.108.173.65)
I linked my paypal account. Anyone have bad experience, fraud or compromise from linking their paypal on US Audio Mart? Any other experience or advice about selling there? .......
32: General Asylum, RE: I am literally in love with my 3002 (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-10, 13:59:13 (68.108.173.65)
Is she pretty? Have any nudes you can share? .......
33: General Asylum, TOTALLY agree (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-10, 13:56:45 (68.108.173.65)
Even when using an amp that is on the "soft" end of the spectrum, digital grit kills my ears. Can't stand it. Which is why I don't stream from windoz now. It made the grit worse. .......
34: General Asylum, RE: MoFi (MFSL) News that is not behind a paywall (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-10, 13:49:26 (68.108.173.65)
So as long as the customers did not detect they were lied to, the misrepresentation means nothing? Can't agree with you there. .......
35: Inmate Central, RE: We'll just shoot in, pick up the sister in law... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-10, 12:11:33 (68.108.173.65)
lot of construction on the local freeways this year, be sure to check for the best routes... .......
36: Inmate Central, RE: You wouldn't make it into Pittsburgh with no plate on your car. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-10, 11:57:56 (68.108.173.65)
The strip doesn't do anything for me. I have lived here 5 years and never been there even once. I will attend the Formula 1 coming here in 2023, that should be awesome. As far as outdoor stuff, Red Ro .......
37: Inmate Central, RE: You talking Las Vegas? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-10, 11:24:55 (68.108.173.65)
yep, vegas. when I was younger, I practically lived on my bike. In fact, for 6 weeks on a bike tour of the Canadian Maritimes, I did live on the bike. But when I left Massachusetts that was it, waayyy .......
38: Inmate Central, RE: can't bike in sin city unless you have a deathwish (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-10, 11:12:13 (68.108.173.65)
approx. 2/3 illegal drivers. literally 1/3 of the vehicles driving around here have no license plates at all. another 1/3 have wayyy expired registration tags, often years old. Or fake paper license .......
39: General Asylum, RE: and for violating the public's trust a penalty will be extracted. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-10, 10:08:48 (68.108.173.65)
Wishful thinking... Be nice if that was a universal truth. But far, far, from it unfortunately. The ones that get caught and pay a real price are a tiny fraction of the violators. Would not surprise .......
40: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Hhmm (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-09, 19:53:00 (68.108.173.65)
one thing about playing (or ripping) LPs. I guess you have not seen a posting I made awhile ago about a test I did. I fed the output of my phono preamp into my RT-909 reel to reel. Dropped the needle .......
41: Inmate Central, RE: Marianne's Ice Cream (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-09, 18:23:18 (68.108.173.65)
Steve's Ice Cream was the post war super premium original. I lived in Somerville at the time he opened. Luckily, I was running enough so I could do a banana split with my gf once or even twice a week .......
42: Inmate Central, hybirds (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-09, 18:19:23 (68.108.173.65)
are the way to go anyway. Much lower overall carbon footprint from beginning to end (mining the raw materials, to manufacturing the vehicle, to end of operational life) .......
43: General Asylum, RE: Thanks-I will have my son order it! (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-09, 14:48:33 (185.153.179.137)
Are you serious? That could be very dangerous to your bank account! How are you dealing with it? .......
44: Inmate Central, and don't forget to wear your aluminum foil hat (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-09, 11:46:17 (185.153.179.137)
I would recommend also aluminum foil underwear, to keep out those dern alien port probes (as you know I am sure). The aliens live under most major cities in subterranean enclaves right? .......
45: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: RPi is perfect for streaming (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-09, 10:36:04 (68.108.173.65)
Yep, no argument from me. RPI with the DAC hat sounds better than any other digital playback I have heard. Including the original benchmark dac1 and even an early and expensive Resistor ladder dac. H .......
46: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: How are you using Audacity? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-09, 09:07:52 (68.108.173.65)
It took me a while experimenting to get what I consider now as excellent rips. I ended up changing my cartridge (changed to AT moving coil),my phono preamp (IFI with MC input), the power supply for m .......
47: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: How are you using Audacity? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-08, 20:07:22 (68.108.173.65)
also, ALSA doesn't allow multiple "sound devices" to share the sound processing. It is like a windows device set to exclusive mode. So I have to manually stop squeezelite if I want to digitize an L .......
48: Computer Audio Asylum, I think Mac Mini is the way to go if you have the $$ (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-08, 20:03:02 (68.108.173.65)
but the RPI sounds hella good for less than $100 (when I bought it) .......
49: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: How are you using Audacity? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-08, 19:50:49 (68.108.173.65)
Yep, I have used Audacity on the RPI to rip vinyl and also my reel to reel tapes. Having said that, the HiFiBerry ADCPro/RPI is not my first choice, although it does rip to 24x192. I also have a Korg .......
50: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Good work! (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-08, 16:29:57 (68.108.173.65)
Mostly googling, trial and error, and experimenting. I was a database and web programmer for 20+ years but never learned or used Unix... All Microsoft with some Oracle. The Oracle web app is still up .......
51: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: 300b and router noise. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-08, 12:50:58 (68.108.173.65)
I had a scratch built Grounded Grid preamp that if within a few feet of my router would hiss. Routers are notorious emi emitters. Inverse square law is your friend. If you are getting a hum and not a .......
52: Computer Audio Asylum, Finally got LMS + SQUEEZELITE working on Bullseye (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-08, 11:05:10 (68.108.173.65)
on Raspberry OS. I could not get Audacity to work on piCorePlayer OS, I assume because that linux version is too stripped down. And I need Audacity so I can rip LPs using my HiFiBerry DAC+ADC Pro .......
53: Inmate Central, RE: SS not taxed in my state (Nevada) (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-07, 14:53:21 (68.108.173.65)
Pedestrians on the strip are usually alked or drugged stupid. Same as seemingly every other driver here in sh$% city. .......
54: Inmate Central, SS not taxed in my state (Nevada) (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-06, 18:42:12 (68.108.173.65)
And if your ONLY income is SS, you are not required by the IRS to even file a federal return. Of course, Nevada has one of the most pathetic and dis-functional school systems in the country, almost no .......
55: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Magazines only Rank Gear they have reviewed (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-06, 15:51:47 (68.108.173.65)
There is an explanation for why review publications never seriously trash any product they review... There has to be a liability issue with subjective reviews that impugn a product. Technical, empiri .......
56: Inmate Central, the "optics" are of course (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-04, 10:53:28 (83.171.251.170)
the main reason Germany held off as long as it did in supplying the tanks to Ukraine... I am not sure what finally tipped the balance, maybe the thought of having Russian mercenaries at the German bo .......
57: Inmate Central, RE: it was all just for "show." (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-02, 18:00:24 (68.108.173.65)
When I lived on Leyte, my fiancé's family opened a little Sari-Sari (with financing from yours truly). The storefront was right adjacent to a popular bus stop. While the long wait, the males would som .......
58: Inmate Central, RE: Motor Oil Disappointment (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-02, 13:42:37 (68.108.173.65)
Over time, internal combustion engines will also leak gasoline into the oil system, degrading it. For that reason alone, never go > 6 months without oil change... .......
59: Inmate Central, RE: In my youth I considered it the most beautiful car ... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-02, 09:35:15 (176.100.43.42)
I owned one of these until in a fit of pique my Dad gave it to a junk yard. It ran great and was a ton of fun. Best looking car I ever owned. Mine was red. View YouTube Video ::: TOPI .......
60: Inmate Central, Greed (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-02, 09:29:58 (176.100.43.42)
there are many forms of greed. our ideologue capitalists will say that greed is a good thing, that it motivates people like nothing else can. here is an interesting research on human greed. ::: TOPIC .......
61: OTL Asylum, RE: I think this is a power supply problem. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-01, 11:37:16 (68.108.173.65)
I'll experiment and let you know. thanks for the suggestion! .......
62: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Fuse direction question for my new build? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-01, 08:29:34 (68.108.173.65)
I actually put my preamp upside down on the shelf. Damned if it doesn't sound more open and detailed. However I found I had to reverse the polarity of the speaker connections to get the same bass. Go .......
63: Classical Court, On TIDAL also (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-01, 08:25:04 (68.108.173.65)
... .......
64: Computer Audio Asylum, for 20+ years (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-01, 08:11:43 (68.108.173.65)
I was a programmer for over 20 years. Not a week went by in that time that I did not need to explain to a stakeholder who was complaining about the time and effort to program a new feature, that unti .......
65: OTL Asylum, RE: Delayed distortion (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-02-01, 08:05:25 (68.108.173.65)
I guess it's time to open it up and have a look inside. I ordered a set of front end tubes also and they are on the way. A few years ago after a move I had a power tube get a little loose in the sock .......
66: OTL Asylum, RE: Delayed distortion (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-31, 11:09:05 (68.108.173.65)
thanks. stereo version. I bought it from Transcendent factory wired, although I replaced a few capacitors and all the EL509 plate caps a couple years ago. I should just go ahead and replace all the fr .......
67: Digital Drive, that looks a little bigger than a thumb drive though (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-30, 22:36:36 (68.108.173.65)
doesn't it? .......
68: Digital Drive, what's your car worth though? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-30, 22:35:26 (68.108.173.65)
there are some real clunkers out there! .......
69: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Aleph J Class A Amp (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-30, 21:08:23 (68.108.173.65)
Lovely work! I have a 35 wpc Class A Musical Fidelity and it can be mesmerizing with my Ref3A DeCapo I speakers. I also purchased a couple of Pass ACA 1.8 (the most recent) kits. But damned if I lost .......
70: OTL Asylum, Delayed distortion (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-30, 20:47:17 (68.108.173.65)
My Transcendent Sound T8-LN is giving me a bit of trouble. It sounds great for a few hours but eventually after about 4+ hours listening, it will start to sound "warbly", as if the music was playing t .......
71: Inmate Central, RE: Deaths Per 100,000 Population (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-30, 16:40:18 (68.108.173.65)
mea culpa. point taken. in the future I will do as you suggest. .......
72: Inmate Central, RE: Deaths Per 100,000 Population (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-30, 09:49:06 (68.108.173.65)
https://www.healthdata.org/sites/default/files/files/ActingOnData/2021/firearm_Page_1.png I post this not for you - who I believe are simply being disingenuous with your request - but for any other re .......
73: Inmate Central, RE: We are talking murder rates, not judicial system (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-30, 09:46:37 (68.108.173.65)
right. it is obvious that executing people without due process is "enforcing the law". you have to be kidding me. that is your logic? .......
74: Inmate Central, RE: Deaths Per 100,000 Population (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-30, 09:18:41 (68.108.173.65)
yet, you still won't face reality. .......
75: Inmate Central, RE: Deaths Per 100,000 Population (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-30, 03:08:26 (68.108.173.65)
you Can't be so completely out of touch with reality to not know these numbers are accurate. everyone and his mother admits that the U.S. has outrageously high gun deaths per capita. it isn't exactly .......
76: Inmate Central, RE: We are talking murder rates, not judicial system (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-29, 07:54:52 (68.108.173.65)
right. lack of enforcement of laws has nothing to do with consequences of the crimes. LOL. .......
77: Inmate Central, RE: Lying with "statistics" (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-29, 07:40:31 (68.108.173.65)
Russia judicial system is corrupt. but you knew that. .......
78: Inmate Central, RE: California Ammo Sales (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-28, 23:12:04 (68.108.173.65)
It's not that complicated logistically. How many .50 cal machine guns are illegally possessed and used in crime in the U.S.??? Or grenades? Or anti-tank missles? NONE. Why not? Because they are ban .......
79: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Help with choosing a mini silent PC (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-28, 23:01:55 (68.108.173.65)
For my vinyl digitization project, I found that an ultrasonic record cleaner was absolutely essential. The thing about recording clicks and surface noise is that you will hear it in the same place .......
80: Inmate Central, RE: California Ammo Sales (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-28, 22:31:00 (68.108.173.65)
you asked for data right? Note that this list is restricted to relatively wealthy industrialized countries, in other words comparing apples to apples. Is that a 100X difference between the U.K. and t .......
81: Inmate Central, RE: California Ammo Sales (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-28, 21:48:03 (68.108.173.65)
you're kidding right? have a look at the gun homicide data in Great Britain. And don't blow smoke about Mexico, that is a lawless country that has nothing to do with law and order in industrialized co .......
82: General Asylum, I piss on my tubes (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-28, 18:26:46 (68.108.173.65)
I read that the acid in urine etches the glass and therefore minimizes microphonics. does kind of stink up the living room though... .......
83: Classical Court, is she the greatest ever? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-28, 17:59:45 (68.108.173.65)
but not a composer. so cannot be compared to Mozart obviously. .......
84: Inmate Central, RE: Has anybody done the math? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-28, 16:48:58 (68.108.173.65)
all sales taxes are regressive, hurt the little people the most. that is why all the right wing extremist billionaires want to eliminate all income tax and substitute 100% of all other taxes for sales .......
85: Inmate Central, RE: California Ammo Sales (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-28, 16:46:17 (68.108.173.65)
yes and we should eliminate all traffic laws because not everyone follows them, and those that get caught sometimes are required to pay a fine. You see the silliness of your logic above now? ::: TOPIC .......
86: Inmate Central, RE: Organ donor match for my daughter has been found! (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-27, 19:53:16 (68.108.173.65)
My thoughts are with you! Hoping for the best possible outcome! .......
87: Inmate Central, I lived in the phils (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-27, 19:52:12 (68.108.173.65)
and actually petitioned my fiance and married her when she came to the states. Having said that, a lot of Americans I expect would have a very hard time adjusting to life in the phils. The bribery an .......
88: Inmate Central, I'm high on life (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-27, 13:10:45 (68.108.173.65)
and caffeine... .......
89: General Asylum, I would never join any club (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-26, 22:16:49 (68.108.173.65)
that would have me as a member! .......
90: Inmate Central, truly wonderful hobby! (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-26, 19:54:14 (68.108.173.65)
if I owned a home, one of the first things I would do is setup a tank. .......
91: Inmate Central, soon they will be carrying guns (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-26, 19:51:27 (68.108.173.65)
and shooting. that's the plan. always was. Boston Dynamics' early development was thanks almost entirely to US military funding. .......
92: Inmate Central, capacitors have a limited lifetime (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-26, 19:47:25 (68.108.173.65)
and it is usually less than 20 years. it is just physics, no one is picking on you. .......
93: Inmate Central, dern scientists (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-26, 19:45:42 (68.108.173.65)
what the hell do they know! .......
94: Speaker Asylum, RE: ^^ what he said ^^ (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-25, 12:45:05 (68.108.173.65)
yeah, I should probably move my sub off the couch. But it is convenient to put my TV dinners on while I am listening to death metal on spotify! .......
95: Speaker Asylum, ^^ what he said ^^ (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-25, 12:20:44 (68.108.173.65)
I would only add that my "by ear" evaluation is to adjust volume level of the sub so I cannot detect any bass coming from the sub's location- all the bass seems to come from the main speakers... ::: T .......
96: Computer Audio Asylum, we need an LMS controller shootout (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-24, 15:40:25 (68.108.173.65)
NOT! :) .......
97: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Here it is on Squeeze Ctrl ................... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-24, 11:36:50 (68.108.173.65)
but Android app? .......
98: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: how to make a screen shot (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-24, 10:29:00 (68.108.173.65)
thanks, got it using "home + power" button keypress. "volume up + power" button did not work. So here is iPENG screen shot from tiny screen iPohone SE .......
99: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: how to make a screen shot (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-24, 06:52:08 (68.108.173.65)
I have the lowest level, smallest screen iPhone. I tried the screen shot double button press with no luck. My iPhone does not even support contactless pay... .......
100: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: iPENG (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-24, 06:13:41 (68.108.173.65)
I have the smallest IPhone. LMS web pages are way to busy for a tiny screen but the iPENG screens are much simpler and tidier. .......
101: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Question .................. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-23, 18:45:40 (68.108.173.65)
digitize my LPs using HiFiBerry ADC Pro hat? .......
102: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: is there a raspberry music player that supports an IPONE app? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-23, 18:43:59 (68.108.173.65)
Thanks, I will check that out. And after my OP I did some research and learned that LMS and Squeezelite have versions that run on Raspberry OS. Just finished installing them, rebooted, and they came u .......
103: Computer Audio Asylum, is there a raspberry music player that supports an IPONE app? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-23, 18:06:17 (68.108.173.65)
I am running raspberry OS, hardware is RPI4 with HiFiBerry ADC Pro hat. I am digitizing vinyl and also just using the RPI with Audacity as a player. But I don't think Audacity supports an IPHONE a .......
104: Vinyl Asylum, RE: From a remove of decades.. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-23, 08:11:32 (68.108.173.65)
The CN was a lot of fun. We even had a streaker on the one ride I took: Quebec to Montreal. That was so hilarious. .......
105: Vinyl Asylum, From a remove of decades.. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-22, 16:15:15 (68.108.173.65)
The night Nixon resigned due to Watergate, I was in a bar in New Brunswick. Had been there all day because it simply is no fun biking the Trans-Canada in the rain. And having been on the road bicyclin .......
106: Rocky Road, A bit strange but a lot of fun (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-21, 08:55:01 (68.108.173.65)
Never heard this prior to this morning, and me a Beatles fan boy! George and son Giles worked together on the (re)mastering... Sounds glorious (especially the vocal harmonies) through the OTL! : .......
107: Inmate Central, too late (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-21, 08:27:21 (68.108.173.65)
The uber rich and the corporations now own the legislators via bribery (they call them campaign donations). No way will a more equitable tax structure ever get through that bribery layer. For example .......
108: Vinyl Asylum, RE: spinning Gil Scott-Heron (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-21, 08:16:17 (68.108.173.65)
Saw Gil with Brian Jackson a couple times in Boston. The small clubs were so great in the 70's for jazz, folk, and fusion. And a few years ago I had a much younger lady interested in me and one night .......
109: Rocky Road, his 1st autobiography (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-20, 16:31:12 (68.108.173.65)
explains a lot. He simply adored harmonizing. Much more than solo vocals. Growing up, the family sang together. .......
110: Inmate Central, my first quake (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-20, 09:26:54 (68.108.173.65)
How about the noise? My first quake happened about 3rd day of my move from Boston to San Diego. In a hotel, and the furniture started bumping against the walls, bed shaking (I was alone in it unfortun .......
111: Inmate Central, I live 1 block from Nellis AFB (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-19, 18:50:02 (68.108.173.65)
I am certainly within what is called the "fireball" zone. Millions of degrees Fahrenheit. I won't feel a thing. I hope. .......
112: Inmate Central, you are an actor in a movie (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-19, 13:55:45 (68.108.173.65)
the director tells you to get in a car, drive it down the road while they film. as you are driving it, a front wheel falls off and the car goes out of control and strikes and kills a camerman. who is .......
113: Inmate Central, still the GOAT (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-17, 17:32:32 (68.108.173.65)
End of career season/play cannot take that away from him. .......
114: Speaker Asylum, RE: A RADICAL modification to my ongoing prototype... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-17, 13:13:49 (68.108.173.65)
I've always loved the sound of my Ref3A DeCapo I speakers. They provide a "musicality" that I have never heard in other speakers, except perhaps Proacs. .......
115: Computer Audio Asylum, RE:yep, Ethernet cable (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-15, 21:38:57 (68.108.173.65)
I had a bad mains hum in my system with a particular ethernet cable. Took me a while to figure out the source of the hum, pretty much trial and error. Once I changed to a cheaper cable the hum disapp .......
116: Digital Drive, RE:listening fatigue (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-15, 17:03:28 (68.108.173.65)
" maybe you can't hear the difference when the song comes on but the accumulated effect gets fatiguing" EXACTLY. I can't count how many folks I know who claim they cannot hear degradation of sound in .......
117: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: A couple of things (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-14, 13:35:06 (68.108.173.65)
Thanks! Damned if I can't find one of the kits. Spent an hour looking in the apartment last night. I know I had two kits. Dern, it has to be here somewhere :) .......
118: Tube DIY Asylum, I will start building a pair any day now (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-13, 14:18:45 (68.108.173.65)
Any construction advice? Any advice on upgrading caps or other components before I start? I am thinking I should complete one before I start build of the second because if I do make a mistake it would .......
119: Headphone Heights, RE: SoundID Reference (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-13, 11:36:33 (68.108.173.65)
I believe graphic EQ. There are options to create "custom" EQ profiles. Haven't tried, but I have to believe the custom profiles can be saved to files. Could not - so far - get the software to proces .......
120: Amp/Preamp Asylum, in certain situations (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-13, 11:13:35 (68.108.173.65)
battery power vs. AC power supply can help eliminate mains hum. But only in certain situations. .......
121: Headphone Heights, SoundID Reference (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-13, 00:08:35 (68.108.173.65)
Anyone using SoundID REference for their headphone listening. I started the trial and it seems to significantly improve my Senn 650 phones driven with FIIO dac/amp. Much better bass and some "pres .......
122: Inmate Central, RE:ot spending any more than what you have or what you can take in (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-10, 14:34:53 (68.108.173.65)
you can't be serious. If that is actually a serious question. No, I can't believe it is a serious question. No adult in the U.S. can be that out of touch with reality. .......
123: Inmate Central, RE: try rubber band workouts? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-10, 09:35:41 (68.108.173.65)
they are cheap, work great, little to no risk of injury, very adaptable to various levels of effort. easy to use right in front of the TV, super convenient. They meet my "20 second" rule: make anythin .......
124: Inmate Central, RE:ot spending any more than what you have or what you can take in (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-10, 09:32:29 (68.108.173.65)
then again, there is this concept called "investment". Historically, that concept has been pretty well proven to provide tremendous benefits to both individuals and societies when well controlled to a .......
125: Inmate Central, RE: " a significant issue " (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-10, 09:28:20 (68.108.173.65)
Childish insults are the best you can do? Please grow up. .......
126: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: my tolerance is very low (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-09, 18:45:47 (68.108.173.65)
Oh, H1Bs definitely drive down salaries in the States. Which of course is the main reason the corporations love them. The H1Bs I worked with on that project lived 4 to an apartment in Silicon Valley .......
127: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: my tolerance is very low (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-08, 22:10:36 (68.108.173.65)
It was 50 programmers on the project, but on a day to day basis I only worked with 10 individuals directly during the time I was there. It was actually a very good team. 47 H1Bs, and 3 local Americans .......
128: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: my tolerance is very low (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-08, 19:00:45 (68.108.173.65)
In 20+ years, I only had one contract where I felt the legacy code was reasonable to modify vs. complete rewrite. There was tons of SQL code in the project for operating a sales analysis data warehous .......
129: Inmate Central, RE: Not quit that high (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-07, 19:37:01 (68.108.173.65)
long story but after I received the form in the mail to fill out prior to induction I wrote across the sheet: "I refuse to cooperate in any way with your unjust, imperialist, war of agression against .......
130: Inmate Central, RE: Not quit that high (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-07, 18:15:42 (68.108.173.65)
life is funny. MANY years later when I thought about it, I realized there was no way I would have been accepted if I had shown up for induction. I think I never would have passed the physical (very ba .......
131: Inmate Central, RE: then make sure YOU volunteer (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-07, 16:28:04 (68.108.173.65)
mine was 19. That year they took everyone over around 300 IIRC, .......
132: Inmate Central, RE: suffering from many social ills, including corruption. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-07, 12:53:02 (68.108.173.65)
Of course we all know that if Russia takes over Ukraine they would certainly cure all those ills! .......
133: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: my tolerance is very low (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-07, 12:41:59 (68.108.173.65)
For me it partly depends on the history of the software. It is a relatively new product, or innovative, where some growing pains are to be expected? In that case I will cut the devs some slack. On the .......
134: Computer Audio Asylum, my tolerance is very low (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-07, 09:28:11 (68.108.173.65)
Audivarna gave me some more trouble on my Win 10 machine within a few hours of playing, so it is gone now. I just learned FOOBAR now supports WASAPI Exclusive mode, so I updated and am trying that. I .......
135: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: No but you can avoid it (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-07, 07:23:17 (68.108.173.65)
[[It just seemed like there wasn't much difference in the noise floor between recording at a max level and risking clipping vs recording with plenty of headroom and then normalizing.]] agreed! I will .......
136: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: No (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-06, 21:14:27 (68.108.173.65)
Oh well that's the first recording I have has a problem with so I'll just redo. .......
137: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: With the low humidity (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-06, 21:09:25 (68.108.173.65)
I run an RPI streamer all summer here in Vegas where the humidity is often below 15%. They say that it is typically lower here in Vegas than in the deserts of Arabia. And I never had a static problem .......
138: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Trial of Audivarna (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-06, 21:00:50 (68.108.173.65)
jury is definitely still out for me. It seems to sound fine. But I had a first crash with it 15 mins ago while playing, not a good sign. It stopped playing in the middle of a song and disappeared fro .......
139: Computer Audio Asylum, Trial of Audivarna (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-06, 18:55:05 (68.108.173.65)
Giving Audivarna a try since I have been using my computer to stream lately. I will try upsampling to DSD among other functions of this software. Anyone else using Audivarna on a PC for their player? .......
140: Hi-Rez Highway, Can this rip be saved? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-06, 18:24:00 (68.108.173.65)
I never saw this before in my ripping. Looks like it clipped severely? Don't recall what I did to screw it up so badly. Am I correct in assuming that whatever music info that would have been in the .......
141: Inmate Central, RE: then make sure YOU volunteer (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-06, 18:15:36 (68.108.173.65)
More war? Volunteer again. Or do you want someone else's kids to do it? p.s. I was drafted in 70 (although I refused with extreme prejudice). Were you potty trained by 1970? .......
142: Inmate Central, then make sure YOU volunteer (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-06, 15:17:44 (68.108.173.65)
for the front seeing as how you feel it is such a good idea :) .......
143: Inmate Central, RE: Anti-Semitism (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-04, 18:35:47 (68.108.173.65)
When I was a lot younger I worked at a printing company in Boston on the night shift running a Heidelberg 2 color. My boss on the night shift was an older guy, looked 60 and pretty beat up for that. O .......
144: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Paul cluelessly slams the Raspberry Pi (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-04, 09:12:46 (68.108.173.65)
yeah, that's the one. I don't have the link handy, will have to search. And maybe it got pulled? .......
145: Computer Audio Asylum, and did you see the YT vid where PSAudio's (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-03, 15:22:04 (68.108.173.65)
Paul McGowan trashed the RPI for use as a streamer, claims it is impossible for it to be good? If I ever previously had any faith in his statements, that was the end. He's just a double-talking salesm .......
146: Inmate Central, RE: The Obvious Question, Then... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-03, 14:35:40 (68.108.173.65)
teenager in school here until end of this year. Unfortunately, unless there is prior involvement of the courts either parent of a child, without permission or agreement of the other parent, may take a .......
147: General Asylum, nope, I'm against it. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-03, 09:34:34 (68.108.173.65)
View YouTube Video .......
148: Inmate Central, Vegas is a s#$t hole and I ought to know (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-02, 21:53:13 (68.108.173.65)
I live there. .......
149: Vinyl Asylum, WHY DOES IT MATTER? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-02, 21:27:46 (68.108.173.65)
It's called "truth in advertising" or marketing, but you get the idea. .......
150: Inmate Central, cruise missile (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-02, 21:18:00 (68.108.173.65)
for sure. 1000 miles for those... .......
151: Inmate Central, his DNA (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-02, 20:37:48 (68.108.173.65)
found in the crime scene... .......
152: Inmate Central, it's only going to get worse and worse (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-02, 20:30:57 (68.108.173.65)
the last 30-40 years of increased knowledge of strength training, the PEDs both legal and illegal, and the general increase in knowledge of sports physiology training has resulted heavier, bigger, str .......
153: Rocky Road, RE: Earth, Wind & Fire, "Thinking Of You" (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-02, 20:25:03 (68.108.173.65)
yeah, when you think about it, how can so many women embrace the extreme sexism and misogyny in so much of the rap? Unbelievable, "Ho this, Ho that, Ho Ho Ho" all through the songs. And the young wome .......
154: Speaker Asylum, RE: But they do need equalizing. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-02, 20:20:47 (68.108.173.65)
I would just say that given how inexpensive the new generation speakers are in relation to how well they perform, most serious listeners would get better long term satisfaction and value with a modern .......
155: Speaker Asylum, RE: But they do need equalizing. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-02, 18:07:59 (68.108.173.65)
and don't forget BOSE! .......
156: General Asylum, RE: Never have to worry about blind faith purchase (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-02, 16:36:45 (68.108.173.65)
Learn something every day huh? .......
157: General Asylum, Never have to worry about blind faith purchase (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-02, 14:59:15 (68.108.173.65)
if buying from Amazon. Pretty much anything you buy, from a $10 dollar item to $10K speakers if you don't like it you have at least 30 days - often 60 days - for zero hassle return. T hey will email .......
158: General Asylum, RE: something to consider about bass (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-02, 14:43:23 (68.108.173.65)
reasonable amp. All depends of course on the amp, speakers, and room size. 180 at 4 ohms is not that great though, I would expect to have a bit weaker bass than a more robust amp would supply for 4 oh .......
159: General Asylum, something to consider about bass (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-02, 13:01:08 (68.108.173.65)
is the power of your main amp. I have pretty good speakers for bass (Reference 3A DeCapo I) but until I put a 140wpc high quality power amp in the system to drive them, I thought I needed a sub. Drivi .......
160: Speaker Asylum, RE: But they do need equalizing. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2023-01-02, 10:07:44 (68.108.173.65)
LOL. If you start off with speakers that are so far from flat that they must be EQ'd permanently, it is all downhill from there... .......
161: Speaker Asylum, given the advances in speakers since (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-31, 16:38:08 (68.108.173.65)
those shit shacks were designed and manufactured, and given the cost of new drivers, you would likely be much better off in buying a new $150 pair speakers such as these which are about $170 pair. .......
162: Inmate Central, what happens is (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-28, 13:43:21 (68.108.173.65)
all it takes is one delivery to the wrong address that is not reported by whoever received the incorrect delivery, and then that geo app will record that wrong address as the correct delivery target, .......
163: General Asylum, RE: Too bad. Wasn't quite sure ... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-27, 10:05:28 (68.108.173.65)
or use a VPN with Canadian servers. We all should be using VPNs almost always on the net anyway? .......
164: General Asylum, When will AI invade hifi? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-27, 10:03:10 (68.108.173.65)
I foresee live real-time room correction compensating for audience in room, furniture changes, ambient noise, etc.. Perfect noise reduction during vinyl playback. How about live real time system c .......
165: Rocky Road, cool underwater shot! (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-26, 20:52:34 (68.108.173.65)
Lummie are you a diver? In the Philippines or Bahamas, one can be 60 ft. down, look up and see the boat hull bottom, and then see the clouds in the sky! .......
166: Inmate Central, He has been overthinking and overcautious on the field (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-26, 12:04:29 (45.86.210.207)
Almost every time it gets late in the game and he is behind and lets it all hang out, his team wins. Something like 6 for 15 during regulation and then 6 for 6 in OT last night is a good example. ::: .......
167: Inmate Central, greed (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-26, 07:54:16 (45.86.210.208)
unfettered, worshipped, glorified, greed. The foundational principle of capitalism. .......
168: Headphone Heights, RE: Used SR-5 with energizer... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-25, 10:45:29 (68.108.173.65)
I do remember researching years ago, and all the STAX seemed to be more than a grand. Too late now anyway I guess. .......
169: Headphone Heights, RE: Ever tried Stax? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-25, 08:29:08 (68.108.173.65)
Always wanted to but always felt they were more expensive than I wanted to spend. Plus since they were still just two transducers sitting on one's ears, I always assumed they would have the same limi .......
170: Headphone Heights, re-evaluating headphone blahs with some DSP (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-24, 19:47:45 (68.108.173.65)
I have a few fairly hifi phones: a couple PSB, a Senn 650 and a Grado. I never cared much for listening to the phones at home, only used them for walks. Phones always sounded somewhat claustrophobi .......
171: Vinyl Asylum, brushes are obsolete (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-24, 10:18:45 (68.108.173.65)
Try an ultrasonic record cleaner. Unbelievable the difference. It is not only dust that causes LP noise, in fact, probably the least of the causes. You will not believe the difference a proper ultraso .......
172: Inmate Central, RE: petabit/sec data transmission chip (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-24, 07:36:09 (68.108.173.65)
maybe not so much. that expectation was not considered if petabit transmission speeds. currently, to improve response times most commercial content providers store many duplicate copies of their conte .......
173: Inmate Central, RE: Until today.... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-23, 21:34:27 (68.108.173.65)
weather cancelled flights all across the midwest .......
174: Digital Drive, RE: Qobuz 24/192, I'm suddenly seeing a lot more in it (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-23, 20:03:30 (68.108.173.65)
real 24x192 or just upsampled from 16x44.1 ? have to look at the spectrum to know? .......
175: Digital Drive, RE: Amp with dac (but no usb input) adaptor - 'usb to optical'? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-23, 19:33:21 (68.108.173.65)
topping d10 is a DAC with usb input, BUT it also has digital optical output. From docs: â‘¢You also can connect D10s's coaxial/optical output to your DAC, then D10s serve as a USB interface ::: TOPIC:: .......
176: Inmate Central, or (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-22, 10:17:24 (68.108.173.65)
Remote surgery controlled by surgeons on a different continent ? Your broadband monthly service bill reduced by 5X ? Electrical power requirements of world wide internet backbone reduced by 100X reduc .......
177: Inmate Central, and don't forget (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-22, 08:49:56 (68.108.173.65)
to wear your aluminum foil hat to protect against those alien mind takeovers! .......
178: Inmate Central, petabit/sec data transmission chip (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-22, 08:37:15 (68.108.173.65)
All the data on the internet transmitted in one second. Should not take too long for this tech to be implemented on the backbones. But you might need to buy a bigger hard drive to store the data. :: .......
179: Classical Court, in my naivete' and ignorance (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-21, 12:19:44 (68.108.173.65)
I am surprised this works so well for me. Anyone else familiar with INSCAPE? .......
180: Amp/Preamp Asylum, understood (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-21, 07:43:46 (68.108.173.65)
thank you! .......
181: General Asylum, RE: Very Special Christmas CD (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-20, 18:49:57 (68.108.173.65)
If you are not already familiar, interesting story about how those got started. .......
182: General Asylum, RE: My fave is Nat "King" Cole singing "O Tannenbaum" in German (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-20, 18:48:12 (68.108.173.65)
Listening on Amazon, they sound beautiful! .......
183: Inmate Central, RE: Reality injection (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-20, 16:06:13 (68.108.173.65)
yep. :) Done with the troll... .......
184: Inmate Central, RE: Reality injection (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-20, 14:36:20 (68.108.173.65)
But the vaccines do _tremendously_ reduce the severity. Which stops people from DYING. .......
185: Inmate Central, RE: Not sure how you could be unaware of this... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-20, 11:50:54 (68.108.173.65)
I know this is more complicated than at least 51 inmates here can comprehend, but I'll try. Huge numbers of additional covid infections mean big increase in mutations, in other words new variants. Som .......
186: Inmate Central, RE: Lab grown meat,what should it be called for commercial sales? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-20, 10:59:31 (68.108.173.65)
They ain't fun, might as well skip it. Pointless for you. .......
187: Inmate Central, crypto deal! (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-20, 10:09:24 (68.108.173.65)
worked for me! .......
188: Inmate Central, RE: Lab grown meat,what should it be called for commercial sales? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-20, 10:05:15 (68.108.173.65)
70 years old, had my first colonoscopy about a year or so ago. ZERO polyps. The doctor was happily surprised. I told him "Well I have been 95% vegetarian for the past 50 years". "That explains it" he .......
189: Classical Court, RE: Early posting: a pleasant yearly pastime (my faves for the year) - part un (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-20, 08:54:48 (68.108.173.65)
Thank You, Amazon music has all of these available for streaming! .......
190: Classical Court, network lag (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-20, 08:18:17 (68.108.173.65)
if there is a way to increase the buffer size in QOBUZ player that would be worth a try. Also, use a wired connection if possible. So many things arund the home can disrupt wireless transmissions (usi .......
191: General Asylum, So, a hypothetical (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-20, 07:48:27 (68.108.173.65)
Bring a mastering engineer home. Play the recording they mastered, in your home with him/her. Obviously it won't sound the same as it did in the studio. Not the same amp(s), speakers, room. What does .......
192: General Asylum, RE: Bob Dylan and Joan Baez (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-19, 17:18:28 (68.108.173.65)
Every day is slow for me now :) .......
193: General Asylum, RE: The only Stones MoFi I ever heard was "Sticky Finger." (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-19, 14:08:28 (68.108.173.65)
by the way, wasn't the original release of that album mastered by Bob Katz? I think so. .......
194: General Asylum, RE: Bob Dylan and Joan Baez (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-19, 14:07:13 (68.108.173.65)
Lover's quarrel, not really the same as a feud? .......
195: General Asylum, RE: There is such a device (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-19, 14:05:52 (68.108.173.65)
Interesting. I know there are some windoz players that provide an API. There are probably some windoz EQ libraries exposing an API also. If so it should be fairly straightforward to implement a tra .......
196: General Asylum, THANKS to ALL who responded (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-19, 11:19:09 (68.108.173.65)
Yay or Nay on my premise in the OP, I learned a lot! Thank You! p.s. I probably learned more from the nays than the yays, so special thank you to all who challenged my premise. .......
197: General Asylum, Neil Young vs. Lynrd Skynrd? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-19, 10:41:48 (68.108.173.65)
pretty famous .......
198: General Asylum, RE: never ending exercise (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-19, 10:39:37 (68.108.173.65)
point taken, there is that risk. It is another thing to fiddle with for potentially each track, and hey, why not different EQs for different bars in a track? There is definitely the risk of turning it .......
199: Inmate Central, RE: I think you'd need NFL Network in your cable feed. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-18, 17:33:40 (68.108.173.65)
you can get ALL the networks for free. just need a vpn to protect against hassles. google it. .......
200: General Asylum, RE: It is not indisputable logic (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-18, 17:31:07 (68.108.173.65)
That thinking assumes that no EQ was applied anywhere in the recording process right? Otherwise that "purist" concept of HIFI playback is out the window already? .......
201: Inmate Central, RE: Another wild, wacky weekend in the NFL... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-18, 17:17:27 (68.108.173.65)
I can watch pretty much any game using VPN. Just choose the server in the correct location to view the otherwise blacked out game. That's why I won't pay for any NFL or Baseball subscription. They bla .......
202: General Asylum, RE: It is not indisputable logic (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-18, 11:41:06 (68.108.173.65)
re: "how to use". Wow, I thought "I like that sound" was the whole point of hifi. re: "room modes, etc." Of course not. So because it can't do _everything_ it should not be used for _anything_? re: "a .......
203: General Asylum, RE: Best Buy takes a deeper dive into audio (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-18, 10:12:18 (68.108.173.65)
I think they'll do well with this in Silicon Valley but not so much in Podunk, Indiana. They already have all the infrastructure and space. Might as well sell stuff to the nouveau riche cyrpto bros. .......
204: General Asylum, RE: The indisputable logic of using EQ (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-18, 10:03:22 (68.108.173.65)
Interesting. What genre were you working with may I ask? I expect there may be some niche "purist" labels, but what about the "mass market" 99%? .......
205: Inmate Central, they are called penalty kicks. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-18, 09:57:43 (68.108.173.65)
that's why they act as if they have been beaten to death on the field. .......
206: General Asylum, The indisputable logic of using EQ (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-18, 09:33:50 (68.108.173.65)
All mastering makes use of EQ applied by the engineers based on what they hear in their near field listening environment, from their studio amps, speakers, transducers, and likely influenced by what t .......
207: General Asylum, RE: What Part Of A System Is Usually The Last To Become Dated? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 18:07:05 (68.108.173.65)
The remote? .......
208: Digital Drive, DAC: digital to ANALOG convertor (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 17:57:54 (68.108.173.65)
So EVERY DAC has analog circuity from some point to output in the signal path. By definition. So from the point of conversion to analog and through all further signal path, all analog. Therefore subj .......
209: Inmate Central, map would be TOTALLY different every few decades (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 15:18:10 (68.108.173.65)
something to keep in mind! .......
210: Inmate Central, RE: The new navy. Full co-ed. Thank you Admiral Zumwalt. nt (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 14:26:44 (68.108.173.65)
really? I never served but it seems like that would be torture. Stuck in a confined space and not able to partake. .......
211: Inmate Central, RE: You came across the Naked Guy, too? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 14:18:50 (68.108.173.65)
I feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to live in SF - and SD and Boston also. Great American cities. Many of my friends and family never left the depressed little town (population of 160K) in .......
212: Inmate Central, RE: Sounds like a sailor story (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 13:59:28 (68.108.173.65)
I am as leftist as they come and I always thought it was crazy to put women on Navy ships. Especially after knowing my girlfriend's sister. I am lucky myself I never got sucked into some drama with t .......
213: Inmate Central, RE: Richmond District is one of the nicest & quietest sections of SF. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 11:54:37 (68.108.173.65)
Richmond district was a great location for studying when I was taking classes. In my place, even daytime, you could hear a pin drop. Nice and quiet, even the kids walking home from school were well b .......
214: Inmate Central, RE: We always wanted to run into Robin Williams (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 11:43:52 (68.108.173.65)
I used to run by his seacliff house on training runs and through the Presidio. Never did see him anywhere around town. I did see the naked guy one time when shopping in Berkeley. I think it was an REI .......
215: Inmate Central, RE: But I'm still keeping an eye out, for James Taylor (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 10:50:46 (68.108.173.65)
LOL we probably did cross paths. I used to walk over to California St. to the markets and would pass the High School on the way. At the time I made my hifi purchases at San Mateo Stereo. The SF pric .......
216: Inmate Central, RE: San Francisco (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 10:13:47 (68.108.173.65)
I lived on 30th & Cabrillo from 1993 to 2008. What a blast! One of the most fun cities in the world. Concerts in the Park, ran the SF Marathon and New Years races. Some clubbing. And school at Cal ac .......
217: Inmate Central, RE: what else I can do (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 09:51:28 (68.108.173.65)
Stress and diet are important factors. Reduce stress in your life Reduce salt and alcohol. Reduce your body mass index if needed. Try calming mental exercises like meditation. Don't get involved wi .......
218: Inmate Central, RE: So you married her? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 09:45:30 (68.108.173.65)
you were mining down the wrong shaft :) .......
219: General Asylum, RE: I think any Mitch Miller record would have the opposite effect on me. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 09:40:30 (68.108.173.65)
don't get me started on novelty songs, I'm against them! View YouTube Video .......
220: Inmate Central, RE: Sounds like a sailor story (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 09:28:13 (68.108.173.65)
lots of drinkers in the Navy that's for sure. My girlfriend's sister joined the Navy- young and a real hotty, and totally boy crazy. She would come home after a raunchy weekend and was so sore she cou .......
221: Inmate Central, RE: I can't even remember it... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 09:25:37 (68.108.173.65)
so bad it was good! .......
222: Inmate Central, RE: So you married her? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 09:25:13 (68.108.173.65)
well, she had dumped the boyfriend. She told me he had lied to her about having a vasectomy, that is why she ended up pregnant. And IIRC correctly he was in the slammer at the time anyway. She was br .......
223: General Asylum, RE: funny story about Mitch (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 08:39:16 (68.108.173.65)
When I was a teenager I volunteered at a summer camp for emotionally disturbed kids. Occasionally, one or more of them would go off the deep end, lost it emotionally, and go into extreme tantrum mode. .......
224: Inmate Central, RE: I'm freezing my (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 08:33:15 (68.108.173.65)
I promised myself I would never again live in a place where the most important purchase you make in the fall is the ice scraper you will use all winder to scrape the ice off your car and windshield. I .......
225: General Asylum, RE: Surround Sound? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 08:29:22 (68.108.173.65)
what you are doing is basically my plan at this point. Just have to get the right receiver that has the mic for autosetup, and pre outs, including one for a sub... Decent mid-fi used units on the Bay .......
226: Inmate Central, RE: Uh-oh... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 08:24:48 (68.108.173.65)
Hmm, now I'm rethinking my plan to apply for Canadian citizenship docs. Legally I believe I am automatically a citizen since my Mom was a Newfie. But one has to apply for the papers with proof of Ca .......
227: Inmate Central, the scammers and capitalist idealogues (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 08:16:19 (68.108.173.65)
vomit unlimited rationalizations, and excrete unlimited PR nonsense. Pretty pathetic and sad that so many people are sucked in. .......
228: Inmate Central, Your worst date? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 08:10:52 (68.108.173.65)
We met in the bar, she took me home at closing time. There was an infant in the bedroom with us (in a crib). Hungover as a bastard, wake up in the morning, walk out of the bedroom, say good morning to .......
229: General Asylum, RE: I have a theory about rock n roll albums... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 08:07:30 (68.108.173.65)
sometimes, but I have a ton of LPs and CDs from that era that sound pretty great. Everything from Beatles to Dave Mason to Traffic to Neil Young. And the beatles MOFI set (which I recently sold) sound .......
230: General Asylum, RE: The only Stones MoFi I ever heard was "Sticky Finger." (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 06:23:43 (68.108.173.65)
hey, I play kazoo! Don't diss the instrument :) And yeah, I could not believe how bad the MOFI set sounded. I was very disappointed and as I mentioned previously, sold it for a loss to a used LP deale .......
231: General Asylum, RE: EQ makes even the Rolling Stones sound good! (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-17, 06:00:56 (68.108.173.65)
something like this: .......
232: Inmate Central, RE: Found a GOOD diy..... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-16, 18:21:54 (68.108.173.65)
Thanks but the MN-56 and focuser and accomodate 2" eyepieces. And anyway I am out of the scope spending period of my life. Retirement will do that kind of thing to you :) .......
233: Inmate Central, RE: Found a GOOD diy..... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-16, 17:11:26 (68.108.173.65)
That might be where I bought my MN-56 so many years ago, not sure now. I certainly bought some stuff there, eyepieces, dew shield, finders, maybe even my Losmandy G8. .......
234: Inmate Central, RE: Found a GOOD diy..... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-16, 15:46:19 (68.108.173.65)
sold out device though. and you will still be dealing with a programming language and environment. Ultimately, I think a guider is the way to go for long exposure astrophotography, but you probably a .......
235: Inmate Central, RE: Arduino (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-16, 15:27:28 (68.108.173.65)
I know it can be extremely confusing and frustrating trying to learn programming concepts and a programming language, especially self-taught, and even more especially if you have not much interest in .......
236: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Donut subwoofer for TV soundbar..... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-16, 12:19:35 (68.108.173.65)
LOL I actually thought it was one of those fancy non circular fans. I suppose if it pushed enough watts you could feel the breeze ;) .......
237: Inmate Central, RE: They'll wise up when they can't take money from billionaire donors anymore. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-16, 11:38:53 (68.108.173.65)
Actually, much more than campaign donation bribery. The crypto proponents cowtow to the crypto barons expecting to get insider information and insider deals on crypto and other financial resources of .......
238: Inmate Central, RE: Arduino (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-16, 11:28:13 (68.108.173.65)
but some folks - sounds like the OP is one - just do not enjoy or have interest in the programming side: learning the IDE, learning how to use specific libraries, learning the actual code syntax and s .......
239: Inmate Central, RE: of dubious... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-16, 11:10:19 (68.108.173.65)
can be said about many of the war industry products, devices, and materials we buy with our tax dollars. It is called the "military industrial" boondoggle. Recent examples including U.S. Navy cancell .......
240: Inmate Central, RE: My question is... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-16, 11:04:22 (68.108.173.65)
it's called "pure speculation". You purchase something not because you are going to make use of it yourself, but simply because you think that someday in the future someone else will offer to purchas .......
241: Inmate Central, RE: crypto, nothing but unregulated securities... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-16, 10:56:38 (68.108.173.65)
Senator Elizabeth Warren is stepping up. She is introducing legislation to regulate. But many legislators are humans and deep greed controls their decision making around such issues. They want in on t .......
242: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Is that a sonic enhancer? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-16, 10:16:11 (68.108.173.65)
I see? ;) .......
243: Inmate Central, RE: Arduino (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-16, 09:55:18 (68.108.173.65)
A stepper motor rpm and direction can be controlled without using arduino. Arduino could be considered overkill for that job. If you are not comfortable working with logic programming code of the type .......
244: General Asylum, RE: EQ makes even the Rolling Stones sound good! (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-16, 09:15:06 (68.108.173.65)
I EQ only in digital domain. It does wonders for my Rolling Stones CDs. Even their ABCO SACDs sound like they are playing through a 1960 pocket radio unless I EQ them. I did own the original MOFI Rol .......
245: General Asylum, RE: As Kal mentioned, you need discrete sources.... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-14, 19:44:37 (195.206.104.166)
thanks, yes I need line level outputs for the rear "surround" channel and hopefully a line level sub output also. I think I don't need center. I hadn't thought about a mic input. I do see some of the .......
246: General Asylum, RE: As Kal mentioned, you need discrete sources.... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-14, 18:34:31 (195.206.104.166)
Makes sense. I do see numerous dolby and surround capable receivers from relatively reputable manufacturers- yamaha, denon, etc. on the bay. Most not too much more than $100 so shouldn't be an expens .......
247: General Asylum, RE: As Kal mentioned, you need discrete sources.... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-14, 18:09:40 (195.206.104.166)
Yeah, I would not be surprised at all if that is where I also ended up after experimentation. Back to 2 channel for audio only, but surround for many vids and movies. Which will still be a plus and w .......
248: General Asylum, RE: Keep Us Posted! (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-14, 16:18:30 (195.206.104.166)
will do! Would not surprise me if I ended up same as your assessment for audio only listening, but we will see.. I do have relatively hifi amp and speaker components for the rear channel so that may .......
249: General Asylum, RE: will try this today with my QUAD 909 (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-14, 13:58:58 (195.206.104.166)
Yeah, it would ruin my day if I fried the QUAD. I am thinking now to doing whatever processing is needed at line level, so that eliminates this amp-> speakers wiring connection method, and also the d .......
250: General Asylum, RE: will try this today with my QUAD 909 (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-14, 11:48:25 (195.206.104.166)
Hope I don't blow up the QUAD... Does the 909 have common-negative speaker outs? Could I test for continuity with my multi-meter and amp powered off? (although it's too late to same my marriage) ::: T .......
251: General Asylum, RE: "given we only have two (if we're lucky) ears anyway" (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-14, 11:40:54 (195.206.104.166)
yep, will be fun experimenting. I have high hopes, but sadly I have had my hoped dashed before... And now that the old lady is kicked out, I can experiment ad infinitum. :) .......
252: General Asylum, RE: Hafler circuit- found it ... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-14, 11:32:35 (195.206.104.166)
now looking for a kit, looks promising... .......
253: General Asylum, RE: Firstwatt amp (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-14, 11:19:12 (195.206.104.166)
I am also a lover of Class A. I am currently using a Musical Fidelity A1-2008 as one of the amps in my main system. The other amp I alternate with is a 25wpc OTL tube amp, but I think it needs power .......
254: General Asylum, RE: Hafler circuit ... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-14, 11:15:58 (195.206.104.166)
sounds interesting, looking for a schematic or built unit... .......
255: General Asylum, RE: Surrounding Sound? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-14, 11:14:51 (195.206.104.166)
Mark thank you, loaning is very generous offer. I am still researching and if dynaquad is a viable option I would probably just go for a used unit from the bay. At my age I don't trust myself anymor .......
256: General Asylum, RE: Surround Sound? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-14, 07:40:58 (195.206.104.166)
Interesting unit! I will check out the manual to see if it synths rear channel from stereo input. Do you use your unit for surround listening from stereo source? .......
257: General Asylum, RE: enemy territory (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-14, 07:31:22 (195.206.104.166)
LOL that's OK, I am accustomed to that situation... I want to try a "surround sound" music listening experience. Video surround would be fun but is not my primary interest. Simulated from 2 channel s .......
258: General Asylum, very Interesting product (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-14, 07:03:56 (195.206.104.166)
I bet it sounds wonderful, but about 2 orders of magnitude over my budget unfortunately. Maybe after my newly programmed crypto online exchange becomes more popular: www.another_crypto_scam_for_you_s .......
259: General Asylum, Surround Sound? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-14, 05:47:11 (195.206.104.166)
I got to thinking about surround sound, partly based on a few inmates whose opinions expressed here I respect. And also I have always denigrated the idea of surround sound - given we only have two ( .......
260: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: the pots are bad. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-12, 22:05:35 (195.206.104.163)
Or perhaps the caps in the tone circuit. I had the same problem with an old hafler DH-101 .......
261: General Asylum, I wish that was all I had to downsize (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-12, 22:04:32 (195.206.104.163)
that would be easy. I have a storage unit full :( My own stupidity of course, but as Emperor Joseph would say, "well, there it is" .......
262: Inmate Central, decades until any practical use (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-12, 15:19:07 (68.108.173.65)
probably too late to save the environment... .......
263: Inmate Central, Read about DEA Agent Kiki Camarena (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-12, 14:56:06 (68.108.173.65)
Agent Camarena was tortured to death by druggies in Makesicko, not far south of TJ. He was kept alive during the torture by an M.D. so they could extend the torture to be sure they got all the inform .......
264: Amp/Preamp Asylum, MC-30 pair sounded quite good (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-11, 09:35:14 (68.108.173.65)
I used to stun my guests playing a direct to disc LP using the MC-30 amps with DeCapo speakers. The gong sound on the Charlie Byrd album would cause jaws to drop. .......
265: Inmate Central, they might let it all slide (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-10, 18:07:49 (68.108.173.65)
they did that for me for an $850 camera. I had the batteries installed incorrectly, so they sent me another camera. And never bothered me about returning the first. .......
266: Inmate Central, RE: It was so nice and undeveloped back then (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-10, 16:37:57 (68.108.173.65)
I almost married a Mexican woman from TJ in 1989, but she dumped me before I could sucker her into it :) She owned property in Baja but could not live there because a Federale' had raped her and of co .......
267: Inmate Central, RE: Been there a couple times (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-10, 14:41:16 (68.108.173.65)
The area has changed a bit since the 1990s... .......
268: Inmate Central, RE: El Rosario, where hwy 1 heads east towards sea of cortez? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-10, 13:48:08 (68.108.173.65)
yep, New Generation territory now... .......
269: Inmate Central, Preparing the truck for the family holiday trip to Rosario (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-10, 12:53:10 (68.108.173.65)
Gas mileage a little lower than expected though... .......
270: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: PWM context (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-09, 08:37:29 (68.108.173.65)
I tend to agree. The square wave (pulse train) created by a Class D modulator from the analog input signal is not created to be a representation of a numeric value. However the modulated signal is di .......
271: General Asylum, RE: Why (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-07, 13:38:41 (68.108.173.65)
I think for the same reason they put up with Rubenstein's foot scrapes. Because they had no choice? .......
272: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: hmmm (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-07, 13:10:01 (68.108.173.65)
Practically speaking, the square "Waveform" has two states. 0v and maxV. Sure there is some rise time during the state change, and some variation of 0 level and max level due to accuracy of component .......
273: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Class A dumb idea? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-05, 05:23:20 (68.108.173.65)
Class D did not exist when I bought the A1. At least not as hifi amps, to my knowledge. And electricity in Bay area was plentiful and cheap at the time, and I never heard talking about climate change .......
274: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Amp specific question (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-04, 18:42:06 (185.153.179.189)
unless and until I open up the version I have it's hard to say what is inside. I have read that the A1-2008 version is very different electrically from original versions... The chassis top does get h .......
275: Inmate Central, RE: gymnastics even structured (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-04, 14:33:51 (68.108.173.65)
can have huge injury. my cousin doing a simple tumbling demo at university event paralyzed from the neck down at 19 yrs. old .......
276: Inmate Central, RE: caught an upper respiratory infection (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-04, 14:31:27 (68.108.173.65)
did you test for covid? very likely... .......
277: Inmate Central, Fucci recently admitted (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-04, 13:45:01 (68.108.173.65)
the latest bivalent booster does not offer much new protection unfortunately. I got it about 6 weeks ago, along with Pnuemonia, Shingles, and Flu, all in the same visit. Sick as a dog for days afterwa .......
278: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Class A dumb idea? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-04, 12:03:31 (172.93.132.209)
I did buy a couple of Nelson's amp camp class a amp kits, latest version. But I need to put them together, calibrate, etc. Not a trivial job for me since I am not an EE. Those are my backups. If I cou .......
279: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Class A dumb idea? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-03, 21:07:19 (68.108.173.65)
Thanks for the link, interesting site. I have the "new" version, sold around 2008-9. He does mention that version but says that electrically it is totally different than original version, and the site .......
280: Tape Trail, RE: Has anyone safely shipped RT-707 or RT-909 recently? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-03, 17:11:27 (68.108.173.65)
Thanks guys for the ideas. I am going to chicken out. I think my packing skills, materials, and tools are inadequate and there is 90% chance the units will be damaged in shipping. I will plan local on .......
281: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Class A dumb idea? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-03, 13:31:44 (68.108.173.65)
Thanks, I will have to see if I can get up the courage to open up the unit, identify the caps, and remove and replace, and refresh the thermal paste. Where I live (Sin City) it would cost me probably .......
282: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Class A dumb idea? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-03, 10:20:59 (176.100.43.141)
I love the sound of my Class A amp but I worry about it's longevity. I bought it around 2009 and have been using it fairly regularly since then. And the model I own and love is long out of producti .......
283: Inmate Central, RE: They are flying Lancers overhead out of Nellis tonight (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-01, 19:56:58 (68.108.173.65)
That's interesting thank you. I have been too lazy to follow any of those tracking apps. My kid almost went nuts a few months ago when we had B2's flying over us. Those things are unbelievable. I told .......
284: Inmate Central, RE: You can see Jupiter next to the moon tonight (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-01, 19:51:19 (68.108.173.65)
Not tonight, but some nights I can identify the Great Spot and some of the bands using my Intes-Micro MN56. Too friggin cold tonight to be out there peering through an eyepiece though... .......
285: Inmate Central, They are flying Lancers overhead out of Nellis tonight (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-01, 19:03:49 (68.108.173.65)
The whole apartment shakes when they fly over. I guess I won't be digitizing any LPs tonight. I wonder if they are flying to Europe. Or perhaps Korea? .......
286: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Like to try an inexpensive tone control? Schiit deals. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-01, 11:35:31 (68.108.173.65)
EQ works for me, greatly enhances some of my listening. But since all my source is now digital, I think it is better to stay in digital domain for EQ... Am I wrong? .......
287: Inmate Central, a fair comparison might be (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-12-01, 11:33:27 (68.108.173.65)
INDIA! Eastern capitalism at it's best! Slavery rampant. 1/2 billion people living in housing, food, medical care, even clean water insecurity. They put the eyes out of orphan children so they will .......
288: Speaker Asylum, I will always have a soft spot (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-30, 14:45:29 (68.108.173.65)
for JBL, and then Boston Acoustics A40 speakers. My first mid-fi speakers, and we (myself and whoever my gf was at the time) enjoyed them for years. And of course, speaker design has come a long way. .......
289: Computer Audio Asylum, I wore out the builtin Cocktail Audio CD (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-30, 14:40:57 (68.108.173.65)
disconnected it, plugged in a different internal CD drive scavenged from somewhere, and back in business. Now I am paying my 17 year old a buck a disc to complete my 1000 CD ripping project. ::: TOPIC .......
290: General Asylum, RE: EQ away (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-30, 11:13:42 (68.108.173.65)
Better I think to stay in digital for the signal processing if source is already digital... I'd like to find a piece of software that could save and apply digital EQ parameters on a track by track bas .......
291: Inmate Central, nah, Tesla will sell at a profit every (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-30, 10:03:33 (68.108.173.65)
single vehicle they can make for the next decade at least. The global EV vehicle market is much bigger than all the manufacturers put together right now, .......
292: Speaker Asylum, RE: The ProAc 1sc was my dream speaker but could never afford them. You were lucky. nt (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-29, 14:01:54 (68.108.173.65)
[[ you were lucky ]] You have no idea :) On my deathbed, with my dying breath, I will say how lucky I have been. Should have been killed numerous times, paralyzed at least once. The universe gave me .......
293: Inmate Central, well we ain't seen nothin' yet (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-29, 12:34:32 (68.108.173.65)
the financial and political system has clearly been bent to the interests of the rich. Consequently we are on an inevitable descent into being a 3rd world country. Tiny super rich class, almost no mi .......
294: Inmate Central, RE: It's a bit more complicated.... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-29, 12:21:10 (68.108.173.65)
[[the 1963 act was supposed to have the states continue to take care of the mentally ill ]] Translation: let the States pay for them if they want to take care of them, not the Feds. And surprise! Not .......
295: Inmate Central, I think you meant (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-29, 12:13:01 (68.108.173.65)
community residences? people would not get put in clinics. And yep, that is where I was volunteering - a community residence. Quite an experience, especially accompanying the residents on a vacation .......
296: Digital Drive, RE: So you hear Ringo playing tables with DSD (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-29, 12:09:50 (68.108.173.65)
doh! .......
297: Inmate Central, RE: Raygun opened the gates of the asylums (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-29, 11:01:05 (68.108.173.65)
Well he did lower taxes- for the rich! .......
298: Inmate Central, Raygun opened the gates of the asylums (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-29, 10:35:49 (68.108.173.65)
literally. At the time, I volunteered in my home town working with mentally ill who had been kicked out of institutionalized care after Reagan shut down the facilities in order to lower taxes. Talk .......
299: General Asylum, Do I get my audiophile insignia ripped from my jacket (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-29, 10:17:40 (68.108.173.65)
and my remote broken in two, for using digital EQ? It literally hurts my ears to listen to Rolling Stones recordings - even the remastered versions - unless I EQ them. Even the SACDs sound like crap .......
300: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: We are connecting to the same URL ................... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-29, 10:10:12 (68.108.173.65)
QOBUZ and of course all streaming vendors store copies of the same files all over the world for performance reasons. And probably most use Akamai or some other intermediate caching provider, again, fo .......
301: Speaker Asylum, RE: I regretted not buying a pair of Response 1SC in the 90's. Bought a pair a few months back. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-29, 10:05:09 (68.108.173.65)
I replaced the Proacs with Ref 3A DeCapo I pair. The DeCapos are another speaker with luscious and musical sound. And more tube friendly for my 25 wpc tube OTL amp. But I still miss the Proacs. ::: T .......
302: Inmate Central, New York City Will Hospitalize More Mentally Ill People Involuntarily (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-29, 09:46:37 (68.108.173.65)
I am as left wing as they come and even I know how insane (pun intended) it is to allow maniacs to run free in a community until they ultimately kill or seriously injure someone. Is NYC finally wising .......
303: General Asylum, I always greatly disliked (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-29, 08:24:42 (68.108.173.65)
key changes in songs. Found them always a distraction from the emotional impact of the music - every single time. Never heard one I felt helped the song. .......
304: Speaker Asylum, Regret selling my Proacs (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-28, 19:28:03 (68.108.173.65)
At the time, I did not have the amp to drive them properly. They need juice... .......
305: Inmate Central, RE: Yup, Vegas is a S#$thole (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-28, 13:45:25 (176.100.43.8)
Sin City since Dec. 31, 2018 .......
306: Inmate Central, Yup, Vegas is a S#$thole (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-28, 12:02:05 (176.100.43.7)
I ought to know, I live there. No state income taxes, so no $$ for infrastructure. Not all that much better than a 3rd world country. Worst school system in the country, worst traffic enforcement, wo .......
307: Inmate Central, The aliens are stealing our Vitamin D (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-28, 10:27:35 (68.108.173.65)
Not to mention those stinky port probes when we are sleeping! .......
308: Inmate Central, Why less in some places? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-28, 10:26:07 (68.108.173.65)
Your chart is simplified to the point of being fairly useless in understanding the issues. You cannot understand the "Why" until you correlate with more factors than just state borders, for example, p .......
309: General Asylum, your penance is (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-27, 09:17:52 (68.108.173.65)
200 Hail Marys and 400 Our Fathers... May God, who has enlightened every heart, help you to know your sins and trust in His mercy. .......
310: General Asylum, And I signed up for their email announcements (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-26, 15:40:32 (68.108.173.65)
thank you! .......
311: Inmate Central, the really tough problem (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-26, 10:25:05 (185.153.179.72)
for retaken territory is the native Ukrainian collaborators. what the heck do you do with them, assuming they can be fairly tried and convicted? I read somewhere that one of the reasons Kherson was ta .......
312: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Qobuz weird 192kHz behaviour - customer service response (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-26, 10:16:11 (185.153.179.72)
you are lucky it was not your fellow programmers. Did you retire before the H1Bs swarmed in? .......
313: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Qobuz weird 192kHz behaviour - customer service response (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-26, 07:30:26 (68.108.173.65)
I only lasted a little over 20 years. But I got a late start, programming was my second career. After 20+ years, the BS'ers finally got to be too much for me; I just couldn't take any longer sitting i .......
314: Digital Drive, RE: I'm Completely Lost! (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-25, 20:51:38 (68.108.173.65)
If you are running windoz you can often "undelete"files. There should be an icon on your desktop labeled "Recycle Bin". Right click, select "Open" from the popup menu. If you see the folder that was d .......
315: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Qobuz weird 192kHz behaviour - customer service response (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-25, 20:39:08 (68.108.173.65)
It likely is not their web app, it actually sounds more like their problem is data management. What I mean by that is their catalog is constantly changing. Whatever technology they are using for a "Da .......
316: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Congratulations! (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-25, 11:04:58 (68.108.173.65)
re: #1: yes that is what I did. The autoscript I use that runs on the SACD player does not have any gui, nor configuration that I am aware of. It simply rips the SACD to an iso file onto the usb chip. .......
317: Hi-Rez Highway, Ripping SACDs (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-25, 08:05:29 (68.108.173.65)
Turned out to be fairly painless. I have a few SACD box sets and at most a dozen or so single disk releases. The SACD discs sound noticeably better to my ears than redbook. Anyway I had always plann .......
318: Inmate Central, yay, here is the solution (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-23, 08:15:23 (68.108.173.65)
note the bad ass military style! Note the huge insignia patch. What a lethal, bad ass dude! I wouldn't want to argue with him drunk in some dive bar. What a man! p.s. I wonder what color paint balls .......
319: Inmate Central, RE: Quite the opposite... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-23, 07:14:18 (68.108.173.65)
Forced exchange of all firearms that are in the hands of civilians. Exchange them for paint-ball guns in return, along with fake Navy Seal pins and huge insignia patches they can iron on to their clo .......
320: Inmate Central, there is a huge difference (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-22, 21:19:38 (68.108.173.65)
between irresponsible people, and homicidal maniacs. sad that you seem to be incapable of comprehending the difference... .......
321: Inmate Central, dissuade copycats? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-22, 20:11:56 (68.108.173.65)
that would require more rational thinking than the copycats would be able to muster. People just don't want to face the truth: we are AWASH IN MANIACS WITH GUNS. There is no consequence, no argument, .......
322: Inmate Central, +1 (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-22, 11:38:58 (68.108.173.65)
Only tax cheaters fear more IRS agents. All the honest people welcome more IRS agents. Like all thieves tax cheaters hate to see more police, more security, more anti-theft efforts. .......
323: Inmate Central, Great example of the 2000's morality plunge (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-22, 11:31:21 (68.108.173.65)
off a cliff. Greed is good! It is the engine of innovation, the engine of hard work, the engine of capitalism. Otherwise no one would work hard. The Socialist Chinese don't work hard, they are simp .......
324: Inmate Central, People lie to pollsters (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-22, 11:26:14 (68.108.173.65)
for various reasons. Some do change their minds prior to actual vote, but most lie to pollsters, either because they are actually ashamed of who they will vote for and why, or because they actually t .......
325: Inmate Central, I got lost driving Kansas one day (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-22, 11:22:51 (68.108.173.65)
Stopped at a gas station on the corner of a couple of state roads, pointed down the road in one direction and asked "What is in that direction?". He told me the name of a town. And then I pointed in o .......
326: Vinyl Asylum, I practically gave away my original MFSL Stones Box Set (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-22, 10:22:36 (68.108.173.65)
All the Stones LPs - unless remastered - sounded to my ears brittle, way too hot. Even the MFSL box set had that problem which I is why I sold it to a local used record store guy for less than I paid .......
327: Inmate Central, RE: John Carreyrou interviewed. Journalist & author who first exposed Holmes & Theranos fraud. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-19, 13:45:32 (68.108.173.65)
I started my programming career in late 1996, in Bay Area, right at the start of the tech revolution. I worked as a hired gun for some of the unicorns that crashed and burned and ate a lot of investor .......
328: Speaker Asylum, yeah but (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-19, 08:05:58 (68.108.173.65)
just wait until she tries to take them off those racks and use them as a WOK to make fried rice! .......
329: Classical Court, RE: This remastering doesn't seem to make sense (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-18, 09:25:10 (68.108.173.65)
thank you! .......
330: Classical Court, RE: "any recommendations for some of the better sounding in the set?" (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-15, 14:16:29 (185.153.179.115)
I'll look for those, thank you! .......
331: Classical Court, RE: This remastering doesn't seem to make sense (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-15, 13:17:26 (185.153.179.115)
DSD vs. PCM downcoding, I don't know. They sound noticeably better to me than the average 1960s/70s classical CD. How to know? .......
332: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Try the ORB or Vinyl Flat.... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-15, 11:36:54 (185.153.179.115)
Since your unit does not have a temperature gauge (pun intended), if you really needed to could you use a variac to reduce the voltage to the heater and therefore the temperature? Variacs are less tha .......
333: Music Lane, if you dont already know (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-14, 20:29:55 (68.108.173.65)
View YouTube Video .......
334: Music Lane, The Bob Dylan of Europe (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-14, 20:23:38 (68.108.173.65)
At least that is what I heard him called in the 70s and 80s. Saw him live twice. One huge outdoor concert in Quebec, and one small theatre in Harvard University. Gorgeous music. Met and shook hands wi .......
335: Vinyl Asylum, producer was _the_ George Martin? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-14, 19:47:50 (91.196.220.191)
That might explain the weirdness. Didn't he product comedy LPs prior to his work with the Beatles? .......
336: Classical Court, This remastering doesn't seem to make sense (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-14, 16:34:16 (68.108.173.65)
The Amazon listing (where I bought it years ago) says: "The Karajan Official Remastered Edition features primarily symphonic and choral music. The entire edition comprises recordings remastere .......
337: General Asylum, RE: NEW FEE FROM AUDIOGON (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-14, 13:53:21 (68.108.173.65)
Sounds like it is a lot cheaper than Ebay with Paypal... .......
338: Digital Drive, RE: We got Stones and Dylan DSD CDs, you can't have everything. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-14, 11:57:23 (68.108.173.65)
Yeah I have the Dylan DSD set, it is wonderful. One would think Beatles DSD should have happened by now. .......
339: Digital Drive, Will we ever get Beatles in DSD? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-14, 11:14:27 (68.108.173.65)
At this moment I am listening to DSD rips of my MoFi Sound Labs original LP Beatles Collection. I am still awed by how sweet and grain free but still extended at both ends these LPs and the DSD rip .......
340: General Asylum, RE: I think you'll be very surprised ............... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-14, 09:33:31 (68.108.173.65)
Relocating for retirement life. Hoping to do volunteer work in the schools eventually. I am married to a Filipina whom I petitioned to the U.S.in 2005 although we are now separated and will be divorce .......
341: General Asylum, RE: I think you'll be very surprised ............... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-14, 08:46:31 (68.108.173.65)
Ok good to know. I last lived there (Leyte) in 2005 and "brownouts" were almost daily in Ormoc, and internet was neither high speed nor reliable. But times change! .......
342: General Asylum, RE: I ripped over 3,000 over 10 years ago ...... I wouldn't bother doing it today ......... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-14, 08:28:30 (68.108.173.65)
I very much doubt any of our quality streaming services will be available to me in the Philippines. And even if they claimed to be, the internet service is spotty, not to mention even electrical servi .......
343: General Asylum, RE: you were behind the dome ........ (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-14, 08:23:46 (68.108.173.65)
OK that makes sense. Well San Diego was tons of fun anyway :) I should have married that Mexican girl! So pretty it took your breath away... .......
344: Inmate Central, ASHTRAYS (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-13, 10:51:50 (68.108.173.65)
Every home had at least one smoker... .......
345: Classical Court, RE: Ancerl Gold Playlist at Amazon Music (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-13, 09:16:26 (68.108.173.65)
yes I have a subscription. It worked! I added your playlist to my library and listening now. Thank You! .......
346: Classical Court, RE: +1 -- I'll also add that practically the entire Supraphon catalog... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-13, 08:23:03 (68.108.173.65)
Is it possible to make playlists public on Amazon? I would love to listen to those. .......
347: Inmate Central, RE: Breaking news. Democrats hold onto Senate; Masto (D) has defeated Laxalt (R) in Nevada. n/t (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-12, 19:43:17 (68.108.173.65)
you have obviously not been following Scott, Lindsey, and Johnson's comments about raising SS and Medicare age, "privatizing" SS, etc. Thankfully they will not get the chance. .......
348: Tubes Asylum, point taken (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-12, 18:56:27 (68.108.173.65)
too bad but that is the online world. 50% scams and lies. .......
349: Hi-Rez Highway, try pledge (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-12, 18:44:45 (68.108.173.65)
unscented .......
350: Rocky Road, Anyone heard this in it's entirety? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-12, 12:47:20 (68.108.173.65)
Something like 14 hours??? .......
351: Tubes Asylum, I hope you reported this scammer to EBay (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-12, 11:43:53 (68.108.173.65)
Yes? .......
352: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: chassis finish (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-12, 11:18:52 (68.108.173.65)
I plan on building an orgone box type chassis. Should do wonders for the sound! .......
353: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: but they still could be Chinese owners (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-12, 09:56:55 (68.108.173.65)
right. But still could be Chinese owners and marketing. .......
354: Inmate Central, damn facts again! (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-12, 09:19:44 (68.108.173.65)
STOP THAT! I worked with a guy that ranted about how he should no longer pay local taxes because his 3 kids were now all graduated and out of the local school system. I pointed out to him that I had n .......
355: Amp/Preamp Asylum, but they still could be Chinese owners (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-12, 08:35:00 (68.108.173.65)
and making the engineering and marketing decisions... .......
356: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Foreign owners now? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-12, 08:22:28 (68.108.173.65)
It is actually a surprise (to me anyway) if the specs on a Chinese manufacturer's audio component are anywhere near accurate. They just don't have the belief system about that way of doing business. N .......
357: OTL Asylum, RE: OTL this morning (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-12, 08:08:09 (68.108.173.65)
Fired up the T8-LN now that the temperatures are below 110 degrees here in Sin City :) Sounds great playing John Williams! I will rearrange the units (someday) now that they are back in the system. .......
358: General Asylum, Don't know how I never heard that (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-11, 22:13:45 (68.108.173.65)
I lived on B St. one block south of the park for years... Dern! .......
359: General Asylum, RE: I dropped QOBUZ (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-11, 15:27:27 (68.108.173.65)
thanks and yeah, also in windoze for the sound device. Otherwise my attempts to set in the music app failed. .......
360: Tape Trail, Has anyone safely shipped RT-707 or RT-909 recently? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-11, 08:39:27 (68.108.173.65)
How the heck can one safely ship such units these days with all the automated conveyor belt drops and abuse? I have 2 each working 707s and 909s but I don't see how I could ship them without using som .......
361: General Asylum, Awesome! and this prompts a thought (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-11, 08:30:05 (68.108.173.65)
and I don't at all want to be a party-pooper but I do hope you - and actually ALL our friendly inmates - have fire extinguishers available and within easy reach in your home. It is one of those things .......
362: General Asylum, RE: I dropped QOBUZ (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-10, 18:52:09 (68.108.173.65)
Wasapi Exclusive will pass the file to your audio device with whatever bit depth, sample rate, and bit rate the actual file possesses. It won't get messed with by the Windows Mixer. Wasapi Shared end .......
363: Inmate Central, RE: "Neither side will be swayed easily by any measurable objective facts." (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-10, 17:03:42 (68.108.173.65)
does not matter. People are emotional. I saw an interview one time of a well known conspiracy theory fan. The interviewer listed a number of conspiracy theories and asked the guy for each one if he th .......
364: Inmate Central, RE: Commodore computer event? Time for another visit /nt (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-10, 16:46:14 (68.108.173.65)
LOL, TPUG. Toronto Pet Users Group We went up the CNN tower but it was a bit rainy if I recall. I been pretty busy in the intervening years, more interested in warmer climes. In fact that's mostly the .......
365: Inmate Central, RE: I hope you'll enjoy a visit soon (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-10, 16:35:35 (68.108.173.65)
I have visited 4 times already. First to St. Johns to take an old cattle freighter to Cuba. Then a one month bike tour of the Maritimes. Then the 1976 Montreal Olympics. And last visit to Toronto f .......
366: General Asylum, RE: I dropped QOBUZ (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-10, 15:54:09 (68.108.173.65)
I've read that exclusive mode implied that control of bit rate was between player and device and windoze should be out of the loop when player is set for exclusive mode. Anyway, we know unfortunately .......
367: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: have the pots replaced with 10 turns (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-10, 15:06:18 (68.108.173.65)
10 complete rotations of the pot axis from full to zero resistance .......
368: Speaker Asylum, but unobtanium right (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-10, 14:25:12 (68.108.173.65)
6-9 month waiting list? .......
369: General Asylum, RE: I dropped QOBUZ (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-10, 14:02:54 (68.108.173.65)
They claim it now does. However I have heard recent talk that it does not completely support the expected exclusive mode functionality, in that the bit rate remains controlled by what is set for the .......
370: Inmate Central, RE: Depression Study (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-10, 13:37:32 (68.108.173.65)
Read the history of cancer treatments if you want to lose confidence in modern medical doctors and the medical establishment. Surgeons for almost 75 years fought the whole concept of chemotherapy as i .......
371: Inmate Central, "false dawn" (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-10, 13:32:34 (68.108.173.65)
And really, the markets are now more about computerized trading algorithms for pure speculation. Like bitcoin. Not something I choose to participate in nowadays... .......
372: Inmate Central, RE: How big a factor was )inflation( in the US elections? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-10, 13:28:52 (68.108.173.65)
I am learning more about Canada. I've a lot to learn. I will be applying for citizenship certificate in the next few months. My mom was a Newfie and it turns out if you are the child of a Canadian ci .......
373: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: The Magliozzi brothers (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-10, 13:12:18 (68.108.173.65)
That was a fun show. I spent my early adulthood (being generous to myself here) in Boston, listening to live music at least once a week (usually more often), going to Fenway, eating fish at the piers .......
374: Tweakers' Asylum, chassis finish (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-10, 10:35:42 (68.108.173.65)
Does the finish on an amp or preamp chassis influence the sound? For example painted vs. brushed aluminum? Seems like it could? If painted, does the paint color also affect the sound? I am rebuilding .......
375: General Asylum, I dropped QOBUZ (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-10, 07:45:29 (68.108.173.65)
and am back on Amazon and TIDAL. TIDAL has the best new music suggestion system for me. Amazon has recently hugely expanded their streaming catalog and their app now claims to support windoze exclus .......
376: Inmate Central, Obviously the aliens, jews, and immigrants are in cohoots (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-10, 07:37:12 (68.108.173.65)
and got together to try and distract all the patriots on voting day. But it won't work! Our patriots are all wearing aluminum foil underwear to prevent those dern alien port probes! .......
377: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: have the pots replaced with 10 turns (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-10, 07:01:36 (68.108.173.65)
search for "10 turn" at digi-key or mouser. you need to know the resistance range for the pots .......
378: Tube DIY Asylum, have the pots replaced with 10 turns (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-09, 19:25:46 (68.108.173.65)
of the correct resistance of course. Although probably easy to do for someone with experience soldering, you should probably just pay a local tech to do it. should be a simple job assuming they instal .......
379: Inmate Central, Capitalism is always boom and bust (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-08, 09:26:41 (68.108.173.65)
Always has been. It is the nature of the beast. The talking heads call them "cycles" in order to feel highbrow about it. .......
380: General Asylum, RE: Lets talk about Japanese Hifi bars ... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-08, 06:39:10 (68.108.173.65)
I bet this concept would do really great in Sin City where I am currently hanging out. If I had an extra $million or so lying around, I might give it a try. I have enough LPs for a very good start... .......
381: Rocky Road, RE: Today's new Revolver Super Deluxe release (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-08, 06:19:46 (68.108.173.65)
awesome, I'm jealous! .......
382: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Speaker level outputs paralleled to sub problem (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-04, 18:09:57 (68.108.173.65)
I recall with the Ref3As I felt full range to them with the sub using it's internal low pass filter sounded the best. But I do have two HSU external crossovers around somewhere. They were $100 each! I .......
383: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Speaker level outputs paralleled to sub problem (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-04, 18:02:47 (68.108.173.65)
actually the switch that is glared out is the "crossover on/off" switch but it has been on. If I do decide to try the high level inputs again I will double check it for sure. thanks! .......
384: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Speaker level outputs paralleled to sub problem (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-04, 17:56:51 (68.108.173.65)
my sub does not have that switch so at least I could not screw that up... and in this pic you can see I am now using the low level inputs. I really like the Musical Fidelity A1-2008 amp. Don't wan .......
385: Inmate Central, RE: Boston Dynamics ... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-04, 08:21:36 (68.108.173.65)
A few months ago I asked a currently active USAF major, flying fighters, what he saw as the future of drones for the USAF. His response surprised me but when I thought about it made perfect sense: The .......
386: Inmate Central, RE: No you don't (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-04, 08:03:25 (68.108.173.65)
right. a billion years of evolution and our DNA learned nothing! anyway, you can have the last. I am moving on (pun intended) from this tired old decrepit thread ;) .......
387: General Asylum, RE: Have you put a scope on it to see just how much power your are using? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-04, 07:55:19 (68.108.173.65)
I have been meaning to do that forever. I just fired up the old 2213 and after fiddling with the partially rotted fuse holder it works fine. I just hope I can get it hooked up to the amp speaker outpu .......
388: Inmate Central, RE: Ha! Just bad headline (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-04, 07:45:30 (68.108.173.65)
you party pooper! .......
389: Inmate Central, RE: Coffee vs. COVID? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-04, 07:44:42 (68.108.173.65)
that's it. you convinced me! I am going to setup my espresso machine right now. I been putting it off; too many damn parts. .......
390: Inmate Central, RE: No you don't (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-04, 07:35:37 (68.108.173.65)
wow. that's all I can say. wow. so humans only use movement to accomplish one thing? what might that one single thing be? enlighten us please. .......
391: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: DIY Nelson Pass B1 - First Impressions - I'm Impressed (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-04, 07:32:57 (68.108.173.65)
Damn you for giving me preamp upgrade-itis! I do love the sound of my Transcendent Sound Grounded Grid. But the gain is too high and can be a hassle depending on the amp of the day. I guess I should f .......
392: Inmate Central, the guy is a one-trick pony (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-04, 07:23:32 (68.108.173.65)
always was. one good web site design idea 25 years ago, that was it. .......
393: Inmate Central, I finally agree with you about something! (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-04, 07:19:56 (68.108.173.65)
you're right! You don't get it! Let me try and help. Remember calculators? They were designed and build to do only one thing: arithmetic. Now think about general purpose computers. Can they do arithme .......
394: Inmate Central, talk about double jeopardy (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-04, 07:17:04 (68.108.173.65)
that is definitely a bad day! .......
395: Inmate Central, RE: BEWARE: (relatively) clever email scam (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-04, 07:15:44 (68.108.173.65)
always remember to check the web/email address when you get there. at least you caught it quickly... .......
396: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Hafler DH-101 upgrade? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-03, 20:10:23 (68.108.173.65)
I have two DH-101s that I am rebuilding for fun and nostalgia. One I have replaced all the back panel jacks and applied rebuild kits to the power supply and preamp caps and transistors. The other mayb .......
397: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Speaker level outputs paralleled to sub problem (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-03, 17:55:39 (68.108.173.65)
actually I assumed a y cable and spade at the amp binding posts when main speaker cable is terminated with bananas are electrically identical, and that is what I was doing for the amp speaker outs... .......
398: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Speaker level outputs paralleled to sub problem (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-03, 17:00:01 (68.108.173.65)
I was under the impression that the optimal way to send signal to my HSU sub was to parallel the amp speaker level outputs ( y cable from the amp speaker outs ) to the main speakers and sub speaker le .......
399: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Spinning In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-02, 08:50:17 (68.108.173.65)
I have drug flashbacks every time I hear that tune. Glad those days are over... .......
400: General Asylum, RE: ripping 1000 CDs? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-02, 08:49:06 (68.108.173.65)
yep that's the plan. No physical CDs... With a couple of good sounding small Class D amps, and a pair or two of ELACs. Plus the DACs and headphones. And one laptop. The ELACS will need to be shipped, .......
401: Inmate Central, Depape is an incestuous child molester (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-02, 08:43:05 (68.108.173.65)
According to his own daughter who says he molested her. His ex girlfriend nudist activist married a different guy and kicked Depape out and since then he was living in his car. A loser, child molester .......
402: General Asylum, RE: Pass B1 Kit or Builder Info Please... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-02, 08:30:03 (68.108.173.65)
there is a full kit of all components including chassis and power supply available at diyaudio store. .......
403: General Asylum, RE: ripping 1000 CDs? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-02, 08:27:27 (68.108.173.65)
I have an "ulterior motive". I may well be relocating to the South Pacific in the next couple years, and I would not want to drag 1000 CDs along, even if it were possible to get them into the country .......
404: General Asylum, RE: ripping 1000 CDs? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-02, 08:24:17 (68.108.173.65)
After looking at all the costs and options, I offered to pay my 17 year old son $1 per CD to rip them for me. He is going to give it a try. I own an early model Cocktail Audio CD ripper with integrate .......
405: Inmate Central, RE: History or not... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-02, 08:17:01 (68.108.173.65)
You can't be serious. The risk of nuclear war is not more or a problem than some immigrants? wow. .......
406: General Asylum, RE: what would be the simplest - least electronics - system that could be made ? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-02, 01:40:23 (68.108.173.65)
Any turntable and high output cartridge with this? .......
407: General Asylum, RE: Been there, done that. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-01, 18:44:18 (98.164.188.3)
good to know thanks. I have no friends where I am now (Sin City) so I am on my own for a purchase. I will look for a while on the bay and if I have to I'll buy one new and plan on reselling... ::: TO .......
408: General Asylum, RE: ripping 1000 CDs? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-01, 18:42:20 (98.164.188.3)
any example Ripping service in the U.S. that would rip my 1000 CDs for less than $700? And they are heavy so shipping could be a significant cost right? .......
409: General Asylum, ripping 1000 CDs? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-01, 15:46:29 (98.164.188.3)
Anyone tried this thing? I promised myself I would rip 10 CDs per day, but it hasn't happened. And even when I do rip I lose track of which were done. Wondering if this would do the job for my one tim .......
410: General Asylum, it's much better to go with a quality Class AB amp (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-01, 15:00:41 (98.164.188.3)
Yep, tried that. I bought a QUAD 909. Most folks would say that is a quality Class A/b amp. Rated at 140 wpc @ 8 ohms (don't know the distortion but it is competitive I am sure). Just doesn't give tha .......
411: Inmate Central, RE: Just go vegetarian (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-01, 14:46:27 (98.164.188.3)
There are some pretty dern good veggie burgers available. I don't miss the milk at all considering the alternatives are even better tasting in my experience. I was lucky to get exposed to the concepts .......
412: Inmate Central, RE: Just go vegetarian (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-01, 14:13:55 (98.164.188.3)
No milk products directly. Sometimes milk products are added to store bought foods, but I don't drink milk or eat milk ice cream, and very rarely cheese. I go for soy, almond, pea milk, etc. Eggs very .......
413: Inmate Central, RE: Just go vegetarian (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-01, 13:34:09 (98.164.188.3)
your colon. rotsa ruck :) .......
414: Inmate Central, RE: Excellent if we could actually discuss 'critical thinking'. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-01, 13:16:08 (98.164.188.3)
"Can't ever trust anything or anybody, right? " and who started with the nonsense. not me... .......
415: Inmate Central, RE: By your lights universities should stop teaching history! (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-01, 11:56:54 (98.164.188.3)
yikes. You skipped that class on critical thinking and analysis 101. oh well, too late now I guess. .......
416: Inmate Central, RE: History or not... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-01, 10:48:00 (98.164.188.3)
Oh I agree, the invasion and occupation is an international crime at the highest level, and Putin must be held accountable. I just wanted to remind that "history" has a habit of - shall we say - subje .......
417: General Asylum, RE: doubling most likely will not do it (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-01, 10:43:09 (98.164.188.3)
I was satisfied for many years with my relatively efficient Ref 3A DeCapo I speakers but unfortunately during the lockdown my 16 year old had a meltdown and damaged the drivers intentionally. To be fa .......
418: Inmate Central, Just go vegetarian (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-01, 10:32:36 (98.164.188.3)
and keep away from heavily processed crap food, exercise 4 times a week if not daily, and don't drink much if any alcohol. Then you don't need to worry about all the minute details of the latest fad .......
419: Inmate Central, Professor or not (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-01, 10:28:08 (98.164.188.3)
The spin opportunities when presenting history are enormous. And usually include inadvertent bias, incorrect assumptions, etc. Just one of those realities. History is NOT scientific. It is cultural u .......
420: General Asylum, RE: doubling most likely will not do it (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-11-01, 10:20:30 (98.164.188.3)
I pulled the HSU out of storage about 6 months ago, hooked it up to speaker level inputs on the sub (simply y cabled from the main amp speaker outs) allowing the main speakers to continue full range. .......
421: General Asylum, I love Class A amplification but (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-31, 20:31:09 (98.164.188.3)
they are so expensive for higher wattages. So if I wanted more audio "weight" in the room, using lower power class a amps, could I use two amps, one amp for each channel, feeding the same channel into .......
422: Digital Drive, RE: FIIO K5 Pro ESS (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-31, 10:14:04 (98.164.188.3)
Not interested in ROON. I can't say anything either way about Mac Mini since I have no experience with Macs. I will soon put my RPI4 running LMS back online. And in fact that is a big reason I bought .......
423: Vinyl Asylum, I have the original MOFI Beatles LP Box Set (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-31, 08:47:37 (98.164.188.3)
These LPs do sound wonderful. I have only played them twice. Once after initial purchase (from the bay pre-owned) to record to reel to reel tape on my RT-909, and once more just recently to rip to DSD .......
424: Classical Court, RE: I wasn't even aware of that release - thanks for the heads up! [nt] (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-30, 10:53:20 (98.164.188.3)
maybe streaming only? I have been looking for the CDs with no luck... .......
425: Classical Court, this collection has turned me into an opera fan! (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-30, 10:16:04 (98.164.188.3)
Surprised me with both the quality of the performances and also the recording qualities. .......
426: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Getting close..... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-30, 07:29:05 (98.164.188.3)
Temptation is to rush it near the end. Don't give in! :) .......
427: Vinyl Asylum, Tampa Bay was sad (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-28, 13:22:03 (98.164.188.3)
Receivers couldn't get open, offensive line could not protect Brady, and he threw more than a few poor passes. All in all, looks like this season will be a sad ending to Brady's career. On the other h .......
428: Music Lane, sounds FAB to me on TIDAL (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-28, 13:19:08 (98.164.188.3)
First digital mix of the Beatles that matches - or dare I say even surpasses - my MFSL LP Beatles Box set. .......
429: Inmate Central, and probably the reverse in basketball? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-28, 09:53:34 (98.164.188.3)
or soon to be... .......
430: Inmate Central, I lasted on twitter for about two weeks (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-28, 09:52:45 (98.164.188.3)
What a pile of nonsense. And that was early in Twit life. I decided then it was for twits obviously, hence the name. .......
431: Inmate Central, RE: A word from someone that knows (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-28, 09:50:25 (98.164.188.3)
Was he the CEO when BofA was fined $80 BILLION for complicity in the bank and loan frauds that caused the world wide 2008 financial crash? The crash that caused my employer at the time to go bankrupt .......
432: Rocky Road, Today's new Revolver Super Deluxe release (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-28, 09:46:39 (98.164.188.3)
Wow. Listening on TIDAL, and I have to admit, this remaster is the only release of this album that beats my MFSL Beatles LP Box Set version! Very smooth but extended cymbals, vocals up front with n .......
433: Inmate Central, RE: Wrong. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-27, 10:09:47 (98.164.188.3)
Obvious nonsense. God is dead. Prove me wrong. God is alive. Prove me wrong. God is a woman. Prove me wrong. You are another one of those that hates facts. I can't help you. .......
434: Inmate Central, Where do we go from here? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-27, 09:06:09 (98.164.188.3)
You are kidding right? You really cannot figure it out? Do you know what the number one cause of death is now in the U.S. for minors? You think it is car accidents? NO You think it is disease? NO .......
435: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Would DIY Tube Kits.... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-27, 08:58:32 (98.164.188.3)
YES! I own a T8-LN ("factory" assembled, I assume by Bruce) and a Grounded Grid I assembled. I would be very interested to see how your masterpiece went together, and your listening impressions. ::: T .......
436: General Asylum, RE: small sweet spots ,,,, (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-27, 08:56:29 (98.164.188.3)
I can hear a real difference in the sound of my speakers simply by turning my head 15 degrees while sitting in my central listening position. This is the nature of human hearing and sound reproduction .......
437: Inmate Central, RE: Investment pays back (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-26, 09:00:01 (98.164.188.3)
Correct, I was reclassified before they could arrest and prosecute me. So no arrest, no prosecution, no trial, no conviction. I was actually surprised I was reclassified. I had been a very active in t .......
438: Inmate Central, 53 year marriage is amazing! (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-26, 08:13:16 (98.164.188.3)
Quite an accomplishment. You should be proud. And very glad your son made it to retirement safely! The police forces are generally a LOT more professional than when I was bumping into them occasionall .......
439: Inmate Central, RE: Investment pays back (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-26, 06:33:34 (98.164.188.3)
100% true story. I left out some details. For example, when I started actually attending classes at Cal Berkeley, I went to a certain corner of the campus where there were some bushes and trees. A c .......
440: Digital Drive, RE: FIIO K5 Pro ESS (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-25, 18:12:18 (98.164.188.3)
I wish I could afford it, I would buy it in a heartbeat. But we all have our compromises to make in life, and if I have to pass on a $2K DAP, I can live with that :) .......
441: Inmate Central, Investment pays back (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-25, 17:33:31 (98.164.188.3)
For example, I was a $40K per year estimator in a print shop in Bay area in 1994. We started using computers for estimating and I found I had an interest and a knack for the logic. I quit the print sh .......
442: Amp/Preamp Asylum, me too (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-25, 17:23:26 (98.164.188.3)
too much hyperbole and not enough critical examination. .......
443: Digital Drive, FIIO K5 Pro ESS (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-25, 16:16:54 (98.164.188.3)
Trying out the K5 because I am archiving all my LPs (500 or so) to DSD and want a DSD dac that does NOT require a windows driver to play back DSD files. For two reasons: #1: I want to stream DSD from .......
444: Inmate Central, only until you look at China's chart (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-24, 18:48:50 (98.164.188.3)
10 times better. So make sure not to look... .......
445: Inmate Central, RE: Economic liberalization of India has reduced poverty (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-24, 16:43:37 (98.164.188.3)
The same chart for China looks 10 times better. And they don't put the eyes out of children there so they can make more money begging on the streets. .......
446: Inmate Central, RE: Got Lot's Of Pet Hair On Your Furniture? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-24, 09:55:47 (98.164.188.3)
I will try that today. My rabbit has been carpeting the place and it's almost knee deep now! :) .......
447: Inmate Central, RE: still be digging in the fields if not for 'our' Capitalism. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-24, 07:31:21 (98.164.188.3)
right, as shown by our great capitalist bastion in the east, India! 1% of the population living as Brahmin kings, and the rest of the billion plus people living in hovels, drinking filthy water, eatin .......
448: Inmate Central, RE: You didn't screw them out of anything (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-21, 20:13:12 (98.164.188.3)
Not 100% .......
449: Inmate Central, B of A paid 80 BILLION in fines (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-21, 19:02:21 (98.164.188.3)
for their fraud and complicity in causing the 2008 worldwide recession. I screwed them good though. During the 1 1/2 years I was laid off due to that recession, I maxed out two of their cards, and scr .......
450: Inmate Central, that stuff is slow poison (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-21, 18:59:02 (98.164.188.3)
Like mercury in the water. Diabetes, belly fat, sugar crash just about guaranteed eating that crap. .......
451: General Asylum, RE: More than seven years ago! -nt (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-21, 09:11:51 (98.164.188.3)
The blink of an eye for an old crocodile like me! .......
452: Rocky Road, I beg to differ (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-20, 11:11:49 (98.164.188.3)
here is my refutation: View YouTube Video .......
453: General Asylum, RE: The GURU does a show and tell (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-20, 10:40:44 (98.164.188.3)
YES. I own 3 pairs of PSB headphones. .......
454: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: as I was triple checking everything before soldering it in. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-20, 05:09:04 (176.100.43.244)
yes! smartest thing you can do as a kit builder, along with buying quality soldering tools. I always have the approach that I _know_ there are errors in my assembly, I just need to find them before th .......
455: General Asylum, The GURU does a show and tell (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-19, 12:37:54 (176.100.43.244)
View YouTube Video .......
456: Inmate Central, at least two new variants are making the rounds (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-19, 11:52:41 (176.100.43.244)
and not clear that the latest covid bivalent booster is effective against them. We should all be thankful at least that the crossover hemorrhagic fevers (Ebola and variations) are not airborne contagi .......
457: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Anyone built the new amp camp amps? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-19, 10:25:41 (176.100.43.244)
just keep a fire extinguisher nearby to deal with that occasional coffee spill. .......
458: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Anyone built the new amp camp amps? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-19, 09:04:13 (185.153.179.20)
Good news, thank you. I may very well end up taking these to the Philippines when I emigrate to the bamboo house on the beach next year or so. .......
459: Rocky Road, RE: you need more T&A (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-18, 09:48:59 (98.164.188.3)
in your posts. Luminator style... :) .......
460: Asylum Feedback/Support, RE: Hey RodM., Asylum Uploaded Picture Quality Heavily Degraded Lately (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-18, 09:44:01 (98.164.188.3)
well depending on whose photograph it is, that could be considered a feature ;) .......
461: General Asylum, RE: You people must live in some scary places (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-18, 09:42:32 (98.164.188.3)
Yeah, Sin City is not known as the bastion of morality, fair play, and honest business transactions, that's for sure. Regular reports of armed robberies and counterfeit money in the news. I'm only he .......
462: Inmate Central, Cheap in the short term (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-17, 18:43:28 (98.164.188.3)
ain't always cheap in the long term. Slavery, starvation wages, outrageous economic inequality, corrupt and autocratic dictatorships across the third world will eventually cost the first world. It ta .......
463: Amp/Preamp Asylum, volume knob there? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-17, 16:07:22 (98.164.188.3)
no comprendo .......
464: General Asylum, one word for you son (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-17, 11:23:16 (98.164.188.3)
IKEA .......
465: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Anyone built the new amp camp amps? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-17, 11:22:28 (98.164.188.3)
If they get hot I'll just throw water on them! .......
466: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Anyone built the new amp camp amps? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-17, 08:39:43 (98.164.188.3)
Did you build mono-blocks or the stereo version? I will be building mono-blocks. Great to know the amp sounded good with DeCapos! Probably will be my "summer" amps as the 25wpc tube OTL and the 35wpc .......
467: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Really !?/ (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-17, 06:07:45 (98.164.188.3)
yes, SS amp. And a recapped version I heard many years later could not hold a candle to my Musical Fidelity amp that's for sure. But it sure beat my parent's JVC receiver! .......
468: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Anyone built the new amp camp amps? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-17, 00:30:06 (98.164.188.3)
yes, they came with meanwell 24v power cubes. hmm, one at a time, good idea. hadn't thought of that. I will be driving Reference3A DeCapo I speakers. Rated at 92db. Easy to drive speakers, no crossove .......
469: Inmate Central, RE: That's not preventative medication... (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-16, 17:28:43 (98.164.188.3)
Yeah I have not done a workout since, just one fast walk. So it also set me back on that aspect of my health. But I heard that shingles was very painful, and I am a wimp at heart, a lazy shit, and a p .......
470: Inmate Central, actually, I blame the museum (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-16, 16:40:18 (98.164.188.3)
We know there are plenty of these fools out there, tons of them. Yet they leave these irreplaceable and priceless artworks exposed to the nutcases. Stupid if you ask me. .......
471: Inmate Central, I got it last week, BUT (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-16, 16:36:49 (98.164.188.3)
at the same time I also got Flu, Pneumonia, AND second Shingles. Yep, 4 shots in one sitting. BIG Mistake. Next 48 hours was the sickest I have ever been. By far... Lost 4 pounds in those 48 hours, sh .......
472: Inmate Central, yeah, he looked just tired. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-16, 16:34:26 (98.164.188.3)
tired and grouchy... Exactly how old guys are supposed to look :) .......
473: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Takes me back (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-16, 16:31:22 (98.164.188.3)
yep I started with dynakit ST-120, then a PAT-4 and a heathkit tuner. Had a blast building, and even more fun listening for years after... Couldn't beat that system with Boston Acoustics A-40 speakers .......
474: General Asylum, RE: dealer on consignment (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-16, 07:41:27 (98.164.188.3)
I live in Sin City. The news regularly features some poor schmuck who sold a car or some other high dollar item for cash here and got all fake 100's. I will research counterfeit pen but marking up som .......
475: Radio Road, UPS partially refunded me (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-15, 18:23:31 (98.164.188.3)
The sale was for $510, shipping cost was addl. $110. They refunded me $500. I went ahead and refunded the buyer his $510 plus the $60 I charged him for shipping. UPS did not refund the $110 I paid the .......
476: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Anyone built the new amp camp amps? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-15, 18:14:06 (98.164.188.3)
I have two of the newest version kits in house, so I'll be running them as mono-blocks. Anyone built these? Any words of wisdom? I am an experienced kit builder, with good soldering station, DMM, Anal .......
477: General Asylum, RE: dealer on consignment (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-15, 17:50:56 (98.164.188.3)
That's an interesting idea, thank you. I will look into consignment. There are tons of pawn shops here in Sin City, but I figure those are way more hassle than they would be worth. .......
478: General Asylum, RE: selling a few $K worth of audio equipment- safest methods? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-15, 12:55:22 (98.164.188.3)
Not afraid for personal safety, just the scam hassle. Counterfeit bills are big here in Sin City. And of course personal checks and bank checks are easily forged and/or fraudulent. I did do an "in th .......
479: General Asylum, RE: selling a few $K worth of audio equipment- safest methods? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-15, 12:45:06 (98.164.188.3)
Thanks. Paypal with exclusively local pickup will probably end up being my main method. The EBAY taxes are now a rip off but only billionaires get to buy off the legislators so they can skip taxes, I .......
480: General Asylum, selling a few $K worth of audio equipment- safest methods? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-15, 12:03:43 (98.164.188.3)
What is the safest way to get paid in person? Cash? Depositing buyer present at bank? Or Paypal with local Ebay pickup? (no way I am going to ship the stuff) Any other online venues support local pi .......
481: Computer Audio Asylum, SEEMS YOU ARE A TROLL (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-15, 09:51:21 (98.164.188.3)
Unscrupulous competitor? Consumer that has some personal beef with Allo? Nutcase? (my best guess)... .......
482: Headphone Heights, RE: Best phones for $300'ish (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-07, 08:14:30 (98.164.188.3)
PSBs are my favorites by far. And I own Grado, Audio Technica, Sennheiser .......
483: Headphone Heights, RE:fit is #1 (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-07, 08:12:14 (98.164.188.3)
ear canals are different shapes. some earbuds will fit perfectly for some people and be worthless for others. And when it comes to earbuts, fit is very important to the overall resulting sound quality .......
484: Speaker Asylum, RE: After all the version in Diva has made me cry in 1981 (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-07, 08:05:25 (98.164.188.3)
I completely stopped listening to Callas for similar reason. Too damn embarrassing crying while listening... .......
485: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Does Vinyl Really Sound Better? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-03, 11:59:17 (23.230.46.227)
Hi John, I am in the process of digitizing my own 500+ LP collection and I have been satisfied with the results so far. I can't play my MSFL Beatles box set LPs a thousand times without ruining them, .......
486: Vinyl Asylum, RE: How good are the Time/Life recordings? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-03, 09:29:05 (98.164.188.3)
I have bought three or four of the large TimeLife CD collections and have been very happy with the sound quality of each. My system is class A Musical Fidelity or OTL tube amp, transcendent sound grou .......
487: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Does Vinyl Really Sound Better? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-03, 08:57:09 (98.164.188.3)
they post links to digital rips of analog recordings so that folks can supposedly compare analog recording to digital. quite funny that they completely don't get it. .......
488: General Asylum, they are looking for usernames and passwords (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-10-03, 08:35:05 (98.164.188.3)
so many people are lazy - or dumb - enough to use the same names and PW on forums as they do for their bank accounts. .......
489: General Asylum, RE: You are watching the person speak on the monitor so you 'hear' them better (nt) (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-09-29, 13:51:05 (98.164.188.3)
I watch the speaker on the monitor whether the sound is playing through the monitor speaker or sent via USB from the computer to my stereo... .......
490: General Asylum, RE: Reduced RFI? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-09-29, 11:27:38 (98.164.188.3)
possible I suppose. Although I am leaning to a suggestion from another inmate that it the differences are due to EQ on the speech tracks, making them sound better for TV speakers, at the expense of hi .......
491: General Asylum, RE: The speech is mixed to that type of speaker (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-09-29, 10:17:20 (98.164.188.3)
yeah that's exactly the sound I am hearing for the speech from my DeCapos. Too low and dull. .......
492: General Asylum, RE: Not sure it makes any difference. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-09-28, 17:29:36 (98.164.188.3)
i think you are not following me. the frequency range of normal speech is very much narrower and limited in dynamic range also as compared to a singer singing. .......
493: General Asylum, RE: maybe confusion about my OP (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-09-28, 14:51:09 (98.164.188.3)
I attempted to make a big distinction in my OP between music vocals and speech. My observations about the realism of the monitor sound were all in relation to speech, the spoken word. Not having any m .......
494: General Asylum, RE: haha (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-09-28, 11:39:53 (98.164.188.3)
I don't listen to many audio books. But I listen dozens of hours per month to music if you get my drift :) .......
495: General Asylum, RE: At least you're consistent (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-09-28, 11:34:37 (98.164.188.3)
done, thanks for the link. .......
496: General Asylum, RE: Size by frequency. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-09-28, 10:26:50 (98.164.188.3)
hmm, so in the human speech frequency range, the $10 monitor speaker is outputting more accurate frequency reproduction than my $3K DeCapo speakers (again, in that narrow frequency range of human spee .......
497: General Asylum, RE: Small driver in small box can show a peak in the speech range. (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-09-28, 10:09:53 (98.164.188.3)
ok, and why does a peak in frequency range sound more like in person live speech than my $3K, much more flat across frequency range speakers? doesn't seem logical to me. .......
498: General Asylum, RE: Frequency range (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-09-28, 09:55:39 (98.164.188.3)
I do have multi-thousand dollar OTL tube amp, Musical Fidelity A1-2008 SS amp, and a QUAD 909. I put them in the system during the winter months, but here in Vegas I don't want the heat from them in t .......
499: General Asylum, RE: why does speech sound more realistic from my monitor? (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-09-28, 09:50:47 (98.164.188.3)
hmm, can you explain what does "tuned to that frequency" mean ? and why should that sound better than a much flatter, wider range, more accurate in full frequency range speaker and components? I am no .......
500: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: I just bought two ZERO FEEDBACH SS AMPS (0.00)
Posted by LtMandella on 2022-09-28, 09:41:09 (98.164.188.3)
Nelson Pass designed mono block amp-camp amps... .......
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