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Happy New Year! Jan 1, 2024

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1. Zimmer266
  Happy New Year!
  
  Jan 1, 2024
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  2. YMO
    Before the Canadians come to your backyard starting in May.
    
    Jan 1, 2024
  3. JK47
    Canadiens
    
    Jan 1, 2024
    
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  4. YMO
    I try to be nice @JK47, but the folks from Quebec are the tools from all of my Mainer coworkers.
    
    Jan 1, 2024
    
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2. Zimmer266
  Pickleball should be approached with caution.
  
  May 22, 2023
  2. HotRatSalad
    I don't think I've played pickleball is it as dirty as playing Cornhole ?
    
    May 23, 2023
3. Zimmer266
  RIP Wayne Shorter
  
  Mar 3, 2023
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4. Zimmer266
  My 50 year old pressing of Dark Side of the Moon needs a good cleaning.
  
  Mar 1, 2023
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5. Zimmer266
  The motherboard on the actuator for the oil burner had a scorch mark from part failure. Actuator replaced, and the system made heat again.
  
  Feb 5, 2023
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6. Zimmer266
  Minus twenty, then the burner goes out. Wood stoves do not come on automatically. We're back up to 53 degrees.
  
  Feb 4, 2023
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  2. Skyline
    Gross. Stay safe over there!
    
    Feb 4, 2023
    
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  3. YMO
    And soon is Mud Season
    
    Feb 4, 2023
    
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7. Zimmer266
  When a daydream piece of equipment becomes available at a fair price, do you buy it? I gots 2 know.
  
  Dec 14, 2022
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  3. Thad E Ginathom
    Sometimes you get it and find that you no longer need it.
    
    I did this with a Sony Walkman Professional. A beautiful, sturdy, quality portable deck for recording and playback. But then minidisc entered my life just a few weeks later and I never wanted to see another cassette in my life!
    
    Dec 15, 2022
    
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  4. internethandle
    This just came up for me with buying a used Studio B. So far, not regretting it, which absolutely has not always been the case for me when buying $$$ gear and has made me even more grateful for SBAF re: steering me in the right direction. It’s a pretty amazing amp.
    
    Dec 15, 2022
    
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  5. Philimon
    Related: Onsanity
    https://www.head-fi.org/threads/schiit-happened-the-story-of-the-worlds-most-improbable-start-up.701900/page-3035#post-14875708
    
    Dec 16, 2022
    
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8. Zimmer266
  Longboard wheels can be excellent isolation pucks.
  
  Dec 5, 2022
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9. Zimmer266
  Back from a bit of a trip, and testing negative.
  
  Nov 26, 2022
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10. Zimmer266
  Back from a bit of a trip.
  
  Nov 12, 2022
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    To Winter "Vacationland"
    
    Nov 13, 2022
    
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11. Zimmer266
  I want a new DAC, one that does what it should. One that doesn't make me feel too badd, one that doesn't make me feel too good.
  
  Aug 18, 2022
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  2. crenca
    The good news is they make one, the Wavedream. Bad news is the hit on your wallet.
    
    Aug 18, 2022
    
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  3. atomicbob
    HL&tN would probably sound great through that DAC.
    
    Aug 18, 2022
    
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  4. yotacowboy
    Best concert I've ever been to was HT&tN. Not kidding at all.
    
    Aug 18, 2022
    
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12. Zimmer266
  Hummingbirds in aerial battles for hover time at the feeders. The office is done, peeled for the reveal, and clean up is underway.
  
  Aug 10, 2022
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  2. HotRatSalad
    We love those little birdies, they are all over our yard and feeders. Endless entertainment. Curious little creatures they are.
    
    Aug 10, 2022
    
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13. Zimmer266
  The last week's highlight was Midori, at the Atlantic Music Festival, in Lorimer Chapel at Colby. Both classic and modern pieces; sublime.
  
  Aug 8, 2022
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14. Zimmer266
  The windows are done. The office repaint is now fully primed.
  
  Jul 17, 2022
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  Filling holes in window trim prior to repainting
  
  Jul 12, 2022
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  2. YMO
    Best time to do it in the year in your neck of the woods.
    
    Jul 13, 2022
    
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16. Zimmer266
  Happy National Beer Day
  
  Apr 7, 2022
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  2. DigMe
    Gonna celebrate with some tequila.
    
    Apr 7, 2022
    
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17. Zimmer266
  I spent a weekend with a Moscode 300.
  
  Mar 15, 2022
18. Zimmer266
  Musical space heater as industrial art
  
  Feb 16, 2022
19. Zimmer266
  The Return of New Subwoofer Day
  
  Dec 28, 2021
  2. Zimmer266
    A single REL T5x with the Omega monitors, crossing at 60, with the recommended high output connection. Also, Darlington MP-7 in the House.
    
    Dec 28, 2021
    
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20. Zimmer266
  Merry Christmas to all.
  
  Dec 24, 2021
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Gender:

Male

Birthday:

Jun 10, 1959 (Age: 66)

Location:

Maine

Occupation:

Longevity project. Inventory management.

Gear List:

Upstairs: Sumiko Bluepoint 3 Lo > ProJect RM5.1 SE >Pass Aleph Ono > Pass X2.5 > Pass Aleph 5 > Omega Super8 HO monitors on Skylans, REL T5x.
Project DS2 CDT > Holo Spring > X2.5 > SW51+ > HD 650.

Downstairs: Ortofon 2M Black > MMF 1.5 > Darlington MP-7 > Aric Unlimited II > Precision Fidelity M8 hybrid > Vandersteen 2ce Sig. CXN V2 as streamer, Rotel RCD-951.

HT: Yamaha RX-V477 > Vandersteen 1b (F) & Advent Maestro (R), Axiom (C),

Basement: JVC CD > Sansui AU-717 > Paradigm Founder 40b.

I was new to headphones and DACs as of 2020. Sundara was picked as a starting point. HD 650 was added later based upon reading here.

My audio journey started with the family Magnavox console, and my parents vinyl in the mid 60s. My first LP purchase was Pink Floyd's Meddle. I had my own system in college in 1977, with a Dual TT, a Marantz receiver, and EPI 100 speakers. The last system in 1987 was Grado > MMT > Sonographe SG3 > Bryston 0.5B > Adcom 545 > Infinity Kappa 8. I hadn't tried any tube amplification at that point.

I took a 20 year plus hiatus from audio from 1989 to maybe 2013. I realized my oldest was heading to college, and should have a system. That choice pulled me back into the lifestyle. Fortunately I'd never sold off my vinyl.

I use a mix of Morrow, and AQ cabling. I have four systems scattered around the house. My wife is a musician, and she has a Steinway B. Pianos have different sound profiles as well, and it took the two of us a year and a half of playing and listening (I listened) to pick the one with the best action, bloom, and decay.
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