atomicbob

Link 1 was fascinating.

Looking into further reading, the Beck book from 1953 is now a print of demand from Cambridge U Press, and Valley can be had print-on-demand, leather-bound from India for 40 bucks with free shipping. What a brave new world we live in.

Link 1 is tubes 201 whereas link 2 is valves 101. Visuals in link 2 are some of the best I've seen for introductory material. The rest of that site has some other interesting topics.

excelente!! thanks

I am really into this scotch retreat

Sláinte!

Oh, she give me moonshine whiskey
Oh, she give me southern love
Deep in the heart of Texas
There beneath the stars above
Oh, she give me southern comfort
Oh, she give me moonshine love
Deep in the heart of Texas
There beneath the stars above

that remedy sounds a lot better than raw garlic and greens, hmmm!

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I'm the antichrist personified... but I love Christmas lights!

And... Happy 25th December to all, whatever :)

PS... I worked for a greeting-card company for 16 years. Lots and lots of robins in snow and stuff like that... but we did not do glitter!

Banjos are awesome. A true banjo virtuoso can be just a good a tear jerker as a violin virtuoso. Patty Smith's cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" has a banjo in it. It adds a dimension to the song I never heard before.

Hey, I like Bela Fleck (banjo), Steve N Seagulls (banjo + accordion) etc. but putting that trio together is just asking for trouble.

Or get somebody dead.

Glad I missed it.

Meh, we get more from you guys than you get from us deleting random crap and banning people.

Damn, dude. I think you've set a new longevity record for Wal-Mart greeters. Congrats!!

Welcome to Wal-Mart. Now get your shit and get out!

Are you going to see each other again?

Oh man, a whole weekend! I'd almost kill for that!

Anybody 'round here good with kids for a weekend?!

A weekend off, no responsibilities, no distractions, no family obligations, just some quiet time to actually enjoy each other's company. A nice fire, grilled meat, bottle of good red and, of course, lord of the manor, The Cat, alternating between our laps.

Plenty. Two days of experiments with many failures. Analysis of data from failures + re-reading literature = Light Bulb!

Are you doing measurements of cables? Cuz that sounds fun (to read about after you've done all the hard work)

Yes, interconnect cables from 8 vendors. Several days of valid measurements following several days of learning.

Keysight impedance paper + BK 891 LCR + several interconnect cables = ?

↑ All 'free time' taken care of, haha!

@Priidik - you know it, you've been there. Many experiments later and now more questions than answers.

nitpicking is definitely its own form of noise

"Corrections" should certainly be sent by private message, to be sure.

Actually, I don't mind corrections if mistakes have been made. I'm more grumpy about debating trivia concerning several amps similarity / difference without any substantial enlightenment resulting in many of the posts. There are a few useful facts coming forth, but not many.

Shhhhh ... Don't give massdrop's secret sauce !

You forgot the part about wanting to build an LPS, but can't tell you what a multimeter is...

Excellent suggestions!!
However the profile post is 400 chars and limit is 420.
Maybe deserves a spot somewhere else with additions.

Thanks again for all your work Bob!

Do you have a synergistic system in mind for the Liquid Platinum?

The obvious pairing would be Gungnir MB A2 + LP and HD800 / HD6x0, for my preferences. But that will have to wait a bit until after attending some corporate responsibilities.

Half the allotted time consumed, only 25% of measurements acquired. Today's amp measures so well that it is necessary to edit scripts and re-scale graphs for data to be visible, ie. not off the charts.

@atomicbob you're such a tease

status update: 16 hrs total over two days so far - several hundred measurements. Still a few measurements to go ... tomorrow after corporate responsibilities. I'm done for today, I hear a wine glass calling my name. Then my least favorite part. Vetting the data, organizing, write-up and post. Wish I could automate some of that.

I believe in Harvey Dent.

To quote Douglas Adams, "We apologize for the inconvenience."

Modi Multibit/Vali 2 is my pinnacle for "value", though many might say Modi 3 better fits the bill.

Gungnir MB A2 + Liquid Platinum is a pairing that will be of high interest and I intend to evaluate such in the future, when I get around to installing the A2 PCBs into my GMB. However, as @zerodeefex points out, system synergy requires all components of the system to assess properly, transducers especially.

Value has many thresholds, depending on depth of a given individual's pockets. Performance / Price ratio is a better indicator for this combination, I think.

Wait, I thought potatoes had eyes, not ears. Does a Russet have a different sound than an Idaho? Would a sweet potato sweeten the sound? So many questions.

Ahhh, comeon... you want answers to all that? *You* do the research!

(lol)

Actually I was wondering about variance between Russet, red, white and Yukon golds. May have to run them through the dScope for measurable answers. Do spuds with larger eyes have a different eye pattern when digital signals are applied? So many questions, so little time.