rhythmdevils

You might need a lens for each eye for depth perception, maybe something like this? https://a.co/d/1lP0D1M or lab goggles with flat lens that won’t warp light https://a.co/d/ceinLX5

https://a.co/d/dmERmYS I think Christian has a case of these brand new laying around from the PPE days.

what about a face shield instead of goggles? or different drill bit or speed that produces cleaner shavings? or shop vac right at the cutting point?

Take your custom elsewhere would be my recommendation

What did they say in response to your request? Nothing, or did they say _why_ they won't tell you? (Curious)

They said this: “We don't publish the cable's capacitance; we don't find it to be a relevant specification in deciding which cable (or what length) to use.” BS. Why not publish it anyways? Plenty of space on your website

Ask and you shall receive ;)

Headphones used Slam! It's super effective!

I was complaining (legitimately) after waking up from a nap and decided to just post something positive instead. Hence the weird edit. Haha

"just post something positive instead"

Great idea!

Yeah speakers are definitely better but I feel like a traitor

THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!!!!

I hope your headache abates soon and you can enjoy the music again very soon.

Yikes! Yea, that sucks... I guess cyber campers can be a resourceful bunch.

I was actually monitoring and hoping to grab an LCD-4 to send over for your mod services but was too slow and had already sold out. Maybe next time.

I hope the LCD-4 doesn't become rare

It sort of works here. The 2 days does not seem to include the day of order or delivery though, so typically order on Monday and receive on Thursday is their "Prime Two Day Shipping".

I’m seeing fewer product pages promising 2 day shipping now, even if they have Prime. In general Amazon has been good at keeping to the estimates on the product pages, sometimes getting stuff delivered earlier

We have good coverage here in Boston metro and they generally deliver (90%) on the expected delivery date. That said, I often use Amazon Day delivery to consolidate stops at our address.

A lot of this depends on how hard the amp runs the tube. For example, a good 6CG7 usually lasts somewhere around 500 hours (give or take 200), but DNA Starlett rubs the tubes very gently and they can last a very long time

I think it's luck. The power and driver tubes on my EC are still good and were daily driven basically 24/ 7 during pandemic and some long as 2015 ish. They are run at slightly below average operating point per datasheet. One of the rectifiers died while I was listening due to gas leak caused by a glass fracture near the pins ... maybe too much rolling or defect in glass. All I know is I got every last drop from it

I think the answer to that (as well as most questions in life) is it depends. Basically nobody knows. If you don't roll a lot, and turn off the amp if you're not planning to use it for over an hour, you should get some mileage from your tubes. Also, tubes don't really need to warm up too long. @atomicbob did a piece about maximizing warm up time and 10-15 minutes was all it takes to start enjoying your tunes.

I just wish my imgur links would manifest as actual images here instead of getting the little image error with a question mark in it, have to link images to text like an asshole. Like who gonna click on all that extraness?

@caute You’re probably copying the Imgur “post link” instead of the “image address”. On a Mac just right click on the image in Imgur and chooose “copy image address”. Or “open in new tab” then copy that link.

the link has to end in .jpeg/.jpg/.png

That worked! Thank you sm!

Did you experiment if it is maybe the input tube picking up noise instead?

They are RCA 2a3 tubes. Im sure it's the 2a3's because when I swapped the from right to left the noise followed the tubes from the right channel to the left channel.

This is why we need fiber networking :P

@yotacowboy I'll try that but I don't use Roon. But my biggest complaint is that even when they manage to include an artist in their catalog (which has way fewer artists than Tidal, Apple, Amazon, Spotify, etc), they still don't have all of that artists's albums.

I go check Tidal, and there are 3 more albums in that artist's discography that aren't on Qobus. Why? They've managed to find the artist and add them, why not add all their albums?

I have this issue too, but sometimes (just as yotacowboy said) - the album exists but doesnt show up correctly. If I look up artist + song from an album that isnt showing up, it does show up 75% of the time. If i clikc on the artist (same name) there, it shows up as a separate artist page. Seems like they have a database management issue

Thank you @GanGreinke ! What about output power? And current output? Cheers!

I think the output power for both is 2W into 32 ohms. I'm not sure about the current output though

You're gonna like the way you look. https://tinyurl.com/3szafakf

This one seems made for audio in mind

https://www.thomannmusic.com/swissonic_usb_hub_1916.htm

Have you tried a usb battery pack to see if it solves your issue? I use a battery for one of my RPi out of laziness and it sounds good.

Apple’s MacBook charger plus a three prong extension cord is a solution that is grounded as you are requesting, but only one usb. Pics show connected earth ground. https://lygte-info.dk/review/USBpower%20Apple%2061W%20USB-C%20Power%20Adapter%20UK.html

Totally not sure, what you mean? Been digital for 18 yrs, and have learned a lot. If your message is digital sources matter, then yes, of course and can be rather telling.

Ahh sorry I meant “digital bridge” from something like a Pi2AES to the bridge device then to a DAC. Crazy what sounds good sometimes.

Huh? Another link I didn’t know I’m missing all this time?!

Good to see you back here! I agree with you - it's been very slow going this last while. I am actually glad in one case, as it convinced me to keep my HD800Ss. As always, anything made by Schiit that is current sells within hours of posting.

Higher end gear takes longer to sell. You may need to lower the price to move it.

Yep, the market went soft and quick. Not even the usual inquires. Good deals are still snatched up in minutes but ive had 2x cm800rs sitting for months.

I greatly appreciated your detailed content, the fantastic loaners you’ve organized, and our friendship. Best wishes for what’s next!

Walking away from being a moderator on another forum, over a decade ago, was something I should have done a lot earlier. Some of the life I lost was not refundable.
Hey, I'm still the biggest contributor (of waffle!) to that place: I just stick to front-of-house.

Things find a balance: Glad to know that you will be around, at least.

Let me add to the chorus by thanking you for your contributions and hope you will still share musical discoveries. Best

I need to make sure this salute doesn't have malicious meanings because I am posting an image of me doing this salute to a social media page for a chronic illness as part of a spoof post of a Star Trek "Captains Log" and the image is meant to be mocking/goofing about serious army/star fleet stuff.

It will reach tens of thousands of people so I want to make sure I'm not saying "go Nazis!" or "f**k the military!" or anything that would offend. I figure you sleuths are great people to ask about this since I can't fid a definitive answer on google.

I don't know what it means. But it's ugly. I'd go with the People's Front of Judaea "Solidarity" salute from Life of Brian.

Take some rest. Vacation is helpful. I proved it myself. lol.

Sorry man. Many here, including myself, appreciate you and your work you have done.

A rest from an overwhelming set of tasks should help restore perspective. Thank-you for having taken on one of the most thankless, unusual jobs on the forum.

In any case, thank you for everything you do @rhythmdevils. If you need to scale back to stay sane, and to avoid awkward conversations with manufacturers, so be it.

Thank you for the kind words it is encouraging beyond words. Maybe I will just do a poll for potential loaners that are obscure and go ahead with loaners like the CFA Supermoon which is sure to be popular.

@rhythmdevils From what I hear your mod work is really stellar and seems to have a lot of potential. Having your work as loaners I think is important, but I see no need to keep doing the board and manufacturers favors when it just costs you.

When I was tube rolling Vali, I would print PDFs after every order confirmation as a matter of ritual. Kind of the same reason — because three or four different packages arriving at different times with random tube lot pulls is a great way to lose track of things.

yeah after getting tubes in the mail just wrapped in bubble wrap with no mention of the store name, item number, tube type or anything, I now put a message in the order notes to print out the item page and include it with the tubes. They usually listen. Often enough that if they don't I can find what it is by my history and what it's not and the pictures.

I just don't understand how sellers across the internet are so stupid. Do you not want me to be able to buy more of your product???