bobboxbody

Please excuse. I'll stick to unboxing!

everything hurts now, good motivation to start doing all the parts of training I hate again, namely wind sprints.

I can't tell you how proud I am of you. I don't know if I'll ever be able to get back in the ring. My old man was college champion for his weight class: 160 pounds of pure muscle, and equal parts boxer and puncher. I've never been in that league: I didn't grow up being attacked by big Irish kids. His excellent physique is why his going bald early didn't bother him in the least.

I figured after a 20 year love affair with the album I deserved a nice copy. Treat. Yo. Self.

Be sure to check out the latest posthumous comp, “Picture of Bunny Rabbit.” It’s excellent, and a great compliment to World of Echo since the material was recorded around the same period.

I preordered it and got the vinyl almost a week before the official release. I do enjoy it. Also have the digital album Sketches for World of Echo. I'm glad Audika/Light in the Attic have gone through the archives and put all this stuff out.

I don't smoke in public @Thad E Ginathom, we have cigar stores.

No need to even smoke marijuana, you can use a dry herb vaporizer and get better flavor, more and better high, and can make powerful weed drinks out of the leftovers. Tobacco pretty much has to be smoked or chewed though.

Seriously! (for once)... @YMO, I'm happy to know that you do not inflict cigar smoke on others. What you do in private is... in private :)

Hey, Rando From Florida, give bobboxbody his dislike back!

;)

@gsanger stop betraying my stereotypes

He's not as hairy as we thought.

All the parts cover the cutout hole by a good margin, so it should look fine even if I get a little sloppy.

... most of the holes for that should just be circles no? , even just 1 hole per binding post/switch/ .25" jack. Probably not so hard with just a drill on a metal enclosure... that's what I did, but no hp jacks~ maybe I clean up the holes a little bit with a small file.

@Wobbletits the switches are rectangular, but otherwise yes, easy to drill. The plastic case is already ordered and I don't think digikey offers free returns. I've squandered a bunch of cash on this stupid project already so I'm just gonna go with it.

@dBel84 I was also thinking about finding a design online and hiring you to build it. There are very few options for higher power AC synchronous motors and the ones that exist are $$$. My other thought is to buy the "Total Eclipse Package" from Sota, but I'm waiting to see if one comes up on the used market.

Did Sorta pick up the Phoenix Engineering Falcon PSU and Roadrunner? Used to be about $700 all in for that.

@Vansen yep, but I think they ditched the Falcon and changed the Eagle to Condor. Now it's way more expensive and you have to buy their motor with it, since I'm guessing it has less power handling capability than the Falcon.

Those are likely MI-1443 or MI-1428 drivers. I use the alnico version in my system.

It kind of reshapes your ideas of dynamics, doesn’t it?

The whole system was insane, and incredibly dynamic, though at normal listening levels in my small room the 604's are doing a great job of dynamics. Just need to figure out bass re-enforcement. After hearing that setup I'm considering a Trio 15 style speaker with the 604's in the center. I'm hoping that could get me flat down to the mid-low 30's without padding the compression driver.

25yd spools, so I'll have plenty of extra silk suture if anyone else wants some to test out. I blame @Biodegraded

Alas, they discontinued it a few months ago. It's a shame, such a great DAC.

@Tchoupitoulas thanks, I figured I missed the news or heard it and forgot. I agree it sounds great, it's a ways down the list on the upgrade queue for me.

@bobboxbody It was mentioned in a chapter of Schiit Happened that parts availability was to be the end of it. If I recall correctly it was a choice between dropping Gungnir or Yggdrasil. Hopefully the future is a kinder one and nice things will happen again.

Yesterday my wife and I did 1000ft elevation gain in about 1 mi, both of us in sneakers and still managed to kick ass and have a great time though.

Another park note: it would have been worth it to check a bag so I could bring a knife, have felt naked all week.

My favorite mountain. My grandparents lived in Gig Harbor and I would always hike with my grandfather when I visited. Always wanted to do the glacier climb but never managed to get to it.

People moving there to work at Amazon and Microsoft say screw your cost of living. They're there to run those prices through the roof!

If I didn't already live here and own my home, I couldn't afford to be in the suburban PNW.

Me to wife: good news! I sold the house for a tidy profit. On the other hand, where we're moving we'll still have to live outside. But as a bonus we can poop in front of the courthouse!

@Cryptowolf I also like this one, it doesn't pour very well, but great flavor and never burns your fingers
https://spirittea.co/products/manual-tea-maker-no-1

Looks neat. I have a modest collection of tea vessels, but my glass 200 ml tea pot with built in strainer gets the most use.

I'm actually in Seattle with my wife on vacation right now, we just did a tasting at my favorite shop to order from online and they had an amazing collection of tea vessels, I didn't buy any though because I break things easily.

The friend who showed up suggested that maybe they should be downstairs speakers, but it wasn't that bad.

What Altecs did you score?

@Inoculator 604-E Super Duplex, just posted a couple pics in the speaker pictures thread.

Thanks, I'll check them out. I've been getting some teas from the shops supplier, Spirit Tea, some Japanese teas from hibiki-an.com and Taiwan oolongs from floatingleaves.us

I remember looking at one of your posts, seeing a tea name that looked like something the people I buy from would call it, and then being mildly disappointed it wasn't actually from them. Always good to find more places to look...

Have you tried J-tea? I brew a variety of Pu-erh and Oolong teas and really enjoy their choices when I want to treat myself.

In my defense though I did not expect to be cutting through 1/2" steel reenforced concrete board laminated to 3/4" drywall laminated to lead paint enameled 1/4" steel reenforced concrete board laminated to 1/2" drywall just to get to the ceiling joists.

Jesus, your kitchen sounds like it could survive a nuclear blast.

@RestoredSparda ikr? It was built in '54 - prime nuclear panic time, but the painted part in the middle really confuses me. I assume it was the original ceiling, why did someone laminate over it again with drywall AND reenforced concrete board? Luckily I have a leftover length of floor trim thats the perfect size to act as a spacer for the single sheet of drywall I'm using to patch.

Just need to get rich and find some Altec 604's so I can submit my application to ORFAS

loving the thread about vintage audio restoration, however. Keep up the good work, and glad you got the hum solved!

@yotacowboy thanks, I'm glad it has turned out to be interesting for a few people here. I'm a real newb at it, but it's fun to learn. Up next is opamp updates in my vintage McIntosh integrated, plus adjusing the phono board for a more accurate riaa curve.

Congratulations!