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    iFi audio SupaQuasar - Active power at its finest!

    I went to zero inductance and capacitance by taking the transformer and smoothing caps out of my power amp, but I wasn't entirely happy with the...
    Post by: JeffYoung, Jul 2, 2023 in forum: Product Announcements
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    Snake oil thread

    So there's bullshit that attempts to sound legit. And then there's this: "The CE Generator will actually remove EMF "Bad Energy" and convert it...
    Post by: JeffYoung, Mar 2, 2023 in forum: General Audio Discussion
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    General Auto Chat

    > Black is just like checkered but without the white bits? Yes. Means you need to come in to the pits the next time around and speak to the...
    Post by: JeffYoung, Dec 2, 2022 in forum: Cars, Motorcycles, Boats, Airplanes Talk
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    General Auto Chat

    Earlier in the year I bought an '87 944 entirely because of the colour (milk chocolate with a red-pinstripe interior). I didn't drive it much at...
    Post by: JeffYoung, Aug 28, 2022 in forum: Cars, Motorcycles, Boats, Airplanes Talk
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    Am I the only one not finding much good new music the last year or so?

    Boy howdy, how have I never run across The Joy Formidable before? Outstanding! Throwing Muses' latest (Sun Racket) is excellent, as is, believe...
    Post by: JeffYoung, May 8, 2022 in forum: Music and Recordings
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    Schiit Tyr Monoblock Amplifier Reviews and Impressions

    That separation between 2nd and 3rd gets harder to maintain as you get closer to max power. One of the things I've seen Pass do is to put a load...
    Post by: JeffYoung, May 8, 2022 in forum: Power Amps
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    Watch Thread

    You guys are entirely responsible for this one: [ATTACH]
    Post by: JeffYoung, Apr 27, 2022 in forum: Geek Cave: Computers, Tablets, HT, Phones, Games
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    System Synergy - Special Sound

    376 @JeffYoung johnjen said: ↑ "I think for me all it would take is the bubblegum music." My daughter has a Barbie CD I'd be happy to loan...
    Post by: JeffYoung, Apr 19, 2022 in forum: General Audio Discussion
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    The Knife Thread

    Grit classifications are also country-specific. I have a chart that maps them between each other somewhere. Some of them are pretty close;...
    Post by: JeffYoung, Apr 19, 2022 in forum: Food and Drink
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    Richard Feynman : Cargo Cult Science

    Back in the late 1980s there were several of us at work who were arguing about a conjectural physics problem. We were getting nowhere so one of...
    Post by: JeffYoung, Apr 11, 2022 in forum: Audio Science
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    Time to DIY like it's 2009! (hobby has changed, man)

    Did you drill some holes in the timber and fill them with dirt? It helps with grounding....
    Post by: JeffYoung, Feb 21, 2022 in forum: DIY
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    How to Pass a little time ...cont

    I got a lot of miles out of mine over 20 some years before moving to a 230V country. Should have brought it along and built a motor controller...
    Post by: JeffYoung, Dec 31, 2021 in forum: DIY
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    On the topic of solid state, what about Class D?

    But then the house will be cold....
    Post by: JeffYoung, Dec 18, 2021 in forum: Power Amps
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    First Watt F8 Power Amplifier

    I've still got 4 Semisouths looking for a purpose in life; I might have to try that one....
    Post by: JeffYoung, Oct 23, 2021 in forum: Power Amps
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    FirstWatt F3

    The M2 is one I really need to try some day, but the project backlog is already loooooong...... ;)
    Post by: JeffYoung, Oct 21, 2021 in forum: DIY