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https://hificompass.com/en/speakers/measurements/bliesma/bliesma-m142a-6

Right-you-are.

(Are you talking about the 1959 pop culture?)

I’m assuming this is now perceived as pop culture from the 50’s nostalgia in the Fallout tv show.

@JK47 this was doing geology in NE BC back in the 90s. Canadian tower layouts & comfort levels are many & varied :)

https://forums.mikeholt.com/threads/2-ground-rod-used.33587/

The whole nec code makes my brain hurt, but what I can comprehend is that a separate ground may allow the equipment to become energized if nearby lightning strike. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg4wBI7bWgI

How you parse out nous/adjective/verb from "butt pounding tits" says a lot about who you are.

This is my current set up. Can confirm. Does pound butt. Is also the tits.

Welcome to team blue!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Um0PiPLcM

Post impressions in the correct thread when ready and as others have said, welcome to the team.

Stock tubes are often judged unfairly. It's easy to look down from on high when the desirables are within reach. But how many people judged something good as bad when its only crime was not being perfect? Seriously. Most of my amps run stock tubes and I'm perfectly happy with them. Contentment > nervosa!

If you feel lucky and aren't looking for specific titles, go to the Bay and buy a bulk bundle of 100 random CDs. My personal keep rate is about 10% and I still feel like I come out ahead.

Discogs has lots of cheap stuff (less than the cost of even slow shipping). A lot of vendors have a single shipping fee if you buy multiple CDs from them.

Goodwill stores can be hit or miss and usually don't have much but they're cheap. Thrift stores. Local independent record stores usually have a decent cd collection.

@yotacowboy - both

Pregnant? I think an erection would be an achievement. 'Conform...or...be...cast OUT!'

I never got pregnant anyway.

I have not yet looked at Pipewire. I use JACK. Actually I am having some problems just now --- but I don't feel like having a huge Linux audio rejig!

Yeah, that's one of the main deterrents to moving to Linux: actually having to use your brain for a change, which many computer users nowadays seem disinclined to do (hello, haha).

Pipewire seems to be the best all-rounder with ALSA being the best "audiophile" thing for bit-perfect, IIRC. Similar to exclusive mode? Tempting.

Just use as it comes: everything will *probably* just work, just fine.

I wanted more, I wanted Firewire, I wanted to mess around. These days, I lack the techie enthusiasm. But you never know. One day...

Still, just take the song, make some tweaks, and re-record it. Scary.

The whole thing is pretty good, but the glissando theme in the horns is really cool to me.

That mixture is actually pretty creative. Early 90s boy band pop with its rap influence plus big band sounds (not great, but as purr1n said, just re-record) plus some Latin music elements. And it works.

So it's almost embarrassing how much of a difference this makes for the modest cost. I know all the bits-are-bit folks would be up-in-arms about it but currently, even when I'm not listening to this rig, I'm thinking about listening to this rig.

Even big boy tooby amps can only do so much with Focal stage, though like @ColdsnapBry says Utopia gives something workable. Thing is, it’s not different than hd6xx, but those are cheaper…

While it's a small stage compared to hifi headphones, it got perfect imaging.

Thanks for all the replies, at least I know my Elex isn't unusual!

It's my longest owned piece of equipment as well, or perhaps just behind the Utopias. I purposely have stayed away from it for the last couple of weeks since I've had the cyan, it's going to be interesting we're going back here in a few days comparing...

The A1 is still very relevant in the Yggdrasil line up. @Bowmoreman does yours have the upgraded firmware? I believe Schiit introduced an upgrade long ago to improve on the original original. See first several posts: https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/schiit-yggdrasil-gs.8560/

I don’t know if it does or not. If it doesn’t, it still sounds amazing. But will have to check - thanks @joch

My longest owned equipment is most of the gear in my sig: Turntable, tonearm, amp and speakers all date back to OG purchase in 1990. The only “new” gear over that time have been a succession in/out of CD players… last change there 10 years ago now, or.. the recent replacement of my Preamp with a Kara/Skoll…

There’s a similar google application I read about. I’ll post when I find it

Sometimes it’s not a choice. Sometimes you get pushed and have to deal with it :(