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don't like them, but The male mosquito does not feed on blood. Instead, he survives on the sugars present in plant nectar. As a byproduct of his actions, he helps to pollinate those same plants. In subarctic climates such as northern EUA,Canada and Russia, mosquitoes play a major role in plant pollination.

@purr1n "Mosquitoes I kill without hesitation."

I was always like that. Picking up a larva, searching for the food plant it fell off. India turned me into a mass murderer. Mosquitoes. And sometimes ants.

(But I don't kill cockroaches. I don't see any harm in them, as long as they are outside. So I scoop them up and put them there)

Little porkers refuse to die off, it's very warm for what's practically november...

I prefer the zeroes to the original Transparent One. The Transparent One Encore took what they learned from the Transparent Zeroes and added it back the bigger speaker.

Transparent zero's tick so many boxes.. for that money, it's an instant buy, if I could find them, that is.

All you said's true. I meant biologically inert in a sense that it's in its metallic form, not ionic in a liquid. You can eat it drink it whatever. Mercury... has a vapour pressure. And while small, it's very toxic. So ... not a good idea.

Also, yes, aqua regia is a nitric/cloric combo, but 2l of bleach and 2l of hcl for a grand total of 2 bucks works exacly the same if you can deal with clorine gas. Or inhale it all, like me!

So, if I was to *drink* the bleach, and then eat the gold, that wouldn't be so good, as it would be meeting bleach plus HCl (not H2SO4; thanks) in my stomach.

I'll try to remember not to do that!

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/03/97/78/039778b03352828473c00415c4b2748f.jpg

Thar be gold in them hills.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-COG4YTn6M

Interesting. Not that I'm planning to do this, but always interested in the howto of things. Off to google/ youtube to find out!

(I imagine you *don't* use mercury as a solvent, and then drive off the mercury in your kitchen oven. Not if you want to stay alive and out of prison!)

HCl, air bubbler and bleach. All the water soluble metal waste precipitates with lye into a paste which can be superheated to form metals again, or delivered to the waste disposal. Gold percipitates with alkali metadisulfides (wine protection chemicals). No need for mercury at all. :)

Historically, amalgam was used in the gold 'plating' of silver salt pots. I think the process killed plenty of workers!

I just noticed your profession. As a scientist, I guess you'll stay safe with the chemicals --- and use the right eye protection! :)

Have fun! It's a truly stellar set of speakers.

Woah, I wasn't familiar with this previously. Badass. Looks like the makings of an excellent weekend!

Heheheh it would be fun and it would be a great weekeng if I wasn't broke as fu k right now cause of this :D
It will be a fun weekend in a week or two :D

Everything here phew

Are you implying that a big muscular black man can't be a better white little girl than a white little girl? Sounds bigoted... (emma would be amazing adult Ciri, but they are looking for a 12yo kid, I was thinking hitgirl)

I was making a reference to her role in Aloha where she played an Asian for some reason.

Didn't know that. That's also really silly, as if there aren't plenty enough capable asian beatiful actressess to pick from. Also, for the role of Ciri, the casting call specifically said they don't want white actresses. So much for picking the best actor for the role.

I want to hear dragon /spaceship /dragonspaceship flying over my head
Well whatever I'll probably build 7 small ultrabike style speakers myself then use those and sell my krks.

I'm a huge fan of surround for movies and casual gaming. When it comes to competitive multiplayer games, where you need those sound cues to be precise, headphones are much better IMO.

I've got things covered in the headphones department :)
This is just for movies(sometimes) and casual gaming.

I'll check his links too.

Have you already read Troels Gravesen's site?

No, but I know what I'll be doing the next few weeks, or months? I've seen one of his 4-ways that intrigued me, but I never knew where it was from! Thanks!

"A loudspeaker is to me not a piece of furniture but a transducer. As such it has an electrical input and produces an acoustic sound-field as output. I do not sell loudspeakers but offer construction plans for DIY duplication. I like to share what has given me satisfaction and enjoyment." Imagine the world if more people shared this sentiment.

Is that you with SL? That must have been great to have met him. I would like to build one of his speaker sustems, but being realistic will have to wait some years until retirement. (Edit: missing word)

That's Russ Riley, Linkwitz-Riley :)
Unfortunately, he died in 2010. I too wanted to meet mr. Linkwitz :(

Damn, based on earlier posts, a Linkwitz design? Would love to have system with active correction for each speaker with Acourate or similar. MitchCo at Computer Audiophile wrote great guides.

I use arta and rew to do all my work, rew generates dsp filters too. Amazing stuff.
Yep, subs are my design but Linkwitz transformed, will be used as omni's for 15-35 Hz, the rest is lx521.4, with aditional dsp smoothing. :)
Can't wait to do it

Actually I'm not sure if I'm gonna Linkwitz transform them or mod them into ported, cause at those frequencies, centered around 20 Hz, it's just lfe basically.

I want to hear Linkwitz speakers, the 521 in particular, more than just about any hi-fi setup. Why? Because I'd actually consider saving for them.

I'll buy the rest of the drivers I need for them soon! Can't wait :)
Will be posting about them when I'm done making them.

Cardioid sub + constant directivity horn is another option I'd like to have.

Some ribbons/planars might do it. I don't think the baffle size is the main issue here. The direct energy from back reflections that the baffle would eat is minimal. It needs to be open back with ideally same symmetry on back as front (very little in the way of obstructions), but in this sense, yes ideal one doesn't exist, probably.

well, the diameter should not be more than 2-3 cm. if you know of any ribbon, planar or estat like that I'm sold

I've even considered turning my mini tesla coils into plasma tweeters but I don't like ozone so...