Biodegraded

Been there. I destroyed a whole 3.5mm balanced cable one time. Some things can only be soldered and de-soldered so many times.

Wow, he's got that mother-cat scruff-of-the-neck hold just right. Lynx is just hanging there immobile like a small kitten!

my partner when any broad spectrum noise from an appliance kicks in - 'hey sounds like your measurements'

Awesome post thanks for the laugh

K9 handler humor: What’s the difference between a human and k9 thermometer? The taste.

New DAC too thin? Amp not as warm as I thought? Room that bad?? No, idiot hadn't plugged one of the speakers back in today.

How many speakers? Half of 2ch would sound lop sided, no?

2+sub. I was sitting away from the listening sweetspot where the stereo image hardly makes it, so the imbalance wasn't the first thing to be noticed. Also that album isn't particularly 'stereo'.

edit: still embarrassing tho :)

... not quite what I was expecting... was hoping for something more along the lines of dot dot dot someone always ends up at the hospital getting a topping device removed from the rectum. Ain't no party like an ASR party cause an ASR party don't stop?

2 cans and a string

Best to get a signed statement now as proof. ;)

Signature would look pretty shaky...

https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/is-a-contract-valid-if-i-signed-while-drunk-36845

Classic ‘it depends’

My money is on the beer. Otherwise, you'll have to take out all new additions and add them one at a time to determine the culprit.

@luckybaer , au contraire - system synergy!

I'm learning a lot more about PSUs nowadays since I'm trying to figure out how little I can spend on one without risking a PC blowing up (first time I'm putting one together, mildly nervous). That has me leaning "it could be anything".

But yeah I'm voting beer too :P

Ah - haven't tried going across that resistor - will give that a go. TB1 is the main TT on/off switch, made redundant by the PSU but required to be on if still in the circuit (checked, ok). Board & joints all look ok as far as I can see. Meantime though, a 4-pin socket to tidy up my hack 4-pin to 2.5mm adaptor has begun its journey.

Make a thread

@OJneg prelim results with the PSU look like I'll have material to add to this one: https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/hacking-platterspeed-for-better-diagnostics-case-study-with-an-old-rega.5508/
Will add stuff about this connection mystery too.

I thought they all were about logistics. I guess brown did not come through for us.

I’ve been using usps. They’ve been faster and more reliable for me than ups and FedEx recently

Ha, and of course, package arrived 10 mins after I posted that... But Saturday's status was "arriving Monday", Monday's and Tuesday's "arriving by end of day", and this morning's "check back tomorrow". :-/

I hate that this made me laugh loud enough to scare my cat.

There are about 25 absorbers in our living room some of them get removed when folks visit (before Corona) maybe I should have some cheese and port with my girl friend

My cat only claws my traps now and then.

In my experience beers above 300 IBU are much nicer to me than most IPAs I have had

@Gazny welcome to AlcoholScienceReview!

I remember those Leak amplifiers well. Lived with a friend's. Most of my rock education came through that amp.

@Thad E Ginathom me too, but I think the one in the photo is the new Stereo 130 which is an imitation of the 60s originals. If Jimi's was a Stereo 30, maybe no wonder he kept blowing up his speakers: those old Lowthers were pretty efficient, but the amp is only 15Wpc. My father's Stereo 30 is still in his house somewhere, should dig it out next time I'm there.

Respect! Evidently you've developed the resistance I've been striving for my whole adult life!

I think its fair to say that is a double-edged sword. Not a cheap date.

Generally this level of warmth and relaxation requires a stiff manhattan, or two, but I’m a booze hound.

It took fluid assistance, but I sat through the whole thing. Don't need any other person or deity to suffer for my sins now.

Even more fun than shooting up bad speakers!

There's something so cathartic about destruction...