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@JK47 Great call! Thank you for the heads up.

This is why I haven’t converted my wood stove in the basement into something else. Seattle is about one day every five years w/o power. CT was 12 days a year and had a generator for it.

The idea of using Folkvangr as an emergency block heater came up once it dropped below -15F here yesterday...

Good luck there, mate. Stay safe.

@Thad E Ginathom I think it would be pretty neutral if it wasn't playing through an all 60's system other than the DAC. Chain is Prism Lyra 2 > HH Scott LK48 > Altec 604E's. That said it's a pleasing mix to my ears so far, and more revealing than the hifi DAC. I've spent more time snowblowing than listening since I got it though.

@rhythmdevils thanks, I'm having fun working on musical projects and learning about recording, so I'm trying to stretch my hobby budget wherever it can overlap.

I've started drinking the pro audio kool-aid as well and just picked up a used Crane Song Avocet 1.5 for my pre-amp needs. I figured if its good enough for famous mastering engineers, I might be happy with it. ;) Definitely the most transparent pre I've ever heard (for better and for worse). Will eventually try to write something up...

The reason I went all out with the trash is because I threw my wallet in a trash can at a beach about 10-15 years ago and then 1-2 years later the contents showed up in my mailbox in a ziplock bag

Did someone mention fridge?

@bobboxbody, *check the fridge*. Look under the mouldy carrot. And defrost the freezer. Found a precious knife hidden in the ice one day. Had spent months wondering what happened to it..

Also interrogate local crows, magpies, etc.

@Thad E Ginathom fridge has been checked and flocks of migratory birds are under analysis for oracular flight patterns. We lose power enough here that the freezer gets defrosted at least a few times a year. At this point though I'm satisfied that I have a car key, I'm no longer actively searching, they'll likely show up in the stupidest possible place sometime this decade.

@rhythmdevils music blog is the source of so much outstanding music. I used to revisit the blog frequently even when it was inactive.

Woohoo! Now we just need his MIB review (unless I missed it?).

Thanks so much everyone! I’ll try to keep posting music I love <3

I actually haven’t listened to the MIB yet. It’s burning in constantly but I have been messing with my amps too much to have anything stable where I could change DACs and have an opinion.

I'm not doing real tech, more like tech support for companies, software administration. Tons of postings on LinkedIn for what I'm looking at.

I’ll friend you on LinkedIn. I do independent consulting, focused on CRM implementations, with a specialty in HubSpot.

I had to contact LinkedIn because I found out no one was receiving my connection requests, or possibly job applications, and now my account is suspended due to "suspicious activity"

Let me know if you're interested. Established members only, preference given to those who might be interested in purchasing. No removing the case to swap tubes/tinker, I've found a pair with good synergy, the paint chips easily and some of the case screws are a battle to replace without cross-threading.

DIY is a failure-success roller coaster and everything in-between. We learn more from failures than we do from success. Don't get discouraged.

Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore

@Vansen Bob's only boxes bodies for the style, comfort, and protection of consenting adults. Come get a quote on your dream box today!

How much body would a boxbody box if a boxbody could body boxes?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wombat

so cute

chonky boi

@k4rstar I'm still playing the same Jazzmaster I bought in high school in the 90's. I've done some modding over the years so no much is still stock. Recently got a nice deal on a Matamp head that has a buzz I'm trying to sort out. It's a really interesting amp, switchable between 1 tube SE, 2 tubes PSE, 2 tubes PP, 4 tubes PPP and your choice of fixed or cathode bias based on input jack.
https://imgur.com/a/c0zXwxZ

P.S. I really like the looks of that hollow body you have, and I've always been a Telecaster fan.

TY! It's a 1964 Harmony H59. All three electrics I own are the same ones Courtney Barnett played in her career. She inspired me to pick up the instrument

Glad you got it sorted (it sounds like?) and that you're ok.

$350 later I have 2 new tires and the 2 older, but still recent ones from the front moved to the back(front wheel drive) plus alignment, man the car drives so much better. Always feels like a waste to me spending money on a vehicle that still functions, but it's also nice to get where I'm going without shit breaking.

scary, glad you are ok. Happened to me when I was young, it gets wild!

Also Boris playing the 2002 version of Heavy Rocks at the same show. Plus Boris is the opening track on Bullhead, did Boris name themselves Boris after Boris?

Jealous!!! I saw Boris live once and it was a fantastic show. Also, they did name themselves after the Melvins track.

I saw Boris a few times in the mid 00's - My favorite was at pitchfork when they kept blowing the fuse for the stage then finally said "Very sorry, not enough electricity" and walked off. I think that one was with Michio Kurihara, was bummed I didn't get to hear a complete set, but the number of amplifiers on stage was ridiculous. Everyone had a huge master tube head with several slaves driving walls of cabinets.

No. I saw a Sunvally DAC that used 12AU7's. Yours might be different. If it uses 6DJ8/6922's now, you can use 12AU7's with an adapter.

That's the newer model that uses 12AU7, this one is older, mayhaps I will consider adapter if the Vavlos don't pan out, but now I'm kind of liking bugle boy/sovtek combo.

I'm an idiot. I had to switch amps to take pictures for a prospective buyer and the tone controls on the one I put into the system were all over the place, the orange Amperex sound fine now. Didn't notice until I put on a record last night with the big speakers and the sound was way off.

Great workout though. If I was 20 years younger I would consider tree removal work just to get ripped.

“Sweaty reading”… D.H. Lawrence? Danielle Steele? June 1978 Hustler?

Grateful it’s only electricity that’s lost!

Woah, I'm glad you're ok.

I messed up the dates, the orange printing pair is 1968, the bugle boy is 1963

yeah I was ab to say, if you see orange (or worse, green) on an amperex, or any tube really, it means a later than mid-60s mfrd date. you want white lettering fs. looks like a non-a frame getter, which is also a good sign, for the 6922s.

as a gen rule of thumb, the earlier the tube, the better, lotsa ppl will try to claim Siemens over telefunken or CCA or btfo or pinched waist/7308 amperex or just die, but really, you just want an early 60s 6DJ8.

they were created by Phillips in '58, but you won't find any of those around. matching isn't *that* important in a DAC/preamp as it would be in an amp or power section, but nice to have fs.

Looks professional and yet it's a tube DAC.

Do you know what year it was made and the DAC chip?

@Cspirou I think it's a burr-brown chip, but not sure which one, and I don't know the year, just that the company puts out nice tube amps and kits so I took the chance

I was just looking at these old SV dacs. definitely share some impressions!

They said it would take a month and then had it done in 3 days.

Went to do the swap today and realized it was missing the B+ taps for bias voltage, turns out they gave me the wrong one. Now I wait a week for a new one.

tested posting an image in comments, didn't work.