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    Time to DIY like it's 2009! (hobby has changed, man)

    I hear great things about DHT amps, but I've never built one....
    Post by: JeffYoung, Sep 20, 2021 in forum: DIY
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    Time to DIY like it's 2009! (hobby has changed, man)

    @Beefy it's time for you to build a Pass HPA-1 clone. :punk: I've got Gerbers if you want them....
    Post by: JeffYoung, Sep 20, 2021 in forum: DIY
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    Post a picture of your car

    Be glad you're in the good ole USA. Yearly tax on my Vanquish is €1809 (that's a bit over $2,100). (It will drop to the "vintage car" rate of...
    Post by: JeffYoung, Sep 16, 2021 in forum: Cars, Motorcycles, Boats, Airplanes Talk
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    Post a picture of your car

    They wouldn't be too happy with my 6.75L daily driver either. But I'm retired, and it takes me about 3 months to get through a tank of petrol. I...
    Post by: JeffYoung, Aug 28, 2021 in forum: Cars, Motorcycles, Boats, Airplanes Talk
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    Post a picture of your car

    My girls named the cat "Fluffy" and the car "Calamity Jane". Poor Fluffy was suffering from Leukaemia and has gone on to cat heaven (the picture...
    Post by: JeffYoung, Aug 28, 2021 in forum: Cars, Motorcycles, Boats, Airplanes Talk
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    Roon Discussion

    I was running a mini-ITX in a fanless case until a power outage took it out about 18 months ago. I was happy enough with it that my first thought...
    Post by: JeffYoung, Aug 2, 2021 in forum: Computer Audiophile: Software, Configs, Tools
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    Bottlehead Crack

    Balls out!
    Post by: JeffYoung, Jul 24, 2021 in forum: Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units
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    Magnepan

    The cases are a bit misleading: those heatsink fins are 3" deep rather than the more common 2", so they're quite a bit bigger than they look. But...
    Post by: JeffYoung, Jul 23, 2021 in forum: Speakers
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    Magnepan

    My .7s are in a fairly large room (20' x 30', 15' ceiling). My Rogue Cronus Magnum II @ 100W was nearly loud enough, but not quite. I tried an...
    Post by: JeffYoung, Jul 22, 2021 in forum: Speakers
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    Time to DIY like it's 2009! (hobby has changed, man)

    I still haven't done a dead-bug build. The dead-bug CMoy in a lucite cube was pretty cool....
    Post by: JeffYoung, Jun 22, 2021 in forum: DIY
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    Time to DIY like it's 2009! (hobby has changed, man)

    Funny, the guy who taught me how to use a mill was missing a finger and a thumb. Definitely makes you take safety seriously....
    Post by: JeffYoung, Jun 22, 2021 in forum: DIY
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    Time to DIY like it's 2009! (hobby has changed, man)

    Oh, I forgot. Made a custom case for my Bottlehead S.E.X. too. [ATTACH]
    Post by: JeffYoung, Jun 22, 2021 in forum: DIY
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    Time to DIY like it's 2009! (hobby has changed, man)

    I made my own case for my HPA-1 clone. Stupid number of hours in it. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
    Post by: JeffYoung, Jun 22, 2021 in forum: DIY
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    Time to DIY like it's 2009! (hobby has changed, man)

    I have a first-generation Vanquish. The thing is cantankerous as hell with appalling reliability. But boy does it look great. When I get tired...
    Post by: JeffYoung, Jun 4, 2021 in forum: DIY
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    Time to DIY like it's 2009! (hobby has changed, man)

    I still plan on building a DIY DAC at some point, but I have yet to finish all my amplifier projects. If you want a nice headphone amp / preamp,...
    Post by: JeffYoung, Jun 1, 2021 in forum: DIY