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Vansen

Gear Master (retiring), Male, 33, from Seattle

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CapriSun anyone? https://imgur.com/a/kFvAkDB May 19, 2022

Vansen was last seen:: Jul 6, 2022 at 11:16 PM

1. Vansen
  CapriSun anyone? https://imgur.com/a/kFvAkDB
  
  May 19, 2022
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  3. Thad E Ginathom
    What's NSFW?
    Oh wait... the cactus sex going on in the background
    
    Cactus sex makes me uncomfortable.
    
    May 20, 2022
  4. Vansen
    NSFW? Huh? Everything in that photo is safe.
    
    May 21, 2022
  5. Riotvan
    Gear porn ;)
    
    May 22, 2022
    
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2. Vansen
  This EC ZDT drives my modded HE-500 with authority. Having owned an original ZD, this is waaaay better [amp] than I was expecting.
  
  May 19, 2022
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  2. purr1n
    Transformer coupled vs high-Z OTL.
    
    May 19, 2022
    
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  3. Vansen
    Neither my ZD or ZDT were meant for my planars, and I certainly didn’t expect them sound decent on the ZD, but it’s a nice bonus with the ZDT.
    
    May 19, 2022
3. Vansen
  These Noctua fans are impressive and nearly silent. Swapped 2 oem 26cfm fans out w/ 3 5.5cfm in my router and run 1c cooler w/ no noise.
  
  Apr 4, 2022
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  3. Vansen
    @rhythmdevils
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084JG4619/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_HVSR0A6JEZ0C7BSZZFE3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
    
    Apr 4, 2022
  4. rhythmdevils
    Thanks @Vansen I'll probably get one now that I have the links! Awesome.
    
    Apr 4, 2022
  5. atomicbob
    I've replaced many lab instruments' stock fan with Noctua. Fan noise drops while internal temps either remain the same or a little cooler.
    
    Apr 8, 2022
    
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4. Vansen
  I haven’t logged into last.fm in years, but saw it in my signature here. I guess Roon has still been scrobbling my tracks all this time. Lol
  
  Mar 17, 2022
5. Vansen
  I need to listen to more DACs… this old Assemblage DAC-2 of mine can’t be as good as I think it is, but it pairs so nicely with my system.
  
  Mar 16, 2022
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6. Vansen
  I snagged a pair of Pioneer CS-99a for about 1/4 the price they sell on eBay and recapped them. Man these sound bad. No bass and shouty.
  
  Mar 15, 2022
7. Vansen
  Supply Chains aren't recovering yet in my world. TI just upped the price for one of their chips to $400 per chip in a $175 product of mine.
  
  Mar 11, 2022
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  3. Sqveak
    Like a TPM for biometrics?
    
    Mar 11, 2022
  4. Vansen
    In our implementation, the chip allows the processing of payment information without handling decrypted data at any point. It’ll drop back to a reasonable price in the future, but TI chips have been a roller coaster for us.
    
    Mar 11, 2022
    
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  5. famish99
    roooooough
    
    Mar 11, 2022
8. Vansen
  Several months in w/ a pair of Ken Kreisel DXD-808 subs via @CEE TEE ...I never thought a sub could sound so good with music.
  
  Mar 11, 2022
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9. Vansen
  Uh oh… the pupper just licked my tonearm because she’s interested in a record that just arrived.
  
  Feb 26, 2022
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  2. Ziva
    Ha. Better than the cartridge…
    
    Feb 26, 2022
    
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  3. Cspirou
    Dude! Nice to see you here!
    
    Feb 26, 2022
    
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  4. 9suns
    "Ass so big, I told her to look back at it" Great to see you again!
    
    Mar 1, 2022
    
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10. Cakecake
  Where r u
  
  Mar 29, 2020
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11. Cspirou
  How's it going?
  
  Nov 7, 2019
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12. Vansen
  Hmmm... Every time I change my Spotify account linking from alexa.amazon.com, my TV turns on. lol
  
  Jan 3, 2019
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  2. Vansen
    Firestick TV --> HDMI-CEC --> 11 year old TV.
    
    Jan 3, 2019
13. Vansen
  As requested, all loaner threads now have links to their respective threads in the original message.
  
  Nov 6, 2018
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  2. purr1n
    TY. You didn't need to do this. Would have been fun to see 2 week bans from @zerodeefex.
    
    Nov 6, 2018
    
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  3. Vansen
    Now he can just swing the ban hammer a littler harder when he inevitably gets the chance.
    
    Nov 6, 2018
    
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14. Vansen
  This Solaris IEM keeps getting better!
  
  Nov 3, 2018
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  2. brencho
    dammit what a fucker
    
    Nov 3, 2018
    
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15. Vansen
  QotD sitting next to systems engineers: “The UI on my desktop stopped working days ago. Works great if I RPD into it from my laptop though.”
  
  Oct 22, 2018
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  3. Elnrik
    For example, if I wanted to disable 7-zip contextual menus, I would add a reg string entry named "{23170F69-40C1-278A-1000-000100020000}" with a value of "7-Zip Shell Extension" to this key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked" and remove the same string from the Approved key.
    
    Oct 22, 2018
    
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  4. RiddleyWalker
    I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that @Elnrik works or has worked in IT
    
    Oct 22, 2018
  5. Elnrik
    I'm a high school janitor.
    
    Oct 22, 2018
    
    Vansen, LetMeBeFrank, 9suns and 3 others like this.
16. Vansen
  I've been using the new Surface Go on loan from MS for a while now and love it. It's the Netbook perfected.
  
  Oct 20, 2018
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  2. Vansen
    It's not trying to be anything it's not. I'd prefer a higher class/ lower TDP CPU option, but cannot complain. I use a single 65w USB-C PD charger that I share with my Dell Precision 5520. It will fully charge the device in about an hour. Standby is the best I've seen in Windows. I can present out on the Go in meetings while taking notes on the 5520.
    
    Oct 20, 2018
    
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  3. dmckean44
    I just can't go back to Windows and all the incessant rebooting.
    
    Oct 20, 2018
    
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  4. BenjaminBore
    @dmckean44 gpedit.exe can be used in the pro edition to control the updates and rebooting. Even so, better to avoid the overall pain.
    
    Oct 21, 2018
17. Vansen
  Warning: iOS 12 dials 911 by default if you press the lock button five times... I pocket dialed 911 at an all hands standup today!
  
  Oct 5, 2018
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  2. jexby
    quit fingering your button in a company meeting!
    
    Oct 5, 2018
  3. Vansen
    Haha, I wish that was it. I think I may have a bad lock button.
    
    Oct 5, 2018
  4. Deep Funk
    Get a phone case so your phone does not break. So many fucking hipsters walk around with their iPhones without protection case as if it is unbreakable. Then it gets damaged and it is an emergency and they will get a replacement (with our without insurance). No wonder they end up broke every few months...
    
    Oct 6, 2018
18. Vansen
  Loaner LCD2c going up for sale next week! This is one of the better sounding LCD2c out there.
  
  Oct 2, 2018
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19. Vansen
  The Marías - Superclean Vol. II. Check it out.
  
  Sep 27, 2018
  2. Vansen
    https://youtu.be/F8D9kspzXyE
    
    Sep 27, 2018
    
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20. Vansen
  Since everyone’s removing 3.5mm from phones, I want a 4.4mm lightning or USB-C dongle. Not for SQ, but for convenience.
  
  Sep 25, 2018
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