Me too, no call backs from back in the times when I made laminate tops. I only had a problem one time when the humidity was too high.
Agree fully.
I upgraded my basement system with an original MiniDSP 2x4 I traded Tom_S some woofers for at DIY Iowa. I’d been using the rudimentary crossover built into my Emotiva DSP-1 preamp. It has outputs that you can set the frequency for high pass outputs and an adjustable low pass for a mono sub output. Now I can control crossover slopes and levels and the subs are stereo which matters when I’m crossing to small sealed 2 ways at 150Hz. I also added some bass boost to the low end and did a little EQ to the overall system.
Ron
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That’s a great upgrade!
And nice ‘little’ Haffler bottom rt corner…
That’s a Hafler DH500 that I bought new in the late 80’s. It’s been in service ever since. A few years ago I re-capped it and had the bias pots replaced. It’s rated at 255W @ 8 ohms. It’s driving a pair of the original 12" Shiva woofers. I’m running the Krystal’s with a Harman Kardon HK 2480 receiver. The speakers on the stools are the 2-ways I brought to DIY Iowa and run off a Dayton Audio KABD-430 board.
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I’ve been a fan of the miniDSP for yrs. Switched over to their HD a while ago, and wish they’d come out with a HD balanced unit. May go with a flex 2x4 if / when a fair trade agreement is worked out…
I’ve bought a number of 2x4 HD units over the years.
2019 $185
2021 $246
5/1/2025 $300
Current PE price $389
Current MiniDSP website price $225
MiniDSP is selling the basic model 2x4 Flex for $495
PE’s current price is $925
From 1969: catchy, funky with a great guitar part and nice solo. The studio version with Hammond organ is much better known but I prefer this live take:
The bassist is playing a Danelectro (I think) which was used by, among others, Noel Redding and John Entwistle; nice solid sound, at least, as far as you can tell from the rather lo fi recording. The Telecaster has a nice full sound as well.
Geoff
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Rockin! Definitely a Danelectro👍🏻
It’s sure nice to have a mechanic in the family. I noticed a puddle of oil under my Santa Fe on Monday morning. I checked the level and it was just above the fill line, so decided it would probably be ok to drive it to work. It’s only 3 miles. Stunk like an old Harley! I took it to the shop where my son works on Monday night and he found a steel oil line that feeds the turbo was the issue. 12 hours later he had the $60 part, which is amazing in itself. He had me patched up in about an hour and it should be good for another 12 years. He’s going to opening a few extra presents at Christmas this year!
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90 years today since the first flight of the legendary Douglas DC-3; amazing that many are still flying or in commercial service. Most now flying are converted C-47s, but that’s a good thing as they generally have low hours and the airframe is stronger.
I’ve flown in DC-3s/C-47s 11 times, enjoyed every one.
Lucky Melbourne-ites can still fly on one from Essendon Airport to various places such as country wineries, King Island and dinner flights around Melbourne.
Truly an amazing piece of design, engineering, durability and quality.
Geoff
It never clicked in my head until now that thing is a giant tail dragger. Giving it’s iconic tilt, gazing upward, as if always yearning to be in the sky. Probably a big reason why it has become a classic symbol of adventure.
Indiana Jones flew in a DC-3 in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
This C-47 has starred in many films and TV shows; typical of so many of its sisters, it’s been used in many roles, including WW2, the Berlin Airlift, naval surveillance and radar training. Films include Catch 22, two Indiana Jones films, the BBC TV series “Airline” and Band of Brothers.
As a design, it’s still unsurpassed for some purposes, particularly for rough strip operations. Basler Wisconsin re-manufactures them to zero time specs and installs new turboprop engines. The thing may well fly on until we run out of fuel:
“Douglas built the ship to last, but nobody expected
This crazy heap would fly and fly, no matter how they wrecked it.
While nations fall and men retire, and jets go obsolete
The Gooney Bird flies on and on at eleven thousand feet”.
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My first time flying was in a DC-3. 1971, flying from the Great Lakes Naval Training Center back home on leave before heading out to San Diego.
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There’s something reassuring about the sound of those planes, whether you’re travelling in one or hearing it rumble overhead.
I like the spirit and concept of its design and engineering, which first saw fruit in the DC-1: ‘TWA insisted on three engines, we’ll give them two; we don’t have equipment to test wing strength, so we’ll just drive a steamroller over it; they wanted ten seats, let’s give them 14’.
Brilliant
Geoff
So my (turns out not so) trusty laptop died a week or two ago, I purchased it in 2020 (10th gen i7 and GTX 1660 ti). It has been on many a trip with me and I had it upgraded as far as it would go. One night, it just “poofed” went black and wouldn’t post. Anyways… Bought a new one to replace it (13th gen i5 and RTX 4050). Not quite as powerful as the other was when I bought it, but the hardware is also three generations newer so should be about the same performance.
However, while I was trying to setup Windoze 11 on it it hung up at 6% downloading updates. Half an hour it stuck there with no indication of progress. This infuriated me to no end so I decided to throw Linux Mint on it instead. Within 15 minutes of putting the USB stick in the port I was posting to Facebook and watching Netflix. That included downloading and installing updates. Microsoft needs to move away from OS sales and focus on their Office 365 (which works fine in Linux, incidentally - being cloud based). Modern Linux is the cats ass. So not annoying. This is the third PC in the household running Linux, and I plan on installing it on a fourth when I upgrade my garage PC this spring. It runs Foobar just fine under Wine, and Audacity and VLC have native applications.
I still have my design laptop running Windoze 11 as I have found running some applications under Wine is a less than stellar experience. I am ok just using WIndoze for design work, essentially I run ARTA, DATS, AutoCAD 2002, WinISD and Xsim.
Moral of the story is do not be afraid of Linux for everyday computing. In fact, I am sure with some tweaking the majority of design software will run under Wine and a guy could completely do away with Windoze.
Back to my beer, snowing here and I have a long commute in the morning.
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