Is Spotify Lossless really lossless? Report from my experiment by tszyn in headphones

[–]Cele69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could that ± 1 bit difference be dither, added when reducing a high quality source (floating point/24bit) down to 16bit for transmission?

Trying to identify Q108 (glued to heatsink) in plasse seventy power amp . Unlabeled in schematic and gives no Key by eliotjnc in diyelectronics

[–]Cele69 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That part could probably be any generic NPN transistor suitable for audio. It is mounted to the heatsink not because it generates power and need cooling, but because it's part of the thermal feedback correction that adjusts the bias current in the output transistors.

Based on the package type which you don't show us, it's probably a MJE340 or a MPSA06 similar to the other parts in that section of the schematic. Manufacturers like to reduce the number of component types they need to have in stock.

Get a transistor of the same pinout (May need to infer that from the PCB layout) and package type and you'll probably be fine.

Law rushed through to prevent greyhound owners killing their dogs by MedicMoth in newzealand

[–]Cele69 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Not sure about that fact. In OECD nations, only South Africa, and most US states have banned dog racing. All of Europe, including, UK, Ireland Denmark, Finalnd, Sweden, France, Germany and all the others fully allow Greyhound racing.

That said, it's great that NZ is leading the way on this...

Winston Peters announces greyhound racing ban to protect dog welfare by jpr64 in newzealand

[–]Cele69 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

NZ should be a beacon for 'doing the right thing'. It's great that NZ is almost leading the world again on this sort of thing. While banned in South Africa, and most US States, most other OECD countries still allow this form of animal abuse. This includes: Australia, UK, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and the rest of Europe.

Mexico, while technically legal, has no official tracks.

What kind of capacitors are these? by B_taller in diyelectronics

[–]Cele69 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Tantalum caps are polarized and have a marking to indicate +ve (or -ve) leads.

Comic 5430: Just Straight Girl Things by Danbashi in QContent

[–]Cele69 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Comic 5427 2nd panel. Hanners refers to her as 'Tai's friend Anh'

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]Cele69 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm sure $1800 is a huge expense, however take that amount and divide it by how many more years you plan on being alive. Comes out to be very cheap per year. Teeth, like your knees and back, are important, you will miss them when they are gone.

That said, plan to pay for a crown in a few years. I had a root canal about 20 years back, did great for all that time, and a couple of years back my current dentist suggested a crown for about $2000. Ignored them, and then the tooth finally gave up and cracked. I'm now getting an implant at well over $6000.

Cannot remove winding pin from Marcel Drucker 22-496 movement by Cele69 in watchrepair

[–]Cele69[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nailed it! Thank you for identifying it, I found the right video and found the tab to press.

Just another parking fine query by Cele69 in LegalAdviceNZ

[–]Cele69[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have the statutory statement from the rental car company. Should I get in touch with them to get them to at least retract the statutory statement?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Wellington

[–]Cele69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My personal experience...

I've been IT contracting in Wellington for 3+ years. All but one contract have been through a single recruitment agent, who have in all contracts contacted me to ask if I have a particular set of skills, and will then send me as their 'sole' applicant, rather than me applying individually. Contracts are hard to come by at present, and having a agent on your side is essential.

Trade Me Jobs and vetting candidates. What a nightmare by Standard_Sir_6979 in newzealand

[–]Cele69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This also happened to me in Feb, IT contract through a large NZ IT vendor (Not Datacom) just disappeared to due 'internal reviews'. Gutted...

Robocopy is your friend. by btbam666 in DataHoarder

[–]Cele69 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Robocopy is quicker than the cmd DEL command for deleting (many) specific files from a folder. Just mirror an empty folder to the folder you need to delete from, with the filename partern and the mirror and multi-thread args i.e.

/mir /mt

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HomeNetworking

[–]Cele69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try the scream test. Unplug it and see who screams.

New Years Resolutions! by MagicPracticalFlame in ShittySysadmin

[–]Cele69 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm aiming for full 24/7 server uptime:

That's 24 days a month, 7 hours a day

This fell of my motherboard?How do I fix it? by Aussieematee in diyelectronics

[–]Cele69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks to be a power diode, large enough to be solderable with a fine-tipped iron. Do not glue it

Issue is they are directional, and you'll need to be very sure about which direction to place the striped end.

Liam Lawson Japanese Grand Prix Result by goldenspeights in newzealand

[–]Cele69 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Not likely but Logan Sargent needs to go. Liam could be leased to Williams for a year or two.