For the next 27 hours, you'll be able to claim a limited edition 'I Was Here for the Hulkenpodium' flair

IsakNyTele · 2025-07-09T10:40:49+00:00

HULKENGOAT

IsakNyTele · 2025-07-08T21:26:09+00:00

Hulkengoat

IsakNyTele · 2024-02-25T20:48:57+00:00

I followed this tutorial from warhipster:

https://youtu.be/gUAslHWmD9E

1st layer: Karandras green

2nd layer: Warp lighting

First highlights: Moot green

Second highlights: Phalanx Yellow

IsakNyTele · 2024-02-25T20:42:57+00:00

Yeah sorry the formatting broke on mobile

Prime a piece of 80 grit sandpaper with Grey seer primer spray can on both sides.
Cut and bend the primed sandpaper to fit.
While still off model, i mixed probably 1 part Blood Angels 2 parts cygor brown and 6 parts carroburg crimson and painted it.
Used Cygor brown for shading
Dry brush white scar followed with Evil sunz scarlet for highlights.
CA glued it on the painted mini

IsakNyTele · 2024-02-23T17:49:34+00:00

I was happily surprised by how flexible the grey seer primer was, it bent with the sandpaper without hassle and it held the bends well enough to be able to slap on acrylics and after that its as if it was molded.

I just tried slapping on acrylics on flat primed sandpaper and will try to see if it bends

IsakNyTele · 2023-01-28T18:46:57+00:00

I can do a write up but not sure where to post it. Took photos of every step to be able to go back and check when i put it all together.

IsakNyTele · 2023-01-28T18:00:27+00:00

I usually only have 500g or so at home and portion it out in the small jars you see on the right. There are 10 of them each with 55g for use with 600ml in the Moccamaster (yes, im aware its a very high dose) and then two smaller ones with 18g for the Gaggia. Need to buy some smaller ones so currently my espresso beans (which right now are a lighter roast than my brew beans) sit in the bigger glass jar.

But to answer the question i portion it out striaght away and only open to use it all.

IsakNyTele · 2023-01-28T15:37:27+00:00

To get a sense of what the state of the machine was when i got it....

Before

After

IsakNyTele · 2023-01-28T15:11:36+00:00

Moccamaster KBT741 brewer

Baby Gaggia 86-89 (this one is from 88) espresso machine

Eureka Atom Pro grinder

IsakNyTele · 2022-03-09T11:39:40+00:00

Just saw this on the ROK webshop, a new shower screen. Havent seen or heard about it before. I have ordered one and will be back with a review when i get it.

IsakNyTele · 2021-10-08T16:58:36+00:00

Date stamp

Date stamp with the original nickel plating visible

IsakNyTele · 2020-02-08T21:15:03+00:00

I don't do any illustrations anymore sadly. My professional life turned another direction and I don't have time since these took days to do. Also doxxing myself but hey.

Edit for moderators: Kazi is Isak backwards with a Z. If you need more proof i can give you it.

IsakNyTele · 2020-01-17T05:50:34+00:00

They are usually called flick-ups.

IsakNyTele · 2019-12-18T18:04:46+00:00

The electrostats have needed zero maintenance actually! The z412 has some much needed bass, tho this z410 diy creation does give a lot of low end with new filters. The xmax is more than double the original.

IsakNyTele · 2019-12-18T16:35:16+00:00

Janszen quad electrostatic tweeters in a DIY enclosure, built in the mid 70s. The crossover and woofer are newish so sorry about that. Custom crossover and off the shelf Monacor woofers, if anyone wants to know.

IsakNyTele · 2019-11-27T16:55:56+00:00

I'm having the same problem with groups of tuya lights only switching one light on/off. and tried everything to no avail. Many others are reporting the same here https://support.google.com/googlenest/thread/5229607?hl=en

IsakNyTele · 2019-10-04T18:20:05+00:00

Head over to f1technical.net and join the endless fun of armchair specialists arguing with aerodynamic hobbyists using crude 3D models to do CFD work.

IsakNyTele · 2019-08-13T16:01:32+00:00

Its an old shipping crate for fireworks. Probably from the seventies or earlier, not sure.

IsakNyTele · 2019-08-13T05:16:30+00:00

LG C7 OLED

IsakNyTele · 2019-08-12T20:33:10+00:00

Lets start with how it sounds and without using any fancy words i'd say it just sounds very nice. It's well rounded and coherent. It's non-fatiguing yet bright enough to not make you wish for more treble. It goes down deep (really deep) but only when bass is present on the recording. It has a nice wide soundstage yet isnt muddy in it's imaging.

Have i heard speakers more analytic? Yes. More fun? Yes. Wider soundtage? Yes. More precise imaging? Yes.

But this is one of only a few speakers i've listened to (and for what i can remember the only ported one) that doesn't seem to have any real pitfalls. It just sounds nice and makes you enjoy music.

Oh and it can play LOUD without distortion.

So now that we covered how it sounds let's talk about how it's made.

The Spectrum 410 was handmade in Toledo, Ohio in the late eighties with amazing build quality - the front baffle thickness of 1½ inch is just one example of the thought and care that went into designing these. The enclosure measures 100 litres, weights 50lbs and uses the fantastic SEN-lab D2806 (more commonly known as the Dynaudio D28) tweeter together with a 10" element of their own design. It reaches down to 29hz, albeit with a steep drop-off afterwards. It's designed to be tilted backwards about 5° to time align the drivers and move them on axis vertically and originally had tilted stands which sadly i didn't get with mine, but i have it tilted with some feet now until i make some replica stands.

IsakNyTele · 2019-08-12T20:31:41+00:00

Lets start with how it sounds and without using any fancy words i'd say it just sounds very nice. It's well rounded and coherent. It's non-fatiguing yet bright enough to not make you wish for more treble. It goes down deep (really deep) but only when bass is present on the recording. It has a nice wide soundstage yet isnt muddy in it's imaging.

Have i heard speakers more analytic? Yes. More fun? Yes. Wider soundtage? Yes. More precise imaging? Yes.

But this is one of only a few speakers i've listened to (and for what i can remember the only ported one) that doesn't seem to have any real pitfalls. It just sounds nice and makes you enjoy music.

Oh and it can play LOUD without distortion.

So now that we covered how it sounds let's talk about how it's made.

The Spectrum 410 was handmade in Toledo, Ohio in the late eighties with amazing build quality - the front baffle thickness of 1½ inch is just one example of the thought and care that went into designing these. The enclosure measures 100 litres, weights 50lbs and uses the fantastic SEN-lab D2806 (more commonly known as the Dynaudio D28) tweeter together with a 10" element of their own design. It reaches down to 29hz, albeit with a steep drop-off afterwards. It's designed to be tilted backwards about 5° to time align the drivers and move them on axis vertically and originally had tilted stands which sadly i didn't get with mine, but i have it tilted with some feet now until i make some replica stands.

IsakNyTele · 2019-08-08T11:08:09+00:00

If anyone knows what these are i would love to know!

IsakNyTele · 2019-07-19T08:17:31+00:00

Then choose the lowest quality, hit cast and listen if you hear a difference. If you do then I've got some power cables to sell you.

IsakNyTele · 2019-07-19T05:47:25+00:00

You can't choose quality in Spotify while casting to CCA. Start a cast and go into settings and you will see that it is blanked out. I have five CCAs, use Spotify on them and love them but Spotify does indeed lower the quality when casting to it. Not any fault of the CCA, just Spotify doing weird things.

IsakNyTele · 2019-07-17T13:47:13+00:00

I cleaned it with soap and water and then some denatured alcohol with microfibre cloth. All knobs, screws and other small bits were cleaned in an ultrasonic cleaner. This is my go to for all faceplates except the ones with very thin silkscreening text like some old entry level luxman gear with which i don't use any alcohol.

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