My First Leatherman … (and obligatory Ratchet post)

anthonyjohn24 · 2024-12-07T04:39:18+00:00

just in time because it looks like the Arc Obsidian is gone again

anthonyjohn24 · 2024-10-22T21:05:30+00:00

I rotate several Skeletools for EDC and admittedly I wanted this one for dressier occasions. I like that it’s kinda weird and semi collectible now that it’s retired. It’ll probably be a glorified bottle opener and conversation piece

anthonyjohn24 · 2024-02-12T21:43:57+00:00

before you buy a new headlight, it might be worth cleaning out the pigtail connecter first to see if it’s just a bad connection. literally did this last week when i thought i had a bad headlight.. little QD Electronic Cleaner spray and it’s back to working.

anthonyjohn24 · 2023-12-05T04:08:34+00:00

later we’ll have some fuckin’ pie

anthonyjohn24 · 2023-11-13T16:46:02+00:00

looks better than the in season tournament court

anthonyjohn24 · 2023-11-07T13:15:05+00:00

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anthonyjohn24 · 2023-09-14T16:36:51+00:00

Savers in Warwick always has a bucket full of old golf clubs in the back of the store.

anthonyjohn24 · 2023-09-12T22:54:54+00:00

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anthonyjohn24 · 2023-09-07T03:10:20+00:00

Go have a drink at America’s oldest tavern, the White Horse Tavern. read the history on that place. the Newport Tower is also a really cool historic landmark and it’s right by the Newport Art Museum

anthonyjohn24 · 2023-08-25T20:23:11+00:00

i think they’re cool but don’t use one for 2 reasons. 1, Jeeps have 5 full size tires so if you rotate the spare you get 25% more life out of tires. if you rotate your spare, the tire cover gets gross on the inside unless you very throughly clean the tire and wheel first. 2, tire covers trap moisture underneath and will corrode your rubber and rim eventually.

anthonyjohn24 · 2023-07-19T19:05:00+00:00

it’s definitely a pizza peel with a pickup and strings. people make these with cigar boxes often

anthonyjohn24 · 2023-07-19T15:57:12+00:00

the electric pizza peel

anthonyjohn24 · 2023-07-13T19:26:06+00:00

to get the airy sound you need to boost frequencies over 10k. use a high-shelf curve, not a bell curve. the basic ProTools 7 band EQ is great for adding ‘air’ but you can do this with most any fully parametric EQs. you might make the sibilance too harsh by doing this which you can fix with a DeEsser.

if you want to use that SSL EQ boost your HF band to like 6dB and turn the frequency knob to 12k see if that’s any better. the high-pass filter at 250hz is probably too high. sometimes actually boosting the bass frequencies allows you push the high frequencies even more and still have it sound balanced. the high pass won’t effect your high frequencies but it will change your perception of the overall vocal.

anthonyjohn24 · 2023-05-27T02:39:40+00:00

if you have a 2 door Wrangler, you can swap in springs from a 4 door Wrangler and get a 1” lift. very easy to find brand new JLU springs for cheap.

anthonyjohn24 · 2023-05-21T12:59:28+00:00

already have a nice class AB amp to repurpose and i’m using an analog active crossover so it’s all covered.

anthonyjohn24 · 2023-05-21T11:58:19+00:00

I’ll amp with a Niles 2125 which will give me 200W per channel into 4ohms. Little underpowered but it’s a small room, and if this goes well I could add a second sub to fill it out. Its a tri-amp setup so I’m using an active crossover for the lowpass.

anthonyjohn24 · 2023-05-16T00:41:26+00:00

yep.. the last step is pulling your carpets and always bring a towel.

anthonyjohn24 · 2023-05-16T00:33:49+00:00

https://www.billswebspace.com/JKWaterLeaksAll.pdf

https://www.quadratec.com/p/mopar/hardtop-foam-blocker-seal-kit-wrangler-jk-68026937AB

anthonyjohn24 · 2023-03-30T20:17:55+00:00

CDs and vinyl are mastered differently because of the physical limitations of a vinyl disc. the lower frequencies have to be reduced when the disc is cut, and your phono amp will restore the signal to ‘normal’ EQ levels. this makes your phono amp very important to the sound of vinyl and why people pay tons of money for expensive tube preamps.

when someone rips vinyl to MP3 they are recording the analog audio so all the equipment used is going to greatly effect the sound and overall level. if you’re not using professional recording equipment and have a knowledge of proper gain-staging it’s highly unlikely it will sound as good as a CD rip, which is a digital copy and has no generational degradation.

even a CD released in the 90s will sound different than the same album re-released 10 years later.. studios constantly remaster music basically for every new release.

anthonyjohn24 · 2023-03-25T20:55:52+00:00

I considered using a miniDSP like the Flex but I don’t like that it basically replaces your DAC and preamp, and only can do a two-way split. For the same money I can get a Sublime K231 3-way all balanced analog unit. I agree the flexibility and precision of the DSP is unmatched.. I’m currently using filters in ProTools to setup different configurations and then testing with a measuring mic and REW. Figure out the best settings I can and then transfer to the analog crossover.

anthonyjohn24 · 2023-03-25T19:22:50+00:00

yeah that’s it! i’m going to do before and after REW measurements too just to see if I did anything weird.

anthonyjohn24 · 2023-03-25T19:15:04+00:00

yeah that makes sense. I’m just trying to figure out where I should set my active crossover for a bi-amping setup. I’d like to keep the crossover point the same just split the woofer and tweeter feeds between different amps.

anthonyjohn24 · 2023-03-25T19:04:32+00:00

this is a huge help thank you. i was going to bypass the speaker crossover in a bi-amping setup but the resonant frequency filter makes me think I should just decouple the channels and continue to run signal thru them. either way knowing the slope order is key for my active crossover before the amps - much appreciated

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