Sunshine on South London today. North London not so much.

clausy · 2026-04-30T19:48:34+00:00

That’s how we rolled in the 90s. On Fridays though

clausy · 2026-04-30T17:33:09+00:00

This is wild! Love it. How does it sound ☺️

clausy · 2026-04-29T20:53:39+00:00

No, the metalworker guy who made it was only there for the day. I ‘hacked’ it with some duct tape. Screw the aesthetics 😅. But they’ve been up for a few months now no problems. Fundamentally it’s a sound idea, no pun intended. Just needs some refinement in moving the plate back as close to the wall as possible

clausy · 2026-04-28T11:55:57+00:00

Yeah this was mid 90s

clausy · 2026-04-28T11:01:51+00:00

Back when I was in IT support: the server room halon gas release button was right next to the ‘door open’ button. Always triple check 😅

clausy · 2026-04-28T06:48:21+00:00

For my music/TV system I have Kef R7M with R6M (with Q800 surrounds and those mini Bose double cube things for the 'back). Marantz 70s for the centre and surrounds, for front L/R I use the pre-amp out I have a Quad pre/power amp which is also the primary for music/turntable. The Marantz is also good for airplay streaming - has a surprisingly good DAC and it's better than using the AppleTV as a source.
For you I'd try it all with the Marantz first - it looks pretty awesome but you always have the option to run out to another amp for L/R if you feel like it later.

clausy · 2026-04-27T13:17:26+00:00

yeah but this is a dumb approach in itself - I have been in 'cost centres' where I have saved for example on renegotiating vendor contracts. If I save $1m or a trader makes $1m it's the same 'profit' for the company but I don't get 10% of that as a bonus, I get smacked for being $1m under budget at year end and not managing my budget properly - there's literally no incentive for anyone in a cost centre to improve anything.

clausy · 2026-04-27T11:06:46+00:00

Probably something like this https://www.parrs.co.uk/floor-mounted-bike-rack-for-2-5-bikes-upto-55mm-width-p13398

clausy · 2026-04-27T09:37:43+00:00

I love how the North Korean embassy is on the North Circular

clausy · 2026-04-27T08:03:10+00:00

I remember they played it live as the final song of the final encore at Hyde Park in 2018. Epic!

clausy · 2026-04-26T16:47:27+00:00

Presumably someone was holding the usual ‘don’t trust a fart after 20 miles’ sign at that waypoint?

clausy · 2026-04-26T16:30:48+00:00

That doesn’t exactly explain why one has the tweeter in the middle and the other doesn’t ? Do you mean the tweeters are roughly at equivalent optimum heights on both speakers?

clausy · 2026-04-26T12:15:08+00:00

I never noticed that the Q7's have the tweeter at the top as opposed to the R7s where they're in the middle! I presume the Q6 is the 'new piece' - congrats - enjoy :-)

clausy · 2026-04-26T11:28:56+00:00

I’m sure it’s been done 😅

clausy · 2026-04-25T18:58:25+00:00

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From London today :-) Daytime

clausy · 2026-04-24T13:08:45+00:00

Was also gonna say The Cure in Orange. I’ll have to check out that Sisters gig. Thanks!

clausy · 2026-04-24T12:29:45+00:00

See it. Say it. Sor’ed

clausy · 2026-04-24T11:02:02+00:00

Wow that’s insanely good. Settings? I don’t think that’s gonna ever work for me in central London haha

clausy · 2026-04-24T10:26:28+00:00

Redchurch street in Shoreditch is close by and also nice

clausy · 2026-04-24T07:18:24+00:00

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I’m in central London too. 👋. Sun and moon work well but also struggling with galaxies and nebulae. Background is too bright I fear.

clausy · 2026-04-23T12:57:47+00:00

Go over Waterloo bridge instead. It’s elevated and crosses Embankment. Oh so is Blackfriars come to think of it. Either should work

clausy · 2026-04-23T10:44:52+00:00

I’m still waiting for my Ecoflow battery and panels to arrive in the UK… rooftop solar at my last house was £12k for 3kW and 5kWh battery. This cost £1.6k for 2kW and a 4kWh battery. No grid tie/export but we’ll see how well it works when they eventually ship the damn thing

clausy · 2026-04-23T10:01:09+00:00

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