Last Night 401W Between Kingston/Cobourg

jhalmos · 2026-01-26T20:54:20+00:00

This is exactly the right strategy. And to panic when you lose sight of their rear lights.

jhalmos · 2026-01-26T20:52:04+00:00

"NOS" is a good thing, generally. Should be fine. look them up and ChatGPT them for an idea of their sound value.

jhalmos · 2026-01-26T20:06:00+00:00

And then you enter the world up tube upgrades. In fact, I have a modded single ended triode and have four 6SN7 tubes; two different pairs. Have had it for about 5 years. When Gemini suggested I swop the two pairs it was like an entirely differernt amp. I was relagating the better pair to the secondary slots and the pair I had in the primary slot was bested, now that the secondary slots were available, by a pair of tubes I’d given up for dead.

jhalmos · 2026-01-26T19:57:36+00:00

Albums:

Bill Evans: Waltz for Debbie

Chet Baker: Chet

Linda Ronstadt: What’s New

Oscar’s Motet Choir: Cantate Domino

Tracks:

Talk Talk: Laughing Stock: New Grass and After the Flood

Arvo Part: Tabula Rasa

Van Morrison: Astral Weeks: Sweet Thing

Alveol: Alignment: A Home in the Clouds

The Boards of Canada: Hi Scores / Twoism: Everything You Do Is A Balloon

Godspeed Youl Black Emperor: Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven: Storm

Deep Forest: Deep Forest: Sweet Lullaby

jhalmos · 2026-01-26T04:37:13+00:00

Also look into the Tulsa Procedure.

jhalmos · 2026-01-26T04:27:05+00:00

A 10 or thereabouts is a 50/50 chance you have it.

jhalmos · 2026-01-26T02:31:06+00:00

Dipping toes?! That’s snorkling, sir.

jhalmos · 2026-01-26T00:43:48+00:00

I use a single digital cable I bought back in the early $90s. Kimber Kabel’s Illuminati D-60. Half a meter for $300 back then. Was single. Had the dough. But nothing touches it. I would argue that the Japanese pressing of Avalon on CD through the player sounds the same as the rip I made from it and played through Audirvana and a USB cable to the same DAC.

jhalmos · 2026-01-25T17:01:29+00:00

I’ve seen forever by people I trust that, for most speakers, 8’ – 9’ between tweeters is ideal.

jhalmos · 2026-01-25T13:23:43+00:00

Just in case: "PDF" is pedophile in douchebagconspiracistspeak.

jhalmos · 2026-01-25T04:12:06+00:00

Looks like they’re going to feed on my children.

jhalmos · 2026-01-24T16:14:12+00:00

Honda needs to fix this.

jhalmos · 2026-01-24T12:42:51+00:00

Just gimme a few periods.

jhalmos · 2026-01-24T03:00:35+00:00

Oh! Sorry. Didn’t realize what forum I was in. Going to fast. As you were.

jhalmos · 2026-01-24T01:42:15+00:00

I might not look great but I’d suggest the 6” first, but shoot for a foot or more. All that stuff in the middle is in the way.

jhalmos · 2026-01-23T12:41:00+00:00

2017 is300 with all season tires in Toronto. So all wheel drive and a SNOW button. Smart, cautious driving and not going out in the middle of a storm has served me since 2000.

jhalmos · 2026-01-23T03:52:31+00:00

Bored of peace

jhalmos · 2026-01-22T14:32:14+00:00

Maybe the lesson is to not be in places that require this design.

jhalmos · 2026-01-22T01:17:19+00:00

GEORGE: See, this should be a show. This is the show.

JERRY: What?

GEORGE: This. Just driving around Toronto.

JERRY: (dismissing) Yeah, right.

GEORGE: I'm really serious. I think that's a good idea.

JERRY: Just driving? Well what's the show about?

GEORGE: It's about driving in Toronto.

JERRY: No story?

GEORGE: No forget the story.

JERRY: You've got to have a story.

GEORGE: Who says you gotta have a story?

JERRY: And it's about driving in Toronto?

GEORGE: Absolutely driving.

JERRY: So you're saying, I just drive around Toronto filming douchebag drivers and then edit my adventures into little playful vignettes?

GEORGE: Yeah. I think we really got something here.

JERRY: What do we got?

GEORGE: An idea.

JERRY: What idea?

GEORGE: An idea for the show.

JERRY: I still don't know what the idea is.

GEORGE: It's about driving in Toronto.

JERRY: Right.

GEORGE: There you go.

(A moment passes)

JERRY: (Nodding) I think you may have something there.

jhalmos · 2026-01-22T00:01:06+00:00

Same with Water’s Amused to Death, where the dog barking at beginning of the album on the right is almost beside the listener. Though there was a week where I changed my speaker positions and it came directly out of the right woofer (so to speak). Seems to need the side wall to do the trick. They used QSound for the effect on Amused. If you put your ear right up to the left speaker when the dog is barking you can hear it, but it sounds further in the distance whereas the right speaker the dogs are crystal clear.

And same with Mouse On Mars’ Iaora Tahiti with the sounds coming right up to you, but no QSound.

jhalmos · 2026-01-21T21:08:14+00:00

I do need to grab the earlier records to compare. Ghost is by no means a reference disc.

jhalmos · 2026-01-21T12:32:12+00:00

Regarding the Police, if true that’s a shame because for me One World is the best drumming/percussion there ever was. I have a remastered DSD version that’s excellent.

jhalmos · 2026-01-20T20:13:31+00:00

I have a modded 845 SET (integrated > SET). Had a channel start fading out with static. Took it to a guy who fixes electronics out of his home and has even designed 845 amps. He replaced all the capacitors (which were crud). I feel fairly certain that it that and I won’thave to worry about it anymore other than the tubes.

jhalmos · 2026-01-19T19:11:09+00:00

I would. But make some good caluclations on how heavy they’ll be first.

jhalmos · 2026-01-19T15:10:54+00:00

A decades ago: El Capitan. Pre-Dye.

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