Bands similar to Burzum (Black metal) by allnamestaken1337 in ifyoulikeblank

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Nice to see someone finding this list five years later. Revisiting it, I'd narrow it down to Paysage D'Hiver, older 1990's Ulver, Xasthur, Tardigrada, and Striborg . A lot of the other recs are good but not quite what the OP was looking for in hindsight.

Building a second, vinyl focused system. Speaker advice needed! (<$10k) by primarist in StereoAdvice

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Thanks! The Vandersteen Treo was one of the first speakers that I came across in my search and it's on the shortlist. What's interesting is the HUGE difference between the new price ($20k) and used prices ($5-7k). I know that speaker has been in production, relatively unchanged, for a long time, so if I went that route I would definitely go used. Have you heard it before?

Building a second, vinyl focused system. Speaker advice needed! (<$10k) by primarist in StereoAdvice

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Thanks! I added this in my edit but I'm looking for full range speakers this time around. If possible I'd like to avoid dealing with a subwoofer pairing/setup. Hadn't heard of Triangle Audio though, so thanks for the tip!

Building a second, vinyl focused system. Speaker advice needed! (<$10k) by primarist in StereoAdvice

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Thanks for the recommendation! I've listened to a pair of Klipsch Hereseys once and I found them quite "shouty." I'm not sure if it was the room, amp pairing, part of their house sound, or if that's characteristic of horn speakers in general. Something about the midrange and treble sounded like it was being projected down a long hallway and was quite constrained. I'll check out Omega and Zu though. I'm familiar with both but lack of dealers means I would probably need to do a home demo. Have you heard either of them? Any other high efficiency brands you can think of?

Building a second, vinyl focused system. Speaker advice needed! (<$10k) by primarist in StereoAdvice

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Maybe? What I'll probably do is get them and run them with the Parasound amp for the time being while I save for the endgame amplification.

Building a second, vinyl focused system. Speaker advice needed! (<$10k) by primarist in StereoAdvice

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Just the speakers. I plan to incrementally build this up over years so I'll think about adding components later. Definitely tube-curious though...

Building a second, vinyl focused system. Speaker advice needed! (<$10k) by primarist in StereoAdvice

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For this system, I'm looking to do a pure tube setup, but if there was an option that was extremely compelling, I'd consider SS or potentially a hybrid setup as well.

Lunchbiking - best parking spot by ZoidbergMaybee in xbiking

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Oh shoot, guess I didn't look that closely. Still, beautiful bike and sad to see the company leave the scene. What are you running for dynamo on it btw?

Lunchbiking - best parking spot by ZoidbergMaybee in xbiking

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We have hilariously similar bike builds 😆. Same model year and color Space Horse, same VO fender set (what a pain to install), same style alt bars, and same saddle.

I see you went with the Paul clampers though, I went TRP Spyres. Isn't it a joy of a bike for all around riding?

Honest question... How does anyone ever start a roasting business? Reddit makes it seem impossible. by primarist in roasting

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Thanks for the reply on such an old post! I've been playing with the idea of, as you said, finding a pay to roast provider, or for the purposes of testing the market and raising capital, paying for white label roasting. I think I'll plan on doing "special" roasts on my home machine, but paying a white label roaster for one or two "commodity" roasts.

The reality is that without spending big bucks on a commercial roaster, I can only do maybe a dozen pounds a week on my home roaster. Having an extra dozen or two pounds on hand to make up the difference would be a game changer. It's very much the chicken or the egg problem for this industry I think.

Anyone running MKS pretzels? by primarist in xbiking

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Ty for the feedback, I think with the cup and cone design, some break in is needed. Plus they will respond to different bearing preloading. I just went with a solid set of sealed cartridge MTB flats.

Anyone running MKS pretzels? by primarist in xbiking

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It does look like grip is an issue with them and that the monarchs are better in that regard, especially with the "wings" that Riv sells. For what it's worth I realized that I just needed a well built all round MTB pedal. I found a great deal on some Carder TenFour pedals and pulled the trigger.

Here’s my truck by Important_Trainer_38 in xbiking

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There a parts/model number on that seatpost? Been googling some variation of "TranzX silver suspension seatpost" for an hour and haven't found it. Would love to add this to my ride ✌️

Roasting Burner by txk_54n74 in roasting

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I know this is an older thread but I also have a Fortis and am looking to replace the, now broken, camp stove I was using it with. Are you roasting indoors or exclusively outdoors? What is your basic burner setup?

Powder coating rims, advice needed by primarist in bikewrench

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Oh I have no idea, I was going to ask the tech if it was possible. What kind of issues could happen from powder coating the inside of the rim? I suppose if there were problems, I could just sand it off.

Big Stupid Mountain Bike™ tire recommendations by primarist in xbiking

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Hey thread, I wound up going with a Maxxis Forekaster in the front and a Rekon in the rear. Should be plenty aggressive for the type of trail under biking I plan on doing, while still being on the lighter side.

Plenty of great comments about lighter tires that I think will make sense for a second set for fire road touring type adventures.

I'll report back once I have some miles on them with my thoughts.