Nice eve...

msg
msg Posts: 10,209
in The Clubhouse
...on staycation here in balmy Virginia Beach.

Day 1.
Errands run.
Lawn mowed.
Edging of weedy lawn continues to be satisfactorily pleasing.
Responsibilities addressed early.
Sol.
I don't even mind the moh-skwitto bites. But that could be the Sol...

I think I want a Fluance. you jerks. ( @scubalab @halo @chumlie ) Hurry up and get yours set up so I can live vicariously through you. I've not time for vinyl in recent months, in spite of what that koozy may indicate (that shop sucks, btw. don't go there)

PS. Beer in cans just doesn't seem to get as cold as bottles. I'm never doing that again.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,954
    edited August 2019
    your lawn looks greener than ours does at the moment -- we had a coupla weeks of hot, dry weather, and some of mine's gone dormant.. and some has been infiltrated by the dread crabgrass :o

    PS AFAIK the Fluance branded tts are pretty generic Chinese product, if that makes you feel any better. :|

    EDIT OK maybe it is made in Canada -- still they're pretty generic :#
    EDIT^2: "Assembled overseas" -- ostensibly Taiwan (supposedly per the carton)... so, maybe Hanpin, but I think there's at least one other Taiwanese tt OEM. :*
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Very nice Scott! I love staycations! I work so much I just don’t get to enjoy staying at home! Weekends are full of errands too! I gotta retire! 😀
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
    Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,954
    Ya Horng is (ostensibly) the OEM for the Fluance tts. Not that I'm obsessed or anything B)
    https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/monolith-table.851815/page-3#post-12406719
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,209
    edited August 2019
    Smidge of proto-processing there, Doc :) lotsa rain here lately, and I've got healthy green weeds but not that green! Hehe, I love when you go off on Hanpin lol
    Wherever they're born, they sure are beautiful. I'd like to pick up a black 85 sometime down the road, I think. A little Technic-sy influence, but still simple.

    Couldn't agree more, Dave!
    Life as an adult is complicated. And kids rush to this?!?
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Yeah! I was off 3 days last week, back to work today and having to explain why some assignments did not get completed as my team was supposed to have done. Ugh. I get the Iook like "don't you dare say you were on vacation" as an excuse. Ugh. Work.

    BTW Scott, how many days you off?
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
    Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,958
    Does this mean your recent professional prospect/move worked out?
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  • kharp1
    kharp1 Posts: 3,453
    Nice edge!
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,958
    Instead of buying a turntable, buy this mosquito mass murderer and put it in your front yard: http://www.mosquitomagnet.com/mosquito-magnet-patriot-plus-mosquito-trap-mm4200b
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,209
    edited August 2019
    verb wrote: »
    Yeah! I was off 3 days last week, back to work today and having to explain why some assignments did not get completed as my team was supposed to have done. Ugh. I get the Iook like "don't you dare say you were on vacation" as an excuse. Ugh. Work.
    BTW Scott, how many days you off?
    Ha! I have my version of that. Almost makes it not worth taking time off, doesn't it? ALmost.

    The plan is two weeks, with one week of that to catch up on some sleep and see to some personal business, projects and such, and it's busy so far. And then I'll try that vacation thing on week 2. I'm a beginner though, and will probably fail at it. I've never done anything like this before. Only read about it, heard about it, or seen it in the movies. Seems like a neat idea, though, spending time somewhere away from work?
    Clipdat wrote: »
    Does this mean your recent professional prospect/move worked out?
    Indeed, sir. Well, at least so far? :) Haven't started yet, hence the little break. In September, I will begin working at a different donut shop for a while, and see how that works out.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,954
    edited August 2019
    msg wrote: »
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    Indeed, sir. Well, at least so far? :) Haven't started yet, hence the little break in between. In September, I will begin working at a different donut shop for a while, and see how that works out.

    Tricky business, donuts.

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