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  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,156
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    "This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
    "Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
    Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon
  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,294
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    Polk Audio SDA 2.3tl Fully Hot Rodded. 😎

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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,294
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    Polk Audio SDA 2.3tl Fully Hot Rodded. 😎

    SVS SB16 X2

    Cary SLP-05/Ultimate Upgrade.
    Cary SA-500.1 ES Amps
    Cary DMS 800PV Network
    OPPO UDP 205/ModWright Modification
    VPI Scout TT / Dynavector 20x2
    Jolida JD9 Fully Modified

    VPI MW-1 Cyclone RCM

    MIT Shotgun 3 cables throughout / Except TT, and PC’s
  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,294
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    Polk Audio SDA 2.3tl Fully Hot Rodded. 😎

    SVS SB16 X2

    Cary SLP-05/Ultimate Upgrade.
    Cary SA-500.1 ES Amps
    Cary DMS 800PV Network
    OPPO UDP 205/ModWright Modification
    VPI Scout TT / Dynavector 20x2
    Jolida JD9 Fully Modified

    VPI MW-1 Cyclone RCM

    MIT Shotgun 3 cables throughout / Except TT, and PC’s
  • Geoff4rfc
    Geoff4rfc Posts: 2,433
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    Source: BRP Panasonic UB9000, CDP Emotiva ERC3 - Display: LG OLED EVO 83 C3 - Pre/Pro: Marantz 8802A - Amplification: Emotiva XPA-DR3, XPA-2 x 2, XPA-6, Speakers, Mains/2ch-Focal Kanta No2's, C-LSiM706, S-702F/X, RS-RTiA9's, WS-RTiA9's, FH-RTiA3's, Subs - Epik Empire x 2

    Cables: AudioQuest McKenzie XLR's/CDP/Amp, Carbon 48/BRP, Forest 48/Display, 2 channel speaker cable: Furutech FS Alpha 36 12AWG PCOCC Single Crystal (Douglas Connection)

    EXPERIENCE: next to nothing, but I sure enjoy audio and video MY OPINION OF THIS HOBBY: I may not be a smart man, but I know what quicksand is.
    When I was young, I was Superman but now that old age has gotten the best of me I'm only Batman
  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,122
    I am sorry to laugh at that....that's mean. But I honestly busted a gut when I saw it! LOL

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,107
    OleBoot wrote: »
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    Old Reggie would be proud.
  • bcwsrt
    bcwsrt Posts: 1,918
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    Brian

    One-owner Polk Audio RTA 15TL speakers refreshed w/ Sonicap, Vishay/Mills and Cardas components by "pitdogg2," "xschop" billet tweeter plates and BH5 | Stereo REL Acoustics T/5x subwoofers w/ Bassline Blue cables | Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III integrated tube amp | Technics SL-1210G turntable w/ Ortofon 2M Black LVB 250 MM cart | Sony CDP-508ESD CD player (as a transport) | LampizatOr Baltic 4 tube DAC | Nordost & DH Labs cables/interconnects | APC H15 Power Conditioner | GIK Acoustics room treatments | Degritter RCM
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,894
    They are among us:

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    B)
    No. Seriously. Saw this thing early this morning. It was quite torpid in the morning chill (54 degrees F when we got up today). Initially, we couldn't see any legs, although it looks like it has four(?!?). Otherwise, it looked Beatle-esque beetle-esque. ;) It's about 8 mm long.
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    As the morning warmed, it got more mobile, and its tiny yellowish legs became more obvious as it moved.
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    What the heck is it?
    Any of all y'all know?

    Alternatively, I'm looking for a good on-line photo ID for bugs/insects/small critters with exoskeletons -- and ideally not a phone app, since I didn't take the photos with my phone. :#

  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,304
    I used Google Lens and got this:

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    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"

    Anger is just anger. It isn’t good. It isn’t bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters.
    You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice.
    Jim Butcher




    Harry / Marietta GA
  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,304
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    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"

    Anger is just anger. It isn’t good. It isn’t bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters.
    You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice.
    Jim Butcher




    Harry / Marietta GA
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,553
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    They are among us:

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    B)
    No. Seriously. Saw this thing early this morning. It was quite torpid in the morning chill (54 degrees F when we got up today). Initially, we couldn't see any legs, although it looks like it has four(?!?). Otherwise, it looked Beatle-esque beetle-esque. ;) It's about 8 mm long.

    Smallest flying squirrel I've ever seen..... B)

  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,812
    edited August 12
    I used Google Lens and got this:

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    For those that can't make out the info in the photo, this is a type of "Tortoise Beetle"
    https://extension.umaine.edu/home-and-garden-ipm/fact-sheets/common-name-listing/tortoise-beetles/
    https://entomologytoday.org/

    Note: The link above got censored by Vanilla because of the word that starts with p and is a common term for dung.
    For rig details, see my profile. Nothing here anymore...
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,894
    I used Google Lens and got this:

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    I believe you/Google got it.
    I (ahem) also asked AI.
    That's ayyy* eye, not Al. :p
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    Googlage suggests the clavate tortise beetle.
    How could I be in my seventh decade and have never encountered one of these before? :o
    ____________
    * to quote the Fonz.
  • Geoff4rfc
    Geoff4rfc Posts: 2,433
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    I used Google Lens and got this:

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    I believe you/Google got it.
    I (ahem) also asked AI.
    That's ayyy* eye, not Al. :p
    6m9xga2ss74k.png

    Googlage suggests the clavate tortise beetle.
    How could I be in my seventh decade and have never encountered one of these before? :o
    ____________
    * to quote the Fonz.

    I'm only in my 6th decade and this one is new one on me......I just don't like it, this thing looks like it's going to morph into something way worse.
    Source: BRP Panasonic UB9000, CDP Emotiva ERC3 - Display: LG OLED EVO 83 C3 - Pre/Pro: Marantz 8802A - Amplification: Emotiva XPA-DR3, XPA-2 x 2, XPA-6, Speakers, Mains/2ch-Focal Kanta No2's, C-LSiM706, S-702F/X, RS-RTiA9's, WS-RTiA9's, FH-RTiA3's, Subs - Epik Empire x 2

    Cables: AudioQuest McKenzie XLR's/CDP/Amp, Carbon 48/BRP, Forest 48/Display, 2 channel speaker cable: Furutech FS Alpha 36 12AWG PCOCC Single Crystal (Douglas Connection)

    EXPERIENCE: next to nothing, but I sure enjoy audio and video MY OPINION OF THIS HOBBY: I may not be a smart man, but I know what quicksand is.
    When I was young, I was Superman but now that old age has gotten the best of me I'm only Batman
  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,294
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    I’m glad cutting this stuff is done..
    Polk Audio SDA 2.3tl Fully Hot Rodded. 😎

    SVS SB16 X2

    Cary SLP-05/Ultimate Upgrade.
    Cary SA-500.1 ES Amps
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    VPI Scout TT / Dynavector 20x2
    Jolida JD9 Fully Modified

    VPI MW-1 Cyclone RCM

    MIT Shotgun 3 cables throughout / Except TT, and PC’s
  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,294
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    Polk Audio SDA 2.3tl Fully Hot Rodded. 😎

    SVS SB16 X2

    Cary SLP-05/Ultimate Upgrade.
    Cary SA-500.1 ES Amps
    Cary DMS 800PV Network
    OPPO UDP 205/ModWright Modification
    VPI Scout TT / Dynavector 20x2
    Jolida JD9 Fully Modified

    VPI MW-1 Cyclone RCM

    MIT Shotgun 3 cables throughout / Except TT, and PC’s
  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,304
    Saw this in the magazine listed below.

    Polk Forum has a member in the Texas
    town. I will not list the username, but if he wants to acknowledge he can.

    I wonder if there are any other members in these four towns.


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    Replicas of the Eiffel Tower in Tennessee, Texas, and Arkansas
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    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"

    Anger is just anger. It isn’t good. It isn’t bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters.
    You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice.
    Jim Butcher




    Harry / Marietta GA
  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,294
    That's awesome!!!!
    Polk Audio SDA 2.3tl Fully Hot Rodded. 😎

    SVS SB16 X2

    Cary SLP-05/Ultimate Upgrade.
    Cary SA-500.1 ES Amps
    Cary DMS 800PV Network
    OPPO UDP 205/ModWright Modification
    VPI Scout TT / Dynavector 20x2
    Jolida JD9 Fully Modified

    VPI MW-1 Cyclone RCM

    MIT Shotgun 3 cables throughout / Except TT, and PC’s