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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    He was also wedded to the gloriously impractical* notion of DC for electricity distribution and went to terrifying lengths to instill FUD (as we would call say nowadays) about rival Westinghouse's alternating current.
    https://www.americanheritage.com/edison-and-electric-chair
    https://edison.rutgers.edu/life-of-edison/essaying-edison/essay/myth-buster-topsy-the-elephant
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    * Admittedly, DC is kinda back in fashion today in many respects, but generated and used quite differently than the model Edison had in mind. ;)

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  • jdjohn
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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
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  • SCompRacer
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    I had SDA 2a or b and SRS2's. These were for Ed the SRT king. I can tell it was a vinyl day.

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  • Tony M
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    Kramer's toast to feeling good all the time. :D

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    SCompRacer wrote: »
    I had SDA 2a or b and SRS2's. These were for Ed the SRT king. I can tell it was a vinyl day.

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    Still Life with Cat and SPL Meter
    Gotta love that. :)
    PS (and in all seriousness) that little stand the R/S meter's on is very cool. Is that bespoke?
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  • skipshot12
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    He was also wedded to the gloriously impractical* notion of DC for electricity distribution and went to terrifying lengths to instill FUD (as we would call say nowadays) about rival Westinghouse's alternating current.
    https://www.americanheritage.com/edison-and-electric-chair
    https://edison.rutgers.edu/life-of-edison/essaying-edison/essay/myth-buster-topsy-the-elephant
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    * Admittedly, DC is kinda back in fashion today in many respects, but generated and used quite differently than the model Edison had in mind. ;)

    Oh yea, low voltage DC Distribution/Transmission of any longer distances wasn't a good idea back in the day of Edison.

    What's FUD?

    If anyone gets a chance to see some of the UHVDC Substations do it, they look like something out of the movie Forbidden Planet.

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  • SCompRacer
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »

    Still Life with Cat and SPL Meter
    Gotta love that. :)
    PS (and in all seriousness) that little stand the R/S meter's on is very cool. Is that bespoke?

    Thank you! Yes, it is. Manufactured from 12 gauge solid THNN wire. Viewing angle adjustable, but not infinitely. Many colors avaliable. :)

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    Jasper in maintenance mode warming his rump on the Krell. Texas cat loved warmth....

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    While looking through pics I remember we used to have to cover the tops of the Salk's. Jasper had rear claws.

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  • SCompRacer
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    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
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  • maxward
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    A very good point!
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    skipshot12 wrote: »

    What's FUD?
    The internet runs on it! Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt.
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    If anyone gets a chance to see some of the UHVDC Substations do it, they look like something out of the movie Forbidden Planet.

    UHVDC
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    UHVDC
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    mmmmmmmm...

    I am thinking the future of DC is local: PVs, batteries, and inverters.
    I am (we are), however, still resisting batteries here. :blush:

    54011105772_4cf6e0162a_b.jpgDSC_0431 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    We did chicken out on installing a tracker system in 2024 and opted to re-do the original system on the roof (the one on the main roof). I couldn't quite rationalize the cost... but we came really close.


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  • mhardy6647
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    maxward wrote: »
    A very good point!

    Ol' Charles Rodrigues had a way with words. B)
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  • aprazer402
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    In the 70's I worked for a guy that had a purple AMC Pacer. I drove it sometimes. It really was a good running little bubble. He never had any problems with it. He traded it in for a Datsun pickup.
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  • daddyjt
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    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
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  • mhardy6647
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    from those fun-loving engineers @ ASR...
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    This nicely illustrates the symmetry principle of physics. It's not a universal physical law, but symmetry is pretty widespread in the universe. B)
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  • mhardy6647
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    So... the 1910 duck story I posted in the "doing it wrong" thread got me to thinking about canards (where storytelling, ducks, and French all intersect)... which, of course*, led me to the XB-70 Valkyrie.
    ... and I learned something I didn't know until today! Whoda thunk it?**
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    source: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarplanePorn/comments/10ioghs/did_you_know_that_the_north_american_xb70/
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    * of course
    ** Who, indeed? Virtually all of the educators saddled with me would exclaim, sooner or later: There' no teachin' that boy! :blush:
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  • aprazer402
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  • mhardy6647
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    (seen at ASR, of all places ;))
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  • skipshot12
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    When cars actually had style.
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  • mhardy6647
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    I guess, depending on one's sensibilities, I could also put this in the You're Doing it Wrong thread... but I think it's kinda cool... so I am putting it here. :blush:
    55025310266_b3b1410210_b.jpgBLACK PICKUP TRUCK by J.Paul, on Flickr
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  • motorstereo
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  • Viking64
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    Get to the Chopin!

    Hasta la vista, Beethoven.

    It is not a Wagner!

    You can't Handel the truth! (Okay, I cheated.)
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  • billbillw
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  • xschop
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    Testing....

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  • Gardenstater
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    Holy Midrange Batman!
    George / NJ

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  • xschop
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    Topped off for $20.

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