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its phillip

its phillip

Audioholic Ninja
34” ultrawide monitor arrived today to replace the 40” TV. I miss the extra resolution from the TV but I think I’ll get over it. Plus whenever I get back to playing games I think I’ll appreciate this even more
 
panteragstk

panteragstk

Audioholic Warlord
its phillip said:
34” ultrawide monitor arrived today to replace the 40” TV. I miss the extra resolution from the TV but I think I’ll get over it. Plus whenever I get back to playing games I think I’ll appreciate this even more
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You will. I very much enjoy mine. I bet yours will have some sort of VRR capability too which really helps smooth things out in games.
 
paspolc

paspolc

Audioholic Intern
I upgraded my hifi speakers from Elac debut 2.0 b6.2 to Elac dbr62, very happy with the choice made, they sound perfect.

Pasquale.
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KenM10759

KenM10759

Audioholic Samurai
Didn't actually BUY, but got in for free today from Salamander Designs a complete set of 8 of their rubber isolator "washers", 8 of the steel washers, and 8 of the hex nuts. I had e-mailed them telling them I wanted to buy them to add a shelf to my Salamander Designs Archetype 3.0 stand, a shelf I already owned.

They took almost a week to reply, but when they did they simply asked for my mailing address and said they'd send them, gratis. A week later, I got them and now have 4 shelves on the 28" tall rack.

On top, my E.A.T. C-major turntable (Ortofon Quintet Blue m/c cartridge.) Second shelf, my $200 Emotiva USP-1 pre-amp. Third shelf is my Bluesound Vault 2 and Schiit Mani phono amp. Bottom shelf is my $100 Carver M-1.5t power amp. It's a "2-channel Frankensystem" of new somewhat expensive stuff (the E.A.T. turntable and KEF Reference 1 speakers), combined with "budget oriented" pieces. Sounds incredible though, primarily because of the speakers, lots of headroom on the amp, and incredibly good acoustics in the room.

Yeah, it was a quick toss it together. I'll do wire management this coming weekend. :)

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Cos

Cos

Audioholic Samurai
Apple is love/hate on this site, but I more of a Tech than Audio Nerd. Looking forward to traveling for work again, so in preparation, got a new tablet for the plane. I am an Apple stock holder, so have to support the company I guess ;) Until Android makes a tablet worth buying, Tab 7S+ was not good
  • Apple Ipad Pro 12.9 5th Gen M1 512GB WiFi - The Mini LED Screen is simply amazing
  • Apple Magic Keyboard (Too Heavy, Too Expensive, but works so well)
  • Apple Magic Pencil
  • Apple AirTag for Keychain & Wallet
Work provided me an Iphone 12 Pro Max and I already have the Apple Watch
Still my go to phone is my Android OnePlus 9 Pro - Everything else, Apple
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Alex2507

Alex2507

Audioholic Slumlord
Parasound P/PH-100 Phono Preamp

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Mine has rack mount holes on the face plate in case I have a 9" rack I guess. What-ev. $75 on CL. Gotta be better than the K-Mart Special I was given gratis. Been spinnin' and grinnin' for an hour or so. Yup ... sounds 75 bucks better.
 
panteragstk

panteragstk

Audioholic Warlord
Cos said:
Apple is love/hate on this site, but I more of a Tech than Audio Nerd. Looking forward to traveling for work again, so in preparation, got a new tablet for the plane. I am an Apple stock holder, so have to support the company I guess ;) Until Android makes a tablet worth buying, Tab 7S+ was not good
  • Apple Ipad Pro 12.9 5th Gen M1 512GB WiFi - The Mini LED Screen is simply amazing
  • Apple Magic Keyboard (Too Heavy, Too Expensive, but works so well)
  • Apple Magic Pencil
  • Apple AirTag for Keychain & Wallet
Work provided me an Iphone 12 Pro Max and I already have the Apple Watch
Still my go to phone is my Android OnePlus 9 Pro - Everything else, Apple
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For the life of me I'll never figure out why they refuse to put macOS on the iPad pro. Missing out on a huge part of the market. If anyone can add true, quality touch controls to a desktop OS, it's Apple.

I've got a nice Win 10 tablet, but their touch interface just sucks. It worked great for watching movies on the plane when I had to travel for work, but I'll never do that again on the regular. I can't stand planes or hotels.
 
panteragstk

panteragstk

Audioholic Warlord
NINaudio

NINaudio

Audioholic Samurai
panteragstk said:
I feel you. My truck is getting it's fenders trimmed because tires didn't fit well enough. It never ends. But it'll be awesome when it's "done". :)
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Once the tune and associated parts are in I should be "done". There will be no more bolt ons I could get at that point. lol
 
panteragstk

panteragstk

Audioholic Warlord
NINaudio said:
Once the tune and associated parts are in I should be "done". There will be no more bolt ons I could get at that point. lol
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I wish I could say that. There are so many bolt on options for cummins motors it's insane. I could easily have a 700hp+ truck with drop in parts and tuning. I'd destroy my transmission, but a few upgrades and that won't happen either since mine was built before I got the truck. Saved me at least $5k.
 
j_garcia

j_garcia

Audioholic Jedi
Well, the whole issue with the car came to a head about 2 weeks ago. Ended up with the dealer buying my car from me at a not so great of a price. Spent the last 2 weeks looking for a replacement and having plenty of difficulty. Used car market sucks, asking prices high and cars not really as good as they should be for those prices.

While talking to a friend, he said one of his friends was about to sell a car and offered it to me before he put it up for sale so I took a look. Have not closed the deal yet because it needs to get smogged before selling in Ca. but as of now, agreed to buy it. It is a 2010 STI hatchback. Hopefully picking it up tomorrow.
 
Verdinut

Verdinut

Audioholic Spartan
panteragstk said:
I wish I could say that. There are so many bolt on options for cummins motors it's insane. I could easily have a 700hp+ truck with drop in parts and tuning. I'd destroy my transmission, but a few upgrades and that won't happen either since mine was built before I got the truck. Saved me at least $5k.
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Look at what happened to a Cummins motor at a recent diesel truck performance show:

jalopnik.com

Pistons Rain From The Sky After Cummins Dodge Ram Explodes On Dyno

Spectators at a diesel truck performance event in Indiana got a bit of an explosive show watching a Cummins Dodge Ram blow up on the dyno, as parts rained down on the crowd.
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}Fear_Inoculum{

}Fear_Inoculum{

Senior Audioholic
My wife and I just sold off our rental house. The final closing was last Friday. Cheque is in the bank. Enough to pay off our mortgage on our house, and have a nice chunk left over.

I persuaded her to let me take a small piece of it (6k) to spend for myself. Just ordered my new L/C/R Paradigm Premiere 800F & 600C speakers in the Espresso Grain. Dealer said 10~14 days before they're in. Can't wait.

That's 3,700$ of my 6k gone. By next week, I should have about another 1,200$ saved up as well. What to spend the remaining 4,500$ I'll have on ;) (looking at an ATS, maybe an external amp, or maybe save up for a new AVR)
 
panteragstk

panteragstk

Audioholic Warlord
Verdinut said:
Look at what happened to a Cummins motor at a recent diesel truck performance show:

jalopnik.com

Pistons Rain From The Sky After Cummins Dodge Ram Explodes On Dyno

Spectators at a diesel truck performance event in Indiana got a bit of an explosive show watching a Cummins Dodge Ram blow up on the dyno, as parts rained down on the crowd.
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I saw that. Insane, but I don't ever plan on going to that high a horsepower level. Those guys are nuts. That is a lot of cash burning away.
 
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