Hi there, Never posted a ton, but I'm old school. What a bummer about the group buys for DIY kit. Sounds like the crooks from kickstarter and the like moved in here. Anyway, kind of ended my head-fi spree with some AKG 601s and never looked back. Fun journey. Honestly, I'm into speakers...

Hey Head-Fi, Have any of you successfully replaced a laser pickup in a Marantz SA-14? The old laser won't read any discs. I already performed the standard troubleshooting, like cleaning and lubrication. With this being a newer vintage item, many of the old school POT adjustments are replaced...

Tonight I'm having some Magic Hat - not quite Pale Ale. A light refreshing beer (or 2) to drink after a hard days work. Probably not the highest ranking beer out there, but I think it tastes good.

The 2nd power supply on the router itself is most likely to blame. What you are experiencing is coil whine from the inductor(s). Cheap and/or faulty board components would be my guess if it's a brand new unit. First, take it back if you can. If not, you could have someone replace the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jubei So far, no more crashes JUST by switching over back to Firefox, but will observe for a few more days. Jubei, if that is indeed the case, sounds like some of Chrome's system files have become corrupt. It could be some of Chrome's data stored on...

Quote: Originally Posted by james444 Hi ziplock, while I second all of your suggestions, the vast majority of hardware problems I've come across were harddisk related and pretty much all of them had event records in the system log long before the users became aware of the issue. Not...

Quote: Originally Posted by james444 Wow, three pages into this thread and no one suggested reading the event logs - or did I miss something? That is a good suggestion and goes to show you how we all have different methods of approaching computer problems. I personally follow...

As stated by some.. Download Prime95 and run a torture test. This can help you isolate CPU/Memory problems. If failing, try and rule out memory by downloading and running Memtest86 (at least 10 passes). If this passes, then CPU could be at fault. If system fails both Prime95 and Memtest86...

And tonight we have Terrible ale! lol Found this lovely dark at a general store in Plainfield. They claim to be a Microbrew HQ for the region which is cool. A nice selection of local and import brews can be found here. Quite complex on the palate. Dark fruits, heavy malt, and strong...

Quote: Originally Posted by subtle Do yourself a favor and buy the 4 pack of Duvel that comes with their tulip glass. It's one of the best beer drinking devices on the planet and pretty much the only glass you need. +1 Another vote for the Duvel glass. I just love drinking...

Bummer nhancakes! Can't believe it would be so bad in the bottle. Expired by chance? I know Young's bottles their brews in dark glass so sun shouldn't have bothered it Perhaps try a pint'ish bottle from a large reseller who moves a lot of stock. That way you're less likely to get the...

Quote: Originally Posted by tomb ... and I was wrong (again?) - the clearance height is 10.5mm, not 11.2mm. Again, please accept my apology - the BOM has been corrected with caps that will fit. No worries Tom. You fixed it and I'm probably one of few who used those caps...

Quote: Originally Posted by tomb Maybe I accepted fault too quickly. Please note that 11.2mm is an accurate height clearance. However, quality electrolytics may have a rubber plug that causes them to exceed this height. That's one hell of a plug. The caps are almost flush with...

I wanted to bring up a parts issue with the current BOM of the GrubDAC. If you opt for the standard C5, C15 330uf 6.3V, 2.5mm ls,6.3mm dia max, 11.2mm high2Mouser647-UHE0J331MED caps instead of the C5, C15 alts, the hammond case will not close properly. The 11.2mm height of these caps is too...

Quote: Originally Posted by particleman14 after checking my 2 chips.. I am now about 95% convinced there are no solder bridges.. i even resoldered each pin again just to make sure... any suggestions I should try?? IMO double check all your passive SMD components. Several of them...

Should this little DAC sound so good? I have to say I'm really impressed! My reference source is a Pioneer PD-91 and the Grub holds its own at a different level. I find the Grub's SQ is very transparent, detailed, airy, clean, and clear sounding. I'm noticing many more flaws in recording...

Another GrubDAC lives and it sounds excellent! Thanks for sharing the design.

Quote: Originally Posted by MD1032 You can't go straight for something as crazy as the Arrogant person... Sure you can! If you can take an Arrogant person, you can drink almost anything... Although, I'd be weary of Dogfish Head 120. IMO they lost sight of what a good...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ultrainferno So what "American" beer should I try? Too many to list! :-) But I would recommend products from Stone, Rogue, Sierra Nevada, and Magic Hat for starters. Delicious beers IMO.

Sure! Westmalle is delicious as well. I've had that Tripel on several occasions, very good stuff

Looks like you guys have been enjoying some nice brews. I miss drinking my Belgium beers since I moved to Vermont! There are some good micros around here, but they mostly produce IPAs it seems. Don't get me wrong, I love a good IPA. But I miss the variety from Texas. Someone drink a St...

Quote: Originally Posted by cAsE sEnSiTiVe Mint condition Threshold S/300 amplifier at a Goodwill store in LA for $110. Donated by a divorcee that apparently had no idea of its worth....and luckily for me, neither did the store. That's a superb find! Well done.

My best find so far is a Pioneer PD-91 for $15. Found it at some small thrift-store back in Austin, TX. Pioneer PD-91 on TVK The laser lens popped off, which is very common with Pioneers of this vintage it seems. I glued it back on and enjoyed the unit for a long time, but in the end I...

Go-Vibes were and still are great little amps. I own a V6M as well as a V7 Max. There's the standard V6 that runs on 12V and then the V6M which is special and runs on 24V. I believe all versions of the V7 are 12V only. If your V6 is using the AD8610/20 op-amps then it is the 24V M version.

Quote: Originally Posted by cobaltmute If you're going to do that be very careful - you want to make sure that you do things in an order that you don't make it difficult to solder down the PCM2707. I would do the bottom chips only if I were to do that. Right. I'll probably save...