Finally made a meet! Been a while. A lot of new faces, and a few old. And a closed can that actually sounds good?!?   And, gosh darn, but I lost my provari vaping thingamagig!

Cancelled due to lack of interest.

DIY open house Saturday, August 18 starting at noon. I bought some new toys, so I'll be here trying them out. Anyone interested in sharing some DIY time is welcome to come. PM me for directions. Are there any cable making experts that want to try a cable build session? I have a Paladin 1300...

First Victim erikzen's Grado SR-40 Removing the cushion. Attempt #1: Under the Knife This didn't work too well. The pad shredded a bit. Attempt #2: Between the frying pan and the fire Abandoned after melting a hole in the cover Attempt #3: Instruments of Torture Finally...

We've been talking about having a DIY mini meet for years. Let's actually have one. I'll host it at my apartment about 6 blocks from the LIE and Queens Blvd, half a block from the subway (V, R). Parking is very difficult. I'll send full direction to anyone planning on coming--don't want to...

Since I burnt a pad back in December, I went way off the deep end and bought a few more soldering toys. Larger image It's become a bit messy since then Hakko 936 series Hakko 936 ESD Soldering Station Hakko 950 SMD Hot Tweezers FM/FP Stations Hakko FP-102 Soldering Station...

I did this today to an msb link dac trying to put a dip socket under the op amps. It got me thinking how much it would cost to have a bad day like this on an expensive piece of equipment. So I'm on a quest for a real desoldering iron. Dig that continual heat and suck action. It's...

Thinking of getting a 5.1 receiver or something. Already have 4 speakers and a subwoofer. Just hate the idea of giving up my nice sounding Creek integrated amp. Was thinking of using the preamp outs from that thing to the power amp input on the integrated to power the fronts, and use the crummy...

The mini meet at 35,000 feet was fun in both directions. In the first movement, Romanee managed to create a new convert, and in the process got his ipod video battery flattened. He was chatting up the girl sitting next to him, and she just wouldn't part with it, especially once he swapped in...

I'm a bit torn on the HeadLine. It does some things really well, but falls short in other areas. It's transparent, but hard to match with other equipment, especially portable gear. It handles complex musical passages with authority, but sometimes gets stuffed up with simpler music. It can be...

Movement 1: Thursday April 19, 2007 5:55 pm est - 9:50 pst. Jetblue flight 173 from JFK to SJC. Movement 2: Sunday, April 22, 2007 10:45 pm pst - Monday, April 23 7:07 am est. Jetblue flight 174 from SJC to JFK. Seating is limited. Sign up soon.

http://www.bluemax.net/products/bug_box/BugBox.htm The fixed ones don't quite fit ICs all that well. The dividers in the adjustable ones won't stay put. How do you use them?

25 drawers and it's almost full. Must get more gear. If you want to see it, it's this one. http://ewins.com/item/6_50/EWINS+100...hecary_Cabinet How do you store your gear?

Mocked up these prototypes tonight. The mock batteries sit inside the stack. I'll eventually redo them in a more robust way. Thinking of using clear casting epoxy. The back might get a slab of rubber to help seat them better. Finally, the back plate on the stack needs to be modded...

I bought an iRiver 120 DAP a few months ago and some of the tracks have recently become corrupt. [edit] This thread documents my attempts to fix the problem. The most important thing is to install the rockbox bootloader or the disk might be toast. You don't actually need rockbox, just the...

Just got a CD of Mikhael Pletnev doing CPE Bach on piano. Stupid mistake getting it on piano. Also got Trevor Pinock doing symphonies. I've never heard his symphonies before, but love them. His small ensemble stuff is what I like best, though. Since I don't seem to have great luck picking music...

Some crummy pictures I took with a cheap camera         The Quest A bag doesn't just hold equipment. It opens opportunities to listen to better music in more places. On the commute to work, I always carry a large bag. There's plenty of room for a portable DVD player, my...

If anyone else is thinking of it, I just did it the hard way... There's a small circuit board onto which the headphone and input jacks are attached. It's below the large board . The 2 boards are attached by 2 pins which go through plastic spacers that separate the boards. Holding the player...