Super hot charcoal with apple wood to add a bit of smoky taste.

  You are correct, I saw a few in mint condition in Ginza last year around 150,000 Yen but decided not yo get it because the additional lens will cost me in the future.  I better stick with Nikon and Fuji for now until digital medium format back come down in price.

  This is still my dream camera...

Did you tried this with tilapia?   http://www.mamawangskitchen.com/sichuan-spicy-fish/

It is Cantonese fish dish, that is usually my go to way of cooking fresh fish. Try to slice some shiitake mushroom and small amount of ground pork and put it on top of fish.

Yeah, cooking in rental kitchen is very hard. Sous Vide helps a lot and make it much easier. That was one meal for first night for 10 adults and 6 kids. The rest of meals goes downhill pretty fast, I think I have at least few liquid meals.

Did some easy meals last week during skiing trip.

They do slice that steak like butter, think money is well spend compare to vintage tubes.

Picked up a new set of steak knives :-)

Clayton, go to an Asian market near you. They usually sell it less.

    Very tempting...

  I have been to but the Bridge 2 does not support WiFi but I'm still considering it because of upgrade price.

Does anyone use Auralic Aries Mini or Bluesound Node 2 to replace their bridge?  

Yummy. Going to WS now to check out the air fryer, I like fried chicken but hate to fry food at home.

Anyone used the air fryer? I'm tempted to get one.

  I don't think so, I was the last person suppose to use that small format but Glenn can't fit the transformer into it anymore.  Glenn use a different transformer now.

    I may have to do that when I'm ready for the 300b

  I agreed on 6AS7G but not on 6080.

    Don't waste on finding a 6080, the only one you need is GEC.  Spend your time rolling on 5998 or 7236 instead.

    Depends on the headphone you are using.  When I had the WA6 (maxxed) and WA22 (maxxed) driving the HD800, the WA22 does not have more bass but much more quality bass.  The biggest differences are in the details and soundstage.  If you are looking for more bass and have a high impedance...

Great, all I need to do now is raise fund and hope get a break from my work and pick up a pair of TA next time in Japan.

Glenn, do you still make a 300B amp with C3g?  I brought brunch of them last year.

That is unfortunate, why would you mess with a great amp unless it is a major overhaul.