So now that I'm rested and had the chance to clean the area around my rig (haven't dusted there in a while), I've started setting things back up and I realized that I didn't feed the rig yesterday through my dedicated USB card.  Oops.   Quote:   It's a dirty secret.  Part of the secret is...

  Your welcome.  It was nice to have a good excuse to come on out.  Besides the opportunity to hang out with Gil, of course.  Glad you liked the BADA pairing.  Still some things I'd like to tweak one of these days if I have the money and motivation, but I like to think I've found a nice resting...

  Yeah, the parade is Saturday.  Though the weather may discourage some, so you can hold out hope.

  Definitely avoid Seattle if you can.  Seafair stuff is kicking off at Seattle Center and the Torchlight Parade is in the evening, so it may affect traffic.

  Yeah...amazing how going from $800 a month in rent on an apartment to a mortgage and all the fun that goes along with can change how things.     Weird to think of my rig as old school.  I could see that when I had the Stacker.  I still kinda miss that amp.   Yeah, definitely give the...

  Haha...thanks.  There's part of me that says "Awesome!  Someone likes my rig!" and part that is kinda going "ack...that means I'll have to break it all down".  Fortunately I got the software updates done last weekend, so I know it should be working (knock on wood).   So yeah, rig is...

Should I bring my rig?  I'm not sure there's that many people who haven't already listened to it.  Heh.

I'll try to make this one.  Honest.  I'll even find out if my rig still works.

Sorry to have missed this one.  Love the Bottlehead meets.  Things have been so crazy with work and a recent trip that I've been out of it.  That and no new stuff to show off has put a damper on things too.  Heh.   Quote:   Yo ham!  Out of curiosity, what tubes are you using with your LF...

And here I thought you didn't want to go into the $2k price range.  :)  For better or worse, the LF is pretty hard to mess up, since tube rolling hasn't been all that noticeable in my limited experience.  Like most amps, pairing with a DAC that compliments it well will definitely help.  I...

Looks like I missed a good one.  Hopefully I can make the next one, and hopefully with a small cheap LCD or something to help with setup.     You got an LF?  Nice!  Will be fun to listen to it in someone else's rig.

 

OK, after some trials and tribulations, got the rig working remotely again (it's usually set up via network to my home desktop).  Components haven't changed, so it's C.A.P.S. server->Musical Fidelity VLINK-192->Berkeley Audio DAC->Cavalli Liquid Fire->LCD-2 version what-the-heck-ever.

I'm back in town and will be making it.  I may only bring my LCD-2's, rather than my whole rig, depending on how my toe is feeling.  My New Year's present was apparently a gout attack.

Quote:   Missed you too man.  We actually had Seamaster back (obviously, since he's posting), despite the work, school, military, and kids obligations.  We ended up just grabbing some beer and stuff after the meet at the brewery next door.  They already had a tab going for me so it seemed...

Quote:   W00T!  Thanks!  Puts my mind at ease and makes it so I don't have to crawl around behind my desktop to extricate the monitor.  Thanks!

Actually...looking at the mobo, there's a VGA output.  Got any of those Doc?  :)

Quote:   Haha...true that.  I think it sounds better, but that's so subjective so I'm looking forward to what others say.   Quote:   K...I might look at bringing my monitor and gear from home.  I'd rather not, because I think it'll involve a lot of crawling around behind my...

Yup, server is up and running.  I bought a small travel router and external HDD for use at meets, but at home it's usually set up to pull from my network.  Depending on if I can get a few minutes of use of an HDMI monitor and mouse/keyboard, I can also run a quick script to prioritize processes...

Quote:   I go away for a few weeks and you have a fire sale?  What the heck?  LOL   Doc - Do you have a HDMI monitor hanging around your place?  I could use that USB mouse and keyboard in case my server goes tweaky on me.

Got my new music server up and running, so that'll be a new one in my rig.  Does anyone have a spare HDMI monitor that's easily transportable?  I don't need it to run the server, but it would be nice to run some tweaks on boot up.  I usually remotely configure it from my home PC.

Quote:   Probably not advisable.  The glue will make it harder for him to sell them.  Especially if we can't get it off your head first.

Quote: Sweeeeeeeet.

Quote:   Usually at least 4 hours.  This one is going to depend on Doc's schedule, rather than when we have a reservation for a library room or something.

Quote:   Just make it part of your birthday present to yourself.  :)  In all seriousness, you should try to make it out for whatever you can.  Several folks don't make the whole meet, but come out for a bit to get a listen to rigs and catch up with folks.