Indeed. I could imagine spinning vinyl again if I had more space and more patience, but I can't imagine any reason to push bits into a DAC from a spinning CD rather than from a file with the very same bits. But that's me, and my willingness to spend quite a bit in streaming hardware.
The Steven Wilson remixes are really good!
Definitely looks like sequencing to me.Some of yous guys are aviators and can hopefully provide me with some insight. I casually track aircraft and sometimes notice planes taking strange curving routes. This evening, I noticed three craft in fairly close proximity making pronounced adjustments to their routes while en route to Seattle. The only thing I can think of is to slow down their arrival times to fit them into an arrival schedule better. Is this correct?
Oh, MAN, the Universe really has a way off laughing in our faces at times. Tough loss.Oh you guys are hilarious.
And the way things are going, you're gonna be very lucky if there is a Valhalla 3. Ever.
Warning: mini-chapter ahead.
Today, after months of painful back and forth with transformers, the whole Valhalla 3 thing came to a head. As far as transformers go, we are screwed in any number of ways:
1. A transformer that is perfectly fine, but runs at 90-95 degrees C. No, that's not a misprint. No, that's not Freedum Units. Now, transformers--even base-model, low-spec ones--can run at temperatures that will boil water for years, but your fingers will be less than happy when that transformer sits 1/4" away from an aluminum top panel.2. A transformer that runs cool, but has so much radiated field that it turns the steel bottom chassis into a paint shaker. I mean seriously insane. Like might-suck-your-Vidar-down-into-a-bottomless-magnetic-chasm insane.3. A 2-transformer solution that runs fine, but does not fit the chassis.4. A single larger transformer than runs fine, but does not fit the chassis.5. Two provisional untested solutions, each based on stuff we've never done before, like running heaters in series. Still waiting to hear if the transformer manufacturer laughs those out of the room.
So right now we have no product. Maybe if we added a fan to #1, but come on, do you guys want a desktop tube amp that has a fan in it? Never mind, I know the answer to that.
On top of all that, in an ultimate ironic note, I got a shipment from a favorite winery today.
One of the wines was a blend. Called "Valhalla."
I almost opened it on the spot.
And I should have. On my way out to the car, I dropped the bottle on the concrete parking lot. It had the expected effect.
The Valhalla curse struck again.
So yeah, I'm kinda done with Valhallas (of any kind) for a while.
Does that mean Valhalla 3 is dead? Not yet, but we don't have a workable solution yet.
It'll happen when, and if, it happens.
And Roland influenced Jurassic Park III if I remember correctly.I am a huge fan of Zevon, I remember buying his second album Excitable Boy on vinyl, I still have it. I already owned his debut album. Earlier I mentioned Walter Tevis, Werewolves of London is part of a famous scene in The Color of Money.
That's verrrrry interesting! Thanks for the response.Definitely looks like sequencing to me.
Sometimes it's just some track adjustments such as the Southwest 1980 to delay the flight slightly and achieve the right separation for the arrival sequencing, or it might be something more is required such as holding patterns due a to a range of factors (weather most often, or different enroute winds meaning arrival slots are not exact and everyone wants the runway at the same time!)
Here's a nice view of weather related holds as a result a the storm cell that was over Melbourne airport on Dec 26th last year. There were more than this but FR24 only allow 6 at once to be displayed.
As Timster said, it's for sequencing/spacing. Aircraft on instrument flight plans must have a three mile bubble around them at all times, which can be challenging as they don't always travel at the same speeds. These are called "S turns". ATC can also simply request decreased speed (to a degree, the pilot may not be able to accept some speeds), have them do a 360 (which I've only heard requested from small aircraft), or give them offset vectors. There are probably other options for spacing I'm unaware of as a non-instrument pilot.
Awesome info. I suspected something along these lines based on watching refueling tankers do circles while waiting for their attendant plane to catch up to them.
Glad you enjoyed it. Posted it here to test reactions.
