[mbwilson111]

I think I had better not wait too long to do the WOW this week so...

WOW - Shirt

Mary Chapin Carpenter - This Shirt


Slaid Cleaves performs on the MusicFog.com stage at Threadgill's south. SXSW 2009.
Black T-Shirt

I have seen him perform a couple times with his band at The Ann Arbor Ark back in the 90's. Somewhere I have a picture taken with him...lol. The only reason I had the picture taken is because a friend of mine insisted. They put on an entertaining show. Back then his stand up bass player would, at some point, hop onto the bass and keep playing. I wonder if he can still do that.

I think Tom found this next one on Bandcamp. He was always finding new music. I can't stop listening... this is what I call 2AM music


Lift Your Shirt · Stone Irr -Performance ℗ 2019 Darling Recordings Released on: 2019-09-20

 

[Whazzzup]

We’ll look what’s in my feed, suprised suprise. Beamer

 

[Richsvt]

I went on an invite from BMW a couple weeks ago and drove a bunch of their newer vehicles. While I wasn't taken by their redesign on the front end and their 'I' technology, I drove the I5 M50. That was a beast and the course we drove was way too short to really allow it to come alive. Hard to get used to the regenerative braking once you let go of the throttle. I'm not going to be rushing out to buy one soon. Some nice offerings with impressive technology, but I'll stick to a gas-powered car.

 

[musicrocks]

We’ll look what’s in my feed, suprised suprise. Beamer

I don’t know... Have seen a number of the new 7 series on the street and went around two in parking lots. To me BMW lost their exterior design mojo. Such a clunky box of a car. And a glowing front grille at night? Oh boy. Maybe add lights below the floor and some hydraulic suspension to jump around while standing. I loved my 2019 5series though.

 

[jerick70]

I went on an invite from BMW a couple weeks ago and drove a bunch of their newer vehicles. While I wasn't taken by their redesign on the front end and their 'I' technology, I drove the I5 M50. That was a beast and the course we drove was way too short to really allow it to come alive. Hard to get used to the regenerative braking once you let go of the throttle. I'm not going to be rushing out to buy one soon. Some nice offerings with impressive technology, but I'll stick to a gas-powered car.

I'll probably get flamed.....I've never been a fan of BMW cars. They're OK. Just my 2 cents.

 

[groucho69]

 

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[musicrocks]

...another one:

“Common sense is not so common.”
—Voltaire

 

[Whazzzup]

 

[groucho69]

 

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[groucho69]

PSB Speakers: a brief history

 

[jerick70]

 

[DBaldock9]

I know there have been replies from @jerick70 & @tjw321 when I've asked questions about Linux - and I'm wondering if you, or anyone else on this thread, runs their own "Home-Lab"?

By Home-Lab, I mean a Main-PC, plus systems running hypervisors like TrueNAS Scale, Proxmox, KVM, etc. - to provide services like NAS, Pi-Hole/Firewalls, and VMs to run Windows, Linux, or Mac OS.

I've been working on ideas for the best combination of hardware & software to set up my Home-Lab.
Right now, all of my Music is stored on a 2TB Samsung T7 Portable SSD (will have to increase the storage space, once I rip all of my CDs) connected to my Main-PC. The music data is also copied onto my backup disk, and will end up on my NAS. Currently, my Main-PC has to be on, with JRiver Media Center running, in order for any of my other devices to connect to the DLNA server. I think I'd rather have the JRiver MC DLNA server running in a "lightweight" installation of something like Manjaro, in a VM on the lower power SuperMicro X10SDV server.

Last Fall, I pulled the Core i7-3930K @3.2GHz (6c/12t) out of my Main-PC, and installed a Xeon E5-2697 v2 @2.7GHz (12c/24t). It has twice as many cores/threads, but is clocked slower. This means it has a lot more multi-threaded performance (14,338 vs 8,228), and due to its newer design, it has slightly more single-threaded performance (1,800 vs 1,755). Checking CPU Benchmark, the Core i7-4960X @3.5GHz (6c/12t), has the highest (2,087) single-threaded performance for a CPU in the LGA2011v2 socket. The next highest (2,072) is the Xeon E5-2687W v2 @3.4GHz (8c/16t), but the Xeon has higher multi-threaded performance (12,163 vs 10,134). The Xeon is also 1/2 the price ($55 vs $120) - so I've got an E5-2687W to install (just waiting on some Artic MX-6 Thermal Paste that I've ordered).

It would be fairly "cheap" (~$300) to buy a second E5-2697 v2 ($36), a used SuperMicro X9DRD-iT+ (2x 10GbE, 1x IPMI)($109) dual LGA2011v2 motherboard, along with 256GB DDR3 ECC RAM ($155), to set up a Virtual Machine Server (24c/48t). --- But what I'd really like to do, is get a new AMD Ryzen 9 7950X @4.5GHz (16c/32t) CPU, and put it on an ASRock Rack B650D4U-2L2T/BCM Workstation motherboard (2x 1GbE, 2x 10GbE, 1x IPMI), along with 64GB - 96GB of DDR5 ECC RAM. However, the 7950X system (CPU, Motherboard, RAM) would be more than $1,500. Since there are communications overheads, two E5-2697 v2 CPUs (12c/24t @2.7GHz each) would not scale to equal 2x one CPU, so they'd provide less than 1/2 of the multi-threaded performance, and less than 80% of the single-threaded performance of the 7950X. But, is the 7950X worth 5x the cost?

Hardware that I currently have:
01.) Sierra Wireless EM9191 - 5G NR Sub-6GHz Cellular Modem Module with USB-3.0 Adapter Enclosure. Once the Gowin R86S-G3 is operational as my Router, I intend to use the EM9191 for Internet service, instead of the slower AT&T UVerse.

02.) MikroTik RB493G - [current] Router/Firewall/HotSpot (OpenWRT) - AR7161 @680MHz (1 Core), 256MB RAM, 128MB NAND, 9x 1GbE, 1x RS-232, 1x Dual Channel 2.4GHz mini-PCI WiFi, 1x Dual Channel 5.0GHz mini-PCI WiFi. Old hardware, and available OpenWRT is three versions older than current.

03.) Gowin R86S-G3 - [future] Router/Firewall/HotSpot (OpenWRT/Rooter) - Intel N6005 Pentium Silver @2.0GHz (4-Cores/4-Threads), 16GB RAM, 128GB EMMC Storage, 1x M.2 Slot, 1x µSD Slot, 3x 2.5GbE Network Ports, 2x 10Gb SFP+ Ports, 2x USB 3.0 ports, 1x HDMI Port, WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.2. Should be able to run OpenWRT/Rooter and Pi-Hole.

04.) SuperMicro X10SDV-6C+-TLN4F Xeon D-1528 @1.9GHZ (6-Cores/12-Threads), 64GB RAM, 2x 1GbE, 2x 10GbE, 1x IPMI, Mini-ITX Server, in SilverStone DS380B case. Planning to install an LSI 9400-16i HBA. Can run as a TrueNAS Scale or ProxMox Hypervisor, and a NAS.

05.) Home-built Main-PC - Xeon E5-2697 v2 @2.7GHz (12-Cores/24-Threads) or E5-2687W v2 @3.4GHz (8-Cores/16-Threads), 64GB RAM, 2x GTX-1080 Ti, Blu-Ray R/W, Kubuntu Linux PC (soon to be Manjaro (KDE Plasma)) Linux w/JRiver MC30 - Outputs (HDMI, DisplayPort, USB, SPDIF) in Thermaltake Core V71 case (can be used with any of the Amps or DACs)

06.) Sager NP8967 (Clevo P960RF) Laptop - Core i7-9750H @2.6GHz (6-Cores/12-Threads), 32GB RAM, 2x 1TB M.2 NVME Drives, Dual Boot - Manjaro Linux (KDE Plasma) & Win10 Pro, both w/JRiver MC31 - Outputs (HDMI, Display Port, USB, TOSLINK)(can be used with any of the Amps or DACs)

07.) Asus Eee PC 1215B-PU17 Netbook - AMD E-450 APU @1.7GHz (2-Cores/2-Threads), 8GB RAM, 2TB SSD - Manjaro Linux (KDE Plasma) - Outputs (HDMI, USB & 3.5mm TRS)(can be used with any of the Amps or DACs)

 

[groucho69]

1957 Ford Thunderbird ‘E-Code’