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It should be better then being part of the United Socialist Republic of Europe.

Not paying isn't really the issue here, it's more like paying huge interest rates to the UK and Holland which is the issue and the left wing government trying to shove a terrible deal down our throats. First off, the people sent to negotiate were utter fucktards, washed up communist (as in long live Stalin) put away over the recent years in some meaningless government positions. We didn't even sent lawyers to do this and it has been well established that the fucktards didn't understand all of the treaty due to the legal language it is written in. Then it was put in front of the parliament to be rushed through and nobody was even allowed to see it at first. Then the government backed down and said the official review agency would take a look at the deal and give the MP's a review of sorts. Against a stiffening opposition they finally released the treaty but only parts of it. Now the lawyers stepped in and said the treaty wouldn't stand in the courts here as it threatened the independence of the nation. The government still pushed onwards and after months of fighting and making compromises it was to be voted on a week ago. The night before a British law firm stated to send reports they had which showed a lot of sinister things going on behind the curtains. The worst part was a request from the head of the negotiation committee asking the British lawyers to hide their finding that we could fight and win this matter in the courts from the Icelandic government. They all objected and said they law firm was working for the opposition in the parliament. What a ridicules claim as the lawyers were just protecting their own ass in case this data would prove to be valuable later on and they thus liable. Ok have to run but here is the matter in a nutshell. We have nothing against paying this even if it is comparable to the US paying now for all the wars it has fought since Vietnam in one go. The PM is a lesbian and a not too distant relative of mine. Utter fuckwit that.

Yup, 62207 when I checked just now. On Dec 1. there were roughly 320,000 people living here so quite a good portion of the nation. Some 1000 people signed a petition for him to approve the legislation...

Shipped out the T2 and then took the car in for an oil change. While it was up on the lift I managed to fix the exhaust system which rattled when the engine was running at low revs. Turns out it was loose from one of the rubber mountings so slight manhandling and it was good as new. Stupid VW's and their low ground clearance... Then I watched the president of Iceland partially redeem himself in the eyes of the nation by refusing to sign a piece of legislation that would have made us bankrupt and killed all economic growth for the next 30 years.

You know it is just UP-OCC wire which isn't that expensive. DIY time!!! Not up to spec if you prefer but really they are broken.

That would be the curse of the PS1000, many of the units shipped out are just broken. With Bob I'm never sure...

My NOS dac had wood trim and is filled with BG's and Rikens. Must be moar awesome then any other... It isn't a bad little dac though

Holy crap, the mythical 7N? Say it ain't so!?!?!?!

According to the PS1000 fan club then there is a large level of hit and miss when it comes to the sound so you really have to buy more then one set to get a good one.

6N to quote the cable makers...

That's one way to do it but voltage multipliers don't like a load... at all.

Flimsy plastic coupled with flimsy wood for the epic win in headphone design...

I'm going to do something similar but not with the metal rods as they are just too ugly and I don't really need the adjustment capability.

Happy Birthday!!!!

The man is a living legend who has designed some very advanced gear and had the gut to actually build it. I need to build a new rack to hold these amp monsters... Please post pics of that since I've never seen the brown version.

Happy Birthday!!!!

Happy Birthday!!!

Yup, HEV70 utter crap and it also breaks down far too often (at least the early units). Give them ample power and the headphones are transformed.

Not a bad idea but no, it's a new amp/preamp design to celebrate the SRA-6S, the first high end Stax amp. I'm working on a prototype with tubes you've never seen before and are very cheap in a circuit similar to a mini WES or a balanced HEV90. Nothing is set in stone yet but the plan is to have the PCB's available and if I can get somebody locally to make me a chassis, build a few amps including one that I'd send as a gift to Stax. The main problem I have is the tubes are very hard to work with (i.e. I need to compile some of the data myself) and I really need a clone to get all these projects done.

The direction of the power plug is crucial as the power systems aren't star wired anymore. With it pointing in the right direction you shouldn't get any hum so I'd test the bias supply with the transformers in the circuit and see what happens. As for measuring the bias, you need a VTVM to accurately measure it since the impedance is so high.

I mean one would have to search mouser, digikey, Allied etc. and that takes a lot of effort...

Well that and the 50th anniversary of the earspeaker. Plans are already in motion to celebrate it...

Naturally, 2010 is the year of Stax.

By using transformers to perform phase splitting then it should work.

I find that no cable gives me the best sound with some headphones...