jinp6301 Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Baratza Virtuoso Theyre selling for $50 (from $200) at certain Williams-Sonoma Great grinders for a great price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aura Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Single bottle of Péché Mortel from Brasserie Dieu Du Ciel. Ironic that I couldn't find this up in Chicago at Binny's South Loop but I could down here in Peoria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sschell Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Baratza Virtuoso Theyre selling for $50 (from $200) at certain Williams-Sonoma Great grinders for a great price! Nice! I bought one for my Dad as an early birthday present. It is leaps and bounds better than the ancient Saeco he had been using, both usability and grind-wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emelius Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 three 375mL bottles of Lost Abbey Angel's Share (Brandy)...isn't available in Indiana so had to pay too much online... & three bombers of Firestone-Walker Double Jack to reach the six bottle minimum...cool that F-W is available in Chicago now, but easier to ship it in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Currawong Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Costoco had some Thinsulate lined deerskin gloves for $10 or so, which was just what I needed for getting family and whatnot in and out of the car and driving without freezing my hands off or repeatedly having to take off bulky ski gloves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 thats a cool knife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Very cool knife! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 nice! looks like it uses the same steel as my knife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 probably. Takeda does something special in the heat treating, though, which makes it less chippy. some special ingredient. Japanese Unicorn Dust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetoole Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Apogee Centaur Minors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driftwood Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Apogee Centaur Minors. Congrats, what are you going to drive them with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 (edited) My first Armagnac (Cerbois VSOP), Punt e Mes, Aperol, and a few bottles of 2008 Durigutti Malbec (which made it on WS's list of top 100 wines of 2010). Tried to buy the knife that Reks mentioned above but failed - out of stock... maybe forever. Edited January 23, 2011 by shellylh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetoole Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 you should have gotten the Japanese Unicorn Dust. Probably. Congrats, what are you going to drive them with? DIY F5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agile_one Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 ^^^ Nice, Jacob. Pity the fool who thinks the stropped blade isn't sharp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Nice haul Shelly, but sorry about the knife not working out. Enjoy the new speakers Colin. Jacob is knife crazy! That one looks wicked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agile_one Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 (edited) ^^^ ok, I know that both (shovel and cut) are lethal, especially at the hand of the master, but what is the proper order? Me? i'd do shovel, then slice and dice. But I'm very provincial and unsophisticated. What is the proper protocol? /clueless in sarasota ... Edited January 23, 2011 by agile_one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augsburger Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 a balsa bench strop loaded with .25 micron diamond compound. i've been wanting to try the .25 diamond compound, and it's cheaper to buy this than to buy a bottle of the slurry (i would probably try it on a piece of paper on a piece of glass, since i don't have another strop to use it with, as i like to use my felt strop bare). if i don't like the diamond, i can always sand the balsa down and use it with another compound, and it matches my leather strop from the same maker, so it seems like a good deal to me. Yeah, a balsa strop plus some more 3M lapping film are next up on my shopping list since I already have the .25 micron diamond compound. I can't wait, I can already put a pretty nice polish on my micro bevels which makes even the Henckels look pretty cool. Reks, if the diamond compound dosen't work out for you you can always use it to polish the scratches on your shovel. Shelly, let us know what you think of that Malbec, looks delsih. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetoole Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 New speakers up and playing with the temp amp (Hafler dh120, hasn't spontaneously combusted yet). I definitely need to play with setup, and get the F5 running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agile_one Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Colin ... don't be dissing the Hafler gear. I built a hafler DH101 pre and DH200 amp back in the day from kit, and they were great for many years. 'Grats on the new speakers. Now, go and figure out what you need for room treatment. Room treatment/acoustics are just as important as any piece of gear you have. Think of it as another component that should be as good as or better than your amp/pre/player/ .... whatever. Room treatment matters ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetoole Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 (edited) I do like it, and it has served me well for the past year or so. I am just worried since these speakers dip down to around 3ohm. I do not have a preamp, but when I got the amp I replaced the RCA jacks and switches back there, removed the balance controls (just mono screw adjust pots on the back), and replaced them with a stepper on the front panel. I absolutely need to figure out room treatments, speaker positioning, toe in, and tilt, and all the other related stuff. I know it matters, and matters quite a lot. Unfortunately, my room is less than ideal, but I am sure I can figure out something workable. Right now they are about 2.5' from the side walls, a bit more than that from the rear (unfortunately big windows behind them), and a TV between them. It will be tricky. Edited January 23, 2011 by cetoole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Furniture is one of the best room treatments, definitely the first step to take, this is wise advice from cripple-san. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 dou itashimashite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Just because I'm gay doesn't mean I'll decorate your place with flowers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Teehee. Oh-kay then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvlgato Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 (edited) Jacob, nice knife! I know nothing about knives, but I know that sho' looks purty! Jim, good luck with the doggie! Pics when able! cetoole, grats on the Apogees! I loved my Centaurs when I had them. x2 on placement and room control, can't emphasize that enough with Apogees! I've heard some nice Hafler setups, but have not heard them with Apogees. Don't think Centaurs are as hard to drive as their other models. May want to pick up a sub, though. Shelly, nice looking bottles! Look forward to impressions! Fitz is Japanese? I had no idea! Edited January 23, 2011 by jvlgato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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