The Pass Pub: The High-End Off Topic Thread

[davidjt]

I wish you all a few relaxed days!
Dirk

I'm feeling as relaxed as a newt. Merry Christmas!

 

[kbergsson]

Merry Christmas

 

[brianco]

Hope that you all had a Great Christmas and that 2021 is a lot better than 2020 has been at so many levels.



[Attached a little history for most of us ]

 

[Soundhappy]

Hello Soundhappy,

Santa will check my datas and will think: give this..boy some aluminum with fins..

Surprise from Santa Claus 30 cm high, total weight 2pcs. ~10kg

 

[cubicincher]

Hello Soundhappy,


those are some nice 'christmastrees' made of aluminum.....
You have been on the 'good' - list!
You wanna build a Super - MoFo?


Have a good week!
Dirk

 

[wrenchone]

I had a very jfet Christmas - also some lamb biryani.... It was also a working Christmas, as my radio show is on Friday nights. It was a kind of lonely vigil with all the COVID nonsense going on...

 

[Zen Mod]

 

[cubicincher]

Oh, shining Santa is in the house...


Is he working off the 'bad boys' - list?


Greets
Dirk

 

[Zen Mod]

shhhh

just keep low profile and hope that one is gonna skip your chimney

 

[Soundhappy]

A Santa's Surprise (1947) - Christmas cartoon (Classic Funny Santa Claus Cartoon in HD!)(1) on Vimeo

Too busy this week at work..
Pictures with Santa Claus more gifts find in my chimeney very soon

 

[indra1]

Past midnight here guys. It's 2021. Happy New Year.

 

[Zen Mod]

Happy NY to all Dodossessssss

wish you much better one than 2020 was

still 6 hours 'till Cuckoo in my neck of wood, but I have a feeling that I'm going to make company to Bears and Groundhogs then

Caruso sings: Tosti's Ideale. Original 78 shellac (and some wishes for 2021) - YouTube

 

[MEPER]

Yes, there are still some hours until 2021......depending on how far "from east" we are.....
My M2X mono blocks + SSII are warming up......so it can play some good music. A 2013 Riesling Crémant from Germany + Salmon from Faroe Islands will be a very nice end of this year......
Also Happy New Year from here.....no so far east.....but more east than Hawaii.....

 

[WBS]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Keep your spirits high for 2021!!!

 

[MEPER]

What do we get in 2021?

Beast with 1000 or more JFETs?
Pass VFET amp?
Probably not a DIY "XA25 alike" amp?

With all the special input boards I think I can live a long time with only M2X......

 

[Zen Mod]

Babelfish XA25 definitely .......... is going to be either major flop, or all the glory

 

[MEPER]

A good thing is that the output devices are still available......not cheap....but you don't need many,.....

 

[Zen Mod]

compare them to tubes ..... plus OPTs

then build both

 

[Dennis Hui]

The output devices aren't that expensive, especially considering you only need two per channel.

Happy New Year!

 

[MEPER]

Here they are....about....$30-40....if you only buy one or two.....

I have a more or less DIY 300B amp.....with an open 550 VDC power supply.....and 300B tubes can be rather expensive.....depending on which you buy. I have yet avoided the "smell" of what 1000 uF / 550 VDC does to a finger.....and here you only get 7W or so in 8 ohm.....then 30-50 VDC is a bit more on the safe side.......