KEN-JENNINGS
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Nice. Did you have to install a special charger or just plug and play?
pirana6
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Me and the lady are contemplating adding a dedicated Level 2 charger to our garage. It should only be $2-3k since the fuse box is in the garage so adding an extra circuit a few feet away would be pretty simple for an electrician.

But since I drive so little, we're happy to get by with the included cable that charges off a normal 120V 20A outlet. It gets about 1% per hour of charge, but the car has a range of 250 or so miles so even if we max that out on the weekend, we have all week to let it sit and do its thing.

Adding the L2 in the garage would be convenient and potentially add the homes value (albeit slightly) so no major downside after the price, just need to get around to it.
Dilbert_X
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I don't know much about batteries but I do know charging strategy is key to maximising battery life.
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pirana6
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From what I heard, the slower the better. Yes not going above 85 and not below 15 is good, but I think if you constantly do ultra-mega-fast charging every time, that's not ideal. You want the slow trickle charge as often as you can, and it appears I'm forcing myself to have only that.
Dilbert_X
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Charging too slow shouldn't cause harm, but then I guess you're not going to charge it for 85-100 hours at a time so it will be in steps.
Charging below 85% or in steps can degrade performance - also charging to 85% too often can mean 85% is your new 100% and you lose that upper capacity.

Its very dependent on your actual battery, the design, chemistry etc.
Probably the latest batteries are better but then as soon as an improvement is made the cost is cut and you're in a worse position than when you started.
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pirana6
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Lets hope there's a computer built in to help me not overthink this
SuperJail Warden
Gone Forever
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I didn't buy a Rolex Oyster Perpetual today.
https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/OHEAAOSwe1Zm8dd7/s-l1200.jpg
I have the money and can afford it but apparently you can only order them through authorized dealers. There are wait-list and you will need to "establish a relationship" with a dealer in order to get through the wait-list.

I ain't doing all that shit. I am not going to kiss an AD's ass just for the honor of buying an expensive watch. Besides, the only people who would even be impressed by it are other men. So, I would need to build a relationship with a man in order to buy a watch to impress another man. 🧐

Not happening. I did instead buy myself two other things that cost much less and also will not require me to charm a watchmonger.
https://i.imgur.com/EKWdjnq.jpeg
White gold with diamonds.

RTHKI wrote:

Is that a wedding ring?
Yes, I am getting married to the one person I love the most: myself. Just kidding, I wanted a ring to balance out my usual ring collection.
https://i.imgur.com/7ywGbLa.jpeg
The other thing I bought was an iPhone SE from Mint Mobile.
https://www.cdiscount.com/pdt2/1/8/0/2/700x700/auc3344329892180/rw/apple-iphone-5-64go-noir-reconditionne-tres-bo.jpg
I need a 2nd phone for work. I am doing admin work at school. Not a full admin yet but fulfilling some of the duties. All of the admin and managers have 2 phones. Since we are government workers, our phones can be searched and subpoenaed. I don't want to have to hand over my phone for some work nonsense and suddenly someone has access to my dating app shenanigans. I didn't do that last summer. Didn't have the time or energy this year.
https://i.imgur.com/xsoGn9X.jpg
KEN-JENNINGS
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Hit me up on discord. I can get you pretty much any rolex you want. Have you looked into used watches? Some really good deals out there if you look hard enough. I'm a big fan of the 36mm datejusts. Very clean and discreet.

There's a local lady here that can pretty much source any watch you could ever want. I had her chase down a birth year rolex for me but it was a bit too expensive to pull the trigger on.
Dilbert_X
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Bought a new lock for my safe, the old one jammed and I had to get a locksmith to open it.

Why can I get gun parts delivered from France in under a week but it takes over a week to get a part from the distributor - who has them in stock - delivered 15km to a local reseller?
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KEN-JENNINGS
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https://i.imgur.com/sRCgDLY.jpeg

Finally got myself a stand mixer. With pasta and meat grinder attachment. Looking forward to making a bolognese this weekend.
Dilbert_X
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I am going to buy my childhood dream toy - Tamiya Rough Rider

https://www.tamiyaclub.com/tcimages/17313/generated/img17313_12112006052405_1_1100_.jpg

For re-release they had to rename it Buggy Champ - another thing gays have ruined.

https://www.twoboxhobbies.com.au/cdn/shop/products/c938eafb5be794dc17fd000df1812e74.jpg?v=1668590818

I was looking forward to having the box cover for shed art, now its ruined.

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uziq
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i've ordered a very nice hand-made rotary mixer as an end of year gift to myself. will take 3-4 months for the small team in berlin to make and ship it out to me. this is one of those 'this will last for 15 years' type of purchases, so i don't mind the wait. ordered a bespoke model with all the extra bells and whistles just to totally future-proof my hobby (e.g. a maximum number of channels in case my home setup expands at any point in the future beyond two turntables). all class A components and fully discrete design, a separate linear power supply, etc. probably only one of 2-3 small boutique companies making dj mixers that post truly impressive mastering-grade numbers on signal tests. (absolute overkill, of course, but it's a treat.)

https://scontent.fbrs1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/434812186_931936905603388_8418076281573126192_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=6EaUSLO4mz4Q7kNvgGKzqNk&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fbrs1-1.fna&_nc_gid=ANgPIzuldTVnPqrKnPdvixC&oh=00_AYDqVRd323HrdRNm6O38Swd2BG3QbcTOj4WZAmx3aDK1dQ&oe=67677D9E

funnily enough, the other 2 small companies doing mixers at this top grade are from japan and adelaide, australia, of all places ...



ordered a pair of really nice cartridges/needles from a small'ish japanese company, too. a notable step up from the club-standard dj cartridges, which don't really prioritise listening quality. i'm picturing a beautiful centrepiece of our main living space, all in light wood, in a softly sunlit tatami room ...

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/vg0AAOSwu5pijEj8/s-l1200.jpg
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65e77329872ef146bc8bfea1/1716579410229-552BQCNGM4J7PPMK1LZ8/Nagaoka+DJ-03HD+en+situation+1.jpg?format=1500w

also taken the opportunity to start selling all of my old stuff back in the UK. a nice little refresh of a hobby that i've drifted out of contact with during my world-wandering chapter.

now what i would really love to add is a pair of bespoke speakers, also from berlin funnily enough, to really fill out the room ...

https://newfidelity.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Radial_15_Location1-512x640.jpg
https://newfidelity.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Radial_15_Location2-512x640.jpg

however at about £12,500 quid minus import taxes/fees, i may have to wait a while before i can justify anything like that ...

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pirana6
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Just buy a shitty car from bumfuck ohio instead?
uziq
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driving is so gauche. who am i, john fetterman?
RTHKI
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Hey, my car has 289k miles and is going somewhat okay
https://i.imgur.com/tMvdWFG.png
uziq
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that's a whole lot of runs to the gap and popeyes.
RTHKI
mmmf mmmf mmmf
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Only 5700
https://i.imgur.com/tMvdWFG.png
uziq
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a quantum of freedom, my friend
Dilbert_X
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uziq wrote:

i've ordered a very nice hand-made rotary mixer as an end of year gift to myself. will take 3-4 months for the small team in berlin to make and ship it out to me. this is one of those 'this will last for 15 years' type of purchases, so i don't mind the wait. ordered a bespoke model with all the extra bells and whistles just to totally future-proof my hobby (e.g. a maximum number of channels in case my home setup expands at any point in the future beyond two turntables). all class A components and fully discrete design, a separate linear power supply, etc. probably only one of 2-3 small boutique companies making dj mixers that post truly impressive mastering-grade numbers on signal tests. (absolute overkill, of course, but it's a treat.)

https://scontent.fbrs1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/434812186_931936905603388_8418076281573126192_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=6EaUSLO4mz4Q7kNvgGKzqNk&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fbrs1-1.fna&_nc_gid=ANgPIzuldTVnPqrKnPdvixC&oh=00_AYDqVRd323HrdRNm6O38Swd2BG3QbcTOj4WZAmx3aDK1dQ&oe=67677D9E
Its nice to buy nice things.

funnily enough, the other 2 small companies doing mixers at this top grade are from japan and adelaide, australia, of all places ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iXXmdteguU&t=54s
These things can be anywhere, usually just one or two people buying/having the parts made and putting them together.

ow what i would really love to add is a pair of bespoke speakers, also from berlin funnily enough, to really fill out the room ...

https://newfidelity.de/wp-content/uploa … 12x640.jpg
https://newfidelity.de/wp-content/uploa … 12x640.jpg

however at about £12,500 quid minus import taxes/fees, i may have to wait a while before i can justify anything like that ...
Its probably curmudgeonly but I've always been pretty careful to optimise the cost/value ratio.

$10 speakers - crap
$100 speakers - bleh
$200 speakers - OK
$500 speakers - Good enough
$1000 speakers - Very nice
$5000 speakers - probably won't be a measurable difference on the most sensitive spectrum analyser
$10000 speakers - You could buy the  $1000 speakers and have enough left over to buy a high mileage car and replace the speakers in that

Last edited by Dilbert_X (2024-12-18 00:42:21)

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uziq
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Its nice to buy nice things.
quite. i haven't really bought myself anything nice in the last few years. most of my budget has been on 'experiences' rather than 'things'. i've barely even been clothes shopping whilst living out of a few fully stacked suitcases.

These things can be anywhere, usually just one or two people buying/having the parts made and putting them together.
well, duh. nobody is claiming its EUV lithography. these are 'boutique' companies making 'boutique' mixers for a reason: they're pitched at a very particular niche of the DJ market. the technology itself is modeled on 1970s-era analogue gear like large rack-mounted bozak mixers. those are not at all common. anyone can do it but it says a lot that it's just small workshops and 1–5 man operations actually doing them to this high standard today.

the most popular turntable brand in the world, which is practically synonymous with vinyl DJs and turntablism – panasonic's technics subsidiary, based in japan – only started re-producing their much-vaunted (as in literally featured in design museums) turntables a few years ago. they stopped producing them for about 20 years. and DJ'ing and dance music generally is extremely popular right now. that's just the sort of numbers we are dealing with in terms of a market: the global leaders weren't even producing their classic turntables. most people today still don't want to spend $4000 on a pair of their vinyl turntables. analogue rotary mixers probably have a market of a couple hundred businesses and individuals per year. 'anyone could do it' but at the same time it's in that category of 'but we forgot how'. hand-building electronics with top-of-the-line circuits and materials is not common in just about any sort of consumer device.

Its probably curmudgeonly
again, not telling anyone anything that they don't know. audio is one of those areas with extremely diminishing returns. i'm not talking about spending $10,000 on 2m of cable that is 15% good quality materials/connectors and 85% woo science. there is a dramatic difference between mass-market digital DJ mixers, made primarily for clubs and with the purposes of being robust as tanks (they take a beating in those environments), and these boutique mixers. the 2-3x cost really does equal 2-3x the performance. primarily in things like the phono stage pre-amps, which have been downgraded and neglected in almost all consumer-grade gear since the advent of digital (line level) inputs/outputs, and also in the op-amps and summing stage. these rotary mixers can sum 3-4 audio sources together beautifully, with lots of headroom and very low noise/distortion. (additionally, there's a few designs that incorporate valves, conversely to add distortion and harmonics; that's an option too.)

they really are just better. i think anyone investing a couple grand on amplification and speakers will be very happy with the results. a lot of the initial hike in costs is just to have something produced at a much smaller scale by artisan-type companies, often times based in the west rather than utilising chinese factories. say, klipsch, still producing their speakers in Hope, Arkansas, produce very nice speakers that will be a marked improvement on average hi-fi shop stuff.

klipsch cornwalls or klipsch la scalas are a good benchmark 'very nice' soundsystem that you could probably keep for the rest of your life and not want for much else. $12,000-20,000 a pair, give or take. a $1000 will really not get you very much in 2024. i have mid-range nearfield studio monitors perched on either side of my screen that retail for 25% more than that.

https://theaudiophileman.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot-2020-01-31-at-15.02.53_result.jpg

https://klipsch.imgix.net/product-images/LaScala_AL5_Lifestyle_30.jpg?crop=focalpoint&domain=klipsch.imgix.net&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=1400&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=100&w=1400

$1000 speakers is a very low baseline for 'very nice' speakers thesedays. i think your price scale is a few decades out of joint. you'd need to invest a few thousand dollars in amplification/power supplies, a thousand dollars again too in receivers/digital-audio conversion/etc, and then i'd say a few thousand dollars again in the actual speaker cabinets/horns to get a 'very nice' setup. then there's obviously the turntables or CD deck themselves, which are not cheap thesedays: a couple thousand dollars just for the standard, including cartridges, needles, etc. plus a modest budget for soundproofing and room treatment, the room being as important as the actual soundsystem in achieving optimal acoustics ...

$15-20k is probably that sweet spot for a very good hi-fi, beyond which you're just spending exorbitant amounts of money. the insane audiophile-grade speaker setups, for instance, often just cost a huge amount because they use some novel technology, or because they achieve some smart psychoacoustic effects, like image separation/soundstaging, which ultimately aren't boosting your enjoyment of the music; it's more like a clinical form of experimentalism.

i met a woman at a music festival in the mountains of japan who works in that side of the industry. very interesting person to follow on social media, always jetting around the world to various trade shows and exhibitions. the sky really is the limit if you're pursuing some sort of crazy-monomaniacal ideal of sound. $100,000s for typical speaker setups. $25,000 per power source per speaker, etc. and this is just home audio. the sound system at the festival we were at was truly wagnerian ...

https://projectiondreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/51334989_2475651675781844_3107149053264134144_o1.jpg

those speakers alone are about $1,000,000 afaik.

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Dilbert_X
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uziq wrote:

if you're pursuing some sort of crazy-monomaniacal ideal
I don't really plan to TBH.

My last gun cost $4k and thats really good enough. Spending more just doesn't help.
To build it today would be a colossal pain, all the good gunsmiths and parts makers are on their last legs, it would probably be ~$6k and you have to know someone who knows someone who can get the right barrel etc.

I have splashed out on changeover reloading toolheads and the best dies for every calibre I shoot, that is a nice luxury - although many people wouldn't even blink. Serious dorks have a complete press for every calibre - and a lot more guns.

There's really not a lot I feel the need to be extravagant with.

Last edited by Dilbert_X (2024-12-19 02:50:21)

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uziq
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dilbert is literally like that parsimonious puritanical thin-lipped couple you see in the classic 'american gothic' painting, except australian.

https://media.newyorker.com/photos/5a984c72dd72aa7b5e3f0a1e/1:1/w_2131,h_2131,c_limit/180312_r31643.jpg

didn't you have any sort of mid-life crisis and buy something extravagant and slightly wasteful? it's an imprudence you can afford. or has the last 20 years of shitposting on bf2s constituted your (continuing) mid-life crisis?

go on, buy some speakers. play the gaga loud.
Dilbert_X
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I could buy a milling machine slightly larger than I could ever realistically need.

Otherwise, yeah I dunno.
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