Hi Dave,

I'm building a cabinet for the ZKIT1 this week. The Edcor trannies have shipped for the kit and probably will  arrive by the weekend. May have the kit running by weeks end.

Best

John

Got the bug to write and record music since January. So, 13 new songs written and recorded up in the man cave to date.

Hey LR,
Has the ATF sent you the letter yet?  Pretty much anyone who purchases a still will receive the letter.  Still manufacturers are required to report this information.  

You can come to Anaheim and volunteer at my distillery which starts construction at the end of this month.  Hope to be open by end of summer unless this COVID-19 mess derails that timeline.  

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I did not know about the letter...but it's tragic that I suddenly lost my hand sanitizer producer in a boating accident.

That said, if Cali doesn't burn down, I'd love to come visit and help!

Donnie, it worries me that I can never tell if you're just foolin' or not.  :)

Donnie wrote on 03/18/20 at 22:53:58:


You should hire Sidney Powell ... she's guaranteed to search, destroy and utterly humiliate deep state knuckleheadedry!

Steve,

We should talk.  Our distillery will produce audio influenced spirits.  In other words, we will be using music (sound energy) to impart a unique aging-related DNA on our barrels.  I would like to do a Decware barrel of our single malt whiskey that is influenced by a playlist you create.  Any energy applied will effect extraction.  Aging is two part.  Pulling direct flavor constituents from the barrel AND pulling compounds that in turn interact with the sprits and subsequently undergo chemical reactions that ultimately create that "aged" flavor signature.  The music will influence the rate of extraction and the quantity of compounds introduced to the spirit in a given time period, which ultimately defines the flavor profile of the end product.  

There are a couple of "trade secrets" I will be implementing that I think you will be quite excited about that we need to talk about offline.  

Would be an nice amenity at future Decfest's  

The universities I teach at here in Istanbul are closed for three weeks (the first week is almost over by now), and shortly, we'll be making a shift towards online/distance teaching.  So, I will have to work on that a bit.

In the meantime, I have been working around home hanging the art work (my furniture in Brooklyn arrived at the end of October and I've yet to fully establish in my girlfriend's apartment); listening to music through my Decware amps (one in every room ), and I hope as of next week, I will start going over the tunes I am planning to record at the beginning of June with my trio.  I might even start writing some more tunes.  We'll see...

Keep safe and healthy, folks...

Cheers from Istanbul...

Alper

The only thing I feel here?  I feel like buying a gun to protect my hoard of toilet paper...

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Indeed.  I'm in!

Steve

Very interesting Jeff.  And Raven I look forward to trying what you come up with.

I had a few projects already in the works before this hit:

1. New DAC Quest.  Hearing BadWolf's Schitt DAC revealed there is more to be heard.  I got a good deal on one I was interested in on Ebay.  I'll be dialing that one in.

2.  Beach Subwoofer.  Hopefully I will get to the beach this summer.  I have some smaller boomboxes that I have added small subs to and they sound very good, but now I am looking to up my game to have bass that is "dance-able".  So I'm engineering a lightweight, but larger sub.  I want it to play into the 30s but I have to be able to carry it from my car to the beach.  My long term goal is to have a DJ rig that runs off batteries for dances on the beach.

3.  Finish the original Palomino Audio Project speakers.  All that remains really is to put some proper wiring in place.  These will go to the cottage in Michigan given that they sound great, but have been bumped by my Lii Audio driver based speakers.

4.  Video of my listening room.  I continue to tweak my room and there might be some things that might help others in their quest.  

4. Organizing all my audio stuff.  I have bits and pieces scattered about.  I clean out my workroom so I can actually work in it and also added some shelves and organizing drawers.  I will likely put some stuff up for sale - drivers, capacitors, coils.

So we'll see how long each of these projects take. I'll post on them if I am not too lazy.

I’m working on making all the stereo systems in the house “ low watt friendly “
I recently bought a pair of Klipsch Heresy ii to put in the living room.
Now I can have my SE84 ckc  there full time, and the SE84 kit version can stay in the bedroom with the Heresy iii’s.
I have a pair of Martin Logan EM-ESL’ s that were in the living room, and have found a buyer for them... kinda sad to see them go, but listening to The heresy ii’s last night with the SE84 ckc  quickly reminded me why they aren’t staying ...😁

Hey Randy, how do you find the efficiency of the fast 8?   Wondering if I could run one with a Zen.

My wife grabbed me early and "Requested" that I work on a bedroom remodel project.
So I've installed a ceiling fan, painted a room and installed blinds.
It was a huge mistake not having kids, free labor would come in handy about now.
Then my boss texted me and said that I am to report to work Monday morning as usual, virus and Illinois law be Damned. I'm essential to the well being of corporate America.
I could be a bit bitter about this.

I've been making tiny radials all day... just having fun figuring out the best way to make them and creating the jigs. I'll start a thread about those soon. But a successful day, I spent the whole day without thinking about anything but these cool little speakers and the finish on last nights project.

Yesterday I made my wife a cutting board using wood from a failed amp base that had warped. I used a pour-on epoxy finish and a blow torch to get rid of air bubbles, and then tip-toed out of my shop without making any dust and went to bed hoping for the best. I have a drawer full of similar projects that were FAILS, so that's pretty much what I was expecting to wake up to. But surprise, I went out into the shop this morning and it was one of those rare occasions when something actually worked.  

I have to admit, I've seen flawless finishes like this with car paint and the many steps it takes, not to mention time... so when I see a result like this from a single pour with no sanding, no polishing, no buffing, it gets me off pretty hard.  



Definitely click on the picture for a hi-res image because this one is all blurry.

Damn, I just recently got done reading up on epoxy pour and technics but forgotten what for! Or, what applical project it was being researched to finish  Must be the old timers disease.
Looks good Steve.

My goodness Steve, that looks like something that I got obsessive on! Mine would be done the hard way with lots and lots of layers and sanding out the ying yang. Nice work!

Steve....beautiful job!!  You should do an “Members Only” online raffle and the winner gets a custom laser engraved Decware cutting board!!  Personally I would use it as an oversized coaster to place a nice single malt scotch.  

With the warmer weather approaching, I have been working on getting my sports car ready for car shows.  



Dominick

I got called into work yesterday, had to brave Denver and the homeless and all their mess. It was like the walking dead downtown.

I'm Furloughed, but apparently not till April 3rd.

I'm "working from home" today, but made some time to do this.



I also have materials to make a nice single malt - but have to figure out how to Mash malted Rye. Maybe I'll start that tonight.