u/bolderdesh

Have seen a few others titled, “Soaks,” but couldn’t resist this one.

Bit of a reach with this one

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Obviously, we can all agree, nothing will EVER replace the Jeremy Richard James Holy Trinity of automotive entertainment. I will say, I feel like the “handoff” so to speak was not as bad as going from TG S22 to 23. Not even close.

With the BBC change it was such a slap in the face- insulting, even. It was as if the BBC was saying, “oh you brainless car people won’t even know the difference.”

With the new GT, I feel like the ‘Mr. Wilmans’ at Amazon at least ACKNOWLEDGED the fact it wasn’t going to be the “Classic Coke” we wanted, but it’l still be fun.

The cameos were a nice (and necessary) touch.

Can’t help thinking Tom Green’s father must have donated sperm to the same bank this guy’s mother must have received her IVF donation from.

Timestamped video-

https://youtu.be/ZHLhms7ceMs?t=2241&is=pRQXUZOSoIEEa1Yb

Having trouble deciding whether or not I should invest the time/money into restoring my STA-820. Can anyone speak to whether or not this receiver has a circuit and other components that make it a suitable platform for an audiophile listener?

My signal path is currently-

Turntable: Project Debut Carbon with Ortofon Blue cartridge.
Phonostage: Nobsound Little Bear T11 with some modifications (better rectifier tube and NOS RCA 7025s for the phono stage, and beefier RCA input/output jacks).
Equalization: Audio Control TEN (I only use eq to extract a little extra bass if needed)
Receiver: Realistic STA-820 via AUX input (as I mentioned). EQ set to 0 on all. I do not have any speakers currently.
Headphones: Philips Fidelio high-res high-res over ear open back headphones.

The receiver works and I can still listen to vinyl, it doesn't sound awful by any means, but at higher volumes the bass really starts to become flabby and the detail is just not there. Also higher noise floor from obviously leaky capacitors. A full restoration of the power filtration and AUX pre amp and headphone amp circuit would no doubt improve the experience dramatically. BUT, is the $150 for components and 5 hours it takes to restore it worth it? Is this a good enough platform that I would be satisfied? Or, would it be better to just deal with the 'meh-quality' sound for now and save up for a year or two to buy/restore a Sansui 1000a, or Fisher 500B, or ______?...

I hate referring to myself as an 'audiophile' because it sounds cliche, but I truly am obsessive with audio quality. I am also burdened by the fact that I have "champaign taste with a beer budget."

Having trouble deciding whether or not I should invest the time/money into restoring my STA-820. Can anyone speak to whether or not this receiver has a circuit and other components that make it a suitable platform for an audiophile listener?

My signal path is currently a Project Debut Carbon with Ortofon Blue cartridge running into a Nobsound Little Bear T11 with some modifications (better rectifier tube and NOS RCA 7025s for the phono stage). Then into the AUX input of my untouched STA-820. Headphones are Philips Fidelo high-res over ear headphones.

The receiver works and I can still listen to vinyl, it doesn't sound awful by any means, but at higher volumes the bass really starts to become flabby and the detail is just not there. Also higher noise floor from obviously leaky capacitors. A full restoration of the power filtration and AUX pre amp and headphone amp circuit would no doubt improve the experience dramatically. BUT, is the $150 for components and 5 hours it takes to restore it worth it? Is this a good enough platform that I would be satisfied? Or, would it be better to just deal with the 'meh-quality' sound for now and save up for a year or two to buy/restore a Sansui 1000a, or Fisher 500B, or ______?...

I hate referring to myself as an 'audiophile' because it sounds cliche, but I truly am obsessive with audio quality. I am also burdened by the fact that I have "champaign taste with a beer budget."

Being Canadian makes you gay, not because you’re a black belt in Jiu Jitsu. As a proud white belt, Jiu Jitsu isn’t gay (except for the fact that if you’re married you have to take off your ring, then roll around on mats with sweaty guys pressing into you playing top or bottom while they try to mount you and make you submit). What’s even gay about that?

With season 9 coming out, I’m going back and re-watching the older seasons too. Enter Season 6 episode 9 ‘The Knights of the Sun.’

I had completely forgotten about this absolutely LEGENDARY call back from out of nowhere to ‘The Vat of Acid Episode,’ a full two seasons later (Which, for the record, arguably one of the top 5 best episodes).

Really made my day getting to relive that moment.

Made this gif for you next time you need it.

This chick most definitely said negro. Super risky move. I was hoping for a slammin punchline to redeem the fact that she said that, but it was an major bomb. BUT, got me thinkin…
First of all, is she Puerto Rican enough to say it?
Second, is it possible to come back from that?