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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 27, 2017 22:31:18 GMT
BTW, we can wipe NK off the map in about 10 seconds with zero fallout. That's a military secret. You-all are thinking in 1960's technology, like the North Koreans. Do it.
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 27, 2017 22:23:10 GMT
Who will "launch" a strike first.... the USA or North Korea? Both countries have idiots as leaders (one young and stupid, the other old and displaying mental problems)........ there's no doubt it's going to kick off but the question is "when"? I forecast that it will kick off in June. The North Koreans will "hit" a yankee ship / aircraft carrier with a missile and that will be game on...... no going back, a full on war mostly with missiles / Nukes etc. I have forecasted this for many years, as most of you know......... I believe China will get involved but on the side of the north Koreans..... they don't want the fallout to enter mainland China. This could be the mother of annihilation. Trump is much smarter than anyone here, like it or not. He's a 4D chess player. Read Art of the Deal, and then know what Trump is really doing. Right now you have no clue at all. You have no clue what winding up a Yank means Dale...... so funny / not fake! xx
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 27, 2017 22:11:56 GMT
Peter Sellers rocks........!! Classic UK response
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 27, 2017 22:07:08 GMT
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 27, 2017 22:02:34 GMT
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 27, 2017 22:00:07 GMT
I can seriously envisage trump on the business end of a missile... he's mad enough to straddle one
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 27, 2017 21:49:18 GMT
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 27, 2017 21:39:34 GMT
I don't think it will be a total war. There is nothing to win for both parties in that scenario. Irak was nothing compared to North Korea in termes of rebuilding a country. The US underestimated that job completely and (in part) IS was a result of that. Defeating the NK army is one thing both getting the counrty under controle is another thing. Really? Let's just say I am a 75 year old geeza who realises life is born / die.......... Why would I be concerned about destroying the globe?
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 27, 2017 21:31:22 GMT
Who will "launch" a strike first.... the USA or North Korea? Both countries have idiots as leaders (one young and stupid, the other old and displaying mental problems)........ there's no doubt it's going to kick off but the question is "when"? I forecast that it will kick off in June. The North Koreans will "hit" a yankee ship / aircraft carrier with a missile and that will be game on...... no going back, a full on war mostly with missiles / Nukes etc. I have forecasted this for many years, as most of you know......... I believe China will get involved but on the side of the north Koreans..... they don't want the fallout to enter mainland China. This could be the mother of annihilation. These North Korean stories get trotted out every few years. The last time, Dave was quoting them to support Trident. South Korean media (where I lived in my Richard Chamberlain period) doesn't report on this stuff at all, it's just par for the course Must say the Mig on stage is a nice touch www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXGp_7Dpa6oI must confess...... my eyes didn't home on in on the Mig...... they homed on in on the minge....... tasty!
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 27, 2017 20:29:42 GMT
Who will "launch" a strike first.... the USA or North Korea? Both countries have idiots as leaders (one young and stupid, the other old and displaying mental problems)........ there's no doubt it's going to kick off but the question is "when"?
I forecast that it will kick off in June. The North Koreans will "hit" a yankee ship / aircraft carrier with a missile and that will be game on...... no going back, a full on war mostly with missiles / Nukes etc.
I have forecasted this for many years, as most of you know......... I believe China will get involved but on the side of the north Koreans..... they don't want the fallout to enter mainland China.
This could be the mother of annihilation.
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 27, 2017 18:50:12 GMT
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 27, 2017 18:42:51 GMT
Mike would these or a suitable variant fit in an X-Pre? Hi David, The X-Pre takes a DIP14 quad opamp so I don't think you'll get a Discrete DIP14 quad opamp. You'll get good results with my OPA1644 on Winslow adaptics SOIC to DIP adaptor though: rockgrotto.proboards.com/thread/11255/musical-fidelity-pre-upgrade-moduleThe X-Pre already has a DIP 14 socket fitted so it would be extremely easy to fit the OPA1644:
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 27, 2017 12:45:18 GMT
We have a 350 mile long 20 mile wide moat and can't keep illegals out so how are they going to make the wall work? Yeh..... the English channel is 350 miles long and 20 miles wide, it's very deep water too yet they (the aliens) still manage to flood in undetected. Trump's wall could be coated with adhesive so when the Mexican tries to get over it he becomes glued to the wall? The best solution would be to round up all the aliens and send them back to where they came from but that's too politically incorrect. A wall is a very stupid idea becuase where there's a wall there is a way over it and the longer the wall the easier it will be to find entry points. If they lined the entire length of the wall with soldiers then it may be effective BUT how many soldiers would they need? A million? Nope..... round them up / ship them out.... if they re-appear, round them up and ship them out again. None of this "legal" crap involved and no wasting tax payers money "holding" them in detention facilities..... into a bus, drive them across the border and let them loose. Quite amusing really, when you think about it....... "we" totally wiped out the native American Indians / cleared them from THEIR land and settled there as if "we" were superior in every way to the Native American Indians..... they were treated like wild animals. Now the Mexicans are flooding in..........
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 27, 2017 11:49:23 GMT
A trait shared by the current ruler of America. We will build a wall a big wall to keep the mexicans out ...and get them to pay for it!!! Nice story but now the U-Turn. We will summon the Senate to the Whitehouse to give them a top secret briefing on how I am going to deal with North Korea...reality 4 aids will give them the Bull they could have found in the Huffington Post Let alone the Washington Post. Trump of course wasn't present - he was planning his Jackanory takeover... There will not be a U-turn on the wall. Mark my words. It's already started and it's a very perty wall too!
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 26, 2017 20:58:27 GMT
I'm 597 years old by the way,,,,, I have witnessed a lot through the years..... oh yes!
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 26, 2017 19:51:17 GMT
George was a great one for spinning a tale when he had a pint inside him.
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 26, 2017 19:48:23 GMT
Knowing King George (as I did, personally) it's the original...... he liked winding the natives and redneck settlers up
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 26, 2017 19:42:42 GMT
The best thing we ever did was ridding ourselves of that lot of farm hands and red neck banjo players Good on you King George (long live the King!) slim pickings in the USA, not worth stooping so low to pick up so little Sire (long live the King!)..... let the savages and rednecks scrap it out between themselves..... there is a better future ahead for the British Empire Sire..... I foresee a GREAT Kingdom, a world leading Kingdom, that will verily become the Kingdom of all Kingdoms. I have visions Sire, visions of the future: We don't need rednecks and savages Sire......... All we need is time and we will soon join the lower ranks, just how you intend. I have a vision.
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 26, 2017 19:20:10 GMT
Freddy, just a quick one...... yes, that was a WNA MKlll. IIRC, you had built it and I ironed out a few of the glitches and I fitted the GD Audio discrete to it? Actually, having a good look at the photo (right now) those don't appear to be audio GD discrete opamps..... did you source them yourself and, if so, can you remember what they were? I'm having one of those senior moments but considering the amount of amps I've worked on over the years it's not surprising that I can't remember each one of them That would have been circa 2008 correct? Best regards, Mike.
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 25, 2017 21:07:35 GMT
Wankers?
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 25, 2017 20:31:23 GMT
Mike. The WNA was a Mk3 you very kindly did for me - sorting out a few bugs and fitting the op-amps. Since then it has been my reference kit and the Audio GD units (and your work) really made it sing. I am looking forward to your comments on the ornage version with interest particularly as Audio GDs are no longer available. Spangles - Another top product no longer available !!. Good grief! I really did put my foot in it there big time! Sorry about that Mr. Pipsqueek I basically had a look at a few of the traditional discrete "images" I had been involved with and your amp was a prime example of what was available to us back then and the funky angling required to get them onboard. Was that really a WNA MKlll? A lot of years have passed and I could have sworn that was a MK1 or even a MKll WNA. Anyhoo Freddy, take my comments as they were intended....... the discrete opamps of a few years ago were far from user friendly with regard to "slotting in" to available space. The GD opamp was the best available (IMO) at the time and if the WNA with GD is your reference amp then job well done at the time! You are the PERFECT "real world" example to try the Orange opamps and, as soon as I am finished reviewing them, I will send them over to you to try in your WNA.... is that something you'd like to do? You have a couple of GD audio discretes fitted in your WNA..... a shoot out between the WNA with Audio GD discretes and WNA with Orange discrete opamps would be awesome. I am concentrating on the DIP8 opamps such as NE5532 / OPA2134 / OPA2132 / OPA2107 etc. etc. etc. VERSUS the Orange Discrete but it would be really cool if you could do a discrete to discrete comparison Freddy..... up to you man. I've sorted out my amp of choice for the comparison review and all will become clear in the next few days...... just fine tuning the dual amp "amp" to make sure it's as close to perfect, per amp, as can be........ this review will be based on a "quick switch" between channels and will leave no memory effect to the imagination. Back to the looks.............. Same size as a pound coin: A lot smaller than an Audio GD: Next part of the review........... does it sound good?!
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 24, 2017 21:03:24 GMT
The two Orange Dual Discrete Opamps arrived this afternoon and I can't wait to try them. They come in a plastic "Orange" labelled container and are protected with an anti static bag: These sure are small for discrete opamps (which is a GOOD thing!)..... At last! a Discrete which may actually fit into an amp without having to resort to funky cabling / funky angling. The biggest bug bear with Discrete opamps in the past was not their sound quality, it was their sheer physical size. In most applications, replacing a standard NE5532 with a Discrete was nigh on impossible as the Discrete was HUGE in comparison to the standard opamp and you were faced with height restrictions, width restrictions, component fouling restrictions...... in a nutshell, they were not a "plug and play" drop in for a standard DIP8 opamp and mostly a pain in the arse. If you did manage to find a space in your amp where they could reside it meant running wires to them and we all know that lead inductance is a bad thing right? Look at this classic example..... I think it was a WNA MK1 amp I was experimenting on at the time / about the same time I was in talks with David White to buy the WNA company....... The WNA opamp of choice back then was the seriously crazy (with regard to oscillation) LM6171..... not the sort of opamp you want to be providing to a novice in a kit amp! Anyhoo, long story short, I tried everything in the WNA amp.... I was seriously on the verge of buying the business from Dr. David White so wanted to be 100% absolutely sure..... one of those opamps happened to be a GD Audio Sun Discrete and just look how "discrete" it looked in one of my trials! lead inductance city folks!!! Totally NOT suited for your average headphone amp.... way too big to even consider as a direct drop in replacement for say a NE5532 / OPA2134 / OPA2227 / AD823 / TL072 etc. etc. I'm holding one of the Orange Discrete opamps in my hand (as I type) and it's smaller than a Spangle (remember them?) I'll get down to measuring them tomorrow and comparing them in size to things we all know (like pound coins / love hearts / munchies / SD cards etc but for the time being....... I'm glad to have them, safe and well, and am off to bed soon. My test "comparo" amp has been fine tuned and all ready to go....... TWO amps in one enclosure with a Y headphone adaptor (made it yesterday) to enable a fast "switchable" AB comparo........ more to follow. In the meantime.... a few photos of the Orange Discrete opamps (they are very well made, superb quality in that respect):
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 24, 2017 20:13:24 GMT
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 23, 2017 20:23:42 GMT
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Post by PinkFloyd on Apr 23, 2017 20:08:18 GMT
Thing is Dale......... how do WE know what a regular cat is? We don't have the same olfactory senses as a cat so what we "assume" to be a domestic cat may well be an electronic spy cat Maybe time to attack so called "domestic cats" with electronic Eagles? A swoop and fly operation...... Electronic Eagle swoops on cat, grabs it, and flies the cat over to Catanamo bay to interrogate it. "Are you a real cat?!!" Yes! "we don't believe you, prove it!" I eat cat food and piss and shit all over the place. "So does the E-Cat, prove you are a real cat!" I don't have batteries, I have a heart and lungs and can shit and piss real urine and faeces. "That doesn't prove you're a real cat.... all that proves is you are full of shit!" What can I do to make you believe I'm a real cat then? "OK...... bend over and prepare to be penetrated by my very small penis" NO!!! NO!!! NO!!! "Fake cat! SAD / shoot him!."
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