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Last answer: It tastes like YB espresso blend.

Kraft slices ftw

What happened to coffee tasting of coffee?! ;-)

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i'm confused now :)

this is very un GC imo.

we bought our skoda at the end of a PCP deal - haven't regretted it.

every now and then i think about slightly more interesting cars i could have /could have had, but what we have is affordable and does the job so it just stays.

nice... looking forward to some monster truck pics.

Isn't this "the debutante season"?

Thanks. I've looked into NUC from time to time and always thought "yeah maybe another time". Maybe now's the time.

What's better than USB, should I go to SPDIF?

Seems ridiculous that it's hard to transmit the bandwidth of 16/64 files reliability.

thanks - i'll try a different socket.

the DAC is hi res capable so that shouldn't be an issue, plus I get noise in between tracks too.

yes, Roon is unjustifiably expensive. I already have a licence for JRMC so I could just go back to that.

what's the slightly GC pre amp / DAC / ADC that @Velocio has?

one of these maybe?

https://benchmarkmedia.com/collections/hi-fi-preamplifiers/products/benchmark-dac3-hgc-digital-to-analog-audio-converter

something has gone wrong with my digital replay. just played some vinyl which is fine so it's definitely the digital source which has a load of crackle and glitching type noises.

the set up is:
Laptop running Roon, ethernet cable broadband router, local library on a NAS, Tidal streaming via Roon;
Laptop plugged into stand alone USB DAC;
DAC to pre-amp via RCA connectors.

I'm guessing the problem will be the fairly old HP laptop. The DAC is also old, but no reason to think that should be life expired, it's a decent quality bit of kit.

So i'll fiddle around and isolate the issue but it's making me think I could simplify the set up a bit maybe? Also having a laptop in the chain is a pain but I can'r easily see a way around this - don't really want to buy an off the shelf "streamer" as they always seem quite compromised and then you have built in obsolescence in a piece of hifi kit.

Otoh I don't really want to spent £300 or so on another laptop just to sit there and run Roon.

went to Santa Pod years ago and yeah, the cars getting off the line was mental.

exactly like you say - felt like a bomb going off. first few times i was genuinely scared!

i get the short squeeze story but surely that isn't a highly repeatable play?

and who is buying new gme shares?

GameStop has taken advantage of its popularity with retail traders to bolster its financial position with repeated stock sales, and on Friday morning it disclosed plans to sell another 75mn shares.

is there any credible story on fundamentals for gme? seems to be just a slow cash burn. Hilarious if they raise $2Bn more to add to their cash incinerator.

what is the it which dfv apparently thinks Cohen "might be able to do it?

or is it pure spin?

ah - actually i've just had a look at what we have and the IKEA stuff looks a lot worse than some Habitat "Bistro" we bought bitd before Habitat was shit, and the old Habitat stuff is in better condition than the much newer IKEA - so I take it back.

I think I'll have a look at something like these when I need to replace it all:

https://www.nisbets.co.uk/athena-hotelware-wide-rimmed-plates-280mm/cc210

I've had better luck with IKEA than JL everyday although the everyday range that I bought was different to the one which they do now - which actually looks more like the IKEA stuff!

loaves look great!

i've never really got on with spelt and don't use it now.

Bon voyage!

cause everybody loves nvidia !

at 42x earnings...

for balance, i've had a 2017 2.0 TSi (220PS) since new and generally think it's great.

yes it's big - that's the whole point of it
haven't noticed the blind spots being worse than eg the mondeo or passat which i've had
DSG is great - would not go back to manual
Adaptive cruise control is great - wouldn't have a car without it now
Seat is fully adjustable and better than mondeo / passat imo
Sound system is no worse than others i've had; it's what you would expect from a OEM system in a mid range car

i guess it depends what you are coming from - i've had Peugeot 406, Subaru, Mondeo, Passat in the last 20 years. Obviously it doesn't handle as well as an Outback but it's quick, drives well, comfortable, great for long journeys with lots of people / luggage.

Awesome - new potatoes are one of the best things in life!