I used to follow TD pretty closely and probably have close to three dozen albums on CD and vinyl. Force Majeure was the first CD I ever bought. Saw them perform around '82 for the Le Parc tour. It was a shock to hear that Edgar Froese passed away, but what I'm hearing on this album sounds...

Those 6418 tubes don't even get warm. The heater voltage is 1.25 volts. Schematic here.

That was the coaster amp because the little tubes were prone to ringing. The one I assembled rings in one channel at about 7KHz. I wasn't about to buy any sorbothane, but I did consider those gel type window decorations as a substitute.

Glad you enjoyed it. Have a good time at the game.

You definitely found it. Looks just like what I had last Friday. :relaxed: Safe travels...

If you're still in KC, I'd like to recommend La Cubana at 5402 Winner Rd. It's certainly not in a pretty side of town, but I've never felt unsafe there. The place is small, meals are served on styrofoam divider plates, and your drink is served in the original container. On the other hand...

Here's something to drool over until they start shipping again in November: Osceola Cheese. The smoked cheeses are wonderful!

"Gold drives a man to dream."

Great played on speakers, kinda trippy on headphones. Fully instrumental except for spoken clips that might have been ripped from old 50's era sci-fi movies. This is my most frequent play for the last two months.

So you have only 4.875 friends now? 🤣 Sorry, had to say it before anyone else. Wishing you well.

Love the El Grupo! Gonna search for the CD.

Louvin Brothers and Levin Brothers, too.

The place I started working for in the early 80's used, and sold with the systems we made, PDP-11 computers. Boards for it were about 15 inches square, some wire-wrapped. The hard drives had 80MB capacity on a removable 15 inch platter. To change a disc, you'd start spinning it down and wait...

I forgot to state that I often play from local network storage. Thanks for mentioning it. Most often, I've got an internet radio station playing. Volumio claims to integrate Alexa devices, but that capability needs a subscription, last I knew. WiiM works with Amazon's components, although...

I have two WiiM Pros, both running off Ethernet. One is upstairs and would have great WiFi, but Ethernet was handy. In the basement, particularly the little alcove where my electronics workbench sits, WiFi is pretty weak. WiiM Pro wins over RasPi/Volumio for me because Volumio requires a...