IKEA here for almost everything. I've done 3 kitchens (2 from a total teardown) and by far the cheapest from IKEA was the most functional. Actually 5 kitchens but two were rental and only the basic crap. The first one was a huge project that we got an architect to plan on spec, when I told him thanks I'm doing this myself and subbing out what I need he told me I was nuts.Dang, she beats me by 2K!
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Yes, they engineered out a lot of stiles and rails and other structural elements to give up to 15% more interior space. The double tiered gadget drawers are also great.
Don't forget in 1981 the studios were charging $50-$75 or more for major motion pictures as a purchase and they were almost exclusively rentals. Save for a few public domain movies and animated shorts I never purchased any pre-recorded media for years later.
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After being stuck for two days, today I gathered together all my eggs and all my chicken for to sort things out .George -- Yeah, I'm aware of the chicken and egg problem.
One internal, two external sound cards, four signal generators (one SW, two DDS, one analog), five oscilloscopes ( two analog, two SW, one cheap handheld DSO), three handheld DMMs, one bench DMM.
After a lot of iterative back and forth and some delicate trim pot adjustments, I reached a decent agreement in measurement of sinusoidal signal btn all units.
The take away is that the cheap DMMs (ICL7106 inside?) are average responding, adjusted for to read as a trueRMS Vmeter when measuring a clean sinusoidal voltage (internal multiplication by 1.11?)
The give-away is with square and triangular signals.
The Keithley 175 has an AD637JD inside, giving true RMS readings.
The cheap hand held DSO measures Vpp and Vrms correctly
I express my thanks to Ed, Demian and Scott for their help and their understanding with all this.
And I haven’t even implied I can go that deep.
(after entering correct Vmeter readings into the SW, I can’t see any gross issues)
One useful item seems to be this one. Technical Information | DMMCHECKplus
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I dare not ask how you know that...
I still remember being bemused when Ikea opened in Chicago and it was the lead item on the evening news.
Yes Hans I agree. On Good Friday I sat and listened to the full 3 hours. I have the Netherlands Bach Society recording. Highly recommended.
If I was looking at it right, it's a Knoll Barcelona daybed, which is an iconic piece that I have a very inexpensive knock off of (that I reupholstered and will refinish soon). The real deal is 10k, mine was almost 40 dB less.
Edit: I don't think it is what I thought it was! Barcelona(R) Couch | Knoll
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On the Matthew Passsion, I realised after Hans posted that I've never actually listened to it. Something to do with only really being exposed to music played during term time at school. But I do have a copy I bought, ripped then ignored, so started listening today. It still needs to grow on me, but give me a year
This one has stood the test of time
Bach: Matthaus-Passion by Munich Bach Orchestra & Karl Richter on Amazon Music - Amazon.com
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Bach: Matthaus-Passion by Munich Bach Orchestra & Karl Richter on Amazon Music - Amazon.com
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That is ANSI size. Some architectural drawings used it but it is really how you can cut it to 22 x 34. Those go to 22 x 17 and those go to 11 x 17 and finally 11 x 8.5.
Also good for newspaper presses, but they really use rolls.
Now do you know how that size started?
That was the average reach of a vatman making hand laid paper. Web presses use 44" rolls and conveniently it becomes a max comfortable size for the average person to open and read (men I guess).
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On the Matthew Passsion, I realised after Hans posted that I've never actually listened to it. Something to do with only really being exposed to music played during term time at school. But I do have a copy I bought, ripped then ignored, so started listening today. It still needs to grow on me, but give me a year
A nice link that confirms that the Matthew Passion is more popular in the Netherlands than any other country in the world and that it has little to do with religion.
But you said it right, this music has to grow on you.
It becomes more fascinating every time you hear it again.
Unbelievable that Bach, just by himself, was able to compose such a hugely complex piece of music for all those different instruments and voices.
Dr Jan R. Luth: ‘The St Matthew Passion is so good that even mediocre performances of it are impressive’ | News articles | News | Latest news | About us | University of Groningen
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