And what did we buy today?

[kodabmx]

An AIO water cooler for the PC... Yesterday, it decided to freeze for ¼ second every second... Decidedly useless.
The computer is quieter now at least since I set the fan profile to "silent".

 

[MisterSimpson]

Picked up the Dayton 25W plate amp, 4ohm Goldwood 8"(for a self contained audio console project) and replacement phenolic ring tweeters for my Marantz HLM-310's. Always did love my Marantz speakers, but once I picked up and listened to some older Jensen and Oxford AlNiCos, I hear what I've been missing out on my whole life.

 

[phase]

Nice find - and smart to grab the whole thing just to get to that lens.

Pre-pandemic, I bought an MD Rokkor-X 50mm/f1.7 from an antique shop in Seattle for $12. It passes gorgeous color to my photos and I don't even remotely mind using a manual lens.

Probably some my Dad’s old stuff he donated years ago, lol.
Still has a large format camera he can’t give away…
Fun hobby though.

I bought some sway bar end links that will be adapted to a vehicle when the weather gets a bit nicer.

 

[Randy Bassinga]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100....order_list.order_list_main.25.c1571802wxfTww

I am setting up a mini desktop studio for my daughter and nephew. I already have got them an Akai mini play each and FL mobile on iPad and laptop. Was looking for an audio interface for these two kids and came across this. Seems like a fun and simple kid friendly device and should match the Akai in colours on the desk

 

[NareshBrd]

Large format cameras get ridiculous prices among collectors, depends on condition.
A Yashica 124 twin lens gets about 60 to 100 Pounds in the UK.
Check out that part of the internet.

 

[nigelwright7557]

Bought some electrolytics off ebay for my stash.
The seller I use is very cheap and occasionally gets it wrong.
Sometimes they just send something similar looking but is wrong voltage or wrong connector.

 

[jmpsmash]

A variac. 2KVA. Probably don't need that amount of power but barely more expensive than 500VA so why not.

 

[jjasniew]

A 1m, 3.5mm to 2.5mm stereo headsphone cable. Stupid 2.5mm; I wonder who thought that one up to torture all mankind; "We'll get 'em good with this!"

Kinda like that 5/8" threaded HI-Z Microphone Connector Triplett used for the probe input on a VTVM - Mmmmm that mechanical shield compression set screw connection is going to do the low range Ohms a lot of good.

 

[rayma]

Think the 2.5mm was intended to sub for the archaic 1/8" US plug.

 

[kodabmx]

It's hardly new or torture...
They used to use them on crappy microphones for dictation machines... One for the mic, the other for an on/off switch.

 

[kodabmx]

Think the 2.5mm was intended to sub for the archaic 1/8" US plug.

1/8 inch is 3.5mm in my mind since it's about half the size of a ¼ inch (6.35mm) plug...

 

[rayma]

A variac. 2KVA. Probably don't need that amount of power but barely more expensive than 500VA so why not.

Fuse that sucker well, with as small a fuse rating as possible.

 

[rayma]

1/8 inch is 3.5mm in my mind since it's about half the size of a ¼ inch (6.35mm) plug...

But a 3.5mm (0.138") plug on your new headphone, probably won't fit the 1/8" (0.125") socket on your old US stereo.

 

[kodabmx]

A difference of 13/100 of an inch usually doesn't matter - the connections are spring loaded anyway. Worst case, you bore the hole on the old jack out but most stuff I see is quite tolerant.
Inch measurments are so imprecise for the average person that 0.138" would just round up to 0.150" anyway

 

[leadbelly]

AFAIK 2.5mm is the metric equivalent for what was once called 1/16". I remember 1/4" 1/8" 1/16" from my youth.

You all seem to be assuming that dimensions actually changed to match metric NAMING as production moved overseas. Any proof of this?

 

[kodabmx]

2.5mm is close to 1/10th inch... 25.4mm per inch.

 

[phase]

AFAIK 2.5mm is the metric equivalent for what was once called 1/16".

Close, 1.5mm is pretty close to 1/16”…

3mm is .118”, versus 1/8”, which is .125”, and probably the closest equivalent for a phono plug.

 

[leadbelly]

I guess none of you are getting my point. Were the police authorized to empty their magazines if connectors were advertised or identified by other than their actual dimensions?

Anyways, found a picture, the 2.5mm were commonly called 3/32":

 

[soundchaser]

I bought a mint in box stylus for my Ortofon 2M Bronze for a great price and a new replacement laser assembly for my California Audio Labs Icon MK II.

 

[phase]

Today I bought a pair of antennas for a small music server.