John Curl's Blowtorch preamplifier part III

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scott wurcer said:
I assume clutch/brake/gas were not shuffled. When I rented in the UK I asked for an automatic just to make the three days less hassle, the guy behind the counter literally said what kind of man are you. I remember the foot pedals at least were in the same order.

I see it's time for a car break, relieves the pressure so to speak.
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For 2 years driving stick in chicago every morning when I set off, my left hand went for second gear!


Confusing was back in UK as bought the people carrier back with us. Coming home from work in a RHD manual and jumping straight into a LHD auto to take the kids out took a bit of getting used to. Lost track of number of times I went to the wrong side of the cars.


BTW really loving miniDSP as preamp, control centre and DACs. May not meet the standards of some, but gets the job done for now.
 
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Tournesol said:
Sorry to say this, but you are insulting somebody which is a lot more equipped, passionate and experienced in measurements than you seem to be and will never be.
Not to say that you are boring like a striped record of a Lady Gaga fanboy, which you clearly share the mode of intellectual functioning.

If I can give you the advice of an old Indian, remove your filter of odd harmonics and your prejudices about things and people.
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What a strange response. 😕
You know who else does level unmatched sighted listening and uses AP measuring device? John Atkinson of Stereophile along with bunch of other professional reviewers. Guessing RNMarsh to be in the same league as them is somehow viewed as an insult? Wow...
 
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scott wurcer said:
I assume clutch/brake/gas were not shuffled. When I rented in the UK I asked for an automatic just to make the three days less hassle, the guy behind the counter literally said what kind of man are you. I remember the foot pedals at least were in the same order.

I see it's time for a car break, relieves the pressure so to speak.
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I rented a little Peugeot hatchback with a manual in the UK. It wasn't too hard to get used to, but it does feel a little foreign using your left hand. Imagine if they mirrored the H-pattern of the shifter, now that would be a recipe for disaster.

I had a bigger problem with being on the right side of the car. I'd find myself drifting slightly on the highway.
 
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simon7000 said:
Power to weight?

The Arizona Highway Patrol came upon a pile of smoldering metal embedded into the side of a cliff rising above the road at the apex of a curve. the wreckage resembled the site of an airplane crash, but it was a car. The type of car was unidentifiable at the scene. The lab finally figured out what it was and what had happened.

It seems that a guy had somehow gotten hold of a JATO unit (Jet Assisted Take Off – actually a solid fuel rocket) that is used to give heavy military transport planes an extra 'push' for taking off from short airfields. He had driven his Chevy Impala out into the desert and found a long, straight stretch of road. Then he attached the JATO unit to his car, jumped in, got up some speed and fired off the JATO!

The facts, as best could be determined, are that the operator of the 1967 Impala hit JATO ignition at a distance of approximately 3.0 miles from the crash site. This was established by the prominent scorched and melted asphalt at that location. The JATO, if operating properly, would have reached maximum thrust within five seconds, causing the Chevy to reach speeds well in excess of 350 MPH, continuing at full power for an additional 20–25 seconds. The driver, soon to be pilot, most likely would have experienced G-forces usually reserved for dog-fighting F-14 jocks under full afterburners, basically causing him to become insignificant for the remainder of the event. However, the automobile remained on the straight highway for about 2.5 miles (15–20 seconds) before the driver applied and completely melted the brakes, blowing the tires and leaving thick rubber marks on the road surface, then becoming airborne for an additional 1.4 miles and impacting the cliff face at a height of 125 feet, leaving a blackened crater 3 feet deep in the rock.

Most of the driver's remains were not recoverable; however, small fragments of bone, teeth and hair were extracted from the crater, and fingernail and bone shards were removed from a piece of debris believed to be a portion of the steering wheel.

Of course this is fiction.
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ha ha - you made my Friday evening 😀
 
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