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REL WAFSub Habitat 1



Not much to look at, but then that's basically the point.

Ordered unheard on the basis of the reviews, and on the basis that I don't want a hulking great cube in the corner of the "civilised" lounge. Fingers crossed it plays nice with the hifi!

 

Used to have a Lamy 2k, ended up selling it as I didn't like it very much. I just thought it felt a little weird and platicky, the texture just didn't work for me. Plus the thing was a pain to fill at times thanks to the weird nib shape.

 

My bank account, how it cries.

 

Ooo Grado, heard very good things! I bet you are now, too!

 

Mobile 4G hotspot thing (Huawei E5573S-320).

 

I'm very excited. I've never owned such a prestige set of cans before so it will be nice to finally make good use of my valve based DAC/amp

They should arrive on Monday

 

Ohh, very nice!

I imagine you're planning to listen to music, but I'm curious to know if it's worth it for games as well.

P.S. I imagine you've got a nice amp to go with it as well?

 

I've got a half decent amp yeah. It's the Aune T1 MK2. I am going to switch out the valve to a Gold Lion? is it? as apparently it sounds a bit warmer. Not that I have any complaints whatsoever other than the fact that if you run it LINE you lose the valve pre stage This wouldn't be an issue but I did notice in some games the DAC did not work properly.

I originally bought a set of half decent Beyers but they were faulty and I've since managed to save up for something better. I only paid £380 for the Grados and they are apparently brand new never opened.

We shall see on Monday

 

Grados are pretty warm anyway so you might end up not needing a valve swap.

 

True. If they are too bright though I will look into it. Apparently Tesla do a decent coil and it's only about a tenner. The gold legged ones are a bit more expensive (around £25) but nothing bank breaking. I wouldn't mind having a few to play with really, but I won't be buying the platinum one

 

I already know how hard 300 watts is. I can barely hit 200w average

 

splurge of modelling gumph, images only for the cool stuff

Microscale 30ml 01 Micro Set
Microscale 30ml 02 Micro Sol
Tamiya 10ml 81522 Acrylic Mini X22 Clear
Tamiya 10ml 81510 Acrylic Mini X10 Gun Metal
Tamiya 10ml 81771 Acrylic Mini XF71Cockpit green
Tamiya 10ml 81512 Acrylic Mini X12 Gold Leaf
Tamiya Acrylic Mini X-26 Clear Orange (Gloss) - 10ml
Xtreme Metal Polished Aluminium - AK481
Tamiya Weathering Master D Set - Burnt Blue, Red, Oil Stain
New Mini (BMW) Paints 60ml - ZP-1027
1:12 Carbon Fiber Decal Twill Weave Black/Pewter #1012
MFS na 012 3-Way Buffing/Polishing Block
MFS na 009 Sanding Sponge Pack Purple / Orange / Blue

8 cm Long Photoetch Folding/Bending Tool - RP-08


1/12 Chain Set For Yamaha YZR-M1 2009 (Tamiya) （PE+Metal parts+Resin）


Fujimi Mini Cooper S

 

Went to Ikea on Saturday:-

3 x A1 picture frames for some posters.
A wireless charging pad for my phone.

 

I recently (meaning a while ago but I'm only getting around to posting about it now) had to invest in another Drobo; a 5N which I filled with 5x 4TB WD Red disks. This makes an excellent combination, I really can't fault it. It's even better than the "old" Drobo FS which has been the primary backup of my most important data for the past 3 years. A sick RAID 5 array in my server put me under pressure to get a second large NAS and I'm really happy with the 5N.





Then on Friday I picked up a 4 bay Gen 3 with USB 3.0 from Anazon's Lightning deal with about £40 off, the intention being to combine the remaining 'JBOD' disks from my server into an array with some sort of redundancy in the Drobo. They're a mix of 2TB and 3TB WD Caviar Green, Samsung Spinpoint and Samsung Barracuda Green drives, so it'll end up being a lot smaller than the 5N, but will have the advantage of being much faster as it'll be connected directly to a workstation via USB 3 as opposed to being accessed over the network. I can write to the 5N at around 70-80MB/s so I'm hoping that the 4 bay will exceed 100MB/s via USB 3.



As I said, the FS and 5N have both been running and performing very well since day one, and the 4 bay arrived this morning... With a faulty power supply that won't run it properly!

It's going back to Amazon for a replacement straight away, and I'm sure there won't be a problem because Amazon's CS is second to none, but there wasn't much point in me sitting up late all weekend transferring everything from the JBOD onto the new 5N so I had the disks ready to load into the 4 bay this morning!

I have one of these and an E5377. The latter is on EE now, the 5573 is on Three like yours by the looks of it. They're excellent devices. I would have been extremely unproductive over the past year or more without having one or both of them with me at all times.

 

This Collecting it later this week, just waiting to find out when it gets a new 12 months ticket and its all good to go

 

Both for a small mATX HTPC I'm selling to a mate. Can't really sell it as a HTPC in good conscience without it having an HDMI connector, and the fan currently in there ruins what would otherwise be a fairly quiet machine.



This one however is for me: Sony HDR-CX240E camcorder. It's an entry level model sure, but it's miles better (and far more convenient) than the webcam I've been using. Hell of a lot of grain on the quick tests I just did, but I've got pretty poor lighting conditions in my office. Test footage I've seen is miles better than what I achieved, so it's just down to my crappy lighting.

 

I bought a 12GB, 12 month PAYG SIM from Three for £56 for it. I like having the flexibility of being able to take any tablet or even a laptop with me and know I'll be able to connect.

 

Is that 12GB per month for 12 months for £56? 3G or 4G? Sounds like a better deal than the £15/month for 15GB/month contract that I'm on at the moment!

Also I mistyped in that previous post, I meant to say the former is on EE; my E5377. Both are unlocked though so I can put any SIM in either one.

 

No, although it's 4G it's a maximum of 12GB for up to 12 month so if you use it in the first month then that's it. I only need occasional connectivity so it's fine for me.

PAYG deal here

 

How many meatballs did you put in your mouth? I was also at Ikea, I consumed many balls...