OSUT 260: Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

[Expat]

I wish I could make it like the wife.

 

[BeDome]

Had a hard salami with smoked Gouda cheese on toasted rye sandwich for lunch.
Best hot mustard I can find and a few wild Turkish pickles, surprisingly hot.
Raided the fresh cut veggie plate for some crunch on the side.

There's a nap hovering. I might be near there already.

 

[BeDome]

I am overdue for some meatloaf.

Make enough meatloaf to have some left for stuffing some sweet peppers.

I'm a bit overdue for some stuffed peppers, personally. A good meatloaf, cooked or raw, is a perfect starter.

 

[patience0830]

I wish I could make it like the wife.

You can. Just practice and experiment. You may get sick of meatloaf b4 you get it right, but hey, we like meatloaf, right?

We use oregano and basil. Usually about 1/2 a chopped bell pepper and a whole chopped onion. Shred a couple of carrots and beat a couple eggs. Add some breadcrumbs to help hold it together. Most important, a pound of mild sausage (can't spell saUSAge without USA) and 2# of ground chuck. Salt and pepper to taste. Cup of ketchup with some jalapeño juice and a t of Worcestershire whisked in for the topping.

 

[OneBadV8]

just walked the dog. It's not too bad out there yet. Really should've mowed, but I might try that this evening

 

[Expat]

me and the two neighbors are about the same right now, so no pressure. But I would think before the weekend it will need to be done.

 

[BeDome]

With the efficiency of modern sub woofers going down in favor of increased power handling, it's like the industry is going backward.

If you have a 85dB efficient driver driven by 100W, it would take you setting up a 1kW amp system to reach output compared to a 95db driver at 100W.

What if that 95dB driver could handle 1kW? Ten times power equals +10dB.

They are doubling and quadrupling amplifier power and decreasing efficiency of drivers in order to handle the increased power. Yet the output of acoustical energy is about the same at four times the cost.
Inflation aside, this is stupid! Nothing is gained!

Sure your new stuff looks flashy and makes heat and noise, but no more sound output than we had in the '90s with higher efficiency drivers, running one tenth the power.
Sheesh!

Obviously, we need a bigger whip for this dead horse.

 

[Mgderf]

You can. Just practice and experiment. You may get sick of meatloaf b4 you get it right, but hey, we like meatloaf, right?

We use oregano and basil. Usually about 1/2 a chopped bell pepper and a whole chopped onion. Shred a couple of carrots and beat a couple eggs. Add some breadcrumbs to help hold it together. Most important, a pound of mild sausage (can't spell saUSAge without USA) and 2# of ground chuck. Salt and pepper to taste. Cup of ketchup with some jalapeño juice and a t of Worcestershire whisked in for the topping.

I like to make my meatloaf with a 50/50 blend of ground beef and ground venison.
Tasty stuff right there.

 

[COOPADUP]

Great ride today and got back just before the rain started.

 

[ancjr]

With the efficiency of modern sub woofers going down in favor of increased power handling, it's like the industry is going backward.

If you have a 85dB efficient driver driven by 100W, it would take you setting up a 1kW amp system to reach output compared to a 95db driver at 100W.

What if that 95dB driver could handle 1kW? Ten times power equals +10dB.

They are doubling and quadrupling amplifier power and decreasing efficiency of drivers in order to handle the increased power. Yet the output of acoustic energy is about the same at four times the cost.
Inflation aside, this is stupid!

Sure your new stuff looks flashy and makes heat and noise, but no more sound output than we had in the '90s with higher efficiency drivers, running one tenth the power.
Sheesh!

Obviously, we need a bigger whip for this dead horse.

I used to build horns.

 

[GregD]

We are getting a nice storm!

 

[red_zr24x4]

Muggy late nooner

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Just started raining here. Nothing much so far. Looks like most of it's north and east of us.

 

[GregD]

Happy late nooner Red

 

[GregD]

And not it has all stopped here.

 

[Expat]

No rain here today so far

 

[Lpherr]

I am overdue for some meatloaf.

What you really need is, some bacon cheeseburger meatloaf. The Mrs. makes it on occassion, but take it slow. It tends to clean the pipes if large portions are consumed.

 

[Brandon]

Just got home and the rain waited for me to get inside

 

[ancjr]

I wonder which is cheaper... turning on the A/C or driving to somewhere with A/C

 

[BeDome]

I used to build horns.

Really! That's cool.
I'm curious to know more.

When I built my sound reinforcement system in the late '70s/early '80s, I dissected three of the most popular brands of large bass horns to find out why they still S**K so bad in practice.
Showco, Cerwin Vega and Peavey, large bass horns, each had horrid problems in use.

I was studying, learning, attending flash seminars, using equipment I could never afford to own as lab geek wannabe.

But I did not need advanced interferometry to discover where the horn throats were weak, lacked compression and the uneven flare rates were only barely OK.

I designed mine around an hyperbolic rate of flare, (truncated still) rather than the most common exponential flare rates.