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Anyone ever get a chance to mess with an OP-1 from Teenage Engineering… it looks super cool. You can check out this review of it below.
I am tempted to go find a store selling this thing… I have been watching tons of videos of people working with this think and it seems really powerful and somewhat easy to use for a non-musically inclined person.
Spent most of today painting. I decided to finish upstairs so next week I can start on my current living room… which I decided to make my new listening room and make the room with the stove my new living room. I think it makes more sense to have the TV in the room with the stove so it’s more cozy in the winter. The only problem I see will be in the summer when it’s hot… I don’t see a way to air condition the room easily… but that isn’t a real problem because I have a smaller TV/game room upstairs which will be air conditioned… so no issues unless I want to watch a movie on a big screen… then I am out of luck.
I spoke with my audio dealer and I think I will be upgrading my speakers to something smaller which will fit the room better. I think I will miss the big imposing Model 3’s but the new model will have a more subtle and sophisticated sound which I think will be nicer. I will post more once I get some time to listen to them and the proposed gear driving the show.
Not much else to report on, my birthday was uneventful. My life is basically alot of painting, fixing things and cleaning around the house! Not very exciting but it keeps me busy on the weekends. I’m planing on having a game of thrones party once the series starts up again so I need to get everything in place for that.
My car is still at the dealer for the DPF issue. I’m thinking seriously about trading it in… I was hoping to get a few more years out of it but a week down time is unacceptable. I have a down payment on the 8th gen Golf R but I might have to compromise and get something sooner… I priced out a Audi RS5 but I don’t want to run something that expensive into the ground with all the mileage I do… I need something cheap that gets good mileage and is reliable…preferably German and definitely not a Toyota… Will see what this week brings… if I don’t get it back this week I will most likely make a purchase.
Not much else to report at the moment…
I found a cool new use for a roller lifter… Ya know the ones you use to lift drywall into place. It’s perfect for lifting a refrigerator to get a rug under it! I had to do this alone, not even Bentley wanted to help! With a lifter its a snap. So if you find yourself needing to do this head down to Home Depot and hit up the drywall section!
Wow, I had Spotify running at a lower bit rate and didn’t notice it… I thought I had a speaker issue! I just set the bit rate and everything sounds better now. Getting back into the hobby now that I have a dedicated listening room in the house. Working on getting a roon server running and am getting an appointment for a consultation with John and Audio Connection and see if I can trade some things in for newer equipment. I really want a 275 in the system and a new CD transport.
My car has been in the shop for a few days with a DPF issue. I am not sure if it has something to do with the emissions “Fix” VW preformed on the car but I have a feeling it does…. DPF is part of the emissions system and it’s one of the new parts that was swapped on the car. Hopefully I will hear back soon with good news. I have a deposit in for a 2020 Golf R so once that comes in I will have a second car I can use when the TDI breaks down.
I finally got the listening room painted and ready to go. I moved all my audio gear down and set it all up on new audio racks. I plan to upgrade my speakers soon as well as trade in some of my old gear for new. Everything is starting to show it’s age so it’s about time to refresh it all with new. I will post some pictures once I am finished… the thing that really makes it cool are the LiFX tiles I installed on the walls… without a woman saying no I can do some really neat stuff around the house! The tiles morph colors or respond to the music. If you can sneak them by your wife or significant other I would suggest them!
Having the fireplace guy over soon to give me a quote on a J0tul wood stove insert in the living room! I am really looking forward to getting that work done. I really like having a nice fire. Probably not going to be installed this season but it will be something I will do over the summer. I think I will have a new mantel installed as well as I don’t think the one I have will work well with the insert. Anyway I will write more later.
New find out of Sweden… EBM and what sounds like some analog synth!
Starting working on my new listening room on the first floor. It has a door down to the basement which had tons of chipping paint. I decided to tackle this first… Bad move! Just like the title it opened the box and I am no stripping the entire door. Probably going to be the only thing I get done house wise today. I am taking it down to the wood so it’s slow going. Tomorrow should be a more productive day hopefully. I want to have this room done by January because I will be installing the new stove here.
I am being careful about the lead paint, I have a hepa filter in my shop vac, I have a resperstor and I set up a box fan with a merv13 filter to catch anything that might get airborne. I am not sanding so that helps as well… All heat gun work and scraper.
Goal next year is to finish up the rest of the house and then move on to the garage.
Don’t bother getting a tile. After a year they are garbage because you can’t replace the battery. I’m going to try and replace my battery because I have nothing to lose. I don’t see how you can design a $30+ device and not include some way to replace the battery. Seems like a money grab for the replacement as well as being bad for the environment.
I moved 1 ton of pellets today and have another one in the garage to move tomorrow. I had to make space for the second one as I had no idea of volume.
I think I have someone lined up to buy my BMW as well. I am thinking about selling it and getting something new. I have a deposit down on the 8th Gen Golf R but I still have eyes on a Model S or a E450 only time will tell. Anyway, time to watch some TV as my back is killing me after today. Not going to Crossfit until at least Thursday this week!
I have the week off so I started to clean out the garage and basement today. I am about 85% done with the garage but have about as much garbage as I feel comfortable throwing out in one shot. Once it goes out on Friday I will bag up the rest for next week. Patricia and I had way to much stuff and now I am pairing down my stuff and tossing hers. Not going to let it get so bad in the future. The basement was crazy, I think once I rebuild the garage things will be better because the yard tools and equipment can be placed there.
I will be getting my pellets today which is the reason for cleaning up in the first place. I want the pellets in the garage so if I can’t manage to get them all in today they don’t get wet. I also have no idea what 2 pallets look like so it might be huge and not fit in the basement. My goal for today is get at least one ton into the basement.
The rest of the week is going to be painting and cleaning. The house feels totally different now, much cleaner and alot bigger. I also decided I want to get a wood insert for the living room over the summer. I have a chimney guy coming over to quote me for the work. I will be going with a J0tul insert because my local store recommends them and I will have them survice it… Not to mention they are nice.
Apart from that nothing else is going on with me. I’ll post a picture of the pellets once they arrive.