Recent content by milw50717

FWIW From the factory Rega internally wired the ground to the left output RCA and much has been written about the "Rega hum". I have a Planar 2 that I rewired with a kit that has a separate ground wire that I use with the Solo and I have not experienced any hum or ground noise. The ground...

Yes although it's not UNIX which is a trademark. The history of Unix and Unix-like operating systems is long and varied with a few legal wrangles over the years.

Logitech M570 Ergonomic mouse with thumbwheel. Now discontinued but I stocked up when they went on clearance. Works well across all of the platforms I use.

It's horses for courses for me with no one preferred OS. I use what I feel is best for the use case: Linux - Debian/Proxmox nodes + Redhat + Rocky for the 7x24 server and infrastructure stuff Windows 10 Pro for one legacy piece of hardware that I will eventually wean myself off. MacOS for...

Slightly OT, but I bought a CXA81 in the US and there is now a possibility that I will be relocating to the UK for a few years and then returning to the US. Has anyone had a look at the internals with an eye to seeing if it can be switched between 110V/60Hz and 240V/50Hz ? I'm hoping there is...

Some of my photos from the early to mid 1990s

The glorious orchestra of engines and raucous exhaust notes.

In the warmer months I make my own cold brew using a stainless steel filter in a mason jar . I generally use Lavazza or Peets beans.

Vinyl time

Google Remote Desktop is an alternative to VNC for connecting to a headless mini M1. I have never heard the fans of my mini M1 kick on even when doing video encoding using handbrake or running a couple of virtual machines that had various servers running. Quite the change from my old Windows 10...

Stiff Kittens, Warsaw, Revenge, The Other Two, Electronic, Bad Lieutenant, Monaco, Freebass and Peter Hook & The Light.

As another quick test I'm working on a macbook air (2015 model) today with the dongle and powered speakers hooked up. I have the same logitech USB headset plugged in and am using a web browser for emails, etc. I went past the 30 minute mark with no clicks. To see if there was any RFI I fired up...

I have the dongle connected to a Mini M1 and then to a pair of powered speakers. There are certainly clicks when the mini is turned on and off, but I also get occasional clicks when nothing is being played through the dongle, when VLC has finished playing a video and I am busy typing an email...

Really just so I can remove/replace the USB-C dongle should I wish to.

It is detected on my Mac Mini M1 as a 'USB-C to 3.5mm Headphone Jack Adapter' with nothing attached to the RCAs. If you had to buy all the parts then the price is going to be over $10. Here are my costs - 5 x cases for $8, 5 x TRS plugs for $1.50, 2 x USB-C couplers for $4 and I had the RCAs...