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Khers wrote: A bunch of switches:

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This is very non-keyboard related, but it merits a post anyways. My Subaru died a horrible death recently. Unfortunately I couldn't pick up the Testarossa from Ohio.

I did, however, find a '96 Honda Civic coupe.

ohaimark wrote: I did, however, find a '96 Honda Civic coupe.

Good to hear, and so much more practical than the Testarossa!

seebart wrote:

Khers wrote: A bunch of switches:

And the right kind.

Oh, yes they are!

seebart wrote:

kbdfr wrote: The hardest part of getting this one was to not deny being a fan of their silly football club

I find that quite disturbing kbdfr, especially since the damn HSV is my home town Bundesliga team. […]

I have a Schumi one and would trade against the HSV one, but not the Hertha one. But I suspect neither of you are Formula 1 fans either ...

I wish they did an Eintracht one with a black/white/red color scheme.

Halvar wrote: […] I have a Schumi one and would trade against the HSV one […]

Khers wrote:

mecano wrote:

emdude wrote: Recently designed and ordered a 60% plate based on the IBM 5140 layout, arrived late yesterday!

Not switch top removal cutouts? Why?

Alps -> no need for it

Oh that means you can get these http://www.ebay.fr/itm/141643552738 and don't worry about lubing and such? I made a tv/player remote out of one of these but used cherry clones :/

How did you made that remote?
Sounds great! (with pro micros/teensys? Or...)

My long-awaited dissertation present for myself finally arrived yesterday:

Thats sounds good!

On which amplifier are you running it?

I'm using a Chord Mojo DAC/Amp. A pretty capable little thing

A 1962 Hermes Rocket, newly refurbished:

That's pretty!

zslane wrote: A 1962 Hermes Rocket, newly refurbished:

That is indeed very nice, so elegant.

It's quite charming. So much so that I designed an SA keyset for 60% keyboards based on it. I doubt it'll ever become a GB though.

Just noticed something weird; how do you type "1" on it?

Lowercase L, as on many old typewriters

Really!? That's a funky way to save a key

TIL

From Wikipedia:

Many older typewriters did not include a separate key for the numeral 1 or the exclamation point, and some even older ones also lacked the numeral zero. Typists who trained on these machines learned the habit of using the lowercase letter l ("ell") for the digit 1, and the uppercase O for the zero. A cents symbol (¢) was created by combining (over-striking) a lower case 'c' with a slash character (typing 'c', then backspace, then '/').

Khers wrote: My long-awaited dissertation present for myself finally arrived yesterday:

Congrats, Dr. Khers, to both your dissertation and probably the best "affordable" head phones ever. I got mine two months ago and I am utterly impressed.

I like the sound of that..."Dr. Khers".

What do they cost?
I got myself an AKG K712 at an sale for -210€.
(mainly because of the awesome fit, wearing glasses all the time)

connected to an Objective O2 an imo nice combination.

Congrats to Dr. !

derp

HAL wrote:

Khers wrote: My long-awaited dissertation present for myself finally arrived yesterday:
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Congrats, Dr. Khers, to both your dissertation and probably the best "affordable" head phones ever. I got mine two months ago and I am utterly impressed.

Double thanks! They are really nice headphones, but I got a little perplexed by their sound signature as I remembered them being described as neutral. They aren't. I now see that MD have since changed their opinion to the PH being the "fun one". I like them like that though, it's not as if they are adolescence headphones only playing ill-distinct bass and treble. They represent a clear step upwards in quality compared to my akg k550, but a lot darker. All in all, I probably won't upgrade headphones for a while.

seebart wrote: I like the sound of that..."Dr. Khers".

It's almost as good irl

Phenix wrote: What do they cost?
I got myself an AKG K712 at an sale for -210€.
(mainly because of the awesome fit, wearing glasses all the time)

connected to an Objective O2 an imo nice combination.

Congrats to Dr. !

davkol wrote: Twice as much.

Davkol is in the money and thanks!

Khers wrote: […] They are really nice headphones, but I got a little perplexed by their sound signature as I remembered them being described as neutral. They aren't. I now see that MD have since changed their opinion to the PH being the "fun one". I like them like that though, it's not as if they are adolescence headphones only playing ill-distinct bass and treble. They represent a clear step upwards in quality compared to my akg k550, but a lot darker. […]

I can’t help but remember how in the days (most of you, and perhaps even your parents, will have not yet been born at the time) my brother refused to replace his record player with one of those new "stereo" devices, claiming he did not hear any difference.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/112079522102

I paid $100 for it; I just realized I may have overpaid.

y11971alex wrote: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/112079522102

I paid $100 for it; I just realized I may have overpaid.

Did you know before you bought it that it is a rubberdome?

Once, when I was less knowledgeable, I jumped on one of these thinking it was BS. I messaged the seller soon afterwards and said I made a mistake and they were kind enough and canceled the purchase.

It's too much for a rubberdome, but on the other hand, it is a really, really beautiful board. And I wonder if a top case could be made to fit an Unsaver.

hypkx wrote:

y11971alex wrote: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/112079522102

I paid $100 for it; I just realized I may have overpaid.

Did you know before you bought it that it is a rubberdome?

I did. Space unsaver would be double or triple that price. I wanted a classic keyboard with rubber domes for quiet work.