JT

@ruckerfoad.bsky.social

himbo polymath/professional amateur. cooking, baking, lifting, hi-fi, gardening, mandolin picker, trophy husband

if i’ve ever been inclined to patriotism it was because my country produced people like dolly parton. as a history, as an ethos, as a system america is a horror; but wild weeds still grow in its cracks, and make it better than it is

mr rogers: have you ever been really hungry my son: ME I HAVE mr rogers: some children are always hungry because their parents don't have enough food to give them my son, just ate pancakes: ME!! I'M HUNGRY EVERY DAY mr rogers: some children have been in a war my son, in portland oregon: I HAVE

Snagged a clean '97 reprint. Some folks suspect this was the last album cut from the real masters before they were lost in the '08 Universal fire. The recent Acoustic Sounds cut is excellent but this feels a little closer to the source.

a home hi-fi stereo set plays the album Journey in Satchidananda by Alice Coltrane

20A direct heated triode line stage at the local audio club meet the other night. Lundahl iron, custom case work, regulated filaments, the works. Even the wireless remote is homemade! The homebrew guys are just built different around here! #hifi #tubes #diy #audio

A preamplifier with an external power supply, as described in the post, sitting on a makeshift table of beer kegs.

I’ve spent the last two weeks or so listening to a very bonkers moving coil cartridge a buddy loaned me through a set of step-transformers I designed and hand wound. Good excuse to revisit all my favorite records with different preamp/amp permutations. #hifi #vinyl

A home hi-fi stereo set plays the album “Intents and Purposes” by the Bill Dixon OrchestraA home hi-fi stereo set plays the album “Maihar” by Ali Akbar Khan

shout out people trying to keep their lungs healthy during the smoke this week but... how are we six plus years into that one "endemic" respiratory virus and people are still wearing surgical masks with the nose poking out?

recent addition to the stable from some horse trading… homebrew 6B4G push-pull amp, have mostly been running this on the Tektons but threw it on the Tannoy rig out of curiosity and it WHIPS #hifi #tubes

a home hi fi stereo set playing a record