Re: [GTALUG] "RISC-V technology emerges as battleground in US-China tech war"

[Alvin Starr via talk]

On 2023-10-31 13:28, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:



Grrr.

Some US lawmakers want to restrict US companies from working on RISC-V.
They are worried it will benefit China (of course it will, and the rest of
us too).

It is true that ARM's ownership has allowed the US government to make
things very difficult for Huawei.  No wonder China likes RISC-V.

I would be willing to bet the various law makers are taking advice from 
Arm, Intel and AMD.


Think back to the days of proprietary Operating Systems.
The main vendors were all going on about the evils of open source linux.

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[GTALUG] "RISC-V technology emerges as battleground in US-China tech war"

[D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk]

Grrr.

Some US lawmakers want to restrict US companies from working on RISC-V.
They are worried it will benefit China (of course it will, and the rest of 
us too).

It is true that ARM's ownership has allowed the US government to make 
things very difficult for Huawei.  No wonder China likes RISC-V.
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Re: [GTALUG] (very off topic) where to buy old AM/FM receiver?

[Michael Galea via talk]

On 2023-10-31 01:31, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:

| From: Michael Galea via talk 
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| I priced out various pre-amps online, got over the shock of their price
| and built one from some online plans.

Good on you!

I don't know if this phono pre-amp is any good, but its from an OK brand.
It currently costs $29.99.  There is a newer model with two vacuum
tubes(!).

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You can find an excellent article for the pre-amp here:
https://audioxpress.com/assets/upload/files/BillChristieExternalPhonoPreampAXJul2013.pdf
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Re: [GTALUG] (very off topic) where to buy old AM/FM receiver?

[o1bigtenor via talk]

On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 1:37 AM Evan Leibovitch via talk
 wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 1:31 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk  
> wrote:
>
>>
>> I don't know if this phono pre-amp is any good, but its from an OK brand.
>> It currently costs $29.99.  There is a newer model with two vacuum
>> tubes(!).
>> 
>
>
> I saw that too. You can also pay nearly $1000 for a cartridge alone. The 
> makers of those things clearly know the audio-snob market to whom they're 
> selling.
>
There were cartridges selling for up to $1800 lots of years ago.
The higher the $$$ the lower the down pressure needed and the wider
the operating parameters iirc.
(But that's from the early 80's so   - - - memory is not infallible - - grin!)

HTH
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Re: [GTALUG] (very off topic) where to buy old AM/FM receiver?

[Evan Leibovitch via talk]

On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 1:31 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk 
wrote:


> I don't know if this phono pre-amp is any good, but its from an OK brand.
> It currently costs $29.99.  There is a newer model with two vacuum
> tubes(!).
> <
> https://www.amazon.ca/Fosi-Audio-Phono-Preamp-Turntable/dp/B08TLRPMDC/ref=sr_1_11
> >


I saw that too. You can also pay nearly $1000 for a cartridge alone. The
makers of those things clearly know the audio-snob market to whom they're
selling.

Congrats on making your own!

- Evan
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