DB Custom, Glenn, how are your spinners?
My Atesson spinner in stock form was getting up towards an 8 minute spin on a flat surface. I bought a very high end custom ordered Hybrid Ceramic bearing and Tungsten weights for it and have achieved a vertical spin of 15:10.44. 
Yes, that’s 15 minutes, 10.44 seconds!
Edit: I would be remiss to leave out some specifics, my friend sent me the Atesson spinner that he bought on Amazon for some $15. I then spent $43 for the new bearing and $26 for the weights, in an effort to best his 10 minute spin time. So yeah, while I did best him by a significant margin…it cost me! (SWMBO does not know of this additional incurred cost…. shhhhhh! )
Nice. Mine doesn’t even reach 7 minutes. Maybe I need to clean/lube the bearing?
EDIT: Just rechecked - got close to 8 minutes this time.
Break-in time influences run time. 
NO lube! Oil on the balls inside the bearing will create drag and slow it down. The Atesson uses SS balls in a chromium steel race (51200 I presume) and also has a steel cage that is double sided. It is possible to just wash it out with detergent and hot water and then blow out the remaining water after a good rinse, but it’s imperative it get’s dried good or there could be a possibility of some rust developing.
Dry works best for spinners. Especially ceramic ball spinners. I get that direct from an engineer at a high end bearing company in CA. (yes, I called them)
Got my $6.99 spinner from Amazon. Not impressed. The bearing has play and it only spins for about 90 seconds. I ended up giving it to my neighbors 5 year old son. He loves it.
This one was $4.99. Runtime is about 3 minutes.
Those outer bearings are very light weight, replace those with brass weights or tungsten, changes the game completely.
The brass weights in the $15 Atesson are about 27 grams each, the tungsten aftermarket weights are 45 grams each. Either way, a LOT heavier than those 608 bearings…
Edit: Pics
The brass weights that were in the $15 Atesson spinner…
The new components, high end hybrid ceramic bearing on the left of the original SS bearing, with the Tungsten weights not pressed in yet…
Speaks for itself…
I can’t believe some people still play with spinners :-p
That’s… refreshing
I rarely saw a trend fade that fast to be honest
It’s not that I STILL play with spinners, I just got my first one last week as a gift. lol I must be WAY behind the curve…
Nah, you’re retro :sunglasses:
Ordered a Parasound Zpre3 preamplifier from Audio Advisor. I have the matching power amp. It’s going to replace my old non-remote controlled Parasound PHP-850 in my bedroom system.
Replacing this 15 year old preamp
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My new PreAmp came yesterday. It’s on the right. The matching Poweramp which I purchased 15 years ago has a rack mount front panel which they don’t offer any more as standard equipment. Oh well. Not that it matters for my use. So far it’s been impressive driving my B&W 603 series 3 loudspeakers in my AV bedroom system.
Picture before the upgrade
Very nice, Glenn! Love those B&Ws.
Thanks, Pete! I purchased them when they were still made in England many years ago. B&W’s are now made in China. Really depressing to be honest. They are very efficient and able to get high volumes out of a 45 watt per channel power amp. It’s for watching my collection of movies, TV shows, and my vast collection of music that I converted from my CD’s in Flac files. For a bedroom system, it’s pretty damn good.
My Aunt has promised me her Bang & Olufsen Beosystem 2500 system, I don’t have it yet though. If I ever heard it working it was many years ago, I do seem to remember it had a great sound but never got to listen to “my” music on it.
I have a blooming Red Savina Habanero plant in my room that is over 6’ tall, it has 3 peppers on it and dozens upon dozens of blooms but it keeps dropping flowers and now some leaves too. I feel like I may be overwatering it so I got a meter to show me the soil moisture level deep down in the pot, hope that solves the issue. That came today and shows a still moderate moisture level even though I watered light almost a week ago. Also got a 4 level soil test kit, have only tested phosphorus so far but it seems good, been using Epsom Salt but can probably slow down some on that according to the test chart. Gotta test Nitrogen and Pot Ash next, see if I need to make some changes. Our water is highly Alkaline and I do believe the peppers like a more acidic soil so I need to address a high PH level. Always something.
No kidding. 
I love floorstanders. I wish I had room for them in my current office. In my old office setup, I used to have these Jamo C607s, which aren’t as nice as your B&Ws, but still decent. They now sit in storage, sadly.
Yeh, I can see where it could be easy to overwater since you are inside assumingly with AC temps in the upper 70’s. Peppers don’t like wet feet. Generally, it’s best to see them “ask” for water when they show thirsty signals when leaves just start to droop. Then water thoroughly but not soaking. Keeping evenly moist is the key.
Those look really nice. Here’s a picture of my 603’s without the grill on. Old pictures of course.
There once was a time in my youth
When I was wild, a bit crazy, uncouth
I ran with Wild Turkey
Things got a bit quirky
But Boston kept everything smooth.
Now it’s been far too long it would seem
Without music my eyes seldom gleam
Don’t know how I get by
With these tears in my eye
And I just wish I were still friends with Jim Beam.
Such fine looking gear makes me look drool and gape
If I had such finery I’d most surely vape
Whilst chilaxing with tunes
Deciphering the runes
But sadly none of that is happening. 