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Hey all,

just wanted to post a PSA about my 6 year old machine (Bambino Plus) suddenly stopped working. When extracting it stops after a second. When running the steam wand it also stops after a second and flashed all three buttons a couple of times as some kind of error indicator, that is not listed anywhere

The cause for this is a clogged water intake screen filter. Mine was full of rusty flakes, I am assuming the water tank valve spring is rusting out. This caused the water flow sensor to trip and stop the machine.

Following these instructions https://youtu.be/etxYC9AlBXM?si=AXxrbMnUZp46WWs1&t=249 I removed the back pane

Hi All,

I am using an very good indoor antenna made by Televes - Zapperbox A1. I am not using the reflector because I need it not to be very directional. It generally performs much better than anything else I've tried at home but I am still seeing some odd behavior: I get (in)frequent momentary signal dropouts from even very close line of sight stations only 8-10mi away but it is maintaining a very good signal from stations over 30mi away in another direction.

I did notice that this behavior roughly corresponds with windy/stormy days.. Is it simply because swaying trees create a multipath interference in the direction of the closest stations and there is really not much I can do about

Hey All, I bought a pre-owned Corsair a7200 PC with a custom BIOS MSI B550-A Pro motherboard, the last BIOS update I can download from them is from 2022, it doesn't seem to support 5800X3D. MSI still pushes out updates for this mobo, but, obviously, they cannot be installed. Am I SOL? Is there a way to force MSI BIOS on there?

Ok, so, I have a new in box phone bought on EIP from Tmobile (free after credits). I never used it and it is still in packaging. It will be "paid off" soon... Is it still going to be locked if I sell it and they open the box and turn it on? I am getting conflicting info from reps ...

There is one requirement that it doesn't meet by not having been active on the line for 40 days (I am not planning on using it on my line), but are they saying that, even though I own the phone it won't be unlockable until I activate it ??

Hi all, I know it's possible but is it an upgrade without going with the full OM20 setup?

A side question - would LP Gear OM20 replacement be close or not even? I've heard good things about them...

Hi, I am somewhat disappointed in the whole setup by now, we've been ABX'ing some records against Spotify (yeah, I know) and Spotify almost always sounds better. My musically inclined friend noticed there is just no highs (possible nothing about 10K) coming out of Fluance RT-82 (Ortofon Red) and Fluance preamp into the same receiver the Spotify is being streamed into... You can hear it in Innuendo by Queen - there is no air, no color to the music, the top end of hi hats is missing on the vinyl... We tried a lot of different records, and, while I generally liked how they sounded before, comparing them to something that does have those frequencies leaves me very dissatisfied... What could be

Hi, w are travelling to Italy soon and one of appartments we reserved asked us to "check in" prior to arrival and send them pictures of our driver's licenses or passports, is that normal?

All right, folks. I just received a Monoprice Monolith turntable and I had my buddy over to try out some records and test his emotiva preamp vs the built in one... Not long into our listening session I was absolutely convinced that this turntable is utter trash. It wouldn't hold the speed (it was slow out of the box, but the wow was so noticeable even to my untrained ear), and the built in amp was very weak. My stereo is far from being audiophile grade (Polk E60s & Yamaha amp) but I was cringing all the way through The White Album and Nevermind...

While the "experience" was real and I am a vinyl convert now, the Monolith is going back for sure. Just ordered the Fluance combo, hope I didn'

Anyone got an email about US Chess member data verification that didn't actually come from USCF? I haven't been a paying member in a while now, they must have gotten an old database.... also - they want a call?? lol

https://preview.redd.it/wskkvd76f57d1.png?width=1490&format=png&auto=webp&s=54b79661a658fb5f0678294c5046dc866ee3f527

Anyone got this email? notice how it actually doesn't come from US Chess and they want you to call??? lol

The fact is I haven't been a paying USCF member for a while now, so they must have gotten ahold of an older database..

https://preview.redd.it/zytne19he57d1.png?width=1490&format=png&auto=webp&s=6475fce704de2ccc7dc3099cd75180e24cee1a69