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Collection has changed a bit, so posting more pics. I grouped them by whether they had steel bands, leather straps, or rubber straps:

YES!!! Please, please, please offer this in the gold case and white dial version with brown gator strap!!!!

From a physics and engineering standpoint the SVS subs are some of the best subs you can get regardless of price. For the money they sell them for they are a steal. I owned one a couple of them for a while before I got into building my own subs and working on infinite baffle designs. Never, ever buy a sub with a small box, the lowend output drops off dramatically. To get low bass you have to have a big box and a big woofer with a lot of excursion, and preferably a lot of power too. Anything that uses a small box is going to have pretty serious compromises in low end performance. I define small box as anything with less than 18 inches per side of the cube, depending a little bit on the T/S parameters of the woofer. Oh yes, also set aside some $$ for a good parametric EQ, as there will be large peaks and valleys in sound for the bass, which are the result of the dimensions of the room you have the sub in. You can't do much about the suckouts (valleys), but you can very easily control the peaks. These peaks are usually the reason bass can sound "bloated" or overpowering in a room. By measuring and eliminating them, you get much cleaner and tighter sounding base, while still getting gut-wrenching low end power. You'll need a sound meter with an analog, not digital, readout, and a cd with test tones closely spaced from 20hz to 100hz. One other tip - the location of the sub in the room is critical to good sound and performance. Usually the corners are the best place for a sub, but not always, it's very room-dependent. I recommend sitting in your primary seating position and put on a bass heavy song with the sub in one of the room corners. Listen closely to it, then move the sub to a different corner and listen again. Then move it to the middle of a wall halfway between the corners and listen again. Iterate this out until you've tried all available locations for the sub. Give the sub a permanent home in the location that sounded the best from your listening position. Only after it's in it's permanent home should you monkey around with the EQ and the sound meter.

Very nice! That's a MAN's collection there

I've received confirmation from 2 separate dealers that both the Graham Swordfish and the AP ROO w/secs at 12 is being done and we will see them this year. Damn it's gonna be an expensive year AGAIN!

Porsche is pretty awesome and would be a great sporty compliment to the very dressy Roadster. I gave the Roadster rep to my father for Christmas, the quality is just amazing.

And you have to have a pin tool to push out the plastic tubes from the holes in the sides of the strap. Once those plastic tubes are removed you can put the metal springbars in there and attach it to the buckle.

Alternating between these 2:

Put one screwdriver in a vice to hold it still, so you can focus on screwing/unscrewing with a second screwdriver in your hand.

This just arrived today, so of course I immediately sized it and put it on. Love it, very unique. Josh also included a white strap I might try at some point, if I can figure out how to get the black one off:

Latest pickup - Dewitt Academia:

Wearing a $50k watch? Hell, I can't even justify wearing a $5k watch, that's why I buy reps. Unless you are so rich that you can stand to lose $50k if it's lost or stolen, then no big deal. For anyone else it's pretty poor money management. These are watches, to be worn, and IMO for most people, anything more than a few grand is going to be a pretty heavy hit if lost/damage/stolen.

IWC 3717, double AR courtesy of K2222, ETA datewheel and daywheel finally installed, courtesy of me:

Back to the HBB today:

dsn 183 w/double ar courtesy of k2222:

Try making your grind a bit coarser, that will address what you are experiencing, IMO. What burr grinder are you using?

How's the aeropress working out for you?

Going w/the double AR coated 113 (courtesy of K2222) on a GeF strap:

Going with a recently re-acquired HBB RG/SS (not sure why I sold my original one in the first place):

Agree, I have 2 navi's w/the K2222 coating. Very nice. Without the coating the screamed FAKE! Now after coating they look much more gen-like, just like yours does.

RG/Ceramic is super hot looking in person.

I was really excited about it, but it seems the dial is more yellow gold and the case is more rose gold? I think they should both be YG in the gen, or at least match in color?

Ice bang should have the SS bezel, that's what makes it look so high-tech. The ceramic bezel looks best on the "lite" PVD HBB.

I'm not wearing any PAMs either. But only because they are all off to get their crystals coated with genuine AR. Can't wait to get them back