I have two different coffee grinders, they each do their seemingly simple, but not at all simple, job differently. One is a giant espresso grinder, the other a cheaper one more suited to drip or pour over. I pick the cheap one set to a medium grind. I know from repeatedly weighing grinds that two scoops of these particular beans with this particular scoop will be about right. I grind them. I heat the water to just off a boil, with the little bubbles but not big bubbles coming to the surface. I pick the CleverDripper (a sort of lazy Pour Over device) over the Aeropress and French Press. I pour the grinds in, then the water, then stir. Then I get caught up reading something online and leave them a minute too long, which is ok because the grounds were a little too course.
It's all a bit of guesswork made less happenstance by experience. And when I taste it, it's all worked out. It's delicious! It's a nearly-perfect cup of coffee.
I have 12 different record players. Maybe 12 different cartridges. I have 4 phono stages. I use the Primare phono stage, the Sony 2251 with FR arm. I set the Primare for MM gain, standard 47k loading, with the silver cables that have just enough sparkly, just enough detail, leading to the AVC preamp. I meander through my headshells, pick the cool 9g Magnesium AT one with the Stanton 881s on it. Balancing the arm is a bit of guesswork as the cart/shell combo is light, the counterweight has to move forward to the point that it balances but obscures the downforce reading on this particular arm. I dial it in by memory, as I've used this arm enough to know about where 1.2g is on its scale from 0-2g.
It's all a bit of guesswork made less happenstance by experience., but when I listen it's all worked out. It's delicious! It's a nearly perfect listening experience.
Variables. Being a part of something's creation. Learning from having screwed it all up before, badly. Earning what you're experiencing instead of just taking it as its given.
Life is good this way.
It's all a bit of guesswork made less happenstance by experience. And when I taste it, it's all worked out. It's delicious! It's a nearly-perfect cup of coffee.
I have 12 different record players. Maybe 12 different cartridges. I have 4 phono stages. I use the Primare phono stage, the Sony 2251 with FR arm. I set the Primare for MM gain, standard 47k loading, with the silver cables that have just enough sparkly, just enough detail, leading to the AVC preamp. I meander through my headshells, pick the cool 9g Magnesium AT one with the Stanton 881s on it. Balancing the arm is a bit of guesswork as the cart/shell combo is light, the counterweight has to move forward to the point that it balances but obscures the downforce reading on this particular arm. I dial it in by memory, as I've used this arm enough to know about where 1.2g is on its scale from 0-2g.
It's all a bit of guesswork made less happenstance by experience., but when I listen it's all worked out. It's delicious! It's a nearly perfect listening experience.
Variables. Being a part of something's creation. Learning from having screwed it all up before, badly. Earning what you're experiencing instead of just taking it as its given.
Life is good this way.