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I've ran into an issue with a flea market turntable purchase...
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Hey guys, im not that delved into vinyl but i have always had a run of the mill setup because i do enjoy the idea of buying and playing records. This is where my problem comes in. I found a cheap turntable some guy was selling for 20 bucks, and me being the guy that i am, figured what the hell im looking upgrade anyway, might as well try my luck with this.
Its a sony ps-lx2. I have no idea how it compares with anything, but he said he threw a brand new needle on it. So if anything i get a brand new needle out of it, figured ill grab it. The problem is when i connect everything and drop the needle, all i receive is audio on ONE speaker. Cross-checking everything, i eventually summed it up that it was in fact the turntable. My father offered to check it out and re-wire it, which he said he was successful in doing. Well he DID re-wire it correctly, but the vacant speaker is now just drowned out and choppy and clearly isnt right/listenable. Everything works perfectly on it, just that one ouput.
So i guess my question is, what are my options at this moment with this thing? Is it worth seeking out a fix or should i just salvage what i can and move on? This has been bugging me for a month or so, sorry about the long post. And if this isnt within the rules, ill understand and remove, thanks in advance
Top Comment: What exactly did your father rewire? Are we talking head to toe all new wiring and connections throughout the whole unit? Because if your father did that he is an expert electrician and should be able to test out all the connections and find the fault. Or did he just put in new RCA cables or headshell wires? Because your problem seems like it is likely a headshell wires problem. Also your needle could be inadequately seated.
I ran several market neutral strategy for 19 days - here is the truth
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Inspired by a couple of other posts, I ran my own stablecoin-only strategies for almost a month. Here's what I did and the outcome:
- Strategy 1: provide stablecoin pairs liquidity on Quickswap (USDc / USDT) -> APR is around 30% but you get your rewards in Quick, so it's not properly market neutral. I stopped this one after a few days
- Strategy 2: lend on curve.fi - where you get a market-neutral interest (about 6% APR) and reinvest Matic rewards. I targeted a fixed amount of rewards in $ terms every day. I would claim all my wMatic rewards, convert them in DAI and reinvest them. Any surplus goes in Aave where I leverage up to borrow more matic and gain more rewards. If I fell short on my target dollar amount for reinvestment on any specific day (due to Curve reducing their rewards, or the market melting down) , I would claim aave rewards and use it to make up the difference
- Strategy 3: unstake acrv tokens from curve and leave them on StakeDAO for continuous compounding. Basically the same as strategy 2 but with (a) much less hassle and (b) additional rewards from the SDT rewards
Findings
After reinvestment of proceeds, Strategy 2 yielded a net 35.6% APR, while Strategy 3 yielded 34.5%. Kind of the same. You can argue that the 1.2% less you get on StakeDAO is the price to pay for the convenience of not having to stake and unstake everything manually.
However, I still prefer Strategy 2 for the following reasons:
- it allows me to grow my exposure to Matic, which I believe has quite a lot of upside still
- It's not reliant on price fluctuations of SDT, which is still quite small and volatile
Moreover, I noticed that most - if not all - market neutral strategies default to the same ~6% base APR which inflates to ~30% if you account for reinvested rewards. If you don't care about rewards and reinvestment, you might be better off with a CeFi like blockFi where you get a slightly higher margin without doing anything
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Nice work, thanks for sharing.
I just got into crypto about a month and a half ago (I know, great timing.)
MATIC was one of my first buys and a staked it on the MATIC MainNet.
Here were the results I got:
I bought 2500 MATIC at .46 (purchase cost $1155).
In the first month (give or take a few days) I earned 41 MATIC via staking, which was a 1.64% return in MATIC (around a 19% APY), but that was worth $75 in MATIC, so the dollar return was actually 6.49% for a month (essentially a 77% APY), due to MATIC appreciation.
I haven't been restaking rewards yet because the gas fees would eat the profits.
TIL of Georgia Tann, who ran a black market adoption ring under the guise of a charitable organization in Tennessee from the 1920s-1950s. She arranged for the kidnapping of thousands of poor children who were sold to wealthy families.
Main Post: TIL of Georgia Tann, who ran a black market adoption ring under the guise of a charitable organization in Tennessee from the 1920s-1950s. She arranged for the kidnapping of thousands of poor children who were sold to wealthy families.
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Stealing from the poor to give to the rich. A tale as old as time.
The market ran out of orange sweet potatoes but they had another color in stock
Main Post: The market ran out of orange sweet potatoes but they had another color in stock
Top Comment: Looks like ube to me
Always buy kimchi from market. This time we ran out of kimchi. So I made my own for the first time!!(￣∇￣) I got my new Jar from IKEA last weekend. Thanks to Maangchi and Joshua Weissman! I used a cloth to cover it and let it ferment in the room temperature
Main Post: Always buy kimchi from market. This time we ran out of kimchi. So I made my own for the first time!!( ̄∇ ̄) I got my new Jar from IKEA last weekend. Thanks to Maangchi and Joshua Weissman! I used a cloth to cover it and let it ferment in the room temperature
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Be very careful about jars that aren't specifically made for fermenting food... That jar may be decorative or meant for dry foods..
Just ran into kershaw at the farmers market
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Just ran into Kersh at the studio city farmers market and asked about the 7 straight perfect innings and he said “there’s always the rest of the season for more”. That’s one confident SOB. Really nice guy. Was cool seeing him walking around with a sea of blue and white hats around him. Guys a legend.
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Lucky you.
Cool little random story.
Got some Finnish licorice at world market. And ran into my old teacher!
Main Post: Got some Finnish licorice at world market. And ran into my old teacher!
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That looks mighty light! Is it regular sweet liquorice? Is it Panda?