[Bob in St. Louis]

Looks like an ornate oriental table with a decorative center piece. 
Almost looks like a napkin holder.

[low.pfile]

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Looks like sort of Devialet audio streamer.

Fancy!

[jhm731]

[Guy 13]

Looks like an ornate oriental table with a decorative center piece. 
Almost looks like a napkin holder.

Hi Bob.
Napkin holder, hummmm I think we are getting closer....

Guy 13

[Bob in St. Louis]

Well Guy, I thought I was onto something, but I've never seen a napkin holder with a digital readout. I retract my previous guess.

Temperature display perhaps? But -16 is pretty chilly. No real need to store things at that temp. -16 Centigrade would be about zero Fahrenheit, with is the temp of a deep freezer, but that's too shallow for a deep freezer. -16F is entirely too cold for residential use for anything I can think of. Not cold enough to be a cryo chamber, and still too shallow.
Still looks like a heatsink on top, but too ornate to be an industrial/commercial heatsink.

Possibly a large scale, weighing the item on top, but the weight would certainly not be a negative number.

It is very shiny though. I think I need one.
 
Bob - Intrigued

[Scott F.]

Bob,

My guess would be that the -16 would be -16dB.

I'm thinking its a DAC. 

[Bob in St. Louis]

Interesting, Scott.
I guess the scale of things is off for me. I was visualizing this thing as about 2' to 3' square.

[jhm731]

[Scott F.]

Cool, a true integrated...with a phono/wifi-wired streamer/async DAC

http://en.devialet.com/devialet-200-en

I like it. It's simple. Simple is good

[jhm731]

Cool, a true integrated...with a phono/wifi-wired streamer/async DAC

http://en.devialet.com/devialet-200-en

I like it. It's simple. Simple is good

There's a 200 for sale on Agon.

[Bob in St. Louis]

So what is the black urchin on top?

[jhm731]

So what is the black urchin on top?

It's a heat sink, 5" square by 2" high made by these guys:

http://www.coolinnovations.com/

[Bob in St. Louis]

Ahhh. roger that. I thought it was, but since it wasn't on the Devialet images, I thought I'd ask.
Certainly is a sexy looking unit. Very sleek.

Bob

....in hindsight, calling it a napkin holder is just a wee bit of an insult.

[charmerci]

Bob

....in hindsight, calling it a napkin holder is just a wee bit of an insult.

Uh, I still think it's a back massager/back scrubber....     

[Guy 13]

Ahhh. roger that. I thought it was, but since it wasn't on the Devialet images, I thought I'd ask.
Certainly is a sexy looking unit. Very sleek.

Bob

....in hindsight, calling it a napkin holder is just a wee bit of an insult.

How about calling it a Super DeLuxe napkin holder?
Well, now that I think of it:
Maybe not better and probably not less insulting.

Guy 13

[bside123]

There was a whole lot goin' on at this schoolhouse Halloween party. Every wall was green, so the lighting is a bit funky, but a fun capture nonetheless. The kids' faces are hilarious.

ISO 2000, 1/125 sec, f/4.0, no flash


Trick or Treat School House

[Jon L]

FAAAnTastic   How the heck did you get all these kids to stay still..

[jhm731]

Here's another picture of the black urchin:

[Bob in St. Louis]

  "I knew it". 

[gnuyork]

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