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  1. penguins
    penguins
    Anyone using qobuz have an excessive number of "logged in on another device" errors lately?
    1. YMO
      YMO
      Nope. It's only you.
      May 15, 2024 at 12:21 PM
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    2. JK47
      JK47
      Try changing your password?
      May 15, 2024 at 12:51 PM
    3. YMO
      YMO
      Or reduce the weight of your fingers
      May 15, 2024 at 12:51 PM
  2. Bowmoreman
    Bowmoreman
    Just got Hana SL installed and aligned. Now on to final adjustments of VTA and Azimuth using test record… then later today… first listening
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    2. JK47
      JK47
      Always a fun thing to do, then wait for the break in to take place
      May 15, 2024 at 8:53 AM
  3. Ti_Leo
    Ti_Leo
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    2. Thad E Ginathom
      Thad E Ginathom
      This has been really useful. I've learnt that those power connection sockets are called "barrel sockets." I never knew that.

      :)
      May 15, 2024 at 5:40 AM
    3. Ti_Leo
      Ti_Leo
      Nonononno... English is not my first language!!! Oh... it seems that I was correct... Phew
      May 15, 2024 at 6:28 AM
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    4. Thad E Ginathom
      Thad E Ginathom
      Yes! I googled. You are correct.

      I wonder if its mate is called a barrel plug?
      May 15, 2024 at 10:33 AM
  4. Jinxy245
    1. Lyander, shotgunshane, JK47 and 5 others like this.
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    3. JK47
      JK47
      Definitely not for me but I do appreciate watching this kind of stuff. I think I mentioned here before but this guy worked for the same company as me back in the day. https://tinyurl.com/yckcxzmy
      May 14, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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    4. Lyander
      Lyander
      I'm mildly acrophobic so I'd rather not LMAO

      But yes it's fun to watch
      May 15, 2024 at 8:23 AM
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    5. Thad E Ginathom
      Thad E Ginathom
      acrophobic... new word to me. And one which applies to me.

      I enjoyed that stunt. But for me? Nooooo way!
      May 15, 2024 at 10:31 AM
  5. YMO
    YMO
    Those with standing desks when WFH: Does it make you go pooping much faster than sitting?
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    2. Thad E Ginathom
      Thad E Ginathom
      Don't drink coffee. Don't have a treadmill.

      I do have... cats.
      (and no, @YMO, I am not going to eat them)
      May 15, 2024 at 1:31 AM
    3. Thad E Ginathom
      Thad E Ginathom
      Once upon a time, standing all day was supposed to be a health hazard. Now it's supposed to be good for us

      <head-scratching>
      May 15, 2024 at 1:32 AM
    4. Priidik
      Priidik
      Taking a morning walk on factory floor (concrete) after 2 double espressos.
      May 15, 2024 at 9:57 AM
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  6. loadexfa
    loadexfa
    Every time I mod my BH Crack it either sounds worse or something goes wrong. I guess it wants me to leave well enough alone. :(
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    2. Lyander
      Lyander
      Tangent, is there a way to burn/break caps in without having them in a system, maybe just have them in a random circuit just to push some current through em?
      May 15, 2024 at 8:28 AM
    3. Azimuth
      Azimuth
      @Lyander I guess if you found out the DC offset, you could get a DC generator with that DC and then induce and AC soundwave over it. But it is probably best to let caps burn-in in the circuit they are in so they can form properly.
      May 15, 2024 at 8:33 AM
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    4. Lyander
      Lyander
      (Thanks! EE stuff is way beyond my ken, I'm an idiot in that regard lmao, way too esoteric for me)
      May 15, 2024 at 8:36 AM
  7. Bowmoreman
    Bowmoreman
    Wifey back. I can keep the changes. Reconfig + new Yggdrasil = bliss
  8. Wilewarer
    Wilewarer
    I don't usually listen to music in the car, so I'd started to forget how bad car audio can be.
    1. Wilewarer
      Wilewarer
      I don't think rock is supposed to sound like a lawnmower accompanied by maracas. I guess that's why we bother with all this gear.
      May 13, 2024 at 12:44 PM
      Simple Tim, Deep Funk, crenca and 2 others like this.
  9. Deep Funk
    Deep Funk
    If you want to know about Amsterdam and NL, well I am too tired to care these days. Too many issues, too many idiots. Finally enough sleep.
    1. Lyander, Riotvan, Sqveak and 2 others like this.
  10. Lyander
    Lyander
    I do not want to admit how often I have been thwarted by child locks in my 20s and 30s. I just miss them sometimes, okay???
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    2. Thad E Ginathom
      Thad E Ginathom
      In an age of less sophistication, when I was a todler, my parents changed the knobs/locks on all the kitchen cupboards. Instead of turning, you had to press a button. Apparently I worked it out in seconds. As I lived with them up to age 15, I remember them well, and would not expect them to pose much of a challenge to any child.
      May 13, 2024 at 3:19 PM
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    3. Lyander
      Lyander
      DEFINITELY not looking forward to that cuz my joints are already on the noisy side.

      Re: child locks, my one cousin keeps her son from opening cabinets up by... adding an adhesive mounted latch that he's too short to reach. Simple but effective.

      The "push down to engage screw" things seems more effective on a sleepy me than actual kids though.
      May 13, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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    4. Claritas
      Claritas
      I take a certain pleasure in destroying child locks. For push down to unscrew caps, on the underside of the cap, use a thin wedge (e.g., flathead screwdriver) to separate the threaded piece inside the cap from the outer cover. That threaded piece works fine as a cap, and it doesn’t lock.
      May 14, 2024 at 9:23 AM
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  11. Cspirou
    Cspirou
    The Swift concert in Paris has a lot of Americans because tickets + airplane is actually cheaper than US tickets
    1. Jinxy245, Deep Funk, Slade01 and 5 others like this.
    2. Azimuth
      Azimuth
      This tracks.
      May 13, 2024 at 6:51 AM
    3. joch
      joch
      Do the French have to put up with TicketMaster and the like?
      May 13, 2024 at 7:19 AM
    4. Cspirou
      Cspirou
      They do have Ticketmaster but there’s a lot more restrictions with pricing over the US.
      May 13, 2024 at 7:14 PM
  12. Taguro
    Taguro
    First time trying out new audio gear for a year. Tried the HEDDphone 2 and LCD-5. I liked the HEDD more than the Audeze.
  13. roshambo123
    roshambo123
    A FB friend posted about how there were historically two black Queens of England, one in 1776. When I corrected them they unfriended me.
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    3. Deep Funk
      Deep Funk
      People need to read more. History and science from times past is very educational. More music before I write an essay...
      May 13, 2024 at 10:57 AM
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    4. roshambo123
      roshambo123
      It's really a missed opportunity for me to ask them "Exactly what was the story of how George III married her again?
      May 13, 2024 at 5:59 PM
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    5. Thad E Ginathom
      Thad E Ginathom
      I first went to school in 1957. For quite a few years, Britain was still living in nostalgic cloud of the pink maps on the classroom walls. Pride in that empire, albeit gone. I was a lousy history student --- but I don't recall any mention of non-white royals. Even /Scottish/ was thought of as a bit foreign!
      May 14, 2024 at 4:28 AM
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  14. crenca
    crenca
    Install HQPlayer Client on your tablet and see if you can make heads or tails of it...go ahead, I dare you
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    2. YMO
      YMO
      I have a life, I’m good
      May 12, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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    3. Justin S
      Justin S
      I use a screen share to my workstation so I can change settings in HQplayer. It's easier. I have a minimalist Nordic mind, and I still don't get the client software :-)
      May 13, 2024 at 7:24 AM
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    4. zottel
      zottel
      I’m using HQPlayer Client for exactly this use case. I don’t even remember putting in the IP, I guess it would take some time to configure it correctly again. :)
      But, once set up, it works, at least as long as you don’t restart HQPlayer (Embedded, in my case), you’ll have to restart the Client then, too. :o) (On an iPad, at least.)
      May 13, 2024 at 12:20 PM
  15. Justin S
    Justin S
    I've had a bunch midfi of SS amps.I have zero experience with "big boy tube amps". The Lyr+ is blowing my mind as I roll some NOS tubes.
    1. crenca
      crenca
      Be sure to listen to its built in MOSFET tubeless circuit. Might not be what your looking for, but it is what I end up using most of the time - though I have a DNA when I'm going for the tooby sound
      May 12, 2024 at 8:32 AM
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    2. MisterRogers
      MisterRogers
      IMO - there's nothing quite like a big boy tube amp with the right tubes. It's enough to put up with the expense / hassle.
      May 12, 2024 at 11:40 AM
    3. Justin S
      Justin S
      @crenca Yes. I quite like the Mosfet solid state circuit, too. It was a deciding factor in getting rid of my BHA-1. When putting it up against the Bryston, the Lyr+ presents more detail, cleaner bass, and definitely more fun. In tube mode it's really great with the right tubes....and fun even with the wrong ones :-)
      May 13, 2024 at 7:20 AM
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  16. ColdsnapBry
    ColdsnapBry
    If anyone has an ETA Mini S and would be interested in a trade for my ETA o2 Let me know. Thanks!
    1. Armaegis
      Armaegis
      Potentially yes. I'm located in Canada though.
      May 11, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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    2. ColdsnapBry
      ColdsnapBry
      @Armaegis That's fine, CAN to US isn't too bad.
      May 11, 2024 at 11:37 PM
  17. Cspirou
    Cspirou
    Honestly worried Timberwolves were going to win 4-0. This should be the final
    1. Cspirou
      Cspirou
      Can we get rid of the weird east vs west distinction and just seed them normally?
      May 11, 2024 at 3:13 PM
  18. Lyander
    Lyander
    Why do I get the feeling that person just now was a bot.
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    2. Jinxy245
      Jinxy245
      You read my mind. Hopefully the BOT didn't.
      May 11, 2024 at 8:51 AM
    3. Riotvan
      Riotvan
      Well @Jinxy245 if you forget to turn on the firewall on your neuralink or even worse forget to update regularly all bets are off.
      May 11, 2024 at 10:14 AM
      Cryptowolf, Jinxy245, zottel and 2 others like this.
    4. Thad E Ginathom
      Thad E Ginathom
      Six or seven posts in half an hour. As mentioned, most on old threads.

      Has to have been a bot or a spammer. Or else... an advertiser: profile mentioned a website (I didn't look) and sig said AWS developer.

      Has it/she been, ahem... terminated?

      Edit: looks like it.
      May 11, 2024 at 1:16 PM
  19. nishan99
    nishan99
    Am I the only one hearing stereo sound from mono audio via mono speaker?
    1. Thad E Ginathom
      Thad E Ginathom
      Welcome to the magic that your brain can do :)
      May 11, 2024 at 3:47 AM
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    2. Thad E Ginathom
      Thad E Ginathom
      The brain is the most under-rated part of any listener's equipment. The whole stereo thing is an illusion, which your brain is happy to augment for your pleasure. But...

      I wonder if different wavelengths could be reflected in different ways, giving an illusion of soundstage? Just an idea. Scientists please tell.
      May 11, 2024 at 3:52 AM
    3. k4rstar
      k4rstar
      I replaced my stereo system with a mono one and the soundstage is exactly the same size but with greater depth!
      May 11, 2024 at 6:19 AM
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  20. Biodegraded
    Biodegraded
    Nervosa fuel for everybody: how have your wireless streaming systems been sounding during the geomagnetic storm? :D
    1. joch
      joch
      Or when there are too many devices connected to your network?
      May 11, 2024 at 12:58 AM
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