bixby

huh?

Am I detecting some sarcasm?

I just put together a Pi Zero W running piCorePlayer and PI2AES, that's also fanless.

"they have the target market all figured out"

It is a prime tenet of audiophoolery that playing music must be difficult. Such people believe that it takes a lot of computer power to do audio. Which is, of course, bollocks.

Yes $ is the reason, use waste instead of a good oil, like 50+ years ago when they convinced Grandma to use Crisco in her baking. Cottonseed oil that has been hydrogenated. She should have kept using Lard, probably healthier.

About the same time, they switched pig breeds so pork chops stopped being as tasty…but they could advertise it as "lean". That was during the fat-free craze of the mid-late 80s.

So we dropped the fat and loaded everything up on sugar to make up for it. Now we know that sugar is a toxin and fat is crucial in brain development.

Meanwhile corn subsidies have also contributed to the decline in Americans' health, IMO.

The switch to lard to Crisco was because of the horrible health conditions at the meat packing plants in places like Chicago. Crisco was advertised as a clean and healthier alternative. If you want some tasty biscuits, cut them with lard, not vegetable shorting.

Yes, those are the Sennheiser HD414. The 90's Anniversary low impedance variant. Correct on the bass distortion part on the video.

thanks for the confirmation on both. @rtaylor76

For the record I revisited this with the HP-3 and the Liquid Carbon just now (was on Fulla 2>HD600 last time) and LOL yes the bass is all flub and crumple. Kinda surprising how I wasn't much bothered by it on the Senns.

all 'used' Nakamichi tape decks are like - 'doesn't reverse or FF, record head shot, meters don't move, pressed play and it's rotating but haven't tested with a tape $500 please no returns'

Yeah, that one bugs me too.

irregardless of its correctness They continue to use it regardless.

@bixby that almost ruined my breakfast.

@Hands had a good idea, so I looked it up. Here is the answer, "No VST exists that's been compiled for ARM."

Ah, I guess I didn't know VSTs had to be compiled for different OSes and architectures. I thought they were simpler.

Nonetheless, I have to imagine there is some sort of solution that would give you the EQ you want.

I still think the benefits of a Pi2AES or DigiOne Sig are a worthwhile pursuit. They provide specific improvements you can't get through other means.

well there are solutions, but the only one I know of cost more than I am willing to pay to impelment...Roon. Diminishing returns for me.

Paging @gixxerwimp . Have a go with his guide yourself first though: https://tinyurl.com/y6o7ow25

My memory sucks, so I refer to my own guide every time I need to adjust something. But ping me if you have any issues. Can't guarantee I'll be able to help, but I'll try.

What the actual heck, whyy :(

Because they can, monopoly really. And they now take their fees up front on each transaction instead of billing monthly, cashflow. I think they still own Paypal but now Paypal does not get their take on the fees

Geez I forgot to go look at the "Christmas star" last night.

will it be close tonight or all gone? EDIT: Will be there all week, enjoy the lamb

Having all your QB's put on quarantine will at least have the game put at a curiosity level of a big time circus side show.

With the altitude and the legal weed, guaranteed high viewership...

"Live music might never recover,” he says, according to Rolling Stone. Of course, no one will ever go to a live show again once the pandemic is over. [sarcasm]. (@rtaylor76: as someone originally from next-door Sussex, I completely agree).

What is "it"? I don't do social media - is it this "anti-lockdown" song? Is he an anti-masker flat earther?

Partly @crenca. And his drunken racist tirade back in 1976.

This pic in dictionary. An agglomeration of newish items thought to be hip, placed in a shrine like setting and pics of which are used to bolster an online ego and is not for listening. oops sorry @robot zombie haha

@bixby I think a lot of people, especially first-timers, genuinely don't know the basics about how to set up a speaker system. I also think a fair chunk of vinyl lovers are not what we would call "audiophiles", it's just a fun way for them to listen and connect to their music. And heck, some of the recent posts in the SBAF 'Pictures of your speaker system' thread make you scratch your head too.

I know, just friendly poking, that's all.

I almost think ~$600 is no man’s land for bookshelf speakers. Maybe DIY is a better option in the under $1200 realm.

@rlow- My single driver DIYs that have been heavily EQ'd for my main setup. Was going to sell them but cannot find anything to replace them. My older SP Tech monitors were also great. For a desk, the PSB Alphas are very good.

Funny I was going to ask if you’ve heard the Alpha’s. The new ones are well reviewed and ASR panned them, so they must be decent ;-)

YAY! Let's take the worst connector and make it even worse.

It's like everyone forgot that mini-XLRs have existed for years. First the RSA connector, then the 2.5 and 3.5 trrses, then Pentaconn, now this.

Yes, it is a product with no need whatsoever. Want small and audiophool? Make TRS out of unobtainium. Audioquest probably do already.

I’ll be curious. I’ve never managed to hear the difference in resistors. I suspect it matters where they are, and in what topology, of course.

I like them better than the Dale wirewound MRA series I had been using. They are in the signal path right before the output, so def audible. Letting them burn in if that is such a thing for resistors.

Mom! California be burning again!

Least it wasn't caused by another gender reveal party.... Hopefully

Planet on fire ... so many at risk ... be safe all of you located near the front lines of climate change.