Cspirou

I was thinking about selling my binder full of 300 CD's for like $50, just to clear off some space. Now because of SBAF, I might spend $800 on a Shanling to see if it sounds better than streaming...

@Ksorota Thanks for that! We're moving into the new house in a couple weeks and the kitchen will need to be reno'd at some point, including all new appliances.

@Armaegis - product evaluations are definitely suspect on both. For recipes though YouTube is superior. On Google I usually end up on a food blogger page or a major publication with a ton of ads and slows down my computer. On YouTube it’s someone filming their grandmother cooking and the recipe is pretty authentic

@Gazny If your friend is still looking for people for a Kagi family plan I will join. Kagi is legit.

It kind of went to shit when Condé Nast took it over. But, yes, it's a shame, and I'm sorry for those losing their jobs.

And now look what’s happened to Sports Illustrated today. Sports journalism has been going down the same drain for a while now.

At first I thought this would have something to do with The Stanley Parable. I was mistaken. How disappointing

i’m avoiding calling it Stanley Cups because that’s a major hockey trophy

Doesn’t look bad

https://www.parts-express.com/Dayton-Audio-TT-1BTB-Belt-Drive-Turntable-with-USB-Bluetooth-Audio-Technica-AT-VM95E-Cartri-300-362

I would discover new music by going to a local CD store and browsing the pop punk section. They had CD players and headphones set up for demos. I bought anything from Drive Thru Records and visited absolutepunk.net for reviews and other recommendations.

@zonto - I remember CD players setup in some stores but it was usually for new releases and we couldn’t sample whatever we wanted.

While it shouldn’t be related I have found that album cover quality correlated pretty well with if I liked the album. Dogshit album covers usually had terrible music

mp3 blogs!

His real name was Gordon Shumway...

C'mon @YMO you know I'm hairless like a baby dolphin. I use a squeegee like the civilized mammal that I am.

Once I get my passport we will change that.

iPod shuffle was my goto for the gym for many years. Solid, tiny,
and decent sound

I suggest https://eoe.works if you want to buy a refurb iPod. Battery upgrades and SD card conversions available.

I refurbed a 1st gen 5GB scroll wheel (and attendant IEEE 1394 charger, original packaging, and USB adapter; iTunes still supports it!). Ping me if you're feeling nostalgic.

I think this was Jason's project

Jason and Mike have definitely clashed on certain ideas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBtOEmUqASQ

Welp, I already got a 2,3,4 I ain’t gonna stop now

@Gazny - I have those and the OG, zero and the A model. Only one I don’t really have is the Pico

If touch controls go away, I’ll not miss it.

You would love Speed Queen. They still make electro-mechanical washers and dryers.

I wanted to buy a Speed Queen, but my wife wanted all the "settings" on an LG. So I gave her what she wanted.

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/a-year-after-buying-bandcamp-epic-games-pushes-indie-artists-to-millions-of-fortnite-players-in-curated-radio-station/

Although very glad to see Dematted returned the SW51.

Id use it, but I couldn't imagine it would cost less than 5k euros

This guy uses lots of Lundahls. I’m sure it will be $$$$$

This is more of a one-off experiment he’s doing though

DHT pre-amps can be dicey. That's a lot of $$ to spend on an experiment.

Found it at last: In the website linked above, the graphs can be opened and then also downloaded as CSV. Their estimate is that 1h of HD video streaming (my guess: Full HD?) causes 6 Wh of attributable power consumption for data centres (sounds like too much to me, but ok) and 18.2 Wh for data transfer. So streaming HD video uses roughly 25 W of power for streaming alone, including the household network devices.

So, transferring to music, @Cspirou your claim of loading a smaller phone battery of a bit less than (due to charging losses) 2 Wh 12 times actually fit if we’re streaming 192/24 content.
I’d guess a CD player probably has a power consumption somewhere between 10 W and 20 W and thus uses some 20-50% less power. Comparing to CD quality streaming, not 192/24, it might be roughly equivalent (wild guess).

@gixxerwimp According to a post about Synology NASs, the system itself requires roughly 20 W to run + 2.5 W per SSD or 5 W per HDD. So, taking into account that it won’t run only while you are listening, it uses quite a bit more power than streaming, which makes sense, too, as this infrastructure isn’t shared with others.
My setup with a Roon core, a NAS, and streaming on top is the worst of all. :o)

To hell with athletics. I'm gonna sneak in with breakdancing at the 2024 Olympics (https://www.paris2024.org/en/sport/breaking/)

I'm thinking about getting an Edition XS, which seems like a direct competitor to the Venus. The Venus stage is supposed to be a little less open, which is the main deal-breaker for me at the moment. Agree that it looks promising, though. I'm guessing their second iterations will be pretty solid.