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Jealous reading about typical suburban noise decibels. There is currently a train outside idling so loudly my windows are rattling. Nov 27, 2019

    1. imackler
      imackler
      Jealous reading about typical suburban noise decibels. There is currently a train outside idling so loudly my windows are rattling.
      Nov 27, 2019
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      3. BillOhio
        BillOhio
        I enjoy Glendale, and listening to the coyotes howl at the sirens.
        Nov 27, 2019
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      4. Lyander
        Lyander
        Airplanes overhead, small trucks, cars, speeding bikes, tricycles, neighbours with karaoke machines or just drunk talking, not to mention my dad's 30+ birds in an aviary just outside my window :(
        Nov 27, 2019
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      5. Cspirou
        Cspirou
        In the place I'm at now, there's actual silence. There's major parts of the day where I hear no vehicles.
        Nov 28, 2019
    2. imackler
      imackler
      So...It's a week from December. Do you know what that means?
      Nov 24, 2019
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      2. imackler
        imackler
        Award season! When do nominations start?
        Nov 24, 2019
      3. Deep Funk
        Deep Funk
        I nominate the streaming platforms that nowadays have more content for a start. Tool is streaming. Tool even knocked Taylor Swift from her top position on the charts for a while, that is funny...
        Nov 25, 2019
    3. imackler
      imackler
      As long as you know the album you're looking for, Qobuz is pretty awesome. I feel its a nice upgrade from lossy spotify.
      Nov 22, 2019
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      2. imackler
        imackler
        I mostly listen to classical though; I know others are less happy with its catalog.
        Nov 22, 2019
    4. imackler
      imackler
      New Fulla and Hel are offered by Schiit. Fulla 2 is down to $79.
      Oct 29, 2019
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      3. Scott Kramer
        Scott Kramer
        ...and could be a cool input on Gun/Yggdrasil LPCM->2.0
        Oct 29, 2019
      4. Scott Kramer
        Scott Kramer
        AV Receivers (Mandatory) require multichannel PCM (LPCM) output, regardless of ATMOS/DTSMA/TRUEHD. So question is, is WIN10/MacOS LPCM just sitting there for simple output thru USB (then TrueMB does the magic)? Hmmmm.
        Oct 29, 2019
      5. Deep Funk
        Deep Funk
        If hell freezes over it needs a new DAC...
        Oct 30, 2019
    5. imackler
      imackler
      Are there any decent portable dacs that indicate what the bit rate is, like the Mojo, but 1) cheaper and 2) less obtuse?
      Sep 17, 2019
      2. Ksaurav402
        Ksaurav402
        How about dragonfly Cobalt? I guess they do have some color scheme to show the file resolution.
        Sep 17, 2019
      3. Senorx12562
        Senorx12562
        If you are ok with just sample rate and not bit rate, although if it isn't 44.1, it's always 24 bits (all I have seen) used geek pulses go for cheap and sq is decent.
        Sep 17, 2019
    6. imackler
      imackler
      Warm-climate friends: How do you balance too hot for headphones with the background noise of AC units? Hot ears vs. wirrrrrrr....
      Aug 30, 2019
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      3. rtaylor76
        rtaylor76
        Only the celing fan bothers me when I am trying to listen to speakers in the same room.
        Aug 30, 2019
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      4. Biodegraded
        Biodegraded
        Somehow listening to full-size headphones naked feels wrong, but listening to IEMs feels ok. Independent of temperature...
        Aug 30, 2019
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      5. Syzygy
        Syzygy
        Actually, yes, there's silent central AC. I have 2 of them, and the neighbor has 2 more on the same side of our houses. They could all 4 be running and we could nearly have a whispered conversation.

        New ones ain't cheap, though!
        Aug 31, 2019
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    7. imackler
      imackler
      One exciting product announcement and we're calling them Drop? Where's the resistance?
      Aug 10, 2019
    8. imackler
      imackler
      Does any know of a great sounding tablet out of the headphone out?
      Jul 18, 2019
      2. Deep Funk
        Deep Funk
        Surface Pro? A mark 1 or 2 Pro is cheap.
        Jul 18, 2019
      3. drgumbybrain
        drgumbybrain
        The first iPad Pro 9,7. Better than chord mojo imho
        Jul 19, 2019
    9. imackler
      imackler
      Does anyone know any tricks to organize albums on spoitfy? Mobile is especially brutal...
      Jul 8, 2019
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      3. imackler
        imackler
        @Gaspasser Could you explain more? I had an ipod touch but its horrible scrolling down all the saved albums, especially on a small screen. But with the update, can you search only your album folder? That would help a lot... What other filters are there? I'm thinking of getting an ipad...
        Jul 9, 2019
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      4. Gaspasser
        Gaspasser
        Jul 9, 2019
      5. Gaspasser
        Gaspasser
        Jul 9, 2019
    10. imackler
      imackler
      Apr 25, 2019
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      3. Soups
        Soups
        the marketing seems to hint a lot at this being close-ish to their top shelf offerings. i would happily pay $1k for a slightly stunted or ugly/utlitarian Solaris... so i'm intrigued to see where IO lands.
        Apr 25, 2019
      4. cskippy
        cskippy
        No dynamic bass like Solaris but maybe a baby Andro? Would be awesome!
        Apr 25, 2019
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      5. Luckbad
        Luckbad
        I've never loved any BA IEMs. The closest I've come was the Noble 5, but there's always something a little weird about them that causes me fatigue. It's been a few years since I bothered buying one, though, so maybe they've improved.
        Apr 25, 2019
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    11. imackler
      imackler
      Anyone have an Ibasso DX50 or DX90 coaxial cable laying around? I think mine has a short...
      Mar 16, 2019
      2. imackler
        imackler
        I think the 1st gen Fiio X3 or X5 cable would work, too
        Mar 16, 2019
    12. imackler
      imackler
      Goodbye, Nyquist. Sad to see you traded.
      Feb 25, 2019
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      2. atomicbob
        atomicbob
        Don't worry. He will return with an alias.
        Feb 26, 2019
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    13. imackler
      imackler
      I'm sure it's subjective but do you personally suspect you can only hear the difference in mp3 vs. FLAC at high volumes? Just curious.
      Feb 16, 2019
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      3. BenjaminBore
        BenjaminBore
        It’s not subjective, just listen to anything not in the foreground. (Conditional on having a good enough headphone/chain)
        Feb 16, 2019
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      4. james444
        james444
        LAME has been the best mp3 encoder for years now. They keep a list of "nasty" test samples that are known to cause problems:

        http://lame.sourceforge.net/quality.php

        AFAIK, no one has submitted a sample in quite some time that causes problems at high bitrate encoding with the more recent builds of LAME. Pretty much all remaning issues are @128kbit/s or lower.
        Feb 16, 2019
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      5. dark_energy
        dark_energy
        Need to watch out for Joint Stereo. I personally prefer 320CBR (stereo).

        Besides MP3, AAC and OGG should work fine.
        Feb 17, 2019
    14. imackler
      imackler
      Has anyone compared the UHA-6S MKii and iFi Nano BL? I'm particularly curious about the DAC output, but would take any insights...
      Feb 15, 2019
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    15. Merrick
      Merrick
      Jan 19, 2019
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    16. imackler
      imackler
      Any SoCal people use ATT instead of Spectrum? Spectrum is getting expensive...
      Jan 4, 2019
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      2. JK47
        JK47
        Wish I had another option, but I'm stuck with them, there is only one other slower provider in my neighborhood.
        Jan 4, 2019
      3. Cspirou
        Cspirou
        The only option available to me is Cox. I've tried to get anything else and they don't serve my address. It's fucking collusion
        Jan 4, 2019
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    17. imackler
      imackler
      Ten years ago today I joined Headfi. I've learned a lot along the way, but mostly have had a lot of fun. Thankful for Changstar/SBAF.
      Nov 17, 2018
      1. Deep Funk, Wilson, E_Schaaf and 4 others like this.
    18. imackler
      imackler
      I get to buy a laptop for work. Budget is around $11-1200. Any recommendations? Most important is a great keyboard. I'd like a 13-14".
      Oct 17, 2018
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      3. LetMeBeFrank
        LetMeBeFrank
        If ram was more reasonably priced I would say go for 16. I upgraded to 16 in my Lenovo a few years ago because I kept getting memory allocation errors/crashes trying to run Chrome and illustrator/photoshop with only 8GB. Based on what you are running 8 GB should be fine. Make sure you get something with an SSD as well.
        Oct 18, 2018
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      4. Elnrik
        Elnrik
        Agreed. SSD is the single largest performance improvement one can make on any computer.
        Oct 18, 2018
      5. Sqveak
        Sqveak
        An SSD will ruin you for spinning disks. But if you go cheap for some reason make sure to avoid eMMC. It has more in common with an SD card than anything genuinely high end. It is not what people mean when they wax lyrical about the performance benefits of solid state.
        Oct 18, 2018
    19. imackler
      imackler
      Anyone get the Davis/Coltrane Bootleg ?
      Jul 12, 2018
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      2. alubis
        alubis
        U mean The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series Vol. 6? It's a great album. Streaming that hundreds of times via Qobuz.
        Jul 13, 2018
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    20. imackler
      imackler
      Enjoyed Solo way more than I expected and slightly more than I was hoping.
      May 26, 2018
      1. Elnrik, Jinxy245 and drgumbybrain like this.
      2. drgumbybrain
        drgumbybrain
        just wondering if you talking about Focal solo 6?
        May 26, 2018
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