Lyander
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Lyander

Official SBAF Equitable Empathizer, Male, 31, from Philippines, The

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Seems like post-Sonova acquisition Sennheiser's gone to the dogs with respect to aftersales Apr 11, 2024

Lyander was last seen:
Apr 18, 2024 at 2:46 AM
    1. Lyander
      Lyander
      Screw it, lockdown's on for God alone knows how much longer. I'm gonna be working on writing a project I've been sleeping on for ages.
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      2. crenca
        crenca
        Fiction or nonfiction? I have been sitting on my masters thesis for 2 years. I no longer care about the institution but I would like to think if I completed it 1.5 persons would read it and the .5 would find it useful ;)
        May 1, 2020
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        @crenca looked through my mess of a profile for something and belatedly came across this. Whoops :))

        It's fiction. I've been writing copies, term papers, and the like for ages now and I miss writing stuff for myself. No idea if it'll ever finish, but I want to keep hacking away at the thing.

        I do have thesis coming up though so.... f**k.
        Jul 17, 2020
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    2. Lyander
      Lyander
      Question: pandemic as force majeure make sense? Also, for anyone who's curious to read, came across a 2017 ILO study about working at home
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        Hope you and yours stay safe, dude. We're all stuck on this flying rock together.
        Apr 30, 2020
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      4. mitochondrium
        mitochondrium
        Wow nice hair-do! Corona induced?
        Apr 30, 2020
      5. Deep Funk
        Deep Funk
        This year and 2021 I am going to be very vigilant. I already consider myself lucky to have a job in the food industry. Without a job I would have been broke. Being broke in times of crisis is not good...
        Apr 30, 2020
    3. tommytakis
      tommytakis
      yooo have you started Tower of God yet? pretty good so far
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      3. Phantaminum
        Phantaminum
        One of my favorite webtoons turned into an anime. I hope it does well because there are a ton of great webtoons that can be turned into animes as well ie "Solo Leveling".
        Apr 30, 2020
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      4. fraggler
        fraggler
        Kimetsu is better for me. Better art, better fighting choreography, more dynamic characters. Tower of God keeps giving me some Hunter x Hunter vibes. Still one of the better animes this season (very weak season). And I don't trust REDACTED one bit.
        Apr 30, 2020
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        Phantaminum
        Apr 30, 2020
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    4. Lyander
      Lyander
      The Midnight Gospel on Netflix by Pendleton Ward. Basically Adventure Time art but more R-rated and passing philosophical. Like it so far!
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    5. Lyander
      Lyander
      Okay NOW I understand headband comfort issues. Can't change the HD600 one out yet though :))
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      2. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        Do you notice any missing resonance now that hair is no longer vibrating? Sound cleaned up?

        Your headband won't get cleaned up: nothing else to absorb the sweat now.
        Apr 26, 2020
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        @Thad E Ginathom already growing it back out; was just an attempt to survive summer heat! And hah, no appreciable sonic differences since I've never had issues getting a good seal, but don't have Klipsches currently to test for WHOMP-WHOMP.
        Apr 28, 2020
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      4. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        Good seals eat a lot of fish.
        Apr 29, 2020
    6. Lyander
      Lyander
      Haven't seen much of Black Mirror in years, no better time to watch everything from the beginning than while sorta living an episode of it!
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        Just re-watched episode one. Ewww.
        Apr 23, 2020
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      4. dubharmonic
        dubharmonic
        Black Mirror is a tough show to binge. Those are some heavy episodes.
        Apr 23, 2020
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      5. Lyander
        Lyander
        Aye, same reason I never watched the whole thing in a single sitting before and why I took breaks while watching the pilot, haha.

        Still more pleasant than the news.
        Apr 23, 2020
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    7. Lyander
      Lyander
      Ask for a friend: under $500 speaker amp for Dali Zensor 1 (on shelves)? Wants cold, clean sound pref micro>macrodynamics w. intimate stage.
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      2. rlow
        rlow
        Compact size would be another issue for something with enough power to drive inefficient speakers like that. Most compact tube amps are low powered and volume and bass reproduction will be a major problem unless she is nearfield (and even then, bass could be a challenge). Hybrid may be better. Like you said, maybe she should just get on here and ask herself :)
        Apr 19, 2020
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        Trust me, I'm telling her that I'm just relaying what she's telling me to other people who actually know their shit about vinyl and 2ch stuff, haha. Might have been able to field questions and pitch recos if headphone gear, but I'm out of my depth here
        Apr 19, 2020
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    8. Lyander
      Lyander
      Recommendations for good modern poetry? Been meaning to get back into literature. Been too deep into pop lit the last few years.
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      3. monacelli
        monacelli
        I'm not a huge poetry buff, but I really enjoy the work of Robert Bly and Mary Karr. Sinners Welcome was published pretty recently, 2006 I think.
        Apr 19, 2020
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      4. monacelli
        monacelli
        Apr 19, 2020
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      5. Lyander
        Lyander
        Thanks jazz, thanks Mona! YouTube links are a good idea, excuse to keep with audio gear haha.
        Apr 19, 2020
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    9. Lyander
      Lyander
    10. Lyander
      Lyander
      Main reason I'm anxious about buying Focal: one dude locally has an Elear that just died for the 6th time, has to email France again.
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      2. westermac
        westermac
        I hate it when I have to email France
        Apr 15, 2020
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      3. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        It's not as bad as having France email you. Especially when you don't speak it.
        Apr 16, 2020
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      4. Lyander
        Lyander
        Hahahaha, could have chosen a different word perhaps but that's how my brain works I guess.

        Wonder if the current situation will make getting a replacement difficult. Feel bad for the dude.
        Apr 16, 2020
    11. Lyander
      Lyander
      Ip Man 4 is a good closer to the series. Stressful to watch, though, because deals with racial tensions. First film still my fave, but close
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        Story is predictable, deals with stuff about Chinese immigrants settling in San Francisco— the weird nuances of under-the-table dealings were familiar. Fight choreography was grand though; moves didn't have the same "impact" you'd get from something more modern, but the movements were nostalgic for the old classics. Hella fun!
        Apr 14, 2020
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      4. ChaChaRealSmooth
        ChaChaRealSmooth
        I'll have to give it a watch then. I thoroughly enjoyed the first one (I did watch the others as well)
        Apr 14, 2020
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      5. Lyander
        Lyander
        Will say that my only reservation recommending it is awareness that I'm fond of cheese and tropes, and also how this film doesn't necessarily portray USMC flatteringly.

        I can jokingly call it propaganda, but perhaps that's not too far off. It's got entertaining fights though, and at least takes a stance against inequality.
        Apr 14, 2020
    12. Lyander
      Lyander
      1. ergopower
        ergopower
        Apr 13, 2020
      2. Lyander
        Lyander
        Apr 13, 2020
      3. ChaChaRealSmooth
        ChaChaRealSmooth
        Andrea Bocelli's voice is just.....amazing. Really happy I got to see him perform twice.
        Apr 13, 2020
    13. YMO
      YMO
      And now you know what I look on Zoom! Thanks for testing it out for me!
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      2. YMO
        YMO
        Apr 9, 2020
      3. fraggler
        fraggler
        I wonder if I can use my Samsung beauty filters in Zoom.
        Apr 9, 2020
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      4. Lyander
        Lyander
        @Senorx12562 moonlighting as a tech repair dude for when my main career inevitably fails. Also I mostly just wanted to laugh in @YMO's face and talk shit off-the-record ;)
        Apr 10, 2020
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    14. Lyander
      Lyander
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      2. Lyander
        Lyander
        @Ringingears I would hope that they looked good, there's a reason I know for a fact that undoing the tape will widen the tears, haha.

        Could be placebo but bass seems a touch fuller, though it's not a significant difference from before. My only regret is that I'd forgotten to place the shelf liner back in before taping things shut.
        Apr 4, 2020
      3. Ringingears
        Ringingears
        Right now I’m just glad I have a nice set up to listen to music. Put on my headphones and disappear from the world for a few minutes.
        Apr 4, 2020
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      4. Lyander
        Lyander
        Aye, that's the best part of having a stationary hobby nowadays haha. Those few moments of respite are well worth the sunken cost per system. I'm just kinda sad my fave components are all out on loan lol
        Apr 4, 2020
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    15. Lyander
      Lyander
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      2. Lyander
        Lyander
        Unrelated topic not worth another profile post: listening to music (not the above) when very much over-caffeinated can make it feel like the tempo for every track is set to 0.95x.

        Knowing me... I'm triple-checking settings.
        Mar 31, 2020
    16. Claud
      Claud
      Congrats on the new job. This may be your opportunity to meet some fine looking women if you are so inclined. What ever, its work and income.
      1. Lyander
        Lyander
        Haha, thanks! Not a proper job so much as something to kill lockdown time and earn some cash that'll go towards savings,but yep fingers crossed it works out that way, lol!
        Mar 28, 2020
    17. Lyander
      Lyander
      Found sideline work writing, yay money! But it's for a women's magazine. Again. Huh.
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      3. tommytakis
        tommytakis
        A job is a job. Congrats dude!
        Mar 28, 2020
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      4. DigMe
        DigMe
        Awesome!
        Mar 28, 2020
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      5. Lyander
        Lyander
        Haha, a job's a job indeed. Thanks all! Would normally put towards silly hobbies but weird times ahead, neurosis engaged.

        Hope y'all keep safe!

        And yes. Gwyneth Paltrow. Sigh :))
        Mar 28, 2020
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    18. Lyander
      Lyander
      Of course it's only during a pandemic that I find someone who makes interesting-looking gear locally. Design look good? Can't determine.
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      3. Jinxy245
        Jinxy245
        Similar in price to a SW51 no?
        Mar 27, 2020
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      4. Lyander
        Lyander
        True but a demo is free save for travel fare haha. Chances are I'm (FINALLY) getting a 51+ when I'm not worried about finances if Zamp is still making them then, and comparing to other stuff hereabouts.

        OTL so I immediately think BoM is lower.
        Mar 27, 2020
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      5. Jinxy245
        Jinxy245
        Do keep us posted, new amps are always interesting.
        Mar 27, 2020
    19. Lyander
      Lyander
      Proof that I am a dummy and that being under lockdown has fried my brain:
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        On my end, yeah, more areas are getting 24h curfews. I'm starting to think the response to this all may well be excessive, but if this keeps fatalities down then so be it.

        Things seem panicked. Not fun at all.
        Mar 23, 2020
      4. DigMe
        DigMe
        I have a friend in Wuhan who is in day 36 of absolute lockdown only leaving the apartment to pick up groceries dropped off on the ground in the courtyard. They have managed to stay upbeat though I’m sure it has been difficult at times. Try to stay positive and do fun things with your family. Y’all need each other more than ever now! Prayin’ for ya, dude!
        Mar 23, 2020
      5. Lyander
        Lyander
        36 days! Only been a week+ for me but things are kinda tense, it really is just a lot of fear and anxiety stemming from facing something we're not really sure about yet.

        Appreciate it man, hope you and yours stay safe as well!
        Mar 23, 2020
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    20. Lyander
      Lyander
      I seem to have remarkably bad luck with amplifiers. Sunrise left channel dead, not tubes. Sound comes in w/ plug partway in. Jack busted?
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      2. Lyander
        Lyander
        I've been lucky in friends and generous gifts on here. This is the universe's way of keeping me in check lol.

        Spent a full hour troubleshooting, I know it's at least not the wires. Hah.
        Mar 18, 2020
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      3. obsiCO
        obsiCO
        You and me both! Electric surge killed my Jot (replaced though), Fulla 2 broke at one point, SW51+ jizzes in my right ear every 2 seconds. No other people had my problem. Just my luck. :<
        Mar 19, 2020
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      4. Lyander
        Lyander
        @obsiCO I presume similar-ish electric grid issues as on my end, haha. Sigh. Even go through the trouble of using a regulator to keep this from happening.

        At least the Sunrise is DIY. Sorry about your others, hope everything gets sorted :(
        Mar 19, 2020
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    Location:
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    A curmudgeon before his time.

    Schiit Modi Multibit 2>Schiit x Nitsch Magni Piety/Magni Unity/Massdrop x Cavalli Tube Hybrid>Sennheiser HD600/Yamaha YH-100(dBel mod);
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