Mikoss

Yes, are you still on the west coast?

I’m still in Vancouver. Dude you’ve been offline for so long...

Yeah, I became obsessed with fitness... still loving music, but spending most of my free moments at the gym these days

I feel the same way. The suspicious mentioning of random audio gear with price tags/retail value is a bit too much.

It had a few anectodal observations, but you can tell that Denby is out of his element. He does reveal a few interesting thoughts, but the MQA comments are hilarious. Also, this is a short read by NYer standards :D

@Mikoss - not about the length, about the length/content ratio :D

(Get your mind out of the gutter..)

That logo is so so bad.

WTF lol. That logo deserves some golden schlong award. Wait, it is a golden schlong itself...

That logo is amazing.

It’s cool to see the new cheaper/tweaked releases, but just releasing a 650 with less distortion and some sub bass would go a long way for Sennheiser.

RetroPi and real controllers with usb adapters is the way to go for Genesis.

Thanks for this. I was tempted about it as well.

Someone has actually compared all versions: https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/06/dont-buy-that-classic-sega-mega-drive-just-yet/

I won. But I choose not to give in and accept the offer

I feel like it would take way longer on the phone since you couldn’t just hold down enter to press the button extremely rapidly

Wait you can do that????

Roon is a huge help for me. Spotify is not. I'm fortunate to have local classical station and they do a great job giving context as well.

The problem is that I’m enjoying the FM tuner. It’s an old Pioneer and sounds really nice. I’m usually reading, and try to keep a pen/paper nearby, to jot down notes when I can catch them.

I enjoy my FM tuner as well. Taking notes sounds nice. I will often grab my phone and use Shazam (with iPhone you just invoke Siri and say "what song is this?"). It saves the history so I can always go back to it.

Who is it?

Elle Fanning from 20th Century Women

What’s up?

Good to see you

Heya friends! JK47- Quit work up north in July... mostly been taking it easy. Been on a fitness kick for the last year, but getting back into the audio nervosa game :D

Glad to see you back bud. I gotta pay you a visit this summer after I get my license 8)

good to see you man, what's up?

Holy shit, glad to see you @Mikoss !!

Indeed, although I'm a bit of a climb junkie myself. Singlespeeding, bikepacking, long distance racing ("ultra" but that word sucks) nerd here. Be warned, bikes can be even more a money pit than audio gear!

Interesting. I've always been a runner, but I got addicted to the spin classes after trying them out. Since it's cold here, I enjoy the virtual ride at the gym on the big screen too. The only thing better would be wearing a VR helmet or something...

Welcome to the thing you will do once your knees get fucked up from running! The only thing I like better than a spin class in the winter, is being on my own bike on a decent trainer in front of the giant TV in my own basement.

And people wonder why hardly any modern Christmas music has lasting power on the radio: http://www.vocativ.com/culture/music/most-popular-christmas-songs/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35xaGmz_3PU

::: cries :::

This is one of my favorite Christmas songs by one of my favorite bands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh99QLRCxK4

I was just shocked he's still around. Apparently he moved to Ontario now(?) The weird thing was that he messaged me on HF in the last 3 months asking for some info re: Gungnir upgrading with Schiit. I helped him out and then today he's flipping out in emails, calling me some crazy rude names. Lol... He's insane.

After what happened to Delayeed, I checked the HF scammer page, and Judeus is on there with multiple aliases. Same pattern.

Thanks for bringing this up fraggler. He tends to establish a new alias, sell a few things legitimately, then scam and repeat.

Lol, Boney M's "Rasputin" is one of my reference tracks, and "Daddy Cool". Nuthin else by them though, haahaaaa

As a youngster I was goaded into singing "Rasputin" every time I went to karaoke with friends (several times a week). It kind of morphed into my theme song. My Mom is Russian, lol

"Rasputin" and "Night Flight to Venus" were perversely addictive at the time. And maybe now ...

woah @Mikoss i've been to oakville weirdly enough because i once dated a girl whose family lived there. we just went back in time!

Oakville is actually kinda nice. The brick and mortar store wasn't bad either. Dude publishes an audio magazine which basically just sells a bunch of ads, but he was fairly knowledgable. The Devialet stuff is for the lulz mostly because of the price. Also, I'd rather just hear real speakers than all of these silly wireless gadgets.

We do have a Bose Soundtouch at home, mostly to tune into CBC radio and catch up on news/current events in the morning, or (kind of) easily stream FLAC from the DLNA. Bose is overpriced as well, but Devialet is hilariously expensive. Explains why my beer was $9...

I'll be tossing mine on tonight after work, although sadly it isn't nice and sunny here.

We are heading up to Kingston tomorrow, so I'm guessing maybe they will have some snow. We haven't been touched yet, and oddly enough I'm actually missing the cold.

That's getting out my way, about another 1.5 to 2 hours more east. All of our snow has melted this week, it's still fairly cool though, stays right around 0*.