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@Lyander these actually work pretty well: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2255799868081589.html

I like the little heads on 'em

If I ever go for a dongle again, TOP of my list of accessories.

b/c microsofts

I moved to 11 cuz I figured that if they were putting 10 out to pasture eventually I might as well get used to the new thing. I deeply regret that.

Windows has been crap from the beginning. Why would they change that?

It's just that now, they have more and more high-tech ways of being horrible.

Welcome to the magic that your brain can do :)

The brain is the most under-rated part of any listener's equipment. The whole stereo thing is an illusion, which your brain is happy to augment for your pleasure. But...

I wonder if different wavelengths could be reflected in different ways, giving an illusion of soundstage? Just an idea. Scientists please tell.

I replaced my stereo system with a mono one and the soundstage is exactly the same size but with greater depth!

And it is growing…sheer number of IEMs that will be on display in Canjam NY is astounding. Slowly IEM is eating into the space of headphones atleast on the Canjam floor.

I wonder why....

Just like Southeast Asian Cultures with their waifu pillows living in their bedrooms blasting Virginity tuned music.

Cheapest way to enjoy Apple Music will be iPad. It’s way too confusing to use in Windows and Android if you are looking for lossless.

Their Apple ID stuff is a truly insane puzzle box of an experience, I agree. I know it’s ostensibly for better security, but if you’re a PC guy it just becomes obvious they prey on people’s ignorance by presenting their safeguards as optimal instead of just a choice the company made.

A lot of this is probably unfortunate side effects of the recent iMessage fiasco.

I haven’t had a problem with Apple….yet.

beautiful post and so true!

Counterpoint: Art IS magic

that whole £1 IP transfer has got to be a good swift kick to the nuts of Bob Stuart.

Ha, hahahahaha! MQA always sounded like a drunk audiophile setup a nice turntable.

Yes, it's unsafe. How unsafe? Unsafe enough that I don't want you to have to find out. Likewise, I don't want to have to find out. Just don't do it.

Paraphrased from an old, wizzened London hifi repair man's blog that I read long ago...
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Heat is bad for electronics. The hotter it runs the younger it will die. Whatever feet the manufacturer gave you, put them on washers, or something to add a bit more space. If you must stack, put the hot stuff on top. Don't let your stuff wear out as fast as the manufacturers want it to.
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... This is all 'My First Hifi" stuff. Or ought to be, but it often gets neglected.

Oh, and feet: it's not heat absorption, its *airflow*

Hell isn't other people, hell is SMB.

Did Jason just alluded to Sartre with reference to existentialism and manufacturing complexity?

The only way to deal with an unfair market is to become so absolutely competitive that your very pricing is an act of disruption.

I tended to remember r/headphones being very pro-objectivist and saying that anything beyond the O2/ODAC was useless. The DIY tube subs are a bit better though

@Cspirou it's more Topping is "wire with gain" and anything else is "inferior from a measurable perspective".

Amir has definitely been able to promote Topping as the O2 replacement but better

That's Sony Interactive, not the MDR7506 Sony.

HOLY CRAP!

Not gonna lie, better them than HiFiMAN IMO. Also this makes some degree of sense given Audeze's forays into "gamerz" territory

1080 still going, tbh I just want a lower tdp same performance is fine

If only AMD would stop gimping their integrated graphics for PC…

I feel bad for pc gamers cuz there hasn't been shit worth playing for years. I was PC master race forever when I played shooters. For decades now no ftp server access to servers. Client side hit detection... Lobbies ... Everyone's on wifi... Puke
PS4 pro and PS5 is the only gaming I've done in forever mostly from software titles.

Haven't used optical for 20 years, and this may be totally off-topic anyway but...

When it caused me problems it was because of a too-tight bend. Usually because I'd pushed something close up to the wall. Optical hates sharp corners.

I actually had to replace my optical cable.

@Azimuth In my case it's the same everything except the new MB. My SMSL SU9 got 14 levels of DPLL and on my older MB I set it to MIN which is the most aggressive, new MB 9 DPLL is flawless.

Also on window the optical out is named USB, I think this new MB does not send optical natively and it uses a USB device to do it? idk :/

But Android......

That will be great for DAPs in 2032 when they finally get to Android 14.

Might as well make it dual purpose with a random grill function that goes on and probably never off depending on the mood of the soon to fail component.

with 'bated breath I await the takedown by Stax mafia.

It's an A90D driving a step-up transformer. Nothing too spectacular can happen.

LOL I read “publicly traded companies” as “publicly hated companies”.

Difference? I think not.

The sad thing is: I guess this will actually be a success. Who cares about us cranky audiophiles? My kids will like it. If only because we don’t restrict time on Spotify as opposed to YouTube. Isn’t it great that you can watch videos there now, too? :( But that’s not new, either: “Video podcasts.”
Sigh.

How are the diaphragms made?

with all the work that went into it, they came up with "ploopy"?