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@Thad E Ginathom - Yeah, there was sort of sweet spot with how things worked. Earlier versions weren't great but each generation got better to where you could just turn something on and it worked. Not just analog too. The NES and SNES were great in their simplicity too.

Now there is kind of an expectation that digital electronics should always be on.

Deeply engrained in me as a child: stuff was not left on. My dad even preferred to pull plugs out at the end of the day or when going out. And he was nowhere near OCD: this was just being careful.

So none of that warm-up-for-3-months, even if it is really for real, will ever be for me. I don't even leave the modem/router on when we both go out...

...And yes... I do expect it all to just work when I turn it back on. And I'm thankful that, for the past forty-plus years, it mostly has.

Vitamin B6 for more-vivid dreams!

(Disclaimer: all the usual I am not a doctor stuff)

Got anything for less vivid dreams? :)

If I had, I would avoid it!

Some people find that eating cheese just before bedtime stimulates dreaming too.

No formal impressions yet as it's too soon but so far (1hr) what I read elsewhere is true - about on par with Yggdrasil and Wavelight.

In terms of absolute performance (ignoring R2R vs DS, OS vs NOS, individual preferences, etc.) - I would say Yggdrasil < M3 < Wavelight. Talking small or tiny overall improvements here though. Synergy and preferences >> any overall increases I have heard here. Also dollar value, etc.

Does this have the headamp module?

^ This one does not but it is available as an option.

Awesome. That's some great design thinking. I do wonder what the value is of the diamonds that they produce outside of novelty. I suppose anything that offsets the cost helps.

The diamond part came across to me as the typical "semi-smug need-to-feel-good about social causes modern European approach"** to things that seems to be shoehorned into most innovations like this. Or yeah, Occam's Razor = "let's make money". Cool either way though.

**No offense Europeans, I could rag on US approaches to things too.

... not driving 60 in a 30 neighborhood and then proceeding to drive 40 in 75 flow of traffic on the freeway, not randomly stopping in the middle of the road w/o obstacles present, making only one single turn in the intersection, turning left and not right from the left lane (or vice versa), etc... these are all things I've seen in only the last few years from Prius drivers. More in the past.

I think @ChaChaRealSmooth nailed it: The Prius appeals to people who don’t like cars or driving. These are the people who will one day buy a self-driving car. Now for me, I like driving, I just don’t like other drivers.

As a cyclist and moped rider: it is handy to hear a vehicle coming near you so you can determine what its action may be. Those hybrids and electric vehicles are f'ing scary because you do not hear them. Second: people who do not use their blinkers.

Nope

Call your insurance company with dates of service in hand and ask them what happened. The provider will probably be less useful (depending upon the competency of the person you are asking), but ask them as well. Assuming it's not "fake" they are just trying to collect a legitimate bill and such actions by the insurance company are almost always legal

Remember you can always negotiate with the provider. Say the bill is $1000, explain to them that you don't have it, you lost your job due to Covid, your cat died, etc. and that if they will take $350 (and send you a reciept with "paid in full") you will give them your CC over the phone

First one explains a lot. Thanks. Problem is I actually have a copy of my plan from dates in question and no where in the plan are the services I received capped (and especially are not capped at the numbers they came up with).

Called insurance during normal business hours mult times only for the automated system to say "outside of normal business hours"... wtf...

Ouch

Both were in my AF. Both pairs of tubes were old and I'm having no issues with the last pair. 1st pair was Sylvania, 2nd pair was modern prod JJ. 3rd pair w/o issue is also Sylvania.

MFW:
https://i.ibb.co/yyLv3bn/SBAFmyson.jpg

(Sorry if I stole your pics... and EC and DNA are still my favorite amps).

Focus on eating just enough. Make sure you have enough energy to get things done and train your endurance. It takes time but the gains really toughen you up.

Yeah definitely going to need some new eating habits to get the last 10 off. Main worry is the last 10 will come off w/ "a diet" but come back when "eat normally" again.

First 35 came off via minor lifestyle changes + eating a little less.

Well now I want a burrito too!

Yggdrasil A2 (still not ideal) > Stellaris (rolled to warmer tubes) > thicker copper cable (idk if this made a big difference) > Utopia.

Tried Utopia in past with Stellaris, various Woo amps, Phonitor amps, a $20k+ amp I don't remember the name of (but made other stuff sound very good), and short listens at last meet on popular SBAF amps such as EC AF, 3F, etc.

Also applied about -1dB of software EQ around 5.5k - 6.5k (any more software EQ I feel messes up other stuff).

Same issues still exist for me, mainly the treble spike and the "sharper" sort of sound I hear, but it's definitely enjoyable now. Still prefer the overall sound signature of the Clear but it's nice to go to the next level of technicalities etc with Utopia.

Try Stellia if you get a chance. Tonality is a bit more laid back than Clear, bass more extended, way better technicalities, but feels closed.

Heh literally hours after I complain I have a breakthrough and I think I'm about 90%+ there now. Just need to fine tune and tweak one of the filter layers and the wood cups now.

ROFLMAO there's no way that's possible

More likely is that they published a mundane result and the journal is wildly misinterpreting it.

I suspected this too... But on the flip side I know they've been able to do pretty interesting things with graphene before.

Can't blame the journal when there are a bunch of direct quotes from the authors. Anyway, it shouldn't take too long for someone to try to disprove this result.

https://media.giphy.com/media/1n3kDcDM722fWFN5i2/giphy-downsized-large.gif

A lot of slam in the bass too.

It also illustrates how (competent) modding and tuning is not necessarily making something better/worse, but is often trade-offs and differences more than anything.

I think it's because kids aren't getting enough dirt in their diet nowadays.

HE6se mods are slow b/c I'm too scared to mess something up... Considered opening up the HD6xx for mods once but stopped before I even got the cups off the band due to creaking/groaning and part felt like could break (granted I wasn't that motivated to mod). etc...

Forcing myself through HE6se mods at last though.

Most of my hobbies are outdoors and/or can potentially go bad in <1 sec (like riding a liter bike fast margins of error) but I don't mind mods if I know what they are, how they work, etc. Or even if we remove personal risk w/ a PC - I don't mind tweaking speeds, voltages, timings, etc. at risk of slightly to completely damaging parts that each cost more than HD6xx, etc.

It's pretty hard to break a Senn. Watch a video. They come apart really easily.

Sorry for not keeping up. What are the other 2?

Edit: or do you mean it does 3 things well?

DNA Stellaris - Best headphone amp, especially from a reference or purity perspective that I've heard to date despite a few things not matching personal preference.
EC Af + Cavalli LC - I just like the sound of these 2 amps. Studio Jr was pretty close to Af based on memory but slightly prefer Af.

Cool, I've got an LC v1 in the works, and am now looking forward to hearing it even moar.

Quarantine has made it clear that cats are total asshats and dogs are truly mankind's best friend.

@Superexchanger I have some pretty random dreams. I like some cats but I'm also varying degrees of allergic to about 2/3rds of cats I've seen.

Either that or knowledge that cats, mostly feral, have started to threaten various penguin populations has built up a subconscious resentment of cats in my life.

Cats work hard. They just don't show it. Respect the nap. (I grew up with cats. The amount of vermin they kill and/or destroy is not shabby. When they share their prey with you, your cat likes you.)