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Well that's dumb. Least they can do then is ship stuff in more durable boxes? Don't suppose the shipping fulfilment is gonna take any responsibility for this. Bleh.

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In process. But I won't buy from them again regardless.

Truly, the only thing to do is to buy one more Aegir and two Gjallarhorns to find out.

I have 2 Aegirs was thinking of grabbing a couple of them little horns for shits and giggles. I don't even have time to compare one aegir to 2 Aegirs yet lol. I've had them for months but just listen to em in mono block mode when I actually have time to listen. Then there's headphones as well !!!

A single Gjallarhorn is not even in the ballpark compared to my Pioneer M22, and I doubt a pair would fair much better. The Gjallarhorn has been powered up since yesterday without much change, but I'll check back in a few days. I haven't heard the Aegir.

The wallet will always be the bottleneck.

There's the story of the guy who sets out to find a vintage copy of the turntable he most wanted, but couldn't afford, in his youth. He finds one and... still can't afford it.

@zottel, you misunderstand, I still can't afford TOTL, or even TOTL adjacent, but my hearing has regressed to match my budget.

In this surfing session I also encountered "the illusion of explanatory depth." We think we understand how common stuff works, but if asked to explain it in detail, we fail miserably --- from zippers to flush toilets.

This one has huge relevance to the audio world!

Here's a concept I met when I was a kid, demonstrated in the form of a radio quiz.

I think the "contestants" were medical students and the questions were quite technical. As well as an an answer, each person had to rate their level of confidence in their answer.

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The winner was not necessarily the person who got the most answers right: it was the person who was most right in self-assessing their level of competence and confidence in their answer

I know I was 15 or under, because I can remember where I was. The idea stayed with me ever since

@shaizada you still looking for cassettes?

No you don't.

Just trying to keep up, dude.

Or not. Others are reporting differently. I'm so tired. If I never hear the words sample rate or bit-perfect again, it'll be too soon

That Renault v6 was a pos.

The speedometer only goes to 85, they had to fit a new speedometer for the movie

In those days, many cars that were much faster had 85mph speedos. Think it was a stupid dot thing.

LOL ... @Mithrandir41 often mentions Rush (the band), so I thought there was a reference to Neil Peart's lyrics in there somewhere. So I was wondering which song.

@gixxerwimp Resist, from Test for Echo

Hah, just having a little fun, knowing the fundamental law that all audiophile message boards must have at least 5 active members with extensive knowledge of the Rush catalog in order to remain atomically stable. SBAF still exists, hence one comes to chime in. And all is well in the universe.

Unlike us they all have actual jobs to go to ?

Same underground tracks are too cool, the "hivemind" can't handle it.. I guess it takes some time to get into these genres.

For me, a big part of the appeal with electronic music is in it's ability to continually throw me something that's alien to me. There are no limits to the possible sounds and combinations. So it can be a bit like going to a country that's the complete opposite of yours. Disorienting and mystifying at the same time. I expect that from it at times.

Yesterday I was listening some of my favourite British triphop collectives. Takes me back and I love it. Today it is a jazz playlist.

Homelander?

Actually, Slowhand was the most recent example to prompt the thought. But mostly because of the gnashing of teeth by his fans. Most of us have feet of clay sometimes.

Just because it is likely to be bullshit makes me no less curious.But it is why I said it would tempt me and not that I would buy it.

They should send it to me because I'm a super-mega-ultra-saiyan audiophile. Obviously I'm the most qualified

They should send a loaner unit for SBAF.

GET OFF MY LAWN YOU PESKY KIDS!

I have been noticing it more in the last couple days I think

@dncnexus I feel it comes in waves. A few good notable threads on the How to Win Friends and Influence People sub forum. Tons of what not to do. Even the legendary "Annoying cousin" title has been awarded if you look into it, they are still upset about it.

I used to think that there was freedom in nihilism, but that felt pointless :)

Epictetus recommended, "Cultivate apathy." But "apathy" is too literal a translation. "Lack of feeling" or "feelinglessness" is more precise. Feelings interfere with one's judgement / reason, which is the basis of freedom.

Self preservation. Literally.