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Q: "Why is the toaster so expensive?" A: "Because it taste good." <cough> or costly R&D <cough>

Fake News, the power button is on the front.

Get a Philips with stable CDM transport mechanism. Marantz if you will. The old ones with certain DAC-chips are quite nice. Might look ugly, works tough (and sometimes even cheap)...

I like a great headphone rig over a bad 2ch stereo rig, but thats not really a fair comparison. All else held equal I much prefer a modest but decent stereo 2ch rig. I use headphones for situations where I have to, which is about 75% of the time.

My wife. :-|

The sense of space, palpable bass and physical freedom (i.e. not having anything clamped to my head) make speakers preferable for me. Sometimes I do reach for headphones though when I want the cleanest possible sound (free from room reflections and interactions).

As someone who loves both Ippudo and cheapo Nissin stuff, I sincerely appreciate the analogy :))

I find that after I take a 2+ week trip to remote areas of the NE Indian jungle where I'm completely cutoff from music, even modest equipment sounds spectacular. Short of repeating that sort of isolation, maybe a 2 week media fast would fix you right up.

For sure, gear breaks (both voluntary and involuntary) have helped me appreciate both the music and gear more. I also think it's generally true that yesterday's crappy recordings sounded better than today's (primarily due to loudness wars). in that sense, none of us can ever really go back, and you just hope better recording practices return.

It sure is annoying as hell though mates

It's a strategy. If you notice the poor grammar, you're not part of their target demographic. People who are dim enough to be duped by a robocall are also likely to not have the best grasp of grammar. By intentionally using bad grammar, they optimize for the truly gullible.

then over half of head-fi just spit up their ssn's

Being from the rival school in LA, I had my fun with USC and its supposed shortcomings. However I do feel for the normal students there who legitimately are doing their best to get ahead aside from the idiocy of a few. It is usually about what you do afterwards.

Eh all colleges are what you make of them past a certain level, I skated my way though an ivy league uni and didnt learn shit. College system is a bubble and systemically rigged for the rich as is (private SAT tutors, prep school, crew/squash/country club sports)

Is Foosball a country club sport?

Counterfeit UTP cable is a thing. Had a contractor try to pass some off on a project at work some years ago. Deal with a reputable vendor is the best advice.

Thanks for looking out. I have some simple tests in mind for 'em, but I'd welcome any suggestions for verifying their quality (w/o requiring specialized tools). Hoping that buying them from an eBay seller that seems to be a reputable liquidator also works in my favor.

Not good for GbE or faster. Ok for speakers.

Liquid Platinum is a good pairing as well. Bobbin' along to Petty's "I won't back down"... wonderful!

My condolences tho to all who felt the opposite of joy buying from JoyBuy.

Instructions unclear - got baked, can't find the cheerios

I miss the “Flamin Hot” line of chips - especially Fritos. They don’t have them here. The spicy chips are not bad but kinda just spicy without real specific flavoring.

still on the hunt for baked spicy pork rinds. even though i'm sure they'll be revolting.

the musical equivalent of ONLY TYPING IN CAPS

You can make the argument either way tbh, but a pair of cheap studio monitors do staging better than any headphone setup ever could. The only thing my HP setup does better is plankton because having to run AC ruins any chance of hearing low level sounds on speakers.

There's also something to be said about "hearing" with your whole body. It's the magic of sound waves that even stirs the deaf to dance.

Most albums you’ve never fully experienced until you hear them on speakers.

I really hope the fight between them at 135 happens next. Whiney, slithery Dillashaw needs to lose his title.

Dillashaw really needed to lose this. Dwayne Ludwig was full of crazy talk about him winning this and then moving up to 145 to fight Holloway. He would be crushed.

Yeah, and as much as I dislike Dillashaw, I think he is being held back by his crew of delusional yes men. Otherwise, I don't even have a lot of optimism for Cejudo's long-term success at 135 (if flyweights are finished) much less TJ at 145.

also sounds amazing via stock Liquid Platinum.

I bought one this year. It's surprising how useful it is.

people lying if they say they've never wanted one of these. first project will be to organize our spices with it. next will be a few special 'kick me' labels.

My first project would be label it /Label Maker/

:)

I feel for you DigMe. But you know you want to fly back here just for another Butterfinger.

Supposedly we have a package coming from friends and it may have some. The package actually has to make it here though!

Did you see anything about the candy vending machine in NYC that takes your unwanted candy and gives you peanut butter cups in exchange? Brilliant marketing...

Woops, y'all in the sad city of LA can now believe the hype.

great to see a favorite ex-White Sox pitcher on the hill for the final 3 outs!
BoSox easily the best team all season long.

Where are shipping to? I shipped both of our cars to SoCal and then back. Basically there are services online that are brokers and they take a 10-20% cut. If you book directly with a carrier service then it is cheaper. Many options with open/closed carriers etc.

Shipping to WA from MA. Yeah, so far I've come across sites like transportreviews and that's setting my baseline. It'd be great to cut out the middleman - any carriers you'd recommend?

The only one I used was in SoCal and he went to mid Atlantic region

I'm guessing Prison would qualify as some sort of assisted living.