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What a wonderful way to start my morning. That was a glorious piece.

And I don't know how to recapture enchantment except to see the world a-new through the experiences of another. I have no children, but welcoming a new puppy has opened my eyes to her fascination with things.

To me, as stupid as it may sound, the most important prerequisite for enchantment is that I actually WANT to listen to music. I. e. not only listen because there’s time available to listen.
And then, of course, keeping to the task, i.e. not browsing SBAF while listening, or thinking about other stuff. And the right music for the mood.
But it just can’t be conjured up, it has to happen.

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I am pretty sure I have it, I will report back after checking the spectrograms to see if it's legit flac.

Spectrogram looks good. pm me, I’ll send it over.

@ext1 Someone else sent it to me. Appreciate you checking and offering!

Damn I was looking into that combo

just posted some impressions in the DAP thread.

Me neither haha

The Pepsi Challenge

https://static.spin.com/files/140820-justin-bieber-2-ice-bucket-challenge.gif

Wise is good when exchanging currency. I wouldn't know what it's like just sending money in the same country. Also feel like all transactions are treated like friends/family?

Money Order/Checks - Vimeo - Cash App ---- But no recourse if fraud.

Apple Cash, but just like Venmo, no recourse. And @YMO I think you meant Venmo, not Vimeo. Vimeo is like YouTube.

I clean/dry my ears after i shower with a piece of paper towel. Using iems every day and so far no problems.

IEMs make your ears sweat and summer helps dry up the sweat. Winter months don’t and the sweat build up is a breeding place for bacteria, and overtime results in a bacterial infection.

I actually had slight left ear pain after using IEMs recently. They aren't IEMs I share with anyone but I after been consistent cleaning afterwards

Basically it would count as 1 tracks played to completion following random track selection, and count as 0 tracks not played to completion following random. The tracks would be scored by summation over time. (2/n)

This would avoid the ruts you can get into where you choose albums or tracks non randomly based on incomplete memory of preferences that becomes increasingly incomplete as your library expands. (3/3)

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Thank-you! added to my CD acquisition list.

Do it!

And we can make a drummer thread where we call the guitarists primadonas, and the bassists, well they just stay home and drink!

I used to work for Gibson, does that count?

@Woland that youtube link is blocked for me, but this works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbMNtYhavU4


Speaking of opening up paths, I read the comments while first listening to that Schubert piece on YT and was led to this great movie in which the piece features memorably -- https://www.criterion.com/films/455-au-hasard-balthazar

A couple of decades back, I was enamored by the Schubert impromptus, so went to a cd store and listened to a dozen versions. The Edwin Fischer was a standout because there were moments that were so striking and powerful in his performance, but gentle and inoffensive in the others. Uchida does something similar in this recording.

I've downloaded au hasard Balthazar and will loop back.. thanks!

$2.5k used Amps and Sound amp, 600 used Schiit BF2, $1k Omega speakers, $250 HD650. remainder for cables and tubes.

and while I don’t know enough to spec a system, I imagine I could be satisfied with a high end DAP and a hybrid IEM for right around 5k.

I'd get a used pair of Klipsch Forte or Cornwall and a decent tube integrated. That could be done for between $3000-4000. The rest... maybe a Bifrost 2, a Jotunheim 2, and a pair of HD600. IEM... maybe JVC FDX1. But I'd definitely spend the majority of that sum on 2channel. Transport would be a Pi2AES, an UltraRendu, or a Bluesound Node 2i.

Wish there was a single DD iem, that didn't have weird FR problems. fingers crossed for the Dunu Zen pro

@Cellist88 - To me they don't sound weirder frequency wise than say the OG Andros and their sucked out lower mids or the OG Solaris and their sucked out upper mids. Then you have the Blessing 2 Dusk, which is fine but a little thin in the lower mids and the treble falls off. I guess my point is that I don't FQ quirks are unique to DDs.

@EagleWings - Just wanted to update you on those upper mids. I'm listening louder now in public and I do hear them a bit on some tracks. They're also a bit thin, which can make them sharp sounding.

Get unobtanium stuff while you can, things to get later can be bought later. I try to not buy gear I won't use immediately, 250£ monthly fun allowance to be used as I see fit, doesn't always work out.

Remember to take into account: The cost of your other hobbies and hobbies your wife has that you pay for. And spend a lot more on music—especially concerts, if possible—than on equipment.

If audio spending is deleterious to enjoyment of life in other hobbies/basic necessities, you're spending too much. I'm more of with @Jinxy245; depends if I'm willing to save up (another note though; I absolutely refuse to deal with $$$$$ tubes). Nothing wrong with saving up if you know what you're getting into.

My speaker setup is neutral DAC and speaker with a tube amp in the middle to dial in the right amount of warmth.

I'm more 2). front of chain more revealing, tune to your liking downstream.

The best option is to listen to whatever you think is the best way forward. Preference + synergy reigns surpreme. Unfortunately this means lots of auditioning