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Whilst is an excellent word. We need more of it.

Whence?

thanks to the Plain Writing Act i'm programmed to dislike fancy words. Good enough > sufficient.

What's fancy about whilst?

A very modest sort of a word.

Yes to a thread. @Deep Funk is correct re. complexity

I don't think it's possible to recreate a performance. For good or bad and whether it's classical music jazz or metal. Too many variations at play. Including your listening space. My space is far from perfect but I still very much enjoy speakers, i think I did the best I could for the money I could spend. Need a total room redesign/remodel to make things better. Or just put on my headphones !

For me a bit more accuracy but I would still want both as it's two different experiences. That and I think it depends on the answer to the reverse - what are your favorite kinds of shows and live venues?

I typically prefer live music at smaller venues that don't require amplifications or speakers for the live music with the exception of instruments that need it - hence accuracy in speakers.

I'm kinda tired of seeing Fleetwood Mac "Rumors" in there. WE GET IT. YOU WANNA BANG STEVIE NICKS. Playing her albums over and over ain't gonna get her to drop her granny panties.

I love Rumours and I'm 70.

But I don't want to listen to it just because a heap of others are doing so.

re: "wtf should i do with these? https://i.imgur.com/8tzgjAt.jpg"

That's awesome, it would put me in waiting mode for ever!

I'm pretty sure I won't get paid overtime if I'm just sitting at my desk with drool coming out my mouth listening to Diana Krall sings Steely Dan recomposed by Dire Straights on repeat.

@Ksorota I'm going to pm you to pick your brains a little about the cap upgrades... Thanks for the friendly hook up sale, and the welcome reset to my expectations!!

What headphones on MJ1 ?

Mostly jarhd660, but zmf VC is bangin too

Yeah, that'd be a HoJo + Applebees in bumfuck egypt shopping at a flea market kinda cheap weekend... I might be dumb, but i ain't stupid! These'll go in my EC Af.

I wonder what caps are in the af stock

It’s got the stock Russian PIO caps in it.

Received my copy today and I agreee, the pressing really good. The extra 7” 45 is also done well.

Listened on Qobuz today and thought the same, vinyl will be here on Monday and I’m excited to hear it!

Balmorhea is great. "Masollan" and "Bowsprit" are two favorite tracks, test tracks even. It's been interesting to see them shrink (I use that word judgment-free) slightly into a more ambient, less post-rock sort of outfit.

more binge-worthy: picked up most of the rest of the hammock catalog on vinyl. if anybody has a line on this: https://www.discogs.com/release/4568927-Hammock-Maybe-They-Will-Sing-For-Us-Tomorrow

or this: https://www.discogs.com/release/8406941-Hammock-Everything-and-Nothing

hook a brother up!!!

and goddamn its a scrumptious pressing!!

99.9% sure it’s not something they do. Lately, they’ve been trying to streamline their processes by minimizing on custom stuff like this to reduce shipping times. The closest thing I’ve seen is the auteur upgrade tho the wood cups are kept the same. Everything else is changed.

there is no standard option to upgrade as such as it may overwhelm them with request. However if current wood has some cracks or issues then you can get it replaced as part of support for some fee.

Sub-forum sticky? @ChaChaRealSmooth @zerodeefex

Should have asked @Psalmanazar about them. Yep, insipid.

Sennheiser lost their luster. Their last great headphone was the HD 26 and the audiophile and consumer stuff is just “Sennheiser” branded now, not made by them. The newer made in Eastern Europe versions of the HD 650 and HD 280 mainstays sound worse. I barely used my silver lining HD 600. It sounded annoying after a couple songs.

Neumann branded everything is lifeless and dead inside now. Even the current version of the TLM 170, their flagship mic.

I love the sax solos and could always use some more Steve Vai on their albums.

My favorite M83 track is the theme from Oblivion. Hell of a vocal performance on that.

The monster silliness is good though

damn, there's so much texture and novelty to sink your teeth into, I'm an idiot for leaving this in my new stuff to listen to queue...

LYSF FTW

that band politics, me likey. oh, great music, too.

there's a little anarcho-syndicalism in even the most fervent libertarians. they just won't accept that the left/right circle "crosses streams"

@Merrick Even with external amp? I can think of a couple that have been impressive, but one device to rule them does seem to elusive. So often the daps line out is better than their integrated amp. I won't by a DX320 but looking forward to impressions!

@imackler Using line out to an external amp is cheating ;)

HD650 is a congested sounding, but JAR660 is a bit mind-bending. Yes, it's a pricey-ish DAP, but to go from Solaris to JAR660 by just switching gain, and be compltely content, if not quite enthralled, is something extraordinary.