Lyander

Really do appreciate the help, thanks! Also, sorry for the trouble. Would be embarrassing if it turned out the headphones were just bollixed, or I was putting consistently uneven pressure on the cups during measurement, haha.

I take full credit for getting Lyer woke

Haha! I'm still very much in B camp I'd say; nothing beats personal experience (provided decent baselines and all that are established) but measurements are excellent for identifying subtler flaws or IDing stuff I might wanna demo.

Text substitution shorthand from Unix, s(ubstitute)/text/with/ and the g at the end means do all of them, not just the first found.

Glad to know that ed/ex/vi syntax is alive and well in the forge :)

And... This makes me miss Rex Aeterna.

#360noscopedabbing

I got my first appointment tomorrow.

Glad to hear, man. I know it isn't easy but you're doing yourself a world of good. Best of luck!

I'm so fat I want some Chickenjoy.

My favorite fried chicken fast food places in America are the chicken strip places that all have the same dipping sauce Zaxby’s, Raising Cane’s, Layne’s in my college town. Mainly I love that sauce. For regular fried chicken I’ll take Bush’s - a Texas chain.

In the US I literally NEVER go to KFC but in china we end up eating it fairly often because my sons always ask for it.

You will not blaspheme Popeye's!

I did compliment the biscuits! I'd actually go back just to get a couple to snack on, haha. But props to them the place was literally packed near closing, the franchise is new to the country so loads of people just swarming in up to the last minute and keeping them on their toes. Benefit of the doubt for now.

But I will never say anything nice about the gravy they used.

Jollibee was like that here when they first opened. People stood in line literally for hours. Couple of my former co-workers were from the Philippines so they kindly brought samples :-)

This is the thing with wings, right? Come on guys, wings? Wings are just never going to be cheap.

Apparently it sounds great too. Whether that merits the price or not is a conversation for a headphone forum.

Oh wait...

I wonder if they require SN verification to purchase replacement ribbons. If not I'd be tempted to just buy the ribbons at 350, build a jank headband/enclosure, slap some actual pads on there and go down the DIY rabbit hole. OB headphones aren't my thing as someone who can't stand anything with bass rolloff before like 25 hz

@E_Schaaf I sometimes forget music genres where there is meaningful information in the 20Hz region exist, haha. What I was tempted to do was get all buddy buddy with the local audio shop and ask if I could use their demo TH900 unit's S/N and try Frankenstein-ing the drivers into my HP-3. Never got around to that.

So size does matter. Thought so.

HAH! suuuuure Senorx, that works XD

Real talk though, this might explain why I don't have very much trouble with circumaural fits and way too much grief with IEMs.

Double post

Given what I've heard of good designs using them (and the cost associated), they'd damn well better be :P

There's a British company called LFD that makes high-end audio gear. I heard it stands for Low f'ing Distortion.

Audio companies with a sense of humour? What's the world coming to?! Also that genuinely made me laugh, hah! I'd love to get ears on their gear just to see if they live up to the name.

If it makes you feel any better, I keep having to drop from AptX HD to AptX because... dropouts and such. Bluetooth has quite a way to go.

@Bill-P I have so much trouble with apt-x HD. I basically consider it unusable on 50% of receivers. It’s such a Qualcomm mess.

Haha, the way I see it BT is for convenience, sound quality taking a rear seat to being able to walk around without carrying a phone even. I'm dicking around between scalable and SBC and am sticking with "Scalable" just because it's the least messy with my phone.

The EARS definitely has a weird surface texture that would make cleaning cat fur a major PIA.

Congrats on getting exams (hopefully) out of the way!

Congrats on shedding that weight. And tape wrapped sticky side out around your hand should work.

I forgot to reply. Kid sister's birthday so was kinda tied up, sorry!

I'm actually wondering whether I might just leave the EARS as is for an imperfect seal, haha. More representative of actual use and all that :P

And yup, definitely fingers crossed for results.

I'm inclined to think the best of people, but due to personal reasons certain things have me livid with rage, thus cynical. Yes it's a stupid internet forum where nothing is of great consequence, so I'm stepping back and focusing on more important matters now. I'm still hoping for the best for all involved.

Welcome to being old.

All you kids get off my digital lawn!
Happens to most anyone that lives long enough to get old.

https://www.rtings.com/headphones/reviews/soundpeats/truefree-true-wireless

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I did warn her about the 10kHz spike. Did also point out possible front dampening mods in the event it proves more bothersome than expected, so fingers crossed. She spends a lot of time at opera and plays violin so I'm sure she's reasonably prepared.

Don't assume 'til you get a grade.

Went into psych to avoid having to do math and numbers... Ended up taking 3 stats courses, and one honours statistics class as well. Whoops.

Hah! Well who knows, maybe it's not as bad as I thought and the practical bit will push my grade over the edge.

And I'd say numbers are pervasive, even in arts. Universal language and all that. I don't actually mind, they do serve an important function and all, I just have stupid trouble memorising rules etc like assumptions necessary in regression etc.

HAH, tackling the root of the problem like sensible people? Who even thinks to do that?

Yeah mass consumerism is pretty much effing everything over, but this is a decent enough stopgap, helping mitigate the damage being done.

I looked it up. Black strat went to a dude named Jim Irsay, a collector who actually plays with the guitars and even occasionally lends them out to use. Nice.

Owner of the Indianapolis Colts, an NFL team.

If Post Malone retires will we enter the era of post-Post Malone?

@Senorx12562 I'm either too sleepy or not nearly old enough to get that reference :))

Edit: I Googled it. Don't actually watch basketball so... hah!

@FallingObjects generally speaking I let people like the music they like, but at the same time I can't wait for the post-Post era :))

The Parrot Sketch is classic comedy. It will never age. Even South Park made a tribute.

Now repeat:
"This is an ex-parrot!"
"It has ceased to be."

You know the rest.

In other news, as love-and-hate as I am about Grado's sound, I generally adore their aesthetic. These, I'm not mad about: https://www.ttvjaudio.com/Grado-Labs-White-Headphone-p/gra0909000.htm

Hello darkness, my old friend...

I was thinking more along the lines of "damn you Google for misleading me", but that's far more poetic :))

@Cspirou Poopy.

I remember playing OG FF7 and maxing out the game clock before calling it quits - 99:99:99:99. The worldbuilding and scene drawing were absolutely stunning, and the music too. I'd be just as enthused to play the OG version years later as this remake.

I've got a soft spot for the FF series, Final Fantasy Anthology with V and VI was among the first PS games I ever played, and I've been hooked on JRPGs since. VII is a fave just because I ship Tifa and Cloud so much and the whole plot was just bonkers fun.

Ok so a few more strange ones:
1. Peanut butter, mayo, lettuce and cheddar cheese sandwiches. I ate these as a kid.
2. The Canadian Bacon and 'kraut pizza allegedly originated in Iowa. Ham and Kraut is the cheaper alternative and it's pretty darn good. Mix a small % of swiss cheese in with the mozzarella.

@Syzygy - if that's the case

Anchovies + steak

I like both anchovies & steak. But steak is pretty much a once-a-year (anniversary) thing since we all became pescatarians in my house. And I'm not putting anchovies on my Ruth's Chris!

My grandmother used to ask me if I want both butter and mayo on a sandwich, and that always seemed not-quite-right to me. So I think I'd have to pass on PB&M.

Technicalities take a hit, midrange is weirdly coloured unlike the HP-3 where it just sounds recessed, maybe a tad aggressive (not resulting from excess treble which is its own issue). Wouldn't trust these yet IMO since it's stock compensation with channel mismatch through mids, but janky low-mid treble weirdness aside the upper end really is duller than stock.

What was the phrase? Ah right: Do not recommend.

I have a tiny bit of basshead admittedly. Didn't realize this until I tried some ZMF cans. Now I think my LCD-3 is too flat in that area.

I really don't like the look of the area above 300 Hz. Probably not for me.

Yup. Cup issues aside a main complaint I had with the X00 was the lack of "body" to vocals, turned out to be a function of lower-mid dips. This actually reminds me a bit of the Fostexes only a bit less *shout* and more "honk" in the mids. Stock 650 pads are still normal to me, so my ears probably aren't dumb :))