Lyander
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Lyander

Official SBAF Equitable Empathizer, Male, 31, from Philippines, The

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Thinking about it, no duh, but I feel power delivery doesn't matter as much for BA IEMs as DD. None of the usual improvements IME. Mar 26, 2024 at 8:17 PM

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    1. Lyander
      Lyander
      If the Internet Archive falls, then Wayback Machine goes too. CS, InnerFidelity, among many others would then be properly lost to time.
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      2. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        Lol, Ozzy Mandias.
        Mar 26, 2023
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      3. DigMe
        DigMe
        They will find it in the ruins of my closet 1000 years from now engraved into granite.
        Mar 26, 2023
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      4. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        "the ruins of my closet"

        Makes me think of The Windmills of Your Mind.
        Mar 26, 2023
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    2. Lyander
      Lyander
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      2. gixxerwimp
        gixxerwimp
        Mar 23, 2023
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        @gixxerwimp I only learned of his channel relatively recently so it's always been "Steve Mould" for me, but yeah he has a lot of really intriguing videos about teapots.
        Mar 23, 2023
      4. gixxerwimp
        gixxerwimp
        Maybe I'm misremembering ...
        Mar 23, 2023
    3. Lyander
      Lyander
      Update, keeping the dog and he's been chill. Hand aches a lot but mostly full mobility. I can blame hand for accidental nuke of drive haha
      1. Philimon
        Philimon
        Noble or crazy. What caused the dog to attack in the first place?
        Mar 16, 2023
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      2. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        Hmmm, yes.
        Mar 16, 2023
      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        @Philimon Likely both, hah. No idea specifically but we were playing and I ended up near his food bowl. Was walking away with my back turned when he bit, so maybe he thought I was trying to steal his food? Can never tell, but he's been vacillating between zoomy playful with tail wagging and slinking away whenever he sees me now. He knows he fucked up.
        Mar 16, 2023
    4. Lyander
      Lyander
      Dumbass move, accidentally nuked my media drive when I meant to clear out a thumb drive. Space is now unallocated, any ideas how to recover?
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        Quick update but after verifying via DMDE that my files were still present I opted to do a full system shutdown to ameliorate risk of blocks being overwritten. When I booted my PC back up... the drive looks and works as normal? Home videos, music, and likely games too but haven't checked those yet. I am confused.
        Mar 16, 2023
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      4. gixxerwimp
        gixxerwimp
        Quickly copy important stuff elsewhere, don't write to the disk until you're sure what's going on?

        Good luck!
        Mar 17, 2023
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      5. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        Too right. Never neglect it when a HDD gives a second chance.

        I had a dead one, Put machine on table, on its side to open it up. Tried starting up. Yes, my hdd spun up and read, so I got the contents off it. And I was right: it was the last chance.
        Mar 18, 2023
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    5. Lyander
      Lyander
      Turning 30 today and still feels like I'm figuring way too much stuff out. How fun.
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      2. caute
        caute
        Happy belated birthday Lysander! From a fellow in his early 30s to a newly minted 30-year-old, I can say it does get better haha :)
        Mar 8, 2023
      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        Thanks all. I really do appreciate it. It's been a fairly strange couple of weeks, but hopefully things chill out sooner than later. Hope you're all doing well!
        Mar 8, 2023
      4. Cryptowolf
        Cryptowolf
        happy belated birthday
        Mar 9, 2023
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    6. Lyander
      Lyander
      Well I guess I need surgery for the hand. Rescue doggo was in a bad mood and used it as a chew toy
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      2. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        Sadly, the universe does not always repay kindness with kindness :/
        Feb 27, 2023
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      3. gixxerwimp
        Feb 27, 2023
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      4. Lyander
        Lyander
        Yeah, I actually have a really strong mental image of the injury, and that's shaking me a bit right now, that. I have some time to relax. Eh, still just wish the best for the doggo and hope that he adjusts soon. Thanks for the well wishes guys. And yes, the odd punctuation is because this is speech to text. I'm not able to type.
        Feb 27, 2023
    7. Lyander
      Lyander
      Saw the Senn PC38X was on sale while helping a friend look for a new headset. Pretty savvy price it feels like, based on impressions.
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      2. SoupRKnowva
        SoupRKnowva
        I currently use my hd800 for gaming, but that makes it a pain to use another mic if I want to play with friends, ive been contemplating getting a headset instead for a while
        Feb 21, 2023
      3. DigMe
        DigMe
        It gets as low as $119 at times (maybe lower, I can’t remember but definitely gets down to 119)
        Feb 21, 2023
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      4. scblock
        scblock
        I bought mine for the $139 price last year. I use it daily for work calls off a Fulla E and also use it for gaming plugged into my PS5 controller. I don't typically play games that need hyper localization though.
        Feb 21, 2023
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    8. Lyander
      Lyander
      When you have multiple cats, you start wanting to configure your entire home like an air-cooled PC; dust filters everywhere w/ high airflow.
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      2. ChaChaRealSmooth
        ChaChaRealSmooth
        I always look forward to the shenanigans whenever I get summoned by @YMO
        Feb 17, 2023
      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        Feb 18, 2023
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      4. Cryptowolf
        Cryptowolf
        in room and whole house filters, but with 7 pets there’s no hope
        Feb 18, 2023
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    9. Lyander
      Lyander
      Thought leaders are never going to go out of vogue because it will always be easier to have someone dumb down your own thoughts for you.
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      3. Claritas
        Claritas
        A person will believe anything—no matter how absurd—so long as he thought of it himself. Intelligence seems to make no difference. If anything, it makes this problem worse, because the absurd belief is part of an implicit "system" of absurdities.
        Feb 17, 2023
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      4. Lyander
        Lyander
        I fully admit to being disinterested in taking my brain off Eco mode to really parse the bulk of this thread now, but for the most part I do agree that there is toxicity in being DRIVEN to act generatively as measurable by modern materialistic standards (look at how a lot of middle and eastern Asia is nowadays). That did feel like a bit of a non-sequitur.
        Feb 17, 2023
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      5. Lyander
        Lyander
        @Claritas the more one's intelligence is lauded, the more at risk they are of growing arrogant and cocksure. The thing is I'm not entirely on-board with the notion that people actually think of things themselves nowadays; it's more often the case that stimuli may be presented in a way as to lead a person to think that they're drawing upon their own life experiences to distill a Truth, of a fashion.
        Feb 17, 2023
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    10. Lyander
      Lyander
      Just now found out GearSlutz rebranded into GearSpace. Was very confused for a good few minutes. I get why, but it's just so generic now.
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        With how often the English language seems to backslide, calling it evolution would have been a far more egregious flouting of propriety than my use of "generic" here.

        Let's not get into how "genetic" confounds things further.
        Feb 16, 2023
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      4. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        I used to visit Gearslutz, but only for the articles.

        No... OK, I used to have deluded dreams of professional gear, flat frequency response, natural uncoloured sound. And stuff.
        Feb 16, 2023
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      5. DigMe
        DigMe
        Went from being slutty to being spacey.
        Feb 16, 2023
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    11. Lyander
      Lyander
      I am slowly realising that there are some songs that are simply better on speakers vs headphones, even cruddy phone speakers.
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      3. Ksaurav402
        Ksaurav402
        I’m planning to go speaker and IEMs as headphones are neither here nor there for me these days.
        Feb 11, 2023
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      4. Lyander
        Lyander
        I'm getting out a lot more lately but still manage to spend a lot of time at my desk at home, which is where headphones come into play. Cramped neighborhood so speakers are a bother, unfortunately, but someday I'll get that hi-fi set up.
        Feb 11, 2023
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      5. Jinxy245
        Jinxy245
        I find Kelly sounds best with the sound off.
        Feb 12, 2023
    12. Lyander
      Lyander
      RIP Panic at the Disco (the guy's still alive, project just dissolved).
      1. SoupRKnowva
        SoupRKnowva
        I dont love all of their stuff. mostly just a fever you can't sweat out and death of a bachelor, but this is still a bummer. he's an incredibly talented singer
        Jan 24, 2023
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      2. Lyander
        Lyander
        @SoupRKnowva Other than Death of a Bachelor I mostly prefer their first few albums, really don't care much for Viva. That said, IIRC he's just taking time to focus on his new child which makes sense.
        Jan 24, 2023
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    13. Lyander
      Lyander
      Welp guess we're getting another dog (temporarily?). Guy and dog squat outside our house, give em food etc sometimes, guy suddenly vanished.
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        @Thad E Ginathom long story but I just learned some things that would have made that theoretical arrangement very uncomfortable for the guy. Doggo probably staying with us longer term.
        Jan 16, 2023
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      4. DigMe
        DigMe
        Right before he vanished did he throw up a blanket above his head and then it dropped and he was gone? If so I know how that works.
        Jan 16, 2023
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      5. Cryptowolf
        Cryptowolf
        That’s good of you to look after the dog
        Jan 16, 2023
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    14. Lyander
      Lyander
      I just TODAY found out Deltron 3030 came out with a second album... in 2013. With a Zack de la Rocha featured track. Bruh.
    15. Lyander
      Lyander
      May the incoming year be a tranquil one, or if not so, may it instead be one for growth. Happy new year! Mind the pets and people.
      1. gixxerwimp
        gixxerwimp
        Yeah, none of this "interesting times" bullshit! Peaceful New Year to all :D
        Dec 31, 2022
      2. Claritas
        Claritas
        @Lyander Only in the rarest of men can they are united: "study and ease/ Together mixed" (Pope, "Ode to Solitude").
        Dec 31, 2022
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        @gixxerwimp Screw interesting, that's what silly hobbies are for!

        @Claritas both is ideal, but given the capacities of most it's as likely as ASR walking back a borked suite of measurements :P
        Jan 1, 2023
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    16. Lyander
      Lyander
      Would anyone happen to know what part I can use to swap in for Magni 3+ gain switch? Been acting up for months, now just nonfunctional.
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      3. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        "Maybe cat hair"

        Oh god...
        Dec 30, 2022
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      4. Lyander
        Lyander
        @Thad E Ginathom I was being flippant, hah. I think the spaces inside the switch aren't so large as to be able to accommodate cat fur, but I could well be wrong.
        Dec 30, 2022
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      5. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        Anything can accommodate cat hair.

        Seriously, there is a layer of cat fur that is very very fine.
        Dec 31, 2022
    17. Lyander
      Lyander
      Belated, but now realising after trying to look old banter up that a lot of what vanished in the hack was a volume of fun back and forths.
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    18. Lyander
      Lyander
      One thing I've noticed: there's no one independent resource for comparing microphone frequency response. I get why, but feels an oversight.
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      3. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        My brain hurts now. Sorry for the bad sentence structure there. That's what happens to pedants: the next thing they say on the internet goes all wrong!

        I edited, and went for a semicolon.
        Dec 8, 2022
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      4. Lyander
        Lyander
        The semicolon is both overused and underutilised. It's one of my favourite bits of punctuation right next to the interrobang.

        Also, I personally blame this on my inability to parse what I read correctly XD
        Dec 8, 2022
      5. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        I tend to parse as I go. As soon as I have enough words that make sense as something silly, I stop to laugh.
        Dec 8, 2022
    19. Lyander
      Lyander
      Apparently a local friend is loaning an EC Studio Jr 300B for a month... dammit I'm gonna need to hear my Senns on that.
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      3. joch
        joch
        You gotta try it. It'll tell you how good the Senns are more so than how fantastic the SB is. It'll leave you wanting, but also something to benchmark and maybe to strive for. Or not, and still be happy with what you got.
        Dec 5, 2022
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      4. Cspirou
        Cspirou
        Honestly if you have very high expectations, you’re better off trying it. It won’t meet those expectations and you’ll think more positively about your own gear
        Dec 5, 2022
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      5. Lyander
        Lyander
        I actually go into most gear demos expecting to be disappointed since I figure that's a far better barometer of my being contented with buying them than elsewise, which likely explains why I try my best to include negatives in every impressions post I make. Seems more sensible as a buyer's guide thing.

        Guess this means I should raise expectations over the next week or two before I get to get ears on it :P
        Dec 5, 2022
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    20. Lyander
      Lyander
      Plans to reorganise desk thwarted cuz I forgot the Modi 3+ doesn't use USB Type-C. Well I'm dumb.
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        Dare you to run one with your main DAC and not feel the need to swap the cable back out @gixxerwimp :P
        Dec 1, 2022
      4. joch
        joch
        Garbage in, garbage out :P ...but then, I prefer SPDIF. Most PCs are noisy as heck.
        Dec 1, 2022
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      5. gixxerwimp
        gixxerwimp
        I don't use USB for audio :P
        Dec 1, 2022
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    Gender:
    Male
    Birthday:
    Mar 8, 1993 (Age: 31)
    Location:
    Philippines, The

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    A curmudgeon before his time.

    Schiit Modi 3+>Schiit x Nitsch Magni Piety/Massdrop x Cavalli Tube Hybrid>Sennheiser HD600
    Apple dongle/FiiO BTR7>Etymōtic ER2XR (sil triflange); Campfire Andromeda 2020 (Spiral Dot++)