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Total utter f'ed-up crap level.

No, you ridiculous idiot turd-faced audiophools: this absurdity won't make your music sound different. Y'all must have gone deaf and living in fantasy.

For me, the bottom line of computer storage is that even an ancient, slow CD drive is... totally fine. Perhaps I could sell them one for a thousand euros!

@Ti_Leo "how do I install it"

I sincerely hope that you don't really want to ;)

Guys... I get quite upset about this stuff. I guess it shows...

ROFL

I love Redbull doing these promotions. That was insane.

Wingsuiting - if I had more money, would probably be one of my "and this is how rich people die" hobbies.

lol... here's me thinking that it's quite a big gap to aim for, when... one of them misses and nips through the road arch on the diagonal.

It's fun. Crazy fun. But, as an ex-Londoner, can't help thinking about the drivers that have to wait for the stunt to be over!

Still depends on the strength and quantity of the coffee.

^ just add laxatives to coffee

Squatting is best for pooping. The Indian way!

(disclosure: no I don't. Except in a real emergency. I'm too old to start making a habit of it now. I did once learn to squat. But I'm too old for that now too)

Don't play with the Butthole

IMO -
The crack mods don't all work independently from each other w/ regards to synergy. It can take some messing around to get it right.

Also, bypass caps on the output cap made a much bigger difference than expected on the Crack.

Ultimately stopped messing around with my BH Crack as the tubes I wanted were just not easily obtainable... and I just had no more desk space.

I would consider a Crackatwoa if I could go back and do it again though. If anything, just to have more space for the mods.

I don't think rock is supposed to sound like a lawnmower accompanied by maracas. I guess that's why we bother with all this gear.

In an age of less sophistication, when I was a todler, my parents changed the knobs/locks on all the kitchen cupboards. Instead of turning, you had to press a button. Apparently I worked it out in seconds. As I lived with them up to age 15, I remember them well, and would not expect them to pose much of a challenge to any child.

DEFINITELY not looking forward to that cuz my joints are already on the noisy side.

Re: child locks, my one cousin keeps her son from opening cabinets up by... adding an adhesive mounted latch that he's too short to reach. Simple but effective.

The "push down to engage screw" things seems more effective on a sleepy me than actual kids though.

I take a certain pleasure in destroying child locks. For push down to unscrew caps, on the underside of the cap, use a thin wedge (e.g., flathead screwdriver) to separate the threaded piece inside the cap from the outer cover. That threaded piece works fine as a cap, and it doesn’t lock.

This tracks.

Do the French have to put up with TicketMaster and the like?

They do have Ticketmaster but there’s a lot more restrictions with pricing over the US.

People need to read more. History and science from times past is very educational. More music before I write an essay...

It's really a missed opportunity for me to ask them "Exactly what was the story of how George III married her again?

I first went to school in 1957. For quite a few years, Britain was still living in nostalgic cloud of the pink maps on the classroom walls. Pride in that empire, albeit gone. I was a lousy history student --- but I don't recall any mention of non-white royals. Even /Scottish/ was thought of as a bit foreign!

I have a life, I’m good

I use a screen share to my workstation so I can change settings in HQplayer. It's easier. I have a minimalist Nordic mind, and I still don't get the client software :-)

I’m using HQPlayer Client for exactly this use case. I don’t even remember putting in the IP, I guess it would take some time to configure it correctly again. :)
But, once set up, it works, at least as long as you don’t restart HQPlayer (Embedded, in my case), you’ll have to restart the Client then, too. :o) (On an iPad, at least.)

Be sure to listen to its built in MOSFET tubeless circuit. Might not be what your looking for, but it is what I end up using most of the time - though I have a DNA when I'm going for the tooby sound

IMO - there's nothing quite like a big boy tube amp with the right tubes. It's enough to put up with the expense / hassle.

@crenca Yes. I quite like the Mosfet solid state circuit, too. It was a deciding factor in getting rid of my BHA-1. When putting it up against the Bryston, the Lyr+ presents more detail, cleaner bass, and definitely more fun. In tube mode it's really great with the right tubes....and fun even with the wrong ones :-)

Potentially yes. I'm located in Canada though.

@Armaegis That's fine, CAN to US isn't too bad.

Can we get rid of the weird east vs west distinction and just seed them normally?

You read my mind. Hopefully the BOT didn't.

Well @Jinxy245 if you forget to turn on the firewall on your neuralink or even worse forget to update regularly all bets are off.

Six or seven posts in half an hour. As mentioned, most on old threads.

Has to have been a bot or a spammer. Or else... an advertiser: profile mentioned a website (I didn't look) and sig said AWS developer.

Has it/she been, ahem... terminated?

Edit: looks like it.

Welcome to the magic that your brain can do :)

The brain is the most under-rated part of any listener's equipment. The whole stereo thing is an illusion, which your brain is happy to augment for your pleasure. But...

I wonder if different wavelengths could be reflected in different ways, giving an illusion of soundstage? Just an idea. Scientists please tell.

I replaced my stereo system with a mono one and the soundstage is exactly the same size but with greater depth!

Or when there are too many devices connected to your network?

I don't need one but I want one. Stop atomic Bob.

Sold my MJ3 but have one on order. Missed it too much. No tube nervosa. Just good audio.

FWIW, I have been using the same tubes in my diy tube amp for past seven years, still going strong. OTOH, I have had to replace some components in that period on my s s equipment.