Biodegraded

Add electricians to the list. Been trying to get my dedicated line installed for over six months. I’m about ready to tell my landlord his guy sucks.

Is it an excuse or a legitimate reason? That’s the question.

Our product is literally essential to keep our patients alive and our supply chain worked day and night to make sure we maintained continuity of supply. Tbh I can understand if something isn’t essential not being a priority in times like this

Our property mgr was underperforming long before Covid, then hopped on the excuse bandwagon. I kept complaining, and they fired US. Blessing in disguise :-)

That's one of my all time favorite tracks!

One of the best things about being here is discovering new music. I don't know if there's officially a genre called "Finnish jazz" ;)
For the convenience of others:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuspirit_Helsinki
https://youtu.be/eLKkpPMggYQ

Wonder what will happen when Audio Precision comes out with something that can measure sound stage.

I imagine 100 years ago harmonics or SINAD weren't well characterized and hence weren't well measured either - doesn't mean they don't exist.

Actually distortion measurement standards have been around for nearly 100 years and since the 1930s it's been understood that higher harmonics sound worse than lower, e.g.: https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/publications/rdreport_1949_30
But this is not captured in buddy's SINAD.

The guys behind the AKG K1000, AKG K240 DF and Sennheiser HD250 II Linear are still around. If those guys would release a paper on how they measure and test, it would change a lot. Remember, the crazy AKGs were a serious thing.

Seeing your post makes me nostalgic https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TMF2Qb1Ypvk

@Wilson Ha, I was living in Calgary then!

Not a big hockey fan, but I went to one of the finals games against the Islanders in '82 when I was in highschool. Might have been the last one when the Canucks lost :(

@dubharmonic kudos for dreaming big!

Lol. I dreamed about Philmarmonic BMRs literally last night. Can't remember the details, but I certainly have been thinking hard about building some recently.

I like to imagine Mark fired half the band on-stage during the dream, as was tradition.

https://www.hi-stands.eu/en/acoustic-revive-psa-100-100-gram.html

Not cotton but would this work?

:P

Heh - possibly. Yer average cotton balls might seem like they're the same density, but stuff the same number into each cup and evil channel imbalance often results.

It just keeps going. And going. And going. Holy fajitas.

At least it's educational.

purr1n mentioned the first Rage Against the Machine album at some point, so I put that on and kept reading because you know, movie music ;)

Was it only four pages? Seemed like 40.

First time I dipped into that that thread for ages (actually, deep down, I'm a speaker guy) and see what I got into. Bad luck.

Anyway, it's all over now.

Closed back pad rolling is so much more difficult to get right than open IMO

Sure, but to know if I've got them right, first I have to be able to get them on!

He likes metal music, gets a metal French press

To clarify, I'm amused by the Onion-worthy headline rather than the rest of the story - the condition itself doesn't seem like fun at all.

This guy can definitely hear the differences in audiophile power cables.

Sounds horrible. The worse my hearing gets the more loud noises hurt. And I doubt that I suffer 5% of what this guy feels.

I wonder if he can even listen to music?

But yes, it's a neat headline. Can sympathise. Even including the cats.

So that's a yes on beer floats? :P

Big morning lattes & evening beers. Not a bad idea though :)

It was the carboard boxes of a couple of box sets that got hit the hardest :(
Yeah, I need to rationalize remotes. Would like to put 'em all on my phone, but don't think I can do it with the IR ones.

Oooh yeah that sucks.

You can get just the harmony hub and control it from your phone, it does IR, radio and Bluetooth.

Remotes working after drying overnight. Will investigate the Harmony thing though.

....did someone fall off a bike?

Mrsdegraded. Aside from wounded pride, injuries were luckily limited to a few bruises and a grazed knee.

Ouch. Good that it wasn't anything serious

Don't we all!

Used to use some orange-based spray which kept them out of the kitchen, but it was expensive and they stopped selling it here. USA product, I think, although an Indian company.

Have had two termite infestations. Not much choice but to let the pest control folk use their full-on poisons.

Yeah, termites call for full chemical warfare - no prisoners, no mercy!

Termites and carpenter ants call for all out war with extreme prejudice.

lol, I didn't actually *read* it for long

Tried to leave a review but it wouldn’t let me I guess because it’s Amazon Canada

currently unavailable

Haha - the bike's not worth a photo, it's an old clunker that was a neighbor's surplus (much like my legs and arse, some would say).

Start munching those miles. Once you learn to maintain a good cruising speed you will be amazed at how quick you can get from A to B using your own muscles.

take a spin (har har) thru the bike thread and I'll do my best to answer any questions you may have about anything bike related. Congrats on NBD (new bike day). Link: https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/none-of-the-above-any-cyclists.3630/