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Visuals are much more impressive if you skip back to nighttime (it was 10am local when I tuned in live)

I've had two okay experiences with them. Leopold keyboards are good.

Not recent but ordered 3 about 3 years ago without issue. Had no issues with returning the one I didn't want either. Which reminds me - it looks like they resell their returns for IIRC ~10% off.

Thanks guys, I appreciate the info.

I got a Crown x1000 , used of course, for around $100. Solid value I think.

I've owned Indeed tda7498e w/30 v supply, not bad but thin. Looking at tpa 3251 or 3255 non BT. Using a Sonance 260 (class ab) that is a bit too fuzzy up top. Nad 316bee was crap and way over budget, Dayton ap150 sounds decent, but above budget. May be pulling trigger on Peter Daniels Lm3875 for main setup so maybe that could work if I up my budget. Keep the ideas coming.

I've read good things about the TPA325x chips as a good step up from the 3116. There are a billion clones but apparently 3eaudio on ebay and aliexpress are a cut above.

It's a shame that a good thread got shut down due to some nonsense talk

thanks @philipmorgan, trying it now.
sorry @jexby key word is free

haven’t paid a dime to Feedly. Reeder is entirely optional.

maybe you got grandfathered? I see $72 a yr as the cheapest option. Unless I am missing something. https://feedly.com/i/pro/welcome.
Wait, is the "Get started for Free" button the "unlisted free version"?

It is from a big provider outside DC, but perhaps one day it belonged to someone else. I have a suspicion someone put it on a blacklist and it never got updated. No ability to pick another since it is FREE.

I haven't read a lot, but most of what I've read about the free ones is that they aren't really free in that they use/sell your info and they're best to avoid. YMMV of course.

Yeah, I also recommend using a paid VPN if you can. I use Mullvad.

Haven't been able to get jabbed yet ... the appointments disappear so quickly upon notification. Maybe I'll get invisible tonight.

Baffles my mind with variants becoming much more predominant and the main trait is they are up to 10X more contagious. If there was a time frame when masks are most important, it is now. Just plain stupid.

This decision was 100% politics and 0% health science.

Am I detecting some sarcasm?

I just put together a Pi Zero W running piCorePlayer and PI2AES, that's also fanless.

"they have the target market all figured out"

It is a prime tenet of audiophoolery that playing music must be difficult. Such people believe that it takes a lot of computer power to do audio. Which is, of course, bollocks.

Yes $ is the reason, use waste instead of a good oil, like 50+ years ago when they convinced Grandma to use Crisco in her baking. Cottonseed oil that has been hydrogenated. She should have kept using Lard, probably healthier.

About the same time, they switched pig breeds so pork chops stopped being as tasty…but they could advertise it as "lean". That was during the fat-free craze of the mid-late 80s.

So we dropped the fat and loaded everything up on sugar to make up for it. Now we know that sugar is a toxin and fat is crucial in brain development.

Meanwhile corn subsidies have also contributed to the decline in Americans' health, IMO.

The switch to lard to Crisco was because of the horrible health conditions at the meat packing plants in places like Chicago. Crisco was advertised as a clean and healthier alternative. If you want some tasty biscuits, cut them with lard, not vegetable shorting.

Yes, those are the Sennheiser HD414. The 90's Anniversary low impedance variant. Correct on the bass distortion part on the video.

thanks for the confirmation on both. @rtaylor76

For the record I revisited this with the HP-3 and the Liquid Carbon just now (was on Fulla 2>HD600 last time) and LOL yes the bass is all flub and crumple. Kinda surprising how I wasn't much bothered by it on the Senns.

all 'used' Nakamichi tape decks are like - 'doesn't reverse or FF, record head shot, meters don't move, pressed play and it's rotating but haven't tested with a tape $500 please no returns'

Yeah, that one bugs me too.

irregardless of its correctness They continue to use it regardless.

@bixby that almost ruined my breakfast.

@Hands had a good idea, so I looked it up. Here is the answer, "No VST exists that's been compiled for ARM."

Ah, I guess I didn't know VSTs had to be compiled for different OSes and architectures. I thought they were simpler.

Nonetheless, I have to imagine there is some sort of solution that would give you the EQ you want.

I still think the benefits of a Pi2AES or DigiOne Sig are a worthwhile pursuit. They provide specific improvements you can't get through other means.

well there are solutions, but the only one I know of cost more than I am willing to pay to impelment...Roon. Diminishing returns for me.

Paging @gixxerwimp . Have a go with his guide yourself first though: https://tinyurl.com/y6o7ow25

My memory sucks, so I refer to my own guide every time I need to adjust something. But ping me if you have any issues. Can't guarantee I'll be able to help, but I'll try.

What the actual heck, whyy :(

Because they can, monopoly really. And they now take their fees up front on each transaction instead of billing monthly, cashflow. I think they still own Paypal but now Paypal does not get their take on the fees

Geez I forgot to go look at the "Christmas star" last night.

will it be close tonight or all gone? EDIT: Will be there all week, enjoy the lamb

Having all your QB's put on quarantine will at least have the game put at a curiosity level of a big time circus side show.

With the altitude and the legal weed, guaranteed high viewership...