JayC

Okay, I got this cleared up from people on VE. Blank records are not representative of AS setting. Time to just listen to music!

So, my initial idea to reply "Why are you /playing/ blank records?" wasn't so silly after all! :)

Wishing you and your stylus joy of the music.

I'll bet dollars to doughnuts she knew.

Nah, I’m sure she didn’t. But let’s give you your bet money and say
she did, enough time has gone by that she’s given up expecting something

A cartoon response set against the current British economic problems: "If you really loved me you'd have bought me a tomato."

;)

4 decades of spikes and then Herbies Fat Pucks, ears opened. Both give different effects, but I like the bass better de-coupled. Using floorstanders with a sandwich of high mass and dense foam at the moment. It is fine. Lots more important audio things to worry about than speaker feet. Floating floor.

First, if wanting to change the height, just stack wood or books. At least... at first.

Second, I keep this bookmark handy for all spike/cone things: https://www.audiomisc.co.uk/cones/speak.html

Thanks! I think I’m just going to try the svs soundpaths and see where it goes.

For reference, I’m in a house from the 40’s with laminated floor. Probably wood or so underneath, since it creaks and groans..

Yeah for sure, it was always meant to be a loaner of sorts. Bought it used to not lose much and It’s been really good getting to know what the top of the hill looked like. I’ve been in audio bliss for a month but it crosses my boundary in terms of money..

I certainly don’t presume to tell you where your boundary should be, but I can say that I went through a similar debate before ultimately deciding to buy the Yggdrasil. For me, it was so good that I decided to prioritize it over other purchases for years to come. Seven years later, I’m still enjoying the hell out of it, and I haven’t dropped a single dime on my digital setup.

I think it's important to venture to the mountain top occasionally in a financially responsible way. Not knowing what's possible just beyond self-imposed limits often results in mid-fi gear churn and lack of focus on a specific type of system building.

I can see why, and for me the modi to Yggdrasil step opened the music from a relatively 2D plane between the speakers to a 3D stage backwards and also forwards. They feel completely different and its very addictive.

I wonder if you think that your LS6s present their sound from further away with your Yggdrasil once you try a modi in your chain haha (even though the modi is also really good, for the price its insane!)

The pressurized room is exactly what I love about speakers. You don't just hear the music, you feel it in your whole body.

I completely agree with all that, I only use headphones while I’m working

Calling it an “Extended loaner” makes it less irresponsible and more spontaneous.. In my mind atleast. Girlfriend does not agree

I think most of my gear ends up being an extended loaner. Lol.

Its practically a lease

I love the "Decade of Sound Awake" live blu-ray, anxiously waiting for a new album after their last single release.

Yeah I watched the livestream during Covid, it was really good! I thought we would hear more new stuff with this show (or just hear fade live one time) but unfortunately not.

@SoupRKnowva i agree, i did not dig the other albums much on the days leading upto the live concert, nor did i dig them that much during.

it just happened that they played a few songs in the second half of their set that I really liked.. so i went to the counter after one of them and asked "what album was that song from?". He pointed to Pelagial and I walked away with it in my hands

Just be glad that you don't have a business use case where the finances/ ROI say that you can pay up to $1200 per chip on the black market for a $4 chip. It's been an interesting few years.

Thanks, thats exactly what I needed (wanted?) to hear haha. But it seems that I missed out on the deal unfortunately.. Should have not thought about it as long

Yggdrasil LIM is non gimped single ended, if you dig it’s sound.

I'll keep a lookout for any of these that come my way on the FS market. Thanks for the input!

That sucks man. Hope they reimburse you soon!

Wtf? Sadness…

yeah that's how i found it! its been a while since I heard some polyphia, I loved their first album but not as much the stuff after for whatever reason.. Loved everything I heard today from the new album but was also a little surprised at how different they guys look now and the endorsements.. and Vai!

Thanks for helping me discover Polyphia! I think I prefer the older stuff to the latest album with pop-crap intershmingled.

haha i definitely understand that from a purist perspective - but the newest stuff is both technically insane and also a nice cross between genres that feels fresh. I catch my girlfriend enjoying it too because of the electronic beats - makes it easier for her to accept the nonstop finger flying. Having said that, Champange is back running on repeat in my head for a few days in a row haha

@rlow I think they're similar in some ways to what I remember you described the LS6 to be - the stage a bit further away (something I found was tweakable to an extent based on placement), a lot of details especially in the highs and really good stage width/depth. The S40s was really good as well so just based on this the LS6f wasnt a huge step up because I liked/was missing a bit more (stage) forwardness..

The extension and the detail in the LS6f's bass were really eye openers tho. I wasnt dissatisfied with the S40 bass, but switching back after a couple days I realized that there was a feeling of it being perhaps popcorny - perhaps due to the bass bump. Also the portrayal of note weight was so much better on the Grahams, it just felt like an overall experience upgrade that I found myself not switching back to the Dyns

It may sound like I'm taking a dump on the Dyns but thats not the intention. I'm just happy with the change and I'll wait for the honeymoon period to pass before really posting about them so I can also nitpick things I dont like as much haha (like the stage being further away/mids being less forward)

Not sure how effective this is, but some people heat warped vinyl in the oven sandwiched between two hard surfaces. One example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwHZZe3aOh0&ab_channel=JaidonRymer

I use this with success: https://www.vinylflat.com/

I’ve flattened 5 records with it and it’s groovy pouch.

Oh crap! There's a half inch band of slight shadow, sometimes, on the right side of my monitor, but it can be lived with, even for photo work. But my carelessness is a 3-inch scratch from the tip of a scalpel blade. Luckily it shallow and can only be seen against light background. Not even a very expensive monitor, but expensive enough.

Can you get the screen replaced? Or is it <shudder>: new laptop time?

It's estimated to be a 500€ repair, so unfortunately shuddering is the answer :/

They didn’t say it had to be a physical roof!

We can start a subscription if there are 3 more people interested (I've got 3 at the moment)

I already share a subscription with a Friend here :) Go for it IMO

The Yume's tuning was already amusingly similar to the Blessing 2 Dusk, right? Lots of IEMs aiming at that.

They say the main point is to fix technicalities. I'm not convinced fixing the Yume's core technical issue (noticeable slowness) would be an entirely positive change, having listened to it versus some similar stuff. So I'd be curious.

I'm not sure about how similar it was to the B2D. I've stayed away from that because I've heard it wasnt really great for rock/metal, which is my bread and butter. I was interested in the 7Hz Timeless because it had a touch more (mid)bass than the Kato, but I wasnt keen on the staging and so on. Midnight doesnt seem like the perfect match for what I'm looking for but I figured I'd look at what the Crin hype is about

Yeah, but this is the detachable cable version.
Nevertheless, I was excited when I got the email and disappointed when I saw the price.

Those pads have small ear holes, uncomfortable as hell. Had to go with Brainwavz pads but lost some focus on the low end.

The price didn't seem to deter anyone. Out of stock already.

Bugger. I've had cars broken into for theft of radio etc, but the most depressing is when some idiot just wants to smash something.

Getting the glass repaired isn't the biggest thing, but you'll be finding bits of glass for ages.

A guy is driving to pick his children up at the schoolhouse. But some young hooligan in a Mustang suddenly weaves into his lane, and the poor fella crashes and ends up in the E.R. I was pretty aghast when he told me what'd happened. But then he said, "And I know that it was *God* who made me crash that car. Because, if it had happened just ten minutes later, my kids would both be dead right now."

That sucks and the storm was adding insult to injury.