Lyander

Hahaha the HE4XX was one of those modern orthos that lacked texture but had better bass control than loads of affordable dynamics— it's a PERFECT headphone for modern pop!

Treble was much though. I'm sporadically EQ-averse and even with mods it was painful to listen to.

Point about 2.5mm taken well to heart, maybe it's just loads of the ones I've seen have been cheapo ones but the additional mass of the 4.4 inspires confidence, and looks neater to boot. I'd much rather have XLR for desktop but I remain an iFi fanboy despite their insistence on pentaconn :))

I am aware some people find making cables with "pentacuntal" connectors infuriating, which is another point away from it.

Rhythmdevils, If 2.5 feels substantial to you, why are all the kids on HF bitching about how many of the 2.5 connectors they have broken. Even A & K have a 4.4 connector on their latest DAP and they invented the 2.5 balanced connector.

The NW-A50 series also supports USB DAC mode.
https://www.sony.com.ph/electronics/walkman/nw-a50-series

I be @Claud has some good opinions of LDAC daps that can act as USB Dac amps.

Some thought must go into what music apps are available though them, and their UX

Suggested the a50. He decided to stick with his phone since it supports LDAC anyway (Samsung Note 9) but will be picking up an HD599 and one of @iFi audio's Zen DACs as a transportable rig.

Not sure how that happened but hey :))

I missed the context entirely. Excuse me... I'll go back to watching the cyclone coming this way.

I guess you're all dried out and ok now?

Shit, take care of yourself and tie down everything that isn't already fixed (that includes the cats). Wishing you and yours well, Nick.

Yeah. Weather actually pleasantly cool in mid/high-20s (Celcius). As for other things mood is still shit but I'm trying to be less grumpy. Ghostwriting work keeping my brain elsewhere.

I am with you. I cannot stand "vocal-up" mixes. I almost can't listen to Paul McCartney's "Driving Rain," because of this. I just listened to it just last week because the music is so good, but damn I need a -3db or -6db "vocal down" mix.

Rock music is usually mixed in with the other instruments, almost too much sometimes, like certain Soundgarden recordings. Sometimes I actually do want to hear Cornell belt it out.

I'm sorry for your loss. Dogs are a huge part of my life and I can empathize.

Fuck I'm sorry...that hits hard.

Oh, Lyander... so sorry.

Also would like to offer gratitude to whomever it was that posted about the synth version of Bach's Toccata and Fugue, it's been getting a lot of playtime lately. Classical pieces played on synths is my current guilt-free pleasure:

Rite of Spring 8-bit ver:
https://youtu.be/GG2LR5wnKKM

@DigMe that was pretty much exactly what I was referring to in the status update haha.

@Deep Funk I suppose some people just prefer I keep said gun holstered, or at the very least out of sight. Decent company and all that :))

Who's the ghost with the red balloon?

... what ghost?

Appreciate it. We'll likely be fine, but adjacent areas may be in a worse way. I just looked up the numbers again and it's estimated sustained winds will be 215kph with gusts of about 265kph. Not the worst in recent memory but still shit

When the storm hits, @Lyander goes into D.A.P.-mode. Portable power for audio goodness...

Beats having to deal with messy mains noise, but then my phone isn't the ideal source either haha. Don't own a proper DAP, may change that eventually but nah.

I did see the RTINGS piece on this and tried the same but it still looks far from smooth to my eyes. Maybe it's just unrealistic expectations given what @SoupRKnowva pointed out about high refresh rate panels generally have higher hold times. Tempted to just leave it all at 0 and pretend I don't see anything amiss :))

yeah, different people use different words, RTings specifically refers to telecenic judder as judder, and sample and whole judder as stutter. one is avoidable with proper pulldown, the other is only avoidable on low frame rate sources like movies and tv shows with frame interpolation or impulse display technologies

Sony or Panasonic have the best processing but come with a premium. Nothing beats plasma for motion unfortunately.

The acting was, generally, not as good as Hill House and I think people who really love "scary" shows were a bit turned off since this wasn't really that kind of a thing. That said, I had a good time with it. I binged through it pretty quickly.

I'm going through X-Files for the third time now. Stuff's aged like fine wine. Can't remember anything nailing sci-fi/horror so hard.

@Hrodulf the Philippines has a massive Catholic population and a lot of them are pretty... old-fashioned. Jaws dropped like atom bombs when the clip was released, but I'm personally happy. Francis is a bro.

@Skyline point taken about the acting, Dani was inexplicably not as engaging as Eleanor and a few of the interactions were a bit cheese. But definitely liked it.

I saw that too. Did you also find this strip via xkcd?

I've been following SMBC for ages now, can't remember exactly when but there was a period some time back when I just started randomly following loads of comics accounts haha. No idea if this is new or just new to me but I saw it yesterday and thought it was hilarious.

There are five or six comics I follow daily, mostly by habit! I got this one from the list on xkcd. Sometimes I like it, sometime I don't, but it stays on the list somehow.

Haha! We've had this one for longer. This is the grumpy one that keeps trying to kill the other cat.

@Superexchanger Nah, I just talk with an incomprehensible accent.

What was that about @DigMe being stacked?

Something about @DigMe eating a whole rib rack?

I thought that you would not know the song, but would hazard a guess, maybe even google the line. It is a very beautiful song!

I guess you should listen to Weather Report Suite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9sY-kwa6RE

Good luck with that typhoon. Tie the cats down securely!

It's the same song @GoodEnoughGear quoted.

Haha, with how much the cat in my avatar's been eating lately I'm fairly sure she's doing a grand job keeping the house in place :P

One of the two, yeah. She's a foster we took in— previous family found her under some random Toyota SUV haha.

I likely won't, PC is pretty good considering my laptop's seen better days and mobile is good enough for quick jaunts :))

I checked it out over the weekend, it didn't really do anything for me. But, no gacha games ever have. It did get me to start playing the Witcher 3 again though

Now I'm just sad all over again my laptop can't handle The Witcher 3 haha. I'm actively avoiding the gacha component but for a mostly mobile game I'm having a surprising amount of fun just exploring every nook and cranny. Who knows maybe if there were a weeb Witcher I'd be a gamer again :))

Also @skem think less antiseptic— I've not been doing much critical listening the last few months and I think it's showing haha.

Dunno why but I can similarly picture someone with their wine-tasting notes after selling off their cellar collection and consuming the "budget" brands.

@rott oh this isn't that bad haha, I'm nitpicking. It's more like I'm getting back into critical listening after a long time just passively going with it and resetting baselines.

Also it's funny you say that cuz I know you had one of these until recently :))

Honestly I'd say the 10xx series is probably pushing retirement age pretty soon here. I'd save up and hold off on the trigger for as long as you can, and either spring for the 30xx series or find something in the 20xx series at a good discount.

Adding to that (character limits) the other reason is once the lower end 3060 and 3070 come out, it'll probably drive down the price of your 1070/1080 and 2060s some more, giving you more bang for your buck.

@FallingObjects I'm not buying anytime soon I think, just wanted to make sure I had something lined up for when my pet dinosaur (poor lappy, ageing so quickly) goes into retirement. Good points on the lower-end 30 cards driving the price down and 10 probably losing grace soon, much obliged :)

Haha, unfortunately I'm about as good as keeping a stern facade in person/via speech as I am in text, that's to say while I can be formal I'd rather be myself around employers since keeping a mask on for long is ridiculously difficult— may as well be forthright from the get-go!

And thanks Thad! There's one I'm vaguely confident about landing but it'll be a mix of content writing and chat support. Basically a rehash of my old gig before grad school. Pay is significantly better than the old job though, which is lovely.

When you feel like cursing, just say Zaphod Beeblebrox.