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Save maybe Diver Down, but even that one. EVH’s other-worldly guitar work and tone (brown sound), Alex’s crazy drumming, DLRs range defying vocals, all gives me shivers. So good.

Yeah, it's amazing. "Judge, I object! ... to hairballs." And/or insert cat pun here.

I wish I could say "I am not a cat" with equal conviction.

For the next SBAF zoom meeting:
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/attention-heres-how-you-do-the-lawyer-cat-zoom-filter-everyones-talking-about/

About 40% of NIB Clear sales have ended up in a customer return from what I have seen personally. And not because the owner had a bad front-end. They're just not selling, NIB or open box. Re- Celestee, sure you'll get a sonic update by partially venting the cups of a closed back. Still seems like a lazy half-assed attempt at actual R&D / product development.

I'm willing to bet there will be almost no change, if any. Not necessarily a bad thing; I like the Clear.

Atleast its more interesting than Celestee. Magnesium should be better from mids to treble. Plus they didn't raise price from regular Clear. Focals are still the kings of milking you dry. Just wait when they will increase driver size, there's gonna be 10x more models.

@E_Schaaf for people not super well versed in Klispch...what makes the Fortes stand out over the Heresys/Cornwalls? Does the passive radiator make that big of a difference? Having only heard Heresy IIIs in person, I am just having trouble imagining how different they sound.

I feel like the cabinet resonance is a bit better controlled and the passive radiator seems to give a nice blending effect between the drivers. Cornwalls and Heresy always have me feeling like I'm listening to 3 separate drivers in each box. Forte's most cohesive though bass doesn't extend that much further down than Heresy.

@inculator The Forte are a legit towers. The Heresy were originally designed to be a floor sitting center channels for 3 channels audio for better center imaging at that time. And people sayed to Paul Klipsch it is a Heresy! and he basically gave them the middle finger and done it and named them that.

For stero application they are better raised by something to sound right.

Just moving on to be chair of the board and concentrate on "new initiatives".

Never fear, the devil's still well in control.

Dammit.

Hopefully to divert more attention to Blue Origin. More competition for SpaceX is a good thing.

Cool, SW51+ is the other amp I’ve been contemplating as well. I do like the Lyr quite a bit though, but curiosity of course. There’s a used LP for sale up here in Canada for ~$430 USD I’m eyeing ATM.

If you’re planning on sticking with high ohm dynamics, I’d go for the SW51. I haven’t heard it but all reports say it has a truly special synergy with high ohm dynamic cans. And tube rolling for it will be much cheaper than for the LP.

For me, the reason to use the Elex over the 650 (I have both) is superior bass on the Elex, and a bit more dynamics on the Elex at low volume. These attributes make it better for desk listening while working, where ultimate technicalities aren't important (to me, anyway).

My attempt at being a music student was fun, but success very limited. And with the moody clubs, it's when /they/ want, not when you want. Except, of course, the club called home :)

One upon a time I played jazz trumpet. Wasn't great but serviceable. My calling was on a different path but it gives me great appreciation for musicians with stellar abilities. Learning even a little is worthwhile.

Strongly agree! And learning just for fun is worthwhile.

Honestly, there was never any possibility of it being another way. Despite the media hyperbole.

@Syzygy perhaps this time. However peace and democracy are not guaranteed. I think a lot of people forget this or take it for granted. So when it happens, it’s important to celebrate and to remind people so they continue to be vigilant.

What might have happened if the rally had been held today and not on Jan 6?

There would've been no point in a rally today, since the counting and acceptance of the electoral college votes is the final step in the election.

There's always tight security during an inauguration, so I expect nothing would've happened had one been assembled.

It came to Qobuz few months back so coming to Tidal was Imminent

What's this? Hell has frozen over? Who knew! haha Maybe lars died...

Sounds more like a game soundtrack to me though - like a fun jungle adventure romp. I can’t stop bobbing my head to this thing!

I've been looking for the documentary for 2 years. Can't find it anywhere.

I read the book (just "Lost City of the Monkey God") which was pretty good, maybe inspired by that?

sweet. Hope you enjoy dude

Lyr3 in low gain is my favorite of all schiit amps. I’m curious to see what you think of it.

Not sure about the Lyr->Jot card swap, the product pics show the Lyr card mounts sideways & the Jot vertically. Likely just a different mount plate though - might be able to get one from @schiit .

In general I feel like there aren't enough high-ish sensitivity designs on the market, especially that aren't physically huge. It's basically Tekton, Zu, some Klipsch, and DIY. Would love to see more offerings that are happy with <25 wpc amps.

Oh I totally agree. Honestly, I would definitely give up some bass extension for higher sensitivity in many cases. Subs can do the rest.

@monacelli Correct. Unless you go DIY with some diysoundgroup.com speakers, but I think they are all clearance stuff only now and/or paired down to the most poplar stuff. HTM-12's look nice, but I still wished they had the Jeff Bagby Fusion-12's.

hawt

nawt

I shaved my legs once, it was overrated.

Jot (bal out) is clearer, more precise, but less smooth and more 1-dimensional compared to Vali. Vali is a bit softer and more rounded, esp in the bass, but overall it’s just way more engaging and expressive and emotionally involving, at least for the types of music I generally listen to. There’s just more dimension and atmospherics and natural tone. Tubes FTW.

Is this the new + or the regular one?

Regular Vali 2. Been considering the + and whether it would be worth it, or try Lyr 3 (which is a big leap in price obviously).

There’s just a lot more of the band’s performance on display - they sound pretty tight.

she won me over for life after attending a small workshop she gave to a bunch of snot nosed high-school kids at a local jazz festival. i had no idea then she was 'famous' - she was just really kind, cool - obviously super talented - but zero pretense.

the sentiment behind them is also bogus, websites should just not be so shit so they load fast by default

They try to fix one thing (speed) but then they are glitchy as hell and you can’t navigate around. And when you share the page, it shares the damn AMP URL, etc. Half the time when I use one, part of it doesn’t load, or it scrolls weird or some part of it doesn’t work. Companies have a hard enough time with one damn website and managing its mobile design, let alone two.

The real motivation behind this is more data and more knowledge about you to sell more ads or other shit you don’t need. That’s all Google and Facebook and Amazon are motivated by. Everything they do is to this end.

You're right man. I took that one a bit too seriously.

No worries. The concept of Biden lifting Mjolnir is hilarious though you’re right.

I watched that twice :)

In my experience the perception of tightness in the bass is also tied to how the energy 10khz and above is rendered. The opposite is also true. Bass waves modulate high frequency waves after all. More D2 in the bass can also give a thicker texture too. Modded Super 7 kills my First Watt F7 in low end slam though.

more grain, presence, and complex distortion in the highs indicative of many SS designs give bass more 'crunch' with transients. I bet if you ran a low pass filter, perception of tightness and bass quality would change quite a bit.

"I bet if you ran a low pass filter, perception of tightness and bass quality would change quite a bit." I will have to try this soon - Starlett vs Asgard 3 nad/or Jot. Right now however I am enjoying the music too much to bother ;)