Vansen

Wow! Just Wow! That is a lot with which to deal. Glad to hear everyone is on the road to recovery. Hope this is it for the year and all of you have a healthy 2025 and beyond.

Glad to hear back, hope you and yours keep safe and hale dude.

The biggest kicker felt we’d all be getting better and I try to get back to normal life and then another time consuming, but not threatening illness would pop up. I’m sure this was just kiddo germ factory stuff, but glad that my two year old championed through this all with barely any symptoms while the rest of us were toast.

@Thad E Ginathom can a bust help me with a tight nut?

Torx have made screw manufacturers lazy.
Cross head screws are on average better quality.
Nothing beats bang for buck wise drywall screws.

@Armaegis "can a bust help me with a tight nut?"

Absolutely. They are great for tight nuts.

(I do take screwing seriously. As my large collection of drivers and bits demonstrates :) )

Exact same issue I have had a few times, and Schiit claims nothing is wrong yet still "replaces coax input"... In all fairness BJ cables are extraordinarily long and add more leverage than and average cable

Nothing too bad. This took about 30 mins to install and don’t have to worry about the stiff cable I use now.
https://i.imgur.com/FpOrUwH.jpeg

Yea, I take extra care not only upon insertion but making sure the cable is not putting any torque (from its own weight, etc.) on the inputs. So far so good but I still expect to break something at some point...

At least you guys get a Macbook. I got a six year old Thinkpad with only 8 GB RAM that runs often on max memory and 95% CPU power all the time.

What about the web browser

Actually, with the new teams, those in our company with Windows 11 laptops seem to have more problems than us Mac users. :o) But not problem free for both camps.

I just want to listen to Taylor Swift in peace while I spend the day writing docs for work, but Tidal has other plans.

It is Wednesday again, isn't it?...

hope you were not one of the people affected by a bursted pipe.

soda water is acidic. not great for your teeth. Love, your local gumguy

I limit my intake, but the rest of my house are savages and drink them like candy. At least our sugar intake is very low.

Is that why Roon won't play right now?

+1 On Roon with Qobuz. I made the switch a few months ago, when they became available in Canada, and have not looked back. I feel like it sounds better, too.

+1 for Roon and Qobuz, provided you have stable Internet access. Roon does get a bit fussy during extended home Internet outages.

I thought it came in a paper sleeve, but am not sure since the vinyl was as clean or cleaner than anything from AP.

I think most of this is system synergy, but I think this album with this pressing probably sounds better than anything else I own on my speakers.

Picked this up after reading your comment and agree. great pressing and super quiet. Thanks for the recc.

I am as well.

https://community.roonlabs.com/t/tidal-login-issue-non-200-status-code-from-tidal-tidal-side-issue/259698/11

I've seen people asking $2k for them, though not sure if any have actually sold at that price. I should try posting mine up and see if anyone actually bites at that price lol.

I'd be tempted, but I wonder at the age of the HE-6 out there how long the drivers would last. I know that model seemed to have a finite life on drivers.

…and nervosa on finding an amp to drive them (without the feeling that you’re leaving a lot behind at the table). Probably better to get a Susvara or a Final (but $$$$).

It stabilizes around 74 to 76. Not bad when I work from home alone - can keep the house heat lower.

As a Canadian, sometimes my amp choices are dictated by my room's heating requirements.

it is getting a little chilly this time of the year.

https://i.imgur.com/HUI6hL8.jpg

Dirty Sylvania has a certain je ne sais quoi.

Huh, I!ve only heard the original with the separate PS. Loved it.

@JK47 There are a couple of BW1's floating around with BW2 external PSU's. I run my BW1 on an AMB Sigma 22 PSU. And part of me not buying a MJ3 is that I already have one of these top 3 SS amps with the BW1.

@Azimuth I’m confused, BW2 has the single chassis… Anyway it’s been awhile since I heard my BW2 but the presentation vs the MJ3 seems quite different. MJ3 more cohesive me thinks

Only on one browser or?

New corporate sponsor?

Mines an Amazon logo. I think the site doesn’t have a logo so it auto fills

It sounds like they're trying to get new files for everything and playing mqa where they don't have it yet, so I don't think anything is being converted from mqa on their end.

Ah, I see…
https://i.imgur.com/kATJsYs.jpg

There are tons of files on Tidal that are not MQA, even though a lot of stuff has been encoded as MQA. At the end of the day, Tidal is a close second to your ripped CDs (lossless of course) being played by a good player. At least that is my experience.

I dived into the M2 iPad Pro earlier in the year... the thing screams, but I know I'm not really using it to its full potential.

I know right. M1 Air is like crack.

When I was in school in used my iPads for everything, all my notes/testbooks. Now the only thing I use it for is photo editing, but I also upgraded from a 2017 10.5" pro to a 13" m2 iPad Pro and the different in editing speed is night and day, even with also upgrading to a 60MP A7R5 from the 42MP A7R3

The sun being out so long is keeping me up.

You people in higher latitudes must get lovely long afternoon naps.

You shouldn't complaint @Vansen, in FL it can be 9 AM and already 90 degrees and the sun waiting to kill ya.