Vtory

I’ll buy your pair in three months. Get the F-Pads

Msg me in December; I'll offer my well-aged pair for a special Christmas friend price of $40k.

I wish there was good content to listen to. Nothing has been good these days other than Berlin phil Tchaikovsky 6 last movement and only the opening of Tchaikovsky 5 second mvt

My first "oh crap my ears are getting old" moment was when I put on a pair of 325's and thought they were ok.

sr80e off my iphone are so engaging and clear it's awesome. can't help to stand up and move around / dance when listening.

Schumann's Kreisleriana is one of the pieces I became obsessed with over the years. Her recording bowled me over—what a surprise! It's not my favorites (Perahia/Kissin) or the greatest (Cortot, 1935). But: She had something new to say, it was fully worked out, and it was persuasive beyond its own terms. That combination is the mark of a true artist. And Schumann might really have had that in mind.

Haven't heard anything by her yet, but just acquired a recording of her playing Mozart K.309, K.310 & K.311 in the trove of classical CDs I bought from @k4rstar. Will put it on top of the stack!

Curious, i am looking at headphone pre combo units. If it has remote and no alps pot it could go on the list.

Can't remember: Do we know the specs (power output) on this yet?

@roshambo123 it is excellent w lcd-2s

AIs are the new MBAs. Very eloquent with the presentation but lacking precise understanding of just about anything they touch. And that's not a bad thing either cause if AI were precise on a very niche topic with say n=1 data points, it would be equivalent to copying that verbatim and essentially revealing where it learned things from, which is a big data privacy nono.

And programming languages are designed for precision work, where the interpreters/compilers/semantics really are designed hand-in-hand with the syntax (some subset of English words and math notations), so GPT will never beat an interpreter at, well, interpreting code. It might still beat inexperienced programmers at many things though.

The cool part I think is that AI is even "softer" than current software, where you can ask it a question, argue with it, curse at it, etc...in any language and it will give an approximately apt response, especially in English where there's most data. If you've ever worked in customer support, translation, or writing, etc, having a 5-year-old polyglot bookworm assistant is still quite useful for certain things.

Hot swap sockets are the bomb, dozens of compatible switches from multiple companies. Started with browns, moved to halo trues (heavy, good for typing but bad for gaming), now Gateron reds.

Just gotta be careful installing them. The board I bought secondhand is also a hotswap model but some of the contacts were slightly bent when I received it. The switches still work, but knowing that the copper leaves are deformed worries me slightly.

https://imgur.com/a/IXZAJ3p

Hot swap is cool to experiment and upgrade. You can do stuff like use different keys for the Fn row and letters.

That being said I’ve had a couple issues. I’ve had switches pop out as well as bent pins if you aren’t careful like @Lyander mentioned

Later though this turned out to be false. I ended up being unfocused and sleepy throughout the day. I also gained a lot of weight

Yeah, carbs are tricky you probably had a crash and were fighting it, body doing big work digesting it. If i eat lots of carbs i plan for it cause i know i'm gonna be toast soon after. A bit of protein and other low carb stuff is fine.

When I was young, I lost 15 lbs. in 3 weeks by eating only plain roast chicken (no skin) and broccoli, and alternating daily between moderate free weights and walking (3 mi./hr). I have no idea if this would work for me in middle age. I definitely see the benefit to morale of starting with substantial weight loss. But there has to be a stage two for continuing with a healthy, normal diet.

One nice thing about the keyboard hobby is that a great deal of it can be enjoyed for cheap: modding material like PE foam or painter's tape is hardly a massive investment, and the changes borne thereof can be pretty substantial.

Then again, there's the whole group buy model and post-launch scalping, which just comes across as abhorrently anti-consumer. I refuse to pay $200 for plastic keycaps. What the hell.

(Granted, you can modify headphones/amps/DACs for very little money but the notion is somehow significantly more terrifying to me in the latter two's cases than messing around with a keyboard PCB for whatever reason)

My main home rig is a Daskeyboard with Cherry Red MX switches. My work KB is a Realforce from Japan. I fell deep in this rabbit hole.

Isn't' AT&T is pricey as fudge thou?

https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater If you want to remove bloat. Works great if you use the safe preset and it’s not permanent(just disabled) so if you brick it by using the more risky stuff you can just do a factory reset and it’s back to normal.

There is some nasty phone home stuff in there by default.

Marinating is definitely a good thing for them! My son wanted homemade chicken strips this weekend. Buttermilk marinade made them so tender.

It depends on the application. Breasts for frying or for sandwiches in general and thighs for everything else. That's how I roll.

Maybe I’m a weirdo and even though I know thighs are more tender, I love chicken breast more than any other part of the chicken. I will always take chicken breast first.

Masters Voice 1? About time the MDR-V6 got an update LOL (J/K)

EU MSRP is 399EUR

Would be nice to see how it compares with ETA offerings

April fool's

Forgot checking the date. Thanks!

Impressive gameplay, level designs, and narratives. Definitely GOTY-worthy, I think. I'd take it over both Dead Space (2023) and TLoU Part 1 (2022). Capcom really demonstrated how to make a remake remarkable. Great job.

I remember buying the remake of Resident Evil (1) back in 02 for Gamecube using the money from my after school part time job. Did not disappoint. I still have fond memories of playing the OG on PS1.

Glad I met him in person.. and I could also see he played with Phil orche.

Nice to meet you! Looking forward to next time

@Vtory You know why I feel audio gear is helpless in front of the massive Philly orch sound in Bruckner today.

Not all Irish whiskey is smooth, IMO. My favorite everyday whiskey is Irish, however, it is very smooth and tasty too.

I’m more the peated whisky guy, don’t like sherry casks much. I love Islay Whiskies, but my favourite peated whisky comes from a Speyside distillery: Tomintoul Peaty Tang. And it’s not even very expensive.

Been no-alcohol for about 18 years. Back in the day, there would be Jameson in the house. And saki.

Let me know which day you want. Third, fri, sat. I’ll get you the best seats. I played 5 weeks in Philly. This week was supposed to be off,but someone got Covid.

Also if you want to hear the zx707 with the Dunu before I leave Saturday, I can pass it to you and you can give it back to me post concert.

@Cellist88 Super awesome. I'll shoot you a pm shortly.

(33:30) HFM Audivina. Closed-back ortho. HE1000-like oval cup but newer drivers (as per what Jude heard from HFM)
(50:30) ZMF Atrium Closed. Presumably similar tonal balance with Atrium Open (perhaps VO-VC relationship?)
(57:50) DCA Karina. Open-back estat. Stealth-like headband/pads. AMTS.

Glad to see MFRs keep launching new products.

Closed Atrium looks the most interesting to me but I worry about too much bass in a closed headphones.

Thanks for mentioning the time stamps.

The Hifiman EF600 (new amp) also looks interesting, though I wouldn't be surprised if it underperforms, given HFM's current amp offerings.

Fancy tasting menu…I’m thinking of The Menu that I recently watched…I want a cheeseburger.