Lyander
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Lyander

Official SBAF Equitable Empathizer, Male, 31, from Philippines, The

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Thinking about it, no duh, but I feel power delivery doesn't matter as much for BA IEMs as DD. None of the usual improvements IME. Mar 26, 2024 at 8:17 PM

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    1. Lyander
      Lyander
      To everyone recovering from hangovers, I am with you in spirit. Just no more actual spirits please, urgh. Hah, may 2019 be great for all.
    2. Lyander
      Lyander
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      3. Cryptowolf
        Cryptowolf
        Nib rust, I thought I was the only one on SBAF who suffered from this wasting disease. :)
        Dec 28, 2018
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      4. Lyander
        Lyander
        @Cryptowolf haha, hardly! I sometimes feel like I'm the only one necroing the penmanship and pen threads :P

        But yeah, out of practise. Just felt like doing something a bit special for friends and making cards from the ground up, but I ended up going store bought + penned messages inside; I'm still very much dissatisfied with my Engrosser's and flourishes.
        Dec 28, 2018
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      5. Cryptowolf
        Cryptowolf
        My penmenship has been likened to unintentional encryption. :)

        I admire your efforts. The closest I get to fine handwriting is a stub nib on a few of my fountain pens. It brings me joy, and I suppose that's all that matters.
        Jan 1, 2019
    3. Lyander
      Lyander
      The best part of the holidays is the entire family wanting to show off their cooking, turning a 2-person kitchen into a warzone.
      1. Deep Funk
        Deep Funk
        Whoever brings the hottest pepper wins. If you are on a budget, bring bags of wasabi. Should stop at least half of the people to enter.
        Dec 23, 2018
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      2. Lyander
        Lyander
        @Deep Funk Sadly not everyone cares much for spicy food, I tap out at a spoonful of cayenne myself, haha. Mind, I have no issue with people working on filling a huge-ass table with great food :))
        Dec 25, 2018
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    4. Lyander
      Lyander
      Opacities found in one lung. Well f**k. This kind of nervosa is justified right?
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      2. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        I LOVE major chest surgery. I came round from the anesthetic not coughing, for the first time in five years and I've been reasonably unfit ever since. Game changer. Life mender.

        These things are not necessarily harbingers of doom. Lots of stuff can be fixed. Even including the stuff that they don't even know what it is until they cut into it.
        Dec 19, 2018
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      3. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        So, folks... stuff on x-rays, CT scans, etc... it can be the first step to cure.

        But @Lyer25, it sucks that you went through fear and worry over a false positive. I remember a medical lab which said on the door, "We aim for accuracy." I wouldn't go there: simply aiming for it is not enough!
        Dec 19, 2018
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      4. Lyander
        Lyander
        @thad yeah, better to catch it and work towards a fix than blithely ignore it. No use covering ears when people are talking sense.

        Still, I'm honestly still angry at the clinic. Not because I was inconvenienced, accidents do happen, but because this is apparently commonplace and I can't imagine how much grief and money this must have cost people in all. The hell they haven't sorted this out yet.
        Dec 19, 2018
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    5. Lyander
      Lyander
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      2. Jinxy245
        Jinxy245
        Tho original wasn't bad...I haven't heard them with the current pads. That is assuming 'in phase' though' lol. Hope you enjoy them, impressions please!
        Dec 12, 2018
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      3. Poleepkwa
        Poleepkwa
        I liked the originals with the small pads. New pads was way too boomy ( I had 3 iterations of the pads)
        Dec 12, 2018
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      4. Jinxy245
        Jinxy245
        You can pad roll at least...IIRC the AT M40/50 pads come reasonably close sound wise with the Neo...I imagine they'd work on the Classic as well.
        Dec 12, 2018
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    6. Lyander
      Lyander
      PSA/note to self: even your own dog will bite you in the thigh if you get between them and a female in heat.
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        Yup, thanks @EraserXIV! I'm keeping close tabs on it just in case. I'd really rather not die by dachshund, thanks very much :P
        Dec 9, 2018
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      4. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        I would say rabies, but, I suppose it's your dog and you /know/ it's healthy.

        Hope you are not too sore.
        Dec 9, 2018
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      5. Lyander
        Lyander
        Thanks! Just some bruising and scabs, nothing to write home about. And yup, just as glad that it wasn't a /stray/ dachshund. That'd have been mortifying XD
        Dec 9, 2018
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    7. Lyander
      Lyander
      Potentially dumb question, will storing music on a microSD and playing music off it count against read/write cycle limits?
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      3. JustAnotherRando
        JustAnotherRando
        Diskpart off memory:
        Diskpart (run from a command window with admin rights)
        > List disk (figure out which # is the SD card X)
        > Select disk X
        > List disk (to confirm you're now on the right device, look for the *)
        > List part
        > Select part 1
        > Delete part
        Do the last two steps for all partitions on the SD card.

        If you forget to select disk as the SD card, you'll end up wiping your OS partition.
        Dec 5, 2018
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      4. Lyander
        Lyander
        Thanks! Diskpart was the very first thing I tried, didn't help, so I'm guessing this really is beyond salvation.

        And don't worry, my computer survived:))
        Dec 5, 2018
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      5. Lyander
        Lyander
        quick update: Okay, so any attempts to format, write to, or delete data off the disk has failed, but I can still read off it so I guess I can just plug this into my PC and save my HDD the wear? Hah.
        Dec 5, 2018
    8. Lyander
      Lyander
      Spotify Extreme OGG is like Google Photos's free storage; not lossless by any means, but for lossy you can't really complain.
      1. Lyander
        Lyander
        On that note I'm being paranoid and storing about 6,000 phone photos taken since 2010 to GPhotos because I've had a couple drives and SD cards crap out and that worries me.
        Dec 2, 2018
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      2. OldDude04
        OldDude04
        Always backup your backup.
        Dec 2, 2018
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        Yup! Video games and others are low priority since I can just get em off Steam or GOG again or whatever, but photos are one-offs. Lost every single phone photo I'd taken in high school when my old desktop died back in 2008 or so, been careful about preserving memories since then. *shudder*
        Dec 2, 2018
    9. Lyander
      Lyander
      Got everyone in my family hooked on VR . Excuse to push them to get a PS4 eventually, bwahaha! (But really, Samsung's VR isn't too shabby)
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        I'm a PlayStation/Sony fanboy myself (ergo super critical of their headphones, haha), but I'm usually late to upgrade consoles for a variety of reasons. Still on PS3 for now, but at least there are loads of games I haven't played yet :))

        Now flight sims are one thing but when the heck are we getting decent, Armored Core or Gundam-level fights in VR?
        Nov 30, 2018
      4. Lyander
        Lyander
        Looks cool! Dated graphics certainly, but I've always had a thing for blocky polygons in flight sims. Something retro-cool about em, haha. Granted, realism is nice and all but there are loads of games that are perfectly amazing even with shite aesthetics.
        Nov 30, 2018
      5. bengo
        bengo
        Falcon gfx were shite even by 1989 standards. 3D on an 8MHz cpu was always going to be underwhelming, my personal favourites on Atari were Interphase and Starglider 1 (particularly the latter for its beautiful use of wireframe).
        Nov 30, 2018
    10. Lyander
      Lyander
      For the love of f**k, do NOT enter transactions with people who don't have proven track records!
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      3. Cspirou
        Cspirou
        Nov 28, 2018
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      4. Cspirou
        Cspirou
        My suspicion is that he tried to sand off the engraving to sell off that item too.
        Nov 28, 2018
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      5. Lyander
        Lyander
        It's pens. Y joined the group a few years after I did and someone gave him a few pens to work on after he claimed to be able to restore them and because he was a newbie. X was being nice. Yeah, people are thinking the same re why the engraving was sanded off.

        Humans piss me off sometimes.

        Hah, at least the fresco look like it took some effort to redo. This was just...
        Nov 28, 2018
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    11. Lyander
      Lyander
      Micro iDSD is great for transportable use but the IEMatch switch keeps crapping out. Had to have it serviced twice now :/
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      2. OldDude04
        OldDude04
        I sold my Micro iDSD for similar reasons. I loved the amp itself, but the switches on the bottom caused issues.
        Nov 26, 2018
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        The DAC section is no slouch either, but that's preference talking (also I preferred the Bifrost which is in the same price bracket, haha).

        I will likely have it repaired then get something like a Fulla 2 for an AIO I can take around. Dragonfly also a candidate, but having a big ol knob makes for a compelling argument :))
        Nov 26, 2018
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      4. Biodegraded
        Biodegraded
        There's also the Nano BL - more expensive than the Fulla or Dragonfly but has iEMatch, which comes from a second output socket rather than via a switch. And it has a big knob :)
        Nov 26, 2018
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    12. Lyander
      Lyander
      One UI seems to fix TouchWiz. Back to Samsung for the first time since the original Galaxy S it is. Also, hallelujah it has a 3.5mm jack.
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        HAH! I will concede OGG gets close (to my ears), but yeah there's no replacing lossless codecs.

        As for f2k, I still love it but am sorely tempted to buy JRMC after my trial expires. Sigh, SQ aside it's just a lot nicer to use XD
        Nov 23, 2018
      4. LetMeBeFrank
        LetMeBeFrank
        Install the DarkOne4Mod V1 skin by Tedgo on deviantart. Incredible skin and makes F2K so much easier to use.
        Nov 23, 2018
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      5. Lyander
        Lyander
        I will admit I first thought we were talking about phone UI overlays and was about to rebut saying One UI looked hella good, then I saw f2k and decided I'd check that out after all :))

        Thanks!
        Nov 23, 2018
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      2. Lyander
        Lyander
        2. Original comment before edit was "apparently even people on reddit hate my writing style :((", but above was more interesting. Also, usual Kickstarter caveats apply
        Nov 20, 2018
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      2. Lyander
        Lyander
        Do note that I've never once claimed to have good taste in music. Also this brings me right back to high school so I'm kinda on the fence about that.
        Nov 15, 2018
    15. Lyander
      Lyander
      Totally random, anyone want to weigh in on Samsung Gear VR v. Google Daydream for gaming? Cable quality on each also a valid topic :P
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      2. Lyander
        Lyander
        @zerodeefex Haha, that makes sense. Got to try a Vive in store some time ago and that's what got me hooked on VR. Still working towards a PC that can handle it, but it's in the pipeline.

        On that note kinda sucks I have to go grey market for the Pixel (top contender; that camera!), but that comes with the territory I guess.
        Nov 15, 2018
      3. FallingObjects
        FallingObjects
        It wouldn't be a bad idea to try them both on in a store and see if one is more comfortable to wear.
        Nov 15, 2018
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      4. Lyander
        Lyander
        @FallingObjects That's the plan, but it's harder to track down the Daydream than I expected. I'm optimistic about finding one in a mall where there's loads of grey market stuff, but I... have had bad luck "losing" things in crowds there, haha.
        Nov 15, 2018
    16. Lyander
      Lyander
      Phone giving up the ghost, considering a Nokia 7.1 when it comes out. Anyone have any other midrange suggestions?
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      2. Lyander
        Lyander
        @Thad E Ginathom That's exactly what's wrong with my mobile, actually. The battery on my Z Play barely lasts half a day of modest use after two years and change. Makes me wonder where Moto gets their batteries made.
        Nov 11, 2018
      3. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        It is not the two years I mind so much as the not-customer-replaceable. I just want to be able to easily buy a new one.

        Being fair to my X-Play: it had dropped from over 36 hours of battery life to having to charge it every night. It still got through most days. It was still as good as any other phone I had.
        Nov 12, 2018
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      4. Lyander
        Lyander
        Ahh yeah, user-replaceable batteries need to make a comeback. The one on my Moto lasted 36 easily with moderate use, which makes its current state stand out all the more. Lenovo makes a good phone, and the gesture controls on the Moto are among the better I've had the pleasure of using.
        Nov 12, 2018
    17. Lyander
      Lyander
      Dropped my nice headphones on a dumbbell that rolled by my bed. I'M a f'ing dumbbell GDI.
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      2. Soups
        Soups
        Definitely. Don't want to become Sedentary Blubbery Alone Fatties
        Nov 7, 2018
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        Ohhhh hell to the yes. I was there at one point, would rather not make a return visit :))
        Nov 7, 2018
      4. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        Sedentary is good!
        Nov 8, 2018
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    18. Lyander
      Lyander
      Internet upgrade done! 3Mbps max to ~50Mbps, though it occasionally craps out. I can actually do online games now T_T
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      2. JustAnotherRando
        JustAnotherRando
        @Taverius does cable run underground in Venice? If it does, strikes me that they'd have a better excuse than most other places for internet problems.
        Nov 6, 2018
      3. Taverius
        Taverius
        @JustAnotherRando Some does I'm sure, it also runs beside the houses etc. Its just all old copper so regardless you can imagine how well its doing in the sea air.

        And with the population down to 20% of what it was, not much incentive to bring fiber to somewhere so difficult.
        Nov 6, 2018
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      4. Thad E Ginathom
        Thad E Ginathom
        I'm happy to know that you upgraded the internet, although... it doesn't seem any better here.
        Nov 7, 2018
    19. Lyander
      Lyander
      Destiny 2 is free to download through 18 Nov on PC (no Mac though?). 80GB download, holy poop: https://bit.ly/2DijN9V
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      3. Lyander
        Lyander
        @Poleepkwa That's why I posted this, haha. Might as well milk it for all it's worth :P
        Nov 3, 2018
      4. Taverius
        Taverius
        @Lyer25 many streamers and youtubers play both so I've seen quite a lot of it. Like a whooooole lot.

        If I didn't play either I might be tempted but I'm already invested 1k+ hr into warframe, and there's not really enough time in a week to play both.
        Nov 3, 2018
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      5. Lyander
        Lyander
        Ah, better stick with what's already near to the heart then (same with audio gear? haha). My girlfriend occasionally streams games and has a lot of hours into Overwatch so I've certainly seen enough of the game to know I'd enjoy it were I any good with FPS. She's on For Honor now though, impressions pending.
        Nov 3, 2018
    20. Lyander
      Lyander
      This is the time of year where I'm sick for a month straight. My ears are absolutely borked to kingdom come
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      2. Lyander
        Lyander
        I can move around, just that I've developed a hacking cough that doubles me over if I bend my body in such a way that stresses out the itchy bits.

        Not the worst I've felt so I'm in good enough humour, but I honestly can't breathe through my nose just now.
        Nov 2, 2018
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      3. DigMe
        DigMe
        If that cough is in your chest and it's that bad and if you feel really bad you may want to check in with a doc and make sure you don't have pneumonia or something.
        Nov 3, 2018
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      4. Lyander
        Lyander
        @DigMe Sorry, kinda forgot to reply. Feeling better, though sinuses are still flooded and there's an irritating itch somewhere behind where my collarbones meet. Blargh.
        Nov 4, 2018
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    Mar 8, 1993 (Age: 31)
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