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I miss when the Decemberists were good.

Learning about the Melungeons.

If you have some designs and need to make 3d printed parts, I might be able to help.

Great album. They're a cool band too, if I remember correctly each of their albums is in a complete different genre. I'm a Trip Hop guy, so Londinium is a gem, but I think their other albums are decent as well. (just completely different) And thanks buddy

Happy autumn everybody...

Qobuz exists. Just sayin.

I will be there Saturday!

At least it's not ipodBJ

Maybe….

Anyone going to this year's? @justin @Dreadhead?

In my forever quest to make electrostatics from cheap dynamic headphones, I just got a pair of these, the Kiwi Ears something or the other: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005009234464157.html?pvid=c3232602-d097-4531-93f9-6433fea6c6ac&pdp_ext_f={"ship_from":"CN","sku_id":"12000048952692658"}&scm=1007.25281.473483.0&scm-url=1007.25281.473483.0&scm_id=1007.25281.473483.0&pdp_npi=6%40dis!USD!US %2469.99!US %2459.49!!!69.99!59.49!%402101529317631651718268540ec641!12000048952692658!gdf!IS!134806951!X!1!0!n_tag%3A-29919%3Bd%3A824946d7%3Bm03_new_user%3A-29895&mainPicRatio=1&spm=a2g0o.tm1000037862.2920499520.d0&aecmd=true They seem to be good contenders for this, dual cable entry, earpads which will work nicely for electrostatic duty and they are dirt cheap. The baffle has a row of holes around the driver face but I'd use 4 of them to mount the new drivers and the first PCB will cover up the rest. Some light glue there would help it seal better. This does mean the baffle won't have to be modified at all, just pull out the drivers (which is a pain) and I also took off the foam but it's not that difficult. I've already modified my Superlux/Beyerdynamic drivers to fit them and I'll order some PCB's up tomorrow. The only issue I can see, aside from the usual baffle woes, is the close to zero clearance to fit the mounting screws for the drivers. The earpads are on a bayonet piece and there is no distance between it and the baffle. It is possible to use counter sunk screws and just modify the baffle to fit them flush so that will be my first test. The opening is roughly 46mm and the drivers are 67mm in diameter with a 55mm opening to clear a raised part of the inside of the baffle.

I just checked them and the channel imbalance has drifted a bit but not as bad as they used to get which was completely dead. I'm not sure why they are getting worse though, could be because the coating is too thick. I could barely touch the diaphragm from fear it would rip off the ring completely. I might go in again for a second try or just design new rings to hold the diaphragms. The coating on the DIY sets seems to hold up just fine as I'm currently listening to the Senn HD600e and they are perfectly balanced. The EX-1a is a great and there are still ways around those pesky tariffs for those so inclined... In Stax related news, I just stretched my first ever SR-009 replacement diaphragms tonight. I've already redesigned the spacers a bit but we'll see if these work for a first try. New dust covers and a new way to mount the earpads too which doesn't take an hour to do. These drivers were completely shot but I'll have to wait on some o-rings and screws to work any more on this project.

Thanks! I'll have to do the same with Tidal (cancelled my Spotify subscription and renewed my Tidal near the start of the boycott). They do have an EP entitled, Retrospective II Rarities, but it's only 20 minutes. Oh hai, WB. Archive, nice. (I'm still a big fan.) And yeah, I need to listen to that Hania Rani.

Non Fiction - Piano Concerto in Four Movements by Hania Rani (2025) https://open.qobuz.com/album/xnmzga8qy8r2a Not an Example - but a mini doc: Released Yesterday. A pretty serious work. It will be interesting to see how this settles for my in the future.

For me too. The first showed the same not available in your country message.

That second link worked.

That looks like some decent info, I'll check it out. Ordered the Mustache XL combo pack (black and colour) from 123ink.ca Came to just under $50, but getting rid of the $8 shipping only needed $12 more, so got myself a 25ft Cat5E cable, some electrical tape, and a sewing measuring tape to round it out at around $55 with free shipping. The Cat5E cable will allow me to connect my computer wired to the high speed port, which should be a little more reliable for streaming.

Mine's been working fine with daily use, but this is not encouraging. At least it's cheap enough that if it fails I can just get another one. I would have replaced it with the EX-1a but I just don't want to pay orange man his tariffs.

Apropos: EDIT: Also

I can't play the embedded version, nor know what this is, but in case others can play on YT... youtu.be/9gJq_BMVY7I?si=her4S2d9uLJj9v2e youtube.com/watch?v=ABZT8IoL2dg

Not available in mine either.

Happy belated birthday!

Just ordered that Mustache toner from 123ink, so I'll let you know how it is.