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Happy 91st Birthday Arvo. Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa by Gidon Kremer, Keith Jerrett (1984) https://open.qobuz.com/album/0002894812099 Example: Learning more about Pärt... Like Glass above, I do like me some Minimalism.

Early Lambdas seem to last forever but anything made after 1990 has issues. Some are major, some are minor but still there. The X9000 has all the issues of the 009 and 009S so it's more of the same really.

I have successfully gotten DeaDBeeF to scrobble played tracks to last.fm on OS X Catalina. This is more difficult than it sounds. I ended up asking three different AIs (Gemini, Clod and uh duck.ai) for help with the problem. Each one gave me a different answer that did not match my experience. Finally I solved the issue by downloading a new copy of the DeaDBeeF binary from a different site. That was it. "Downgrading" from W11 to OS X 10.15 has been a series of hoop jumping. The Goog full stop doesn't support such an old OS, so no Chrome (BFD) or Drive (kind of a BD.) Password management can be a headache. The Intel-based Mini is comically energy inefficient Even at idle, the case is significantly hot to the touch. Conversely, the Minisforum UM350 (visible in the background right, struggling to download a W11 update) has a mobile Ryzen 5 3550H in it and could probably run off a 9V battery. One major upside is that the System Preferences panel on Catalina is the old style one with big icons and a sensible layout, not the horrible new "mobile" one with which current versions of OS X are saddled. You know, because the Mini is a computer. Not a "device."

Incoming Sony post. A stack of 90s. There is an entire subculture built around vintage Sony kit, for some odd reason. A lousy photo of some great ES. A clever redditor took a Sony ST-80F tuner and installed a Raspberry Pi (when they weren't $300), HifiBerry DAC+ Pro, and screen. He made his own UI for the round display shape. Similarly, this guy modified an ES tuner with a Raspberry Pi, OLED display and rotary encoder. Also, look at that goddamn ES tape deck. I would [Note from Legal: REDACTED.] to own one of those.

Which Stax models were build to last a lifetime in your expertise? Would you say X9000 is the most failure prone one currently?

Jiminy, over 21 hours on Tidal! Music on TIDALBill Evans - The Complete Bill Evans On VerveListen to The Complete Bill Evans On Verve on TIDAL

Dang, I guess I do need that $5k trump check...

I think Apple's philosophy is price them so high, people will buy them.

Goddamn. Iron Maiden played Boston last night. For ...over 45 years, they have been consistently one of the best if not the best live shows in all of metal. I follow them on FB, like an unc (as the kids say.) They posted these photos: Wish I could have gone. Paradoxically, but unsurprisingly, it's much, much easier to get to BOS from W.Mass than it is from MV.

I think people would buy them if they were cheap.

My thoughts Trying to spend less time on the phone I want one

I don’t think it sticks into the market beyond a bunch of users getting it for showing off their status. Wait…🤔🥸

Blue Velvet by Angelo Badalamenti (1986) https://open.qobuz.com/album/xhpv607rwq6ra Example: Should watch it again someday...

I have an iPad Pro. Multitasking on it sucks. I don’t see how this makes it better. My understanding is that foldable devices up to this point have been sales flops. Maybe this turns the category around. Apple thought they could turn around VR and that doesn’t seem to have gone to plan so who knows.

Yoshi

Android Foldable User Reacts to Apple's Foldable iPhone Duo

A good friend of mine mained a Samsung Galaxy Fold for years. He said it kept him from needing to replace his laptop (which died) for quite some time. There were a bunch of obvious and not so obvious limitations. Case selection was a big one at first. Also, some apps just don't play nice on the big screen. Linus of Tech Squeaks ran a newer Fold for a while and he said the same thing. Of course, AAPL has clout with app makers that not even Samsung can muster. I'll be a bunch of developers will make it a point to update their app for the iFold here. I would never buy one (I hate smrt phnes and view them as a necessary evil at best) but I will watch how the saga of Apple's last geegaw, ahem, unfolds.

Unsurprisingly, I am so in for this.

Phideaux, AutoMoto Animus decent prog with a horrible AI generated cover Steves Hackett & Rothery, The Roaring Waves two amazing rock guitarists make an album of tasty rock guitar music Interpol, This Mirror Weighs a Ton post-punkers post post-punk

Short Form Long Form $2K to $3.2K or lease .. https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-iphone/iphone-duo EDIT: Medium Form

Apple unveils iPhone Duo.

Philip Glass: Solo Piano by Philip Glass (1993) https://open.qobuz.com/album/0074644557626 Example: Just remembering why I like Philip so much.

That absolutely made my day!

I haven't found ones I really like, I settled on some pads off Aliexpress that arrived incorrectly so I'm not sure what listing would link to them. They are 105mm and perforated on the inside which isn't ideal but seem to work okey.