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RIP Robert “Bobby” Caskin Prince lll, 1945-2026. In addition to being a Vietnam war vet and lawyer, Bobby is best known as the composer of the music for Wolfenstein 3D, Doom I, Doom II, Duke Nukem 3D, and a whole shit-ton of other games. 1

ElevenHifi is a Rega dealer...

Novato is Rocking The Block With Mercy and The Heartbeats

I love my P3. It was a great turntable out of the box but the Neo PSU was a pretty significant upgrade and the RS P3 comes with that so I would have bought that if it was available. IMO the P3 is pretty untouchable at its price point so I do not see a comparable unit being better than the P3 RS within a reasonable price differential.

I’m looking to upgrade my Rega p 1 and was looking at the P3 RS. Is there anything else in that ballpark that is better?

Twofer (or twoFUR) today. ZeosPantera is a guy who wears a GoPro, yaps at great length and ostensibly review headphones gear. It is my understanding that he is somewhat well known on that other site. I have watched his videos on and off for years. I don't think I've ever made a product purchase based on Zeos's reviews, but his content makes good "second monitor" entertainment when I'm doing something else. Zeos is know for a few things, he's got the gift of gab (45 minute video rambling on about a DAC/amp combo), his absolutely cringe taste in anime waifu art, and his various cats that make cameos in his videos. For years he had a small gray cat named Drake that is one of the mouthiest creatures I've ever heard. His persistent, insistent meowing is the stuff of legend. I happened to be checking Xitter (not something I normally do) and saw that Zeos had posted this: Very sad. His videos won't be the same without the Chorus of Drake. I'm not sure if YT deep links work on HC. The timestamp I used includes an earful of Drake.

This is a bit of an obscure one, but still significant. RIP Mickey Mann. Via the official Orbital FB page: I first head Pressure of Speech's "X-Beats" in a DJ mix, sometime in the mid 90s. At that point there was no Discogs, no P2P, and remarkably little info online. In 2002, I asked about it in the techno room on the then-new Soulseek. One of the UK denizens said "Oh, that's the sound engineer for Orbital." Some time later, I paid $25 on eBay for the 12" (a lunatic price for the time.) I was mortified to learn that the remix I liked so much was NOT on the 12". Eventually I got my hands on the Phase 1 CD an deduced that the track that moved me so much in 1995 or so was any version of X-Beats, but in fact "Elone," specifically the Pressure of Speech 12" Version. Elone got mislabeled as X-Beats on a number of compilations and bootlegs in the 90s. As much as I tend to romanticize that decade, especially compared to the oligarch-driven, AI-generated hellscape in which we now reside, I do grant that it was a right royal PITA to be into obscure electronic music in the dialup era. It is a moody, timeless classic to this very day. Times like these makes me wish my radio station was still going, so I could build a set around it. More on that later. Much later.

For the same money, you can buy a Steinway grand piano that will play itself.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqj14q700rko Jeremy Clarkson reveals prostate cancer diagnosis on farming show

Going back a bit.

So Ignorance² is bliss²?

I always forget how squeamish heteros can be.

I do like Bocote wood, but I'll pass.

In this case, you don't know how wise you are.

RIP Daveigh Chase, 'The Ring' and 'Lilo and Stitch' star, dead at 35(!)

For certain topics I apply the saying "Ignorance is bliss" 🫣

I made a fusion Pad Thai / Mapo Tofu thing yesterday with Tofu, ground turkey, and noodles. I need to work up to the recipe I recently acquired (didn't have any Doubanjiang -- Chili Bean Sauce) and maybe make it more heart healthy, but I'm getting there. It was delicious.

Audio Technica makes a $108,000 headphone amp. The selector switches are unlabeled, so there's a handy wedge-shaped guide that sits below the amp. That is certainly a design decision.

But you're European, it could be important!

I don't want to know what it's about....

Andrew and I went for less-prep, faster-cook pizza for dinner tonight. Still working on my launching, but getting a bit more reliable.

But that information could be valuable! 😝

Says the man who explained "docking" to us.

I can always count on you for more information than I ever wanted to know.