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RIP Alfred vinyl

https://www.vice.com/en/article/leica-launches-its-first-35mm-film/ 10$ a roll... I'm sure someone here won't buy 510 rolls, use 2-3, hold on to a few for display, and then wait til they're not being sold and sell them for 50-100$/roll in a few years.

What do you think causes the double resonance in the mids though? I may be the odd man out here cause I don't see too many others complain about it but to me it is very audible in the 2.5 and later models, but less so in the mk1.

It's funny how Stax have never managed to get the earpad mounting right, 009 system is just stupid, the L series even worse plus the pads turn to goo in 5 years. The old adhesive did last when the more modern stuff didn't and leaks all over the place The 007 pads are a pain to install (especially the new replacement units which are badly made and 5x the old price) but I like the spring idea to optimize imaging for different head sizes/shapes

Interesting, but I also expect crappy tuning and 2x the price. Hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised. They need to revise the pad mounting mechanism too, I'm not an expert here but the spring in the middle of the driver thing seems stupid and I'm guessing that's where the resonances in the mids in the old version come from.

Corporate media is a bit like fast food. In small quantities it won't hurt you, but if that's all you eat, you're gonna get very sick very quickly. By the same token, if it's all you watch, you're gonna end up with a very distorted worldview. Keep in mind though that other people's corporate news doesn't exactly contain less bs and propaganda than ours, it's just different bs and propaganda. You kinda have to cross-check, fact-check, and put two and two together, and then you might end up with something resembling an accurate view. Or not, it's honestly hard these days. I don't think the US public will tolerate boots on the ground in Iran, but Washington is certainly salivating at the thought of bombing them back into the stone age, and is more than happy to let Bibi do the dirty work. Iran is both weak and vulnerable, and the mental image of Hamas getting their hands on a nuke is all the justification they need. At the same time, the mullahs have certainly learned the Libya lesson, nukes are their lifeline and they're gonna try their best to hang onto it, any and all negotiations for them are simply a way to buy more time. It'll be ugly, but probably not as ugly as our worst fears make it. And Iran is not exactly popular in Sunni countries either. (In before eating my words in 3... 2...)

Cheers! Happy birthday Kerry

Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Kerry!

Happy Birthday Kerry!

Happy Birthday Kerry!

Which is a 2-hr follow-up to the amazing 3-hr piece on tariffs in the computer hardware industry below: This piece was big and eye-opening enough that Bloomberg picked it up and brought Steve from GN (aka Tech Jesus) onto their podcast: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-07/the-tariff-buzzsaw-is-coming-for-hardcore-gamers

That is very plausible as they pretty much have to come up with a new name. The price will probably double so it is terrible PR to make a Mk3 that is 300k+Yen. My fear is that they will use the bloody PEEK membranes so all the issues that come with those.

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday, Kerry! (party favour noise) 🥳

Welcome to the Great Awakening and what many outside the US/NATO controlled info bubble have been preaching for a long time. Once you've spent some time seeing the world from outside the Western media bubble you'll see that it's very different than the filtered view we get from our corporate overlords. I think you'll enjoy the journey, just be prepared to have a lot of long-held myths and preconceptions shattered.

Happy birthday, Kerry!

Happy (belated) Birthday, Kerry!! I wish you had an awesome one.

By the look of the headband, I'm guessing they might call it SR-X7000.

Really hoping that they keep with a similar sound signature as the better versions of the prior one. 🍿

Belated Happy Birthday! Hope it was great!

Looks like the new 007 is inbound, here is the logo for the Fujiya Avic show in July: and Stax just dropped this: New headband with swivel function but the top of the 007 mounting plate there.

Χρόνια Πολλά, Kerry!

Happy Birthday, Kerry!