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Well, I'm not inclined to shower text, but I was able to respond to texts and make calls from my phone while walking all around a not-small building at work today without having my phone on me (as long as there is wi-fi, you're connected). This is huge for me as I have to have my work phone with me at all times, but since women's clothing doesn't really have the same pocket space as men's, I'm always carrying/setting down/leaving/almost losing my phone. To keep my phone at my desk while elsewhere is a great benefit I wasn't even thinking of until I could do it.

And now another awesome disc I got from Sammich!

Not as strong, will not make soup, but I find for smoothies it is actually better as the blades go all the way up the pitcher. I actually bought a Vitamix for the office but ended up dedicating it to the bar at the house so bought this as fill in.

Yeah that's part of why I said don't bother trying to look for a Spectral, it sounds great but ti's kind of a high-maintenance affair at the end of the day. The power brick gets uncomfortably hot, I ended up taking the PSU out of its case and laying a heatsink on top with some random interface material. There's a fan inside the DAC that maintains uniform temperature between the digital input and the DAC + analog output, but the entire thing still gets too hot. I think they were trying to keep the entire unit hermetically sealed, to maintain control over the internal air currents. After a few weeks I noticed that the faceplate was sitting slightly crooked. At that point it was already too late and now I have 4 hardened puddles of silicone on my glass rack. Anyone know how to clean that kind of stuff? I haven't figured out a chemical solution yet and my last resort is to put the BHSE underneath and scrape off the resultant mess of goo. -------------- In other news, the Yggdrasil continues to be an enjoyable listen. The way it depicts the soundstage is really interesting and addictive. Because of the architectural similarity to the SDR I'm personally attributing most of its character to the filter, but who knows. Looking forward to actively comparing it to the Segue, hopefully tonight. At the risk of sounding shilly, it's worth taking advantage of their 15 day trial once they get production under control. The effects will be noticeable even if you don't subject it to 700 years of burn-in/uptime. Supposedly they also run them for 72 hours before shipping out

This DAC has interested me enough to demo it, so I placed an order. I haven't had too many DACs in house, mostly show listening, but I have never heard anything that is better than the APL NWO-M I have. And the Sonic Studio LIO-8 is not far behind the APL. It seems most of the people at HF ogling over this DAC have very minimal experience with high-end stuff, so sure it sounds great. But, it is being compared favorably to MSB at this point, and their stuff is quite nice. While the juvenile name stuff is off-putting for me (i totally understand the marketing genius), the attitude and science of the developers is quite refreshing.

Got a Ninja Professional blender for the office so hopefully will be more participative in this thread. I have been doing a lot of smoothies at home, but they have been boring so never bothered posting. Hopefully people will bring in some interesting stuff for our office Smoothie Bar.

dinny's team made the finals last year, it's our turn

Drinking too much beer at NBA games may be hazardous. This guy was on his way for a beer refill until that happened.

What is this NBA you speak of and where is their brewery?

One of my favorites from the current Hi Res collection.

RIP Marie. A little late to this one but I shall toast her tonight.

This. RIP, sweet lady.

She sounds like someone I would really have enjoyed meeting. R.I.P. Marie.

Another super cute movie is "History of Future Folk". About aliens who come to earth to destroy it, but hear music for the first time and fall in love with it, and start a bluegrass duo instead. Just insanely adorable from beginning to end.