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I know exactly what you mean. It is a trap for sure, but simplifying it this way can be a slippery slope also. For example, saying Paganini or Art Tatem are bad musicians because they go for technical difficulty and speed would seem odd. But they are exactly the same. The list would clearly go on. Buckethead offers both, super crazy riffing and whole albums with soulful rhythms and melodies without a single speed riff. Anyway, I think I agree with your general point, but I do think all of the above are great musicians. I think Yngwei Malmsteen sucks and would be a shining example of your point, however.

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Well, Dream Theater seems to me more focused on their instrumental skills than on the music itself. I feel the same when I listen to Steve Vai, Joe Satriani... I hope no one takes this badly but IMO they are great "instrumentalists" (I'm not sure if this word exists in English) but they seem very "poor" musicians.

Got the machine back yesterday. It took nearly 13 hours to restore my data from the Time Machine backup. I'm slowly getting apps up and running. Oddly, Traktor didn't want to re-registers. Less fortunately, Nord VPN doesn't work at ALL now. The client flat out refuses to log in. I'm going to investigate that further tonight. Weirdly, I spent longer in the Apple Store picking up my laptop than I spent dropping it off. I did have some time to peruse the peripherals they sold. The thing that impressed me most was this thing: CalDigit TS2 Plus. It's over $300 on AMZN, but only $250 in the Apple Store. It powers the laptop and provides a really thorough hub, via one connector. I don't even have a USBC equipped machine, and I kind of want one.

New live album from Neil of a 1973 show in Alabama. Good stuff.

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Excellent article from the NY Times Magazine about the terrible loss that occurred from the 2008 Universal Studios fire. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/magazine/universal-fire-master-recordings.html

/morning metal/ Un - Sentiment this is exceptional doom.

I took the AC filament directly off the windings of the Antek transformers for the BH and GG. And yes, B+, B-, bias and +/- 15V for the JFET front end (I use +/- 18V) are all you need for Carbon. Add filament supply for GG and BH. Plus supply for the HV delay if you decide to implement it (I recommend you do).

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Bryan, it's just FOTM...or in your case, decade ?

Everything should be offered in all black as an option.

not going to create a new thread... figured i'd drop some simple thoughts on the Focal Elex that arrived last week. i decided to grab these after reading ample comparisons to Sennheiser and the notion that these are more energetic with better low-end with some semblance of HD580/600/650 balance. my 580's have sounded so good out of gilmore lite mk2 that this intrigued me. all of the below is my direct thoughts vs. HD580. treble is not as lush/obvious and vocals are slightly recessed... i think it's because of the slight upper-mid dip or whatever the fuck that people have measured on both Elear and Elex bass is drastically better in every regard (quantity, detail) imaging/positioning is a fair bit better and soundstage is wider but not much deeper ^because of all of the above, i think i find these slightly easier to listen with across all genres... read a lot of stupid comments that Focal isn't great for electronic which i could not disagree with more. and much better with rock/metal because of the better low end and tweaked treble. they're not bright and they're not fatiguing. couple other things... fit is good, takes 45 minutes or so before i get a hotspot from the headband because of the weight but no biggie. and these have probably the best finish i've ever experienced on any headphone. ever. i cannot make a single critique of the build quality and anyone who does is a bitch. also all black, murda'd-out headphones are dope. @Dusty Chalk #amirite that's all she fucking wrote. these are the first comments i've typed up for a headphone in nearly 10 years so they must have made some kind of impression.

Magnum’s Square Print Sale is on for the next few days. Shows up a couple times a year and good to check out if you like the Magnum photographers. I picked up a couple prints the last two rounds. https://shop.magnumphotos.com/

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...and this is why I can't find a good point and shoot. Currently looking for a clean used PowerShot S120, which came out in 2013.

5/8 Democrats were present and the ones missing were: Eric Swalwell Sylvia Garcia Victoria Escobar 2/6 Republicans were present and the ones missing were: Louie Gohmert Jim Jordan Guy Reschenthaler Kelly Armstrong

Fucking....ugh.....