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Parenthood. "The sub was rattling."

Hey all, as a follow-up on my posts, Aumkar and team sent me a new headband assembly; just received today and it looks much nicer!

Seems like a good day to start a biography of Pliny the Elder and Younger that Claire got for me at Christmas.

The bolt was OK, the wire though was broken. Maybe the bolt damage the wire when it was tightened. Anyhow I got the opportunity to see how the RR 1 is built. I also disassembled the driver unit. Spacers seem to be about 1.3 mm thick and the sound when knocking the diaphragm it sounded about right. And yes, everything is easily accessible, except the pads maybe. Bottom line: I like the design. P.S. As the original pads were removed I took a pair of 007 pads

Talking heads and Wham! - it is the music that makes the system...

Younger 2020 with Stretch and TMoney. First time in Windsor. In the first wave, happily.

The above makes me want to watch this ...

Aoki studio

Friend of mine just picked up a $7,000 door stop.

Just for perspective, every time you walk across a carpet on a dry day, and touch your hand to a doorknob getting a little electric shock you are discharging a kilovolt or two of static electricity. .

Stoned Meadows of Doom (YouTube channel) gave me Subrosa, More Constant than the Gods, but there were so many commercials that I switched to Tidal. That led to Messa, Feast for Water (also excellent), which led to Windhand, Eternal Return (also excellent), so I’ve been a happy randoom boy today. RIYL Chelsea Wolfe, doomy metal, female vocals, goth, death rock.

Yeah, it's really nice! I think many people got put off by the advertising which made it look like a Stranger Things wannabe. The picture is superb and the OST is more than great.

Remember this? I re-watched it for the first time in years. I was fine until the crane. Then I was palms sweaty, mom's spaghetti.

I don't need a 7.1 MacPro! I don't need a 7.1 MacPro! I don't...

I started using a restoration software suite called iZotope Rx to edit audio about 10 years ago. It was a real boom since it was so much cheaper than Cedar which had been the standard up till then. The first few years I hacked the crap out of a lot of poor defenseless recordings but eventually I learned that just because you can, it doesn't mean you should! In the end, it's all about serving the music.

Removed head band and it looks like this. I suspect it will break, probably sooner than later, so I took some of my wife’s elastic band and replaced the original band. I’m using same elastic band with my two kitchen made headphones and I’ve found the elastics quite comfortable.

There have been great improvements with audio repair tools and they are applied as new releases are distributed. Recent releases of older recording such as the latest Mercury Living Presence are a great example of them. https://www.plangentprocesses.com/ For recording of historical importance, there is always the question of how far changes should be taken. For the archiving and re-release of 78 lp's, there are different levels of restoration that fans choose depending on what they believe is appropriate.

I thought there were a bunch of software tools available to repair old recordings (e.g., remove noise, hiss, pops, etc.), both commercial and for home users. The Zenph re-performance company found a method to "re-perform" recordings in unrecoverable states of repair, but there hasn't been anything new from them for a few years.

Interesting work

Pioneer in all its glory

What is better than Garfield? The joy of catching up to almost 11 years' worth of brilliant short animations. What a labor of love. Off to the Vet – Simon's Cat

Thanks everyone. I did in fact enjoy buying myself tons of gifts. Nice change up from the normal days when I just buy myself tons of stuff.

I wonder if 7 was pre or post authorship of “Satisfaction: The Art of the Female Orgasm”

Have a great one Jeff! Cheers!

Got to see Sarah McLachlan for the first time tonight. Such a great concert.

Aww, cute! Here are my kitties. They are about 6 months old - we got them in November. They are super loving.

Amazing looking breads. Congrats on the new biz, Mikey. My diet would suffer immensely if I lived nearby. I'm a sucker for sourdough. Droooooooooooool.....

some new(ish) stuff that's been on repeat for me: Mizmor - Cairn Chrch - Light Will Consume Us All Vanum - Ageless Fire Vukari - Aevum Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race general theme of the first four is a great sense of atmosphere. i'd find it hard to categorize any of them in a specific subgenre (well i guess mizmor and chrch are pretty solidly doom). blood incantation is just incredible. best pure death metal going right now.