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Made it out to a private track rental last night at Houston Raceway Park. The outfit always does a nice job. Only thing I missed was the catering...no no given the current situation. My son shot a vid of my first pass. I'm in the Jeep Trackhawk running against a Redeye. It was hot and humid...density altitude started at north of 2900ft, but I had a blast all the same. HS

My HeadAmp GS-X arrived back from a check-up at its fathers shop. All hooked back up for listening with the Mytek as source. The only problem is what new headphones should I buy?

Friends and Mentors, I recently moved overseas to Moldova, a country where 70% of the population is economically dependent in some way on the wine industry. The wines themselves are not very well known internationally, but their primacy in their own country means that wine is consumed at virtually every meal and imported wine is essentially nonexistent. Domestic wine is both a huge business and a central part of culture here. One perk of my housing here is a 1000-bottle subterranean wine cellar, which currently sits empty. I am not well-versed in wine, but considering all the above and an average price of $6 a bottle on the local economy now seems like the perfect time to learn. I've known you all to be fine ladies and gentlemen, and I'm in need of some advice. Do any of you have suggestions on apps I should be using, things I should be trying, or traditions I should be observing while I attempt to educate myself and fill this thing up?

Socially distant Chinese chicken salad

Honestly I just use the HD650 something like 95% of the time. It's like mom's chicken noodle soup, or a pair of old fuzzy slippers, headphone comfort food that won't knock your socks off but is just pleasant and relaxing and nice, without doing much of anything wrong. These days, with so much crap going on in my life and outside of it, that's pretty much all I'm looking for most of the time. And the FR is damn near perfect. Other headphones are the Stax L700, which has some faults but is just so damn musical, the Utopia, which sounds great but is a bit fatiguing so I might ditch it, and the SR-007. The latter won't fit my head properly, I more or less have to hold the earcups in place so it gets next to no use, but damn it sounds great when everything works out. If only Stax updated the ergonomics... On the move I use the Westone UM Pro 50, for similar reasons to the HD650, though I do EQ it a bit. But then again I EQ everything. Might get some RAALs at some point, but have concerns over brightness/fatigue.

The most 'spensive ones.

My dad was famous for always preferring the cheapest wine offered, even in blind taste tests. Saved him a lot of money over the years.

Tyler, First off, I am a firm believer in "drink what you like". Rather than recommend wines and wineries you should try because "experts say so" I would just explore everything and everywhere, find what you like, then buy shit tons of it to store and share. Do you like Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, or white varietals? If you don't have a strong preference then just hit up the popular wineries, try their selection of wines then go from there seeking out the same varietals. You could start with Milestii Miici, then Et Cetera and Castel Mimi. Sometimes the restaurant staff can be a great source of leads to small family wineries producing under the radar gems. I hope this helps.

Was only joking. Again, not a fan of Hifiman as a company so I will not support their products. I admit loving the Susvara though.

https://www.wine-searcher.com Not sure how complete the database will be on the Moldovan side? https://www.vivino.com Likewise.

I use Logic Pro X, Pro Tools, Ableton and Reaper. These days, almost exclusively Logic. Another excellent DAW is Studio One and of course Cubase/Nuendo. Each one has it's strengths but these days, there aren't many glaring weaknesses in any of these. If you plan to do very much with video, Pro Tools is probably the best. Particularly if you need to collaborate and communicate with other audio and video professionals. Be warned, it is endlessly deep. I took 6 quarters of college classes on Pro Tools (it took 4 to qualify to take the Pro Tools Operator license test, there are 3 other licenses that you can get). But, you can learn what you need day to day in the same amount of time as any DAW. Whatever you choose, stick with it. You want to learn your choice well enough that it becomes muscle memory. Having to stop and search for the right key command is a momentum/inspiration killer.

Hahahaha. Love it, man. Love it.

I don’t have any advice, but please let us know when you drive through Milestii Mici.

120/-5 is pretty good so far.

On the go it's airpods pro. They're wildly convenient, though hardly great-sounding. At home it's HD800s, vintage Grado RS-1s, or JH13s if I need privacy. Looks like the Raals are the new hotness, so I will probably grab those.

Soon Hifiman HE-R10. 😭

There are a lot of options, and I don't think any of them are best - completely depends on how you like to work. Download trials and try them out. Ableton Live is very popular with the electronic synth/loop-based music crowd. Reaper is very popular with the poor. I'm dawless, so I can't give you any advice on this.

Bit of a Folk/Indie kick....really like the Samantha Crain album.....

Base of the retaining wall finished, now to stack the blocks, pour concete and back fill. Not looking forward to the back filling..

I've seen you shoot a gun and drive a car, Brent, so I would suggest that you stick with car games because you'll clearly kill way more people that way.