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Interdasting. But this will have quite a lot to do. By which I mean the tuning needs to not suck, the headband needs to not crack, and the drivers need to not be 10db apart after 3 weeks. You know, the usual. I sincerely hope that Stax can get themselves out of the rut and put out some bangers, for obvious reasons. Regarding modern Lambdas being not good... well yes and no. Their flaws are fixable and with some EQ and mods they're very good sounding IMO. The question is, why do we need to do the work to extract good sound from them rather than Stax doing it right the first time.

First few episodes of Masters of the Air were pretty solid. Reminds me a lot of the movie Greyhound, in a good way. Not overly sentimental and gets to the point.

Exactly, flip the housing around and remove the stupid dust screen on the L300 and they are not bad at all. Not 207 good but why we have to fix their shit is annoying.

The name isn't fixed as of yet but they claim it will be neutral sounding... we'll see about that. It is set to replace the L300 but given it has leather earpads and a whole new structure... I doubt they will be cheap.

How the decisions that led to the founding of Israel left the region in a state of eternal conflict. (NYT gift article)

^ Thanks for posting. I don't want to mention names to spoil, but we all got a kick out of seeing the two get to the finale. Gave it a try over dinner, then watched and watched.

Ferrari certainly doesn't: share prices are at an all-time high - even before he is actually there... If they end up nailing the 2026 regulations, it could be a smart move. Also triggers a lot of other driver moves, which is fun to speculate and internal tensions at the two teams, which is fun to watch. At least something is happening (besides the disappointing news on the Andretti bid, but it is still far from over), as further aero developments might mean that the dirty air effect may become stronger again, making following and overtaking more difficult in 2024 (and 2025).

Just finished episode 3. Pretty good so far.

You've Got To Learn (Live) Nina Simone 2023 https://album.link/i/1689102364 Example: Much more of a historical release than an audio one. Some great performances of 1966, at the Newport Jazz Festival. Just not engineered very well, lots of vocal clipping that is tough if you are really trying to listen and get into it. Still really glad it was released, it will just not be in rotation. Rant - I find that so much with the deluxe and super deluxe ultimate extended anniversary release of some albums with 74 tracks for an album that had 9 songs. Cool, I was glad I heard it once, now I am going to go back to the original album. I usually don't need to listen to the 4th take of a demo that didn't make it on the album in the first place. I feel that I have written about this before. - End Rant. So, speaking of a band that I know much more by name than music, or I should say I did until now. Nightlife Thin Lizzy 1974 https://album.link/i/1443836724 Example: Really great dual guitar led rock. I, of course, am very familiar with 'the boys are back in town' off of Jailbreak, but there is a lot of music before and after that that I was never exposed to. I guess I will keep my TIDAL account for a little bit longer.

More Samara Joy, just in case you don't remember she's an incredible singer There are people who think that Emmet's Place concerts are the most relevant jazz events happening nowadays. If you check all the artists to visit his apartment, I kind of concur.

RIP Carl Weathers. He was 76.

Plastic grills, L500 cable… I guess they’re going to knock off the king to release a lesser version of the x9000/009 family? Yuck. sr-x mk4 would be better

Just wrapping up day 15 of the Winter Basho from Japan... I only watched the highlights of the last 14 days (7 hours) and then the live stream... 🤓

It sounds like a Willie Nelson song... "I'm workin' in an atmospheric river". Continuing the Ipe fence, come rain or shine.