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Thanks everyone. I appreciate the love and support. I've spent the last few days with my siblings. We are together tonight at my sister's house after going to a brewery this afternoon to drown our sorrows a bit.

Yes, the Shangri-La Jr. is trash. It is just a slightly warmed over Jade with a worse headband and all the same issues. There is no proper baffle seal on them so it is as if the sound just hangs there, just so ever slightly out of reach. Very much lacking in engagement and any real presence. If it were 500$ or less, might have some slight merit but at the current price you can do so much better. The EX-1a is for instance at a similar price point and difference in sound quality and build is miles apart. I've been spending a lot of time with them over the weekend (as the next big purchase is incoming today... ) and they are excellent. The headband isn't exactly comfy but as a homage to the older Stax style (similar to the SR-X1) they succeed nicely. They don't have the bass of the ES-2a due to the much smaller drivers, but at not lacking in anyway. Similar, slightly laid back, presentation and far more neutral than any of the recent Stax stuff. The closest set that springs to mind was a few sets of Pro bias SR-5's I built years with Gamma Pro drivers. Excellent extension, very good midrange and an ever so slightly euphonic sound signature. The Stax SR-X1 goes after that same sound signature but the EX-1a just does it better.

^ It was really hard to unsee that.. but I thought I was hungry, maybe not so much..

SACD

Oh I don't know, the Prick Cola and the Cock Soup doesn't sound bad.

Sorry for your loss, Al. From the stories you told about him he seemed like a good dude. RIP.

I'm so very sorry, Al... I don't want to let myself even imagine one of my brothers or my sister dying before me... Condolences, of course...Fuck cancer: a given... Sounds like you have friends & family to hug...I'm glad for that...

A person I used to know in W.Mass is (very) active on Bluesky. They posted a bunch of parody variations of musician names like "Britney Halberd" and "Worse than Ezra." I was inspired: Silentpark (High) Pearl Fructose Syrup Alice Set Free Farvana Glass Mosque Drivers The Repairing Squashes Church of the Cat Father Hate Knuckle Sighted Cantaloupe Goldbench Visual Geriatrics Bar Peaceniks John's Rehab Mouth Skaters Enginefoot Minorlife Keen Eared Panther Uniform Gang Major Security

Rest in peace my brother Thomas Hamilton Bedecarre, January 17, 1956 - March 29, 2025. I can't say anything else right now except FUCK CANCER.

The AI generated animated version is even more disturbing RDT_20250329_173238.mp4 Via: https://www.reddit.com/r/StrangeAndFunny/s/ON92LHZpKL