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Lunch & Dinner Loaded Mac'n Cheese with Pork Belly And Burnt Ends, 6 oz's of slow smoked brisket point, candied and smoked again, served with Bread & Butter pickles & slaw on the side with toasted garlic bread

Tried out the HP100SE at the audio show today and it's not for me, darn thing sounds like an SR325 with more resolution and a bigger soundstage. It's too bright for me and it doesn't have the midrange magic of my RS-1. The overall frequency balance sounds like it was tuned for fans of the Senn HD800 or Stax 9000 series, it seems made for people who like a brighter more clinical sound that emphasizes detail & resolution. Yes it's punchy, dynamic, and checks the usual audiophile boxes, but way too much of the music I like just doesn't sound good. I think the Grado S950 beats the snot out of it any day, that one sounds like an RS-1 with Audeze LCD-XC soundstage & resolution, way more musical & forgiving and as far as I can tell in show conditions it doesn't give up any detail & resolution to the HP100SE.

The Hifi Company So Good it Killed Them (Nakamichi)

Thanks friends, and happy birthday Carl and Peter! I capped off an incredibly busy week with a metal concert in a tiny bar in Winnipeg. Reflected on the passage of time and teared up a bit when my kid made friends in the moshpit and headbanged in sync with arms around his buddies' shoulders.

Easy Fish Stew With Mediterranean Flavors

After indulging in the Deluxe Box Edition that is OMD's Crush 40th anniversary, new release from a week ago, Squeaky Feet, Overview Effect much progly:

^^ okay Mr. Deep Dive... Cool stuff. I still have not subscribed to KEXP channel yet, I think it is just because they post too much for me. And I have priorities, like Irish people eating things, and movie reaction videos... anyway, released today. Melancholia by Rick Wakeman (2025) https://album.link/wxbctpcv6nhgs Example: 125th album release.. It's lovely. Solo Piano. Shows his deep understanding of melody and themes. A little mellow? maybe, but it is Melancholia.

I'm not really fan of the HP-1000 series, it's too clinical sounding for me and a poor match for most of my music. It does the technical things well and I can pick out all the faults in the recordings, but I feel it sucks too much of the life & emotion out of the music. Keep in mind that my reference until the last year or so is the RS-1 so take that for what it's worth. I did try swapping the HP100SE to flat pads, tames the brightness a bit but it also shrinks the soundstage and makes everything smaller. It's kinda like going back to a 21" computer screen when I'm used to a 27" one. IMO it's better than the giant bowls but at the price the HP100SE is going for I'd much rather buy the S950 or try to hunt down a set of PS-1 Pros.

When the background singer is totally overqualified and decides to take over the song.

Easy Fish Stew With Mediterranean Flavors

Indeed

House of Guinness Peaky Blinders meets Succession in Dublin's fair city complete with anachronistic rock music while walking in slow motion past dickensian scenes in the steampunk brewery. Politics, intrigue, liaisons and forbidden love. And a (duh!) cliff hanger for the next season. Did I mention the subtle product placement? But don't take my word for it. House of Guinness review – James Norton’s pheromones positively sizzle off the screen | Television | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/sep/25/house-of-guinness-review-james-norton-pheromones-positively-sizzle-off-the-screen Unless you're 'Oirish ‘A steampunk Mr Tayto’: why Irish critics hate Netflix’s House of Guinness | Ireland | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/01/irish-critics-netflix-series-house-of-guinness-ireland

Quite literally salivating from the pics and descriptions.

Easy to go down the rabbit hole with these....found and liked this one, too

relax

RIP Susan Stamberg. I'm not sure I aligned with per politically or otherwise, by I can say my formative years had her and the other NPR ladies on in the background. I'd say her name wrong ("Stanberg" "Samberg") much to the amusement to the adults.