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Our executive director, Kristie and I after the walk, it was a long day but great. Many thanks to y'all for your generosity and support. It was a great day, and it went off without a hitch. We got it all done before the rain hit. :} We had four other organizational partners there to share their missions, including the local Community Service Officers from Seattle. Thanks again all... cheers - Mikey

For me, Stax simply lack focus and I'm not sure how much that is due to the new higher ups or Edifer. I certainly don't agree with the design decisions of the 009, X9000, Lx00 lineup and some just don't make any sense. They are clearly pushing boundaries in some ways with more advanced drivers but major steps backwards with basic stuff like earpad quality. It's not ok that earpads for the L500Mk2 last for a couple of years before they fall apart. Some of the products were just arguably crap, the D50 was so bad it was never sold in Japan. The D10Mk1 was utter trash and I just got a D10Mk2... it's improved in some ways but it still sounds terrible. The SRM-400S is a "what the fuck were they thinking" product and on the whole, they just took the original circuits and doubled the price.

I had to dream somewhat reasonably, because my harem of twinks is going to cost a fortune to maintain.

Not technically listening to (yet), but went to the local record store for RSD. A lot more variation in titles this year, but also felt like a lot more exclusives with shorter runs. Line to get in was brutal.

Ross Common Swifty intermission picnic Chicken Curry

Blueberry pancakes Lots of blueberry pancakes 🥞 🥞 🥞

The One O’Clock Lab Band The top band out of the University of North Texas. Fantastic show, shitty venue.

NYT's Chicken Tikka Masala

Agatha Christie, unless you count that hack Shakespeare.

There are worse deals... https://petapixel.com/2024/04/23/this-ai-powered-poetry-camera-turns-photos-into-poems/

A story in 3 parts:

My family hunted all the time when I grew up. One place that we camped and hunted had blueberry fields as far as the eye could see. The kids would pick blueberries, and my Mom would make sourdough blueberry pancakes over the campfire. Those are some of my best childhood memories.

Mine changes fairly often, but if I were to win the lottery now, this would be my current dream system. My OCD need for matching is quite apparent. Vinyl setup... Acoustic Signature Typhoon/TA5000 Triangle ART P200 phono preamp Audio Technica AT-ART 20 DAC/Sources... PS Audio Direct Stream Mk2

The Mucky Duck....#WINNING! I haven't been in soooo long. We got to see The English Beat (label in the U.S.) with General Public at the Bayou Music Center last weekend. I have to say Dave Wakeling is still jamming well. The two bands put on a great show IMHO. Adam Ant....well, let's just say he has a good band. The percussion section was impressive. HS

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HO8e85DwrvA_BJq_Fck4j_iqTMR2odbc?usp=sharing

I try and try to make this forum a more serious place, and all you people do is mock me!

Obvious choice - Steinway Spirio

Dramatic* / Deconstructed Salad Nicoise with the Brits *Dutch Angle

Yay a new overlord.

Blueberry Pancakes Based on With influences from

Oh shit! You will be missed Sir. I don't think the AB band could have carried on after Dwayne's passing without Dickey.

Chicken Tikka Masala

Anthony Garcia & Los Diablos Tejanos: Apparitions Live at the Mucky Duck (Houston)

I definitely think Steve needs to dream bigger on the audio dream system. PS Audio is not expensive or exclusive enough. 😁 The OMA Imperia was the first thing that came to mind when I saw this thread. JP and I had a demo at OMA and I think it is the best speaker system I have ever heard. Huge presence but intimate sound. I wish I had a bigger house and could justify the cost, for example by actually listening to my OMA Mini system more often...

Sonus Faber sounded so good. They were on my list back in the day. So I started looking around and I found a few things that initially fall on my list. For right now just speakers and amp. Oswalds Mill Audio - imperia pushed by some 300Bs - Pair of WE 97A monoblocks More to come

Back when I read all the audio mags, Sonus Faber released the Extrema in 1991, and that's the speaker I lusted after for years.

I use to play this game a long time ago when I read all the audio mags.. I think if I listen now it would be a bunch of old equipment. But I may ponder and contribute. 'cause you know that this is a serious forum, wish serious peoples. -- I have not seen it, but I hear you have a big bass trap...

Someone needs to share that with Linus' Tech Tips.

REL Carbon Special pair

PS Audio Perfect Wave SACD transport HiFi Rose RS 130 streamer Amplification/Pre-Amp PS Audio BHK Signature pre-amp PS Audio BHK Mono 300 pair PS Audio PowerPoint 15 Speakers/Subwoofers... PS Audio Aspen FR30

Vinyl

I've been following Bret for a few years, he posts very nice jazz videos. Now he wants to make a documentary about Horace Silver, I like the idea, but he needs funds to make it. For some reason that he doesn't get, the algorithm changed and now he gets very few views in his YT videos.

That jacket is pretty fly.

With a real fake (non AI generated) Tay Tay

I just want that jacket!

Thanks everyone for your generosity and support (NFLO). We are all in pregame today - I am getting my truck prepped to drive up to Seattle early tomorrow and haul a bunch of tables and chairs for the event. T-shirts are in and looking good. Hoping the weather holds so that we can show them off during the walk. Thanks again all... https://givebutter.com/Walk4Belonging24/michaelmaddock Cheers - Mikey

Soul Message by Richard 'Groove' Holmes (1965) https://album.link/i/1443137429 Example: We all need a little more "Groove" in our lives. And this RVG master does that very well.

I think it's done now. The problem was PayPal, not givebutter. They didn't recognize properly my phone number but they wouldn't say.

This is 30 years old, WHY AM I ONLY NOW FINDING OUT ABOUT THIS?!?!?

Earlier, in preparation for this afternoon/evening

Peaky Blinders

Just had my final autocross in the Macan . Finished 8th on PAX (time adjusted by class) in a field of 42 cars! Easily my best finish. It helped that it was cold and rainy so the GT3 and RS cars on semi-slicks were having grip issues. Weather conditions are part of racing though so I make no apologies for finishing ahead of all but one of the GT3 drivers. There was another older gentleman in his 80s driving a '21 Macan as well who smoked me and finished 3rd on PAX (missed first by 0.2s!). He was 2.5 seconds faster on about a 60 second course, so the gap was substantial. I was able to ride along with the guy and he was an amazing driver. You learn so much riding right seat when a good driver is behind the wheel. Funny thing is, he left traction/ESC control full on! He just was incredibly smooth with pedal inputs and knew how much force he could put on the steering wheel without understeering. Assuming all goes to plan, I will soon be trading the Macan in for the Boxster. She has been an amazing car, but the Boxster should be a lot more suited to the kinds of driving I want to do! I've never owned a convertible before so open top motoring should also be interesting to live with. I feel like I am going to have a lot of bad habits to un-learn after 10 years of driving AWD cars, but should be fun. 718 platform with the mid engine seems to be about as forgiving as a sports car that fast gets.

Upcoming: https://www.townofross.org/recreation/page/live-common-1 Question for all the Swifty's out there: Exactly how big of a pile of money will we need to set fire to, to recreate the authentic experience?

Snow in the Bay area? https://www.sfgate.com/weather/article/snow-falls-across-bay-area-in-cold-spring-storm-19385658.php Time for a warming hearty turkey chili 🦃 🌶️

Since this thread isn't heading anywhere... I did a little comparison between three Lambda pads on the SR-303: Stock 303 pads, EP-507 pads and Lambda Nova Signature pads. Stock 303 pads: Detailed and airy, but shouty. Yuck. EP-507 pads: Hmm, the shout is gone. The sound has decent tonal weight now. Note: The EP-507 is actually a bit smaller than the other two. Lambda Nova Signature pads: No shout here either, a bit more airy than the EP-507 pads. Favourite pads so far. I wonder if the old "303/404 shout" is actually caused by Stax's pleather pads, rather than some inherent flaw in the driver. This could also explain why the 404 limited sounds better, as it uses leather pads instead of pleather.