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RIP to my mother-in-law Roslyn (Roz) Greenfield. The video pretty much shows who she is. A kind woman, well put together even into her 93rd year (she missed her 93rd birthday by 2 days); but also someone who can laugh at herself and life. She would often call one of her 3 daughters Taffy, their dog's name....typical name forgetfulness. RIP Roz Greenfield, you were a beautiful soul. Family History.MOV

Very cool Jeffy! [Not ignored]

RIP Gavin..... To this day, I will sometimes sing to myself Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart. And maybe 20% or so of the time, I will replace the lyrics "Love....love will tear us apart again" with "Love....exciting and new...." 😄

Just added Qobuz trial, will play for the 30 days via Roon and go from there.....

Remember it well, since I ordered one too. I pulled a major Karen when they wanted to charge me return shipping. I got someone pretty high up and vented. To his credit he took it well, apologized again, and offered me some small token discount on my next purchase. I told him no thanks, and that I and some others stopping purchasing won't make a dent in their bottom line; so why do they have any impetus to change. But I also mentioned that token gestures AFTER the fact don't make up for ugly business practices and nasty consumer experiences, and they should really focus on improving that piece of customer sat. I'm sure he had as much as 15-20 seconds of troubling thought that evening....but I haven't shopped there since.

I need to try out Qobuz too.....Tidal hasn't been bad for me, and there's SW that let's you rip for offline use. But the MQA thing does bug me....thankfully most of the music I've been streaming isn't MQA.

Same here.....my son and his kindergarten class even did a small play based on that book..... RIP to one who touched many a heart!

The originals are a steal at their closeout price, and Doug's DSHA-3F does nothing but bring out their best. A local brick and mortar store was closing out their stock of original Clears for $899; they were down to one. I put in an order for the Clear Mg, waiting for that to come in so I can try it.

Liked for the audio system AND the hockey....GO BRUINS!

Happy Birthday Sir Brent of Mensaville!!

Happy Birthday!!!

What a lovely setup (and kitties; though I'm a bit surprised the sub-woofer grills are intact). I had those Tannoy Super-tweeters for a bit when I used a Lowther-based system, very nice units!! That puke-pink couch could go though 😊

Happy Birthday!!

I used to call one of my cats Tawny Kitten when he was young....wife never understood why, I just explained it today. RIP Tawny....

Funny pic from FB today, keep chuckling when I see it.....

Happy Birthday!!

Yup....still got mine, and they lasted through my son's childhood for the road trips where he would watch movies.

Interesting.....I can't help but be a pessimist on this, but I guess the "wait and see" attitude needs to apply.

RIP to Daniel Kaminsky, security guru who basically saved the internet.....and fuck diabetes! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/technology/daniel-kaminsky-dead.html

Nice finish! Those look like they may be bigger brothers to the Philharmonic BMR's I have, which use 1 BMR midrange with a ribbon tweeter.....

Happy Birthday!

Experienced a bit of normal today....met son Andrew and his girlfriend Amy at an outdoor-seating Bertucci's for lunch, and then visited the new (4,000+ sq ft) home of some family - niece on my wife's side, her husband and their slightly new baby. Was so wonderful to see everyone, and the new house is fucking amazing!

x a billion, thanks Todd!

^^ they are a fun and usually good-sounding listen overall! I was selling some speakers a few months ago and used some of their songs (Coffee was a big hit) to help make the sale.....

AGD The Audion Mk 2 "GaNTube" amp. Clever ( ? ) use of GaN amp board inside a tube structure, with up to 170 watts into 4 ohms. Neat design, and I have a pair of mono GaN amps ($1500/pr) that likely sound just as good; so not sure it's worth the money to have it look like a tube amp..... Third picture is the old vs. new version of the GaNTube.