Everything posted by Dusty Chalk
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What are you drinking now, pt 2.
Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald porter Sent from mah Droid
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Neko Audio DAC
Wouldn't there be a problem with sending it to the EU without having distribution in the EU? Or can you still sell direct?
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slower forum
Oh, fuckme. I'm only at 48, but I was really hoping the same thing. I fully suspect one of the higher levels to be nothing but a bunch of coffee mugs.
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Miscellaneous online articles
Let's put it this way -- you won't catch me arguing with that. And yes, they are associated with Absolute Sound, HiFi+, and ...hmmm...I thought there was a home entertainment one as well.
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What are you drinking now, pt 2.
I liked it -- I was hoping for a little more body, but I didn't mind the mild sour. Errs on the side of inoffensive, but I'm glad of that.
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What are you drinking now, pt 2.
Fraoch 20
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What are you drinking now, pt 2.
Actually, now that you mention it, that does remind me of that scene from the movie, Poltergeist.
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Question: Most Revealing Cans?
You should also get a pair of Sony MDR-V6/-7506 for comparison.
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What are you drinking now, pt 2.
(sends painkilling vibes in Al's direction)
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Miscellaneous online articles
Playback's Guide to Earphones & Custom Fit IEMs
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Discussion on the design of the T2 & other circuitry
Done. I crack me up.
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Magnepan 1.7
Yes, I live in a noisy environment -- do you live in a monestary? Or a ...wherever it is that nuns are? Or an abandoned velvet-lined stone fortress? Because short of that, headphones are almost always quieter than a speaker environment. And even when it is, you had to have gone to a lot of effort to achieve that, which adds a psychological, "waiting for the other shoe to drop" pressure. To me, anyway. I listen on relatively low volumes with both. And yes, I totally agree that there's the whole isolation vs. background noise thing, but to me, it's more than that. I have heard excellent speakers on a well-controlled room, and they still seemed more diffuse than headphones. I mean, when you're straining yourself to understand lyrics, don't you subconsciouly do the ear equivalent of squinting your eyes, and try to lean up closer to the speaker? You're already doing that with headphones. I'm not saying that speakers aren't more enjoyable for you (and Jacob and most of the rest of the population), but you touched a nerve when you said "critical" listening.
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Question: Most Revealing Cans?
DT800? Or do you mean DT880? I think you've been typing '800' a lot, because of the Senns, that's all.
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Magnepan 1.7
I actually find headphones better for critical listening, mostly due to the isolation. For example, discerning hard-to-understand lyrics in complex, layered contemporary pop/rock, I find much easier on headphones than on speakers, all other things being equal. So yeah, disagree.
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Apple Tablet
Didn't we have a whole thread for apps? Or was it this thread? You may want to go through that. Of course, that's assuming you want to hear recommendations from others than Ric.
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slower forum
That's the greatest article ever written, evar.
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slower forum
So I take it it wasn't anyone here? Sorry. If it's any consolation, it suddenly gets easier again after 30.
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What are you drinking now, pt 2.
OH COME ON!
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What are you drinking now, pt 2.
If you like hoppy, it's worth trying.
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Airport Express Popping
Can you use a visual editor to look at the exact spot and see if there's anything there in the file? (And yes, we would need more than the second, otherwise I'd do it myself.) I'm listening on linux, and I hear nothing unusual, except a weird divide-down artifact/synthetic warbling sound @ 2:44, not a snap, crackle, nor pop.
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JH13 Pro – my take on a review
(makes a mental note to visit that bar)
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What are you drinking now, pt 2.
Was: My Antonia -- I liked it better from the bottle -- perhaps it needed just a little bit of time to calm down.
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slower forum
Alright, whoever turned me on to Loops of Zen is dead meat. I'm up to freakin' level 29, and I need it on an iPad...and an iPad.
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JH13 Pro – my take on a review
Lang Lang -- mpi is a huge classical music fan. I've never slept with a bartender. And I have to say, I didn't get much sleep with the librarian, neither.
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Magnepan 1.7
Oh, I was just being...you know, me, Mr. Headphone-cheerleader.