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Given that basically all the changes in the last decade that have been associated with huge price hikes have been in flavor rather than objective improvements, I'd be shocked if all of a sudden there were a giant improvement. Stax O2s, Sennheiser HD650, ATH-L3000, Grado PS-1, Grado HP1000, Grado RS1 I've not been convinced any full sized headphones released since then are significantly better for the given characteristics.

If you don't need the extra space, I'd just swap out the hard drive for an ssd. It will run cooler, use less power, and be more reliable. Plus, it will be faster.

I've never noticed a correlation between Jude's praise and actual quality.

sure. It's really a shame there aren't free, easily obtainable utilities that can take dsd files or 192khz files, convert them to 24/48 in a way that humans are incapable of identifying as different.

yah, the amount of 192khz material that's identifiably better than what's available at 44 or 48 in a blind test is pretty huge...

It will be interesting to see an impartial reviewer's take on them.

why would they change their pricing strategy if it works? As long as people buying again for incremental changes, manufacturers will keep doing it.

Beans and rice

Today is the release for Brad Mehldau's 10 years live collection. I was introduced to Brad Mehldau by Matt, and he's a fantastic jazz pianist.

even not covering inflation, I wouldn't invest money I need in the short term in the stock market.

I am not saying don't diversify, just that managed funds are almost always a bad deal. I have a combination of S&P and whole market funds, plus emerging markets. I have 20+ years until retirement. If I were within 5 years of retirement, it would be almost entirely government bonds.

My understanding is over the last 10 years, no managed fund has out performed the S&P 500 after fees are considered.

Happy Birthday Musty!

It takes a really long time to cause an established oak tree to die from lack of water.

Happy birthday bicki

Visio-rx does some magic with a credit card and your computer's camera to measure pupillary distance. I am happier with these glasses than the $300 pair I got from my eye doctor.

All of them, if I'm lucky.

Turtle soup at Pascal's Manale

Que Rico in Slidell

Westone um2s worked well for me as sleeping buds

I'll have to go there when I am in Austin next month. I had fried crawfish tails from Kenney seafood last night. No pictures, it was just fried food in a styrofoam takeout box, but it was pretty good.

JH13s are awesome for $100

Dusty, imagine West Virginia the size of Utah. And Utah's not particularly small.

Caps started well. 5-3 over devils.

That's my thought. Mass produced cassettes are garbage, and there's no good reason to bring them back.