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    Tariff implications.........

    Why should you move? With an unpredictable policy you cannot build an expensive production plant. Day one there are tariffs, day 2 not, day 3 the latter is not true, day 4 it is postponed to a later date. It is this The final tariffs are far from clear and if they are finally set, what‘s next...
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    Tariff implications.........

    I used to work for a big US pharmaceutical company, finished my school at a university and did research at academical hospitals. It are the pharmaceutical company‘s who produce the cures, not the universities. The latter do mainly fundamental research and if they find something promising, they...
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    What are you listening to tonight ?

    Stevie wonder: songs of the key of life
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    Tariff implications.........

    I have US shares on the stockmarket and economics need to be followed. Listen for a long time every week a podcast and follow magazines and newspapers on this topic. I have to follow the news to find the opportunities and spot a good moment to buy and sell.
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    Tariff implications.........

    The rest of the world won‘t follow, they choose to trade between each other. See it as a group of kids, when there is one they don‘t like, he may not play with the others anymore. Same with whatsapp, if the atmosphere is not good, people are leaving and start a new group. In trade, when...
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    Streamer Shoot Out

    Take in consideration that a normal nas still isn‘t made for audio, like almost every computer does introduce alot of noise, have bad shielding, a cheap clock and a power supply that causes alot of distortion. Something else, if you have to store it locally: the music files have to be bought...
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    Tariff implications.........

    A fall of stock value is part of the game and is a good moment to buy more stocks. Getting in panic and sell your position for a loss is usually a bad idea.
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    Tariff implications.........

    On the short term: what is going to happen in the process is inflation, so almost everything will be more expensive, audio included. On the long term: You are right: lets see how this experimental process play out.
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    Tariff implications.........

    Where do you hire all the staff needed to make everything in the US? And if you have them, what salary do they receive and what will be the selling price of the goods they produce?
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    Wow,! this sounds amazing

    I inherited the cd from my uncle, who dies far too young in 2000. there was a second album in that collection: I'm your man by Leonard Cohen, which contains the same tracks, That one is slower, more serious, but is also a masterwork. Listened to these 2 over and over, but a year later there...
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    I didn’t think anything would replace my Aurender…

    Sadly for US buyers, both pink faun and Taiko are manufactured in the Netherlands and after this week the import tariffs are +20% to be paid to the American government That is about 4-6k dollar extra tax.
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    Why I Stopped Using Roon

    give Volumio a chance, Nowadays there is a desktop version which also can install on your nuc. The paid version has oversampling. The only reason I don't use Volumio is because of the Roon lifetime membership.
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    Why I Stopped Using Roon

    I also had that idea, why bother about Roon, while the same stream can be achieved by a direct Qobuz/Tidal connection. Here my thoughts: What I like - DSP - conversion to higher resolutions - Multiroom, you could send to streams at a time to different rooms - free radio stations, here in my...
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    What are you listening to tonight ?

    I shot the sheriff, and I did not shoot the deputy and many more incredible songs
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    English only

    All those recitatives are not the things in music I like.
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