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April 15, 2024, 10:12 AM
Thread: Adventures in Downsizing
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Re: Adventures in Downsizing
In an example of synchronicity there is an article in today's WSJ tangentially discussing the desire (or lack of) to downsize
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April 14, 2024, 06:22 PM
Thread: Adventures in Downsizing
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I don’t think anyone disagrees with this. It is the expectation of much of society that downsizing is a necessary part of retirement and/or all children leaving the nest that some of us are...
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April 13, 2024, 02:27 PM
Thread: Adventures in Downsizing
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Patently untrue, as Mark pointed out.
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April 12, 2024, 07:53 PM
Thread: Adventures in Downsizing
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I am also unsure about the "need" for downsizing. Sure, if you have a large house with space you no longer use or need (but have to clean and climate control) downsizing makes some sense; or perhaps...
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March 13, 2024, 10:50 AM
Thread: MSB Discrete DAC Power Supply Placement
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February 11, 2024, 04:07 PM
Thread: I guess it's time to go....
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Re: I guess it's time to go....
The Lenire device utilizes similar neurobehavioral training to what Matt describes, although it is more sophisticated and works much more quickly for those tinnitus sufferers for whom it works at all.
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February 10, 2024, 02:14 PM
Thread: I guess it's time to go....
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Lenire (R) - Tinnitus Treatment Using Bimodal Neuromodulation
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December 23, 2023, 01:56 PM
Thread: Lifespan of Capacitors
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Re: Lifespan of Capacitors
Perhaps he meant that if caps in a SS amp were bad after only a few years then there is a problem somewhere (e.g., circuit design, manufacturing quality, "bad" cap from the get-go, etc)?
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November 28, 2023, 04:20 PM
Thread: Harman buys Roon!
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Re: Harman buys Roon!
This assumes that Steve was old enough then to be aware of such things; if "59" represents the year he was born, probably not?
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November 14, 2023, 04:37 PM
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New firmware for MSB Discrete DAC and Premier Digital Director
The Discrete DAC Support and Software - MSB Technology
I don't find much detail on this page about what this firmware update does. There have been a couple of posts elsewhere about (dramatically)... -
October 9, 2023, 09:58 AM
Thread: So how old is your "oldest" component?
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Re: So how old is your "oldest" component?
Technics RS-1506, from 1977.
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September 28, 2023, 04:03 PM
Thread: Is MQA Fading Away?
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Re: Is MQA Fading Away?
Which really isn't a "problem" IMHO, especially since it is unlikely the new owner of MQA (the company) will pursue the original goal of having MQA replace other hi-res digital formats.
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September 23, 2023, 10:47 AM
Thread: Is MQA Fading Away?
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Re: Is MQA Fading Away?
Ummm, you were the one who first used the term "argumentative"; my use was meant to be ironic, and perhaps I should have added an emoji to make that more clear. Back and forth in forums is (sort of)...
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September 23, 2023, 10:44 AM
Thread: Is MQA Fading Away?
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Re: Is MQA Fading Away?
"Pop" music and its sub-genres (such as "modern country") may well have gotten worse, for the most part that is outside my listening. Jazz is vibrant, "alternative" continues to progress, there are...
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September 23, 2023, 10:16 AM
Thread: Is MQA Fading Away?
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Re: Is MQA Fading Away?
Why are you so argumentative?? What is first hand experience? Sitting in a studio during a recording session? Watching and working with a mastering engineer preparing a release? (I have done...
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September 23, 2023, 08:06 AM
Thread: Is MQA Fading Away?
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Re: Is MQA Fading Away?
And my point is that is is often not the engineer himself who is making the mastering decisions that result in the final product, but rather the producer and the artist. Sure some engineers “don’t...
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September 22, 2023, 09:49 AM
Thread: Is MQA Fading Away?
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Re: Is MQA Fading Away?
I don't think the post to which I was responding (an edited quote) mentioned MQA; it (and I) refers to the mastering excesses prevalent today and for about the last 20-25 years. One only needs to...
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September 21, 2023, 02:10 PM
Thread: Is MQA Fading Away?
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Re: Is MQA Fading Away?
It may be an obvious statement, but the idea that MQA should be widely available as an alternative format simply "because" conveniently ignores this.
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September 21, 2023, 02:08 PM
Thread: Is MQA Fading Away?
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Re: Is MQA Fading Away?
Your buddy should have also told you that regardless of what the recording and/or mastering engineer might want in terms of sound quality, it is the producer and artist who have the final say, and...
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September 21, 2023, 10:24 AM
Thread: Is MQA Fading Away?
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Re: Is MQA Fading Away?
It bears repeating that all of us are paying for MQA, whether or not we like it or use it. The widespread incorporation of MQA capabilities in hardware and the major record labels use of it, even if...
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September 19, 2023, 05:15 PM
Thread: Is MQA Fading Away?
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Re: Is MQA Fading Away?
LeeS has apparently given up on posting at this forum full of MQA haters (his words, not mine) and is (vainly?) trying to again promote MQA at the SHForums and WBF. Unsurprisingly, those forums also...
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September 19, 2023, 10:43 AM
Thread: Is MQA Fading Away?
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Re: Is MQA Fading Away?
Is MQA being resurrected?
PICKERING, ONTARIO, CANADA, SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 – Lenbrook Corp., a diversified, privately-owned Canadian enterprise with activities in brand development, technology, and... -
September 3, 2023, 10:09 AM
Thread: Jimmy Buffett Passes Away at 76
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Re: Jimmy Buffett Passes Away at 76
I first saw Jimmy as a duo with Fingers Taylor in Oct '74. He was in the middle of a 6 night gig at the LA Troubadour and the two of them took a break and went down to La Jolla and played (no...
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July 28, 2023, 05:50 PM
Thread: What is going on with Qobuz?
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Re: What is going on with Qobuz?
I don't use Qobuz as a primary source for listening but rather to investigate new music and/or casual listening; the main benefit for me is what Peter suggested, and the Sublime discount on purchases...
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July 16, 2023, 03:23 PM
Thread: The problems with testing/measuring
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Re: The problems with testing/measuring
Can you "hear" an amplifier, or cables, or a DAC? No, only a transducer produces sound that then reaches your ears. Even more, "hearing" is perception, i.e., how one's brain interprets the...
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