I just picked up a copy of "Between the Pines Acoustic Mixtape" on vinyl in a trade. It's a 45rpm pressing, and not only is the mastering fantastic, but the album is really, really good.
I know people aren't big fans of this era of country music, but I give this album a solid 9/10 for listenability.
I had an Emotiva preamp that has passed on to the other side.
I have a Midgard that I use for headphones, and I went ahead and used the XLR outs to my amp. I also have a Mimir that has a Forkbeard, so I can use it for volume control.
Im perfectly happy to replace my dead preamp with the Kara F, but I guess I need to make sure it isnt redundant. I know the Midgard is far cheaper than the Kara, and I know there's a reason for it, but I'm looking for any advice anyone can give.
Thanks.
In my 20's, if I got less than 8 hours of sleep, my day was wasted. I was miserable.
Im 42 now. My kids flew the coop 2 years ago. I go to sleep every night at 8:30pm, and without an alarm im up between 2:30 and 3:00am every morning. And I've never felt better. Im not tired. I drink coffee socially but if I forget it I don't crave caffeine, and I can't remember the last time I was drowsy or felt like I didnt have enough rest with this sleep schedule.
If I go to bed at 11, and wake up at 5:30, day is ruined. I can't figure out why this specific time block works so well for me.
Is anyone else experiencing anything similar to this?
Edit: Just because ive gotten a couple DM's and comments: Im a guy. Unlikely this is perimenopause;)
I found a sealed copy of “Emotionalism- Live 5/12/2007” on CD. It’s got a gold foil sleeve, and It’s got two band passes stuck to the back of it from the Fillmore from 5/12/2007.
I’ve never felt luckier.
Hello.
I have a Questyle Sigma Pro portable DAC/AMP that I use to power HE1000 Stealth headphones.
I decided to get the PlayDead app today to stream through my speaker setup, and I was just fooling around with it on my headphone setup.
When I play 6/4/76, the bitrate goes from 24/192 to 320,0000 MQA (approximately- it flashes back and forth so fast you can hardly see it). It renders the music unplayable.
I adjusted the options after this happened
. I deselected "Best available", and it has downsampled to FLAC 24-bit/48khz.
This is good enough, but I would like to know what the issue is so that I can fix it. I feel like I shouldn't have to downsample and pay for the app... I bought it for that sweet, sweet high res music.
Anybody experienced this?
I'm posting this here because privately a lot of my neighbors and acquaintances aren't thrilled about the ban, and now there's at least an extra month to stock up.
As I've upgraded to better and better audio, I've gotten to the point where not a whole lot impresses me all that much because I hear it every day.
Rather than be the guy who forces guests to listen to entire songs, I've started to focus on a few general, quick samples that really show the fidelity of my setup.
The first one is 1:30-2:00 of Shaed's "Trampline"
the second one is more recent, and came about because my wife thought something was wrong with her playback. The song is called "This is me trying", and at 2:38 there's a vocal layered behind the music. Bonus points to anybody who can hear what is being said without having to search it.
Do any of you have any snippets you listen to just to pull out the quality?
I thought I'd share my portable setup.
I've had quite a bit of trouble mimicking what I have at home (I listed it below), and ive spent a lot of time and money perfecting my preferred sound. I listened to quite a few DACS, and several pairs of headphones, and even a few IEMs, I was finally able to piece together the perfect portable setup that matches what I hear at home. I feel like this lets me enjoy my music how I want to. I dont feel even the slightest bit of compromise is at play, and I can pick it up and go and get more than enough time out of each battery charge.
I dont know how to technically explain what I like, but I'm big into soundboard recordings/bootlegs/live shows, and singer songwriter types (Im a parrothead and a deadhead rolled into one). I dont really desire too much heavy bass, although my home setup has it available, and overall I just like putting on a nice bootleg of a good show and feeling like im in the middle of it.
My home setup: Technics SL1500 w at540ml and Schiit Skoll for records, a Wiim Ultra (streaming) and a Fosi Merak (CDs) attached to a Schiit Mimir (which replaced a Bifrost 2/64) out to an Emotiva BASx TA2 into V3 monos (which replaced an emotiva amp), out to Wharfedale Super Lintons and 2x RSL Speedwoofer 10E.
im thinking about asking for a year of the play dead app for my birthday, but its useless to me if I can't stream it at cd or better quality. I normally use plex via the Wiim application on my phone to stream to my Wiim Ultra.
Anyone have any insight into this?
I politely told somebody vinyl wasn't lossy because its, you know... it's not...
And this was the response I got.
Budget and location - Nashville, TN, USA with 10% sales tax, would like to stay under $1,000 total.
Preferred tonal balance- I want the most "I'm at the Ryman, front row, and I want to bottle this live performance of Jason Isbell up so I can take it home and close my eyes and pretend i'm there whenever I want" audio experience possible. I can hear every strum, every drum beat, every vocal delivery... but I KNOW I'm in an auditorium, and there is no question im at a live performance. I want the acoustic equivalent of what photographers call bokeh. I want to be able to focus on a solo, but then stop focusing on it and hearing everything.
How the gear will be used- Lots of singer/songwriter/folksy music BUT sometimes I like to put on whatever pop music is stuck in my head. Listening at home in a quiet room, or in a hotel room on vacation. Also LOTS of Nugs- Grateful Dead, billy strings, Sturgill Simpson, Jimmy Buffett.
Past gear experience - What did you like about it and what didn't you like about it?
Headphone setup:
I currently have Sennheiser HD650's and a I LOVE them with the questyle Sigma Pro DAC. That DAC is the reason I am hoping there is "more" to headphones. I previously had them paired with a Schiit Vali 3 and SMSL D6-s DAC, coming from an iMac, but the Sigma Pro (to me) is night and day better than the Vali/D6s setup.
I really like the touch of warmth the HD650's offer. I just feel like this next purchase is going to be like... I may not know what love is, but I sure know what it's not... and the HD650s are not quite there. Id like something that is really discerning but also able to give a good soundstage.
Speaker setup:
I have my "endgame" speaker setup at the house-
Analog
SL1500c w/ VM540ML >
Schiit Skoll>
Schiit SYS>
Digital
SMSL PL100>
Wiim Ultra>
Schiit Mimir>
Schiit SYS>
Schiit BUF (just for dumb fun)
Schiit Lokius (only use this for vinyl)>
Emotiva BASX Ta2> 2x RSL Speedwoofer 10e
>V3 Mono > Wharfedale Super Lintons.
I have a pretty good record in BR ZB. I normally win about 20% of my games and have a pretty good kill count.
This last week feels like I got thrown in with the big dogs. I know it’s because I’m prioritizing getting new sprites and mastering what I do have, so im probably not playing as aggressively as normal…
But holy crap I’m getting my dick stomped in so regularly it isn’t even fun right now.
If anybody has the link that isnt going to get me stuck with some iron on BS id appreciate it. Thanks!