u/AttachedHeartTheory

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?

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!

Hello. Im a US citizen who lives in Tennessee. 15 years ago, I purchased a condominium in Belize for around $250,000 USD. The condominium was mine, and I spent quite a bit of time there.

The really cool part about this condo is that it was in a resort, and if I told them I wasn't going to be there, they would rent it out to people on vacation and I'd get a certain percent of the rent paid back to me.

I was in charge of when I blocked out rental availability, and I was under no obligation to rent it out. My neighbor, for example, never did, and it was just empty when he wasn't there.

During covid, the management group went bankrupt, and I sold the unit for a little more than I paid for it.

I tell people about it, and they think "time share!", which it wasn't. it was a privately owned property within a resort. If I didnt personally provide a window to the management company, no one used the space. I had complete control over the comings and goings of the unit.

Does anyone know if this exists anywhere here in the United States? Im unwilling to do this in florida due to how crazy the reserves can swing on some of the units down there, but I'm interested in any other coastal areas that may have this as an option.

Thanks for your help!

Im looking for an e-bike that I can ride around areas like Key West, Savannah, GA, and New Orleans with if I'm traveling in my RV to get "the last mile", and leisurely rides here in middle Tennessee where I live. I dont need anything super fast, but I really want something that is high quality, relatively low priced, and well known for being a tank if you take reasonable care of it. Something with a good suspension, and something that I can run to a local market with and pick up some groceries or ride into town to get dinner.

I read the wiki, and there are some great options, but I dont have any way to determine which model is the one that any ebike enthusiast would reasonably say will be the highest quality per dollar, but not necessarily the absolute cheapest or most expensive. As an example, HeyBike was suggested by a search, but previous Reddit threads have mentioned they are drop shippers and that it can be difficult to get parts or customer service assistance, which is a bummer.

So, I'm looking for the opposite! Whats the brand/model thats going to leave me as unimpacted as possible to just be able to enjoy my bike?

Thank you!

I was reading something recently that mentioned the concept of "living where you play". I live in Nashville, one of the top leisure/party tourist cities in the US.

I know there are people that spend a LOT of money to live in their own version of Margaritaville (the place where you can go to let go), but 20 years ago I came to the conclusion that I would stay in my city (which is where I still live), buy a house at regular prices I could afford, and then just travel whenever I got the itch. And this worked well. And then my city turned into a super popular destination that is 100% my brand of vacation. Thus, I sort of feel like I lucked into living in the most perfect-for-me version of a vacation as possible.

I regularly watch Tik Toks and other social media content showing the newest restaurants and things to do in my city. I'll spend weekends trying new places, and seeing new things. But as often as I go out and dress up and play tourist, I'm always still at home. I always still have to get home and vacuum and do laundry. I still have to cut the grass, and so I never really feel like I'm on vacation. I never feel like I'm getting a weekend away when I stick around town.

Has anybody successfully moved to their own Margaritaville and managed to maintain the magic? how do you shut off everything thats going on at home, even if you have a super peaceful life?

Can you really live in Margaritaville?

Hello.

My nephew just found out he is getting his HAM radio license (he passed a test). His birthday is coming up, and his parents are struggling a bit right now.

I want to provide him with a good setup, but I dont know where to start... nor do I know anything about HAM radio.

I am hoping there is some equivalent of a Toyota 4Runner in the HAM world that will be good to get my nephew going for a while before needing to buy anything else, but that will also be modular to the extent that if he presumably wants to hook an antenna to the side of my sister's house one day he will be able to without having to start from scratch.

Any advice or tips would be really appreciated.

Arguably my budget would be $1,000 or less, but if thats a "whats a banana cost anyways, $10?" type of amount and it could be done for 1/3 or less I dont want to spend money unnecessarily.

Thank you!

I am interested in learning to play guitar. I am looking for the Toyota Camry or Honda Civic of acoustic guitars. Something that gets me to a point where functionality is good, people who get them love them (and keep them!) and that will take me to the point where anything I would be paying for beyond this guitar is diminishing returns... a slightly better/different tone here or there, for example, that only a discerning ear would notice but few other people would.

I like the look of the Epiphone Hummingbird studio, but im not sure if the Inspired by Gibson line would be better (or just diminishing returns). Also looking at a basic Yamaha 800. Is it worth it to go to a Martin D10 or a Taylor GS? Or are those going to be lacking?

Thank you!