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Moonrise over St John's Upper Holloway
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Moonrise over St John's Upper Holloway

Captured this evening from Navigator Square in front of the Archway Tavern.

u/smolbund — 3 days ago
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The Shard moonrise this evening

Beautiful moonrise this evening from the Shard, taken from Parliament Hill fields.

u/smolbund — 6 days ago
▲ 2 r/HeadphoneAdvice

Headphones for Roland piano with ANC

I have a pretty narrow set of requirements which I’m struggling to find a solution for:
- ANC
- EQ
- Decent sounding (AirPods Pro sound good to me)
- Easy to drive with a terrible built-in piano amp
- All features work in wired mode

I have a Roland piano. I’ve got Roland RH-5 (came with piano) and Anker Soundcore Q30. Both sound pretty bad with the piano via 3.5mm. I also tried a 6.35mm to 3.5mm adapter with similar results. The max volume is very mid.

I have to use wired mode because Bluetooth latency is awful for piano.

Unfortunately the Q30 ANC and EQ don’t work when wired. Otherwise I like them. Their ANC is fine, and I really need it to drown out family noise while playing - kettle, sewing machine, dogs, etc.

I’ve considered an amp with an EQ, but the ones I’ve seen recommended cost about as much as decent pair of headphones. Also the ANC doesn’t work while wired on the Q30s so I’d need to get different headphones which do support it.

Any suggestions for headphones which match this? I’ve found none so far. Otherwise, a decent cheap amp with EQ?

Thanks!

Budget:
Around £200

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u/smolbund — 1 month ago
▲ 40 r/TransportForLondon

Bus routes visualisation

Full-res version: https://ibb.co/0PZVZw2

I've been working on a website, TeaFull, which generates stats from Contactless taps. I accidentally created this beauty while adding a "frequent bus routes" visualisation.

It shows every TfL bus route in London. The more bright red, the more routes serve that segment of road^(*).

I just love how organic it looks. Reminds me of slime mould.

The last image shows my most-used routes - I've got a lot to explore, still.

* I'm not a statistician/data scientist. Bus route data is from TfL's API. Map data is from MapLibre, CARTO and OpenStreetMap.

u/smolbund — 1 month ago