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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    It is quite noticeable, the other day I searched for a new wallet as mine had gotten so worn. I did buy one, one is all I need, AdSense does not know that, for the past week or so I have been seeing wallets in the top banner ad.
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    Yes I think so, custom would fix it. Though I am not going custom at this stage of my journey I have shifted to mostly speaker listening. Universal XE6 still isolates not as well as my other IEMs, the leakage is a minor issue for me.
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    I love the XE6 truly, the only niggles are 1 the weight, which requires me to use those sticky silicon tips, not ideal though they sound good. The second issue is isolation, not the best choice for a noisy waiting room for example. I still have my XE6 it will stay, for 12 months it was my...
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    Stock cable is great I prefered it over Orpheus (shielded). Tried that combo at CJNY 2023 where MT had two birds for demo one with each cable, AB was easy. I was surprised by that perhaps my taste are tunafish instead of caviar.
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    We learn from each other, that is part of the fun. As long as you do not shut the door on subjects that we have debated for years now on this forum, and others, though I do believe we have reached a bit of a consensus on burn-in here. This is not the battle ground anyone should wish to die on...
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    A mirror for you then my friend. I was curious what others would get from it, anything is valid. I held back on any words to explain. Very simple composition. What I was thinking about is the isolation of the mind, while the thoughts reflect the external world, becoming brighter in the head...
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    Volume level always creeps up for me, start out at moderate levels sounds great, suddenly an awesome track, turn it up a little, and so on, eventually I notice it is very loud and back it down. Put a couple guys in a room with speakers and that gets magnified directly proportionately to the...
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    These are mine so put “For me” in front of each of these please. Design matters. Stock cable has to be a good match and sound good, plus design matters. Love unicorns and dislike the same sound signature I have heard before. Charts are kind of irrelevant for me as design matters and unicorns...
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    11 5/8” x 16” Glad you got something good from looking at it. That one has lots of space.
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    Partly to celebrate the anniversary of the Cooler and it has been a while since I posted any work here. This year has been productive thus far. Here are six things I made that continue the exploration of resin, as an ingredient in mixed media pieces. In order of creation, all 2024.
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    The Watercooler -- Impressions, philosophical discussion and general banter. Index on first page. All welcome.

    Whether it is nurture or genetic aside, two examples. Monk and Gismonti Monk uses discord partly as a rythmic accent or punctuation to me where Gismonti uses discord to build tension which is released into a beautiful melody. I am sure there are more examples though both of these composers are...
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