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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

      Oh yes... I just wasn't thinking... quite apart from the stuff on playback equipment, and the cheapo unit EQ sliders that went Scrrrr even when they were new... I guess very, very many mics in studios and live sound venues get fed straight into mixers which are very much analogue. And, come...
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

      Of course it is.   Are you too young to remember those banks of sliders that, at a certain age, went "scrcrcrcrc" when you moved them?
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

      It begins with R and so does Right, which is why I always stuck to red=right for hifi wires.   But a seaman would say that red should indicate left.
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

      What? Not even a single anecdote?
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

        Accessing a bunch of data on one or more machines from one or many others is what networking has been about for decades. Doesn't matter that it is music.   Mind you, I use an old-school-techie model of simple files-in-directory-trees storage, and immediately reject media players that...
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

      OHMYGOD they're giving up hifi and going in for burgers!   But... you'know... Schiit Audio was a stroke of marketing genius. Schiit Burgers? Maybe not so much.
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

      The conversation has moved on, but, just for the record... I don't have any bagpipe music, but I could certainly listen to it from time to time. Scottish, Irish... etc.   And Taiko... oh wow yes!  Now there's  bass thumps to thrill the soul!
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

      I can, because I don't have to click on that red pay button!     What? People listen to it when they are not demoing hifi? Shock! Horror!   Well, ok, if I hadn'e got fed up by overexposure, I might listen to it once in a while. There is much "worse" pop music that I like an occasional...
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    I used to quite like Hotel California  until I spent some time with audiophiles. Now I detest it and run screaming from any room where it is played. It's a good thing I don't hang out with them audiophiles much any longer!   (For goodness sake... it's a pretty decent pop song, with a catchy...
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

      Don't you just hate it when people trot out abbreviations as if everybody should know them?   Sorry.   And thanks, Torq: yes I was. :)
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    Please note, I have not tried removing it --- but my guess is that a little IPA on a cotton bud would do the trick. I'd rate it as less permanent than nail varnish!   Perhaps you should have invited your store lady to help with the application --- but she might have been disappointed with your...
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    I just dimmed an LED using a fine felt-tip marker pen. I have covered it maybe 80%, and can see if it is red or green which is what I need, but it no longer irritates. It is directly under one corner of my monitor.   It's a Faber-Castell Multimark, if anyone wants to know, but, essentially...
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

      And not exactly starve doing it. And not expect your staff to starve either.   Win, win, win, win, WIN...  
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

      For "everybody," read, "Some people in America." I only came across this recently, and I was confused. I am now unconfused.   It is, but although people might mention 2.1 for those desktop systems where the speakers don't work well enough by themselves, it is all stereo. I love that...
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    Android phones and USB DACs

      In principle, no trouble with Moto X Play and OTG DAC. My GO V1 is fine, direct or via powered hub.     My guess is that the problem is with Meridian --- or that it simply draws too much power for the phone. But the Geek-out is a miniature room heater, so I would think it is pretty...
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