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

[ArmchairPhilosopher]

Cables with air gaps for much improved isolation means zero noise! That's a feature, not a bug.

 

[JohnnyOps]

Oh man. Music revelation of the day (for me) Sibylle Baier recorded these tapes in her youth and then put them away for decades until her son & J Mascis rediscovered them. Like Ladies of the Canyon for a rainy day, so beautiful. HQPlayer -> NAA on ropieee -> Gungnir MB OG -> Mjolnir 2 -> Senn HD6xx -> my ears on the couch with pouring rain outside and a golden retriever

Achingly lovely.

Read the story: https://gwarlingo.com/2012/recommendation-of-the-week-sibylle-baier/

 

[Adam Balm]

Holly Cole's new album, Dark Moon, is outstanding!

 

[fidgeraldo]

I could use a dB meter but it's a pain having to do that each time prior to listening to headphones.

For you lazy ass, VU meter on amplifier can be a guide. I use that when listening to D8000.

Cheers!

 

[davidflas]

I'm still looping Sturgill Simpson's The Dead Don't Die. Has it been about a week? Does that make me a bad person?

In other news my right channel went out again. I was able to get it back by wiggling and reseating things. My current theory is something loose inside the preamp.

It's always fun trying to trace the source of problem when you lose a channel. I recently started having my right channel drop out intermittently, and traced the cause to my fiancee's cat, who likes to lay on top of my Aegir. She had managed to get the Micca speaker cables bananas loose, so I upgraded to blue jeans cables with locking connectors and that fixed the problem.

 

[Syan25]

This is exactly what I do and it's really not a pain. 15-20 seconds and done. Like anything done often, it becomes normal and you really don't think about it.

Given the differences between headphones (transducers) and db output for a given volume setting, I can't think of a simpler method.

Did you buy one or use a spl app?

@fidgeraldo

How dare you talk about my ass! Joking aside, you have the D8000. I'm absolutely envious....

 

[Paladin79]

For you lazy ass, VU meter on amplifier can be a guide. I use that when listening to D8000.

Cheers!

I use them of course even on headphone amps but they show signal level and may only go to five Db, they are also a bit slow in reacting. Classical music in particular can be hard to track since the dynamic range exceeds that of many other genres. 20-33 db shifts are not uncommon.

There is no easy way to equate 5db to power output since it can vary with headphone impedance and gain.

 

[quimbo]

True 16oz bags of whole beans.
Edit; Source offers 12oz or 16oz choice. 16oz have been $14 -> $18 a bag. Informed prices are going up. Surprise!

Our local roasters still does 16oz for between $15 and $17. We go through 10 pounds about every 3.5 weeks, 2 people

 

[MindBreak]

Our local roasters still does 16oz for between $15 and $17. We go through 10 pounds about every 3.5 weeks, 2 people

As someone who used to drink 12 cups of coffee a day, I can relate.

 

[fidgeraldo]

I'm absolutely envious....

Don't be, HD800S (I believe I saw you mentioned having them) are fantastic, too...I can almost say they are special to me.

Cheers!

P.S. Sorry for mentioning your ass, won't happen again!

 

[MindBreak]

There will always be a higher end pair of headphones out there. Enjoy what you have, and what you can afford.

 

[ArmchairPhilosopher]

As someone who used to drink 12 cups of coffee a day, I can relate.

Is that how your mind broke?

 

[fidgeraldo]

I use them of course even on headphone amps but they show signal level and may only go to five Db, they are also a bit slow in reacting.

I thought Syan needs it as a precaution against listening to loud?
I really don't know how accurate they are but I don't look at the volume knob position when ajasting volume, I look at the VU meter.
And as it seems to work well for me.
If he asked how to measure dB for other reasons, then, yes, a VU meter perhaps would not be the best option.

Cheers!

 

[AstronomerXI]

Did you buy one or use a spl app?

@fidgeraldo

How dare you talk about my ass! Joking aside, you have the D8000. I'm absolutely envious....

I bought a Galaxy Audio CM-140 SPL meter, originally for tuning my home theatre system. I have noticed that a SPL app I tried on my iPhone agrees very closely with the pro SPL meter.

 

[adydula]

Did you buy one or use a spl app?

@fidgeraldo

How dare you talk about my ass! Joking aside, you have the D8000. I'm absolutely envious....

D8000 Pro and ModHouse Tungsten DS are two of the nicest headphones ever...yup.
IMO
YMMV

:>)