[Moondog55]

So if you like this type of music (Jazz, World Music), this is a fantastic album. I've seen Jonathan Butler in a small venue like Jazz Alley in Seattle, and an outdoor concert at Ste. Michelle Winery in Woodinville, WA. Playing this for the last 8 months my wife and I can't get enough of this album. Streaming on Qobuz, CD on URD. It doesn't disappoint, me. Dual Vidars from Freya S to Maggi LRSs. Priceless. I have pathways through digital volume controls, and others totally analogue. Fantastic either way...Happy New Year.

https://open.qobuz.com/album/kvy2a0bdr9n6b

That's probably gonna be a jazz 'album of the year'

 

[macdonjh]

I may perhaps have done that on purpse.


I have yet to see or read 2001…


…but I still do understand that reference.
That said, it's not. It's Martin.

The book makes more sense than the movie. But it's not as visually striking.

I listen to Apocalypse Now Sessions way more frequently than Dafos or Planet Drum. My two cents (worth both pennies).

 

[Balthazar B]

Even only using one hand around high voltage tube gear requires caution. The first attempt at building a tube amp with my own layout taught me a few lessons. One of which was being wary of 400 volt connections and proximity to the grounded chassis. My left pinky inadvertently bridged these two points and was pissed at me the rest of the day.

Does it still get pissed off when you're about to do something Beavis-and-Buttheadish? E.g., the time Beavis fried his NADz?

 

[adias]

A subscription worth having:

 

[Balthazar B]

A great album for giving subwoofers a proper workout!

This is another gem for dynamics, bass, and spatial presentation:

Airto Moreira is one of the great percussionists of the last century. For those who don't know, his health went south in 2022, and there's a GFM page run by his wife Flora Purim if you wish to donate and help defray his ongoing medical bills and caretaking.

A life or two back, I helped organize a concert he and his outfit played in Berkeley. Great dynamic show that I'll never forget.

 

[theeclone]

Blaise Pascal and Thomas Aquinas called, they want you to know that you should never let yourself be distracted by such banalities as rational thought when bending over backwards to have your arguments fit a certain predetermined conclusion.

Yep, lots to be learned by looking at certain very irrational thought throughout history!

 

[StevePNW]

I've been meaning to tell you @sixergixer , I like your work...! It is synergistic with my Schiit Image taken a couple months ago +. After the holidays...with my family, friends, and tennis buddies, all gone!

 

[Mr Rick]

A subscription worth having:

I agree. I only wish that it didn't always arrive a month late.

 

[US Blues]

I listen to Apocalypse Now Sessions way more frequently than Dafos or Planet Drum. My two cents (worth both pennies).

Have you heard Supralingua? It's a later addition to the discography that brings in a broader range of elements and influences. Edit: Added artwork.

 

[oldhippie]

Only time-travellers and higher beings and such. Refer to Jason's law, or Murphy's.

I am very interested in the new Aegir 2 power amps myself . I was going to buy 2 of the Aegir 1 power amps , but I believe that the Aegir 2 power amps will be better sounding , or Mr. Jason Stoddard would not be making them , so I will be patient and wait . I know that Mr. Jason Stoddard will make sure that they will be up to his high standards before he releases them for sale , so it is not a problem for me to wait to enjoy them . oldhippie .

 

[cgb3]

Has anyone had the chance to demo or compare the Jot2 to much more expensive amplifiers? How does the Jot2 hold up? 00

Hi folks !! --

Actually, it's all the socialist "institutions of higher learning" that are the repositories of Alfred Nobel's generosity. A shame list: the last 10 years of Nobel prize winners (mostly/some).

 

[sixergixer]

Back to the "what people want from a Saga" bit pages back, I think the more that Saga is changed with new features, the less I feel it is a Saga product and should just be called its own thing. Jason has talked about this before with other products noting that the more something is different, is it even fair to call it that product? (I think he said it in context of an Asgard or something, but I cant remember so Jason if I'm conflating products here I'm sorry).

TLDR- Saga is going away for a reason, and instead of an overhauled non tube Saga, I'd rather they just make a different product that excites them.

I'm a handful of pages behind so maybe someone's already touched on this, but yeah, it really just sounds like solid state Saga could maybe just blaze its own path - a'la Kara - with a different feature set to offset its lack of tube... perhaps more inputs (all SE, just more of 'em?) or a headphone output with modular DAC or Phono card? I dunno.

 

[sixergixer]

I've been meaning to tell you @sixergixer , I like your work...! It is synergistic with my Schiit Image taken a couple months ago +. After the holidays...with my family, friends, and tennis buddies, all gone!

Ahhhhhhh! My children! My babies!

I spend a lot of every day of my shift on some aspect of those three whiskies. Love to see them out being loved on! Thanks so much for sharing the photo!

 

[O8h7w]

This. For many programmers, calc isn't crucial. You mainly think discretely as a programmer anyway.

Calc has been used as a weeding out tool in CS for some time but that's slowly changing. They dropped the Diff EQ requirement in the CS program I was in, so I was good w just calc 1 & 2.

To me calc is less about logic and more about abstract thinking, though logical thinking can help in calc. And unfortunately the way it's often taught is something along the lines of:

"Here are some algorithms for solving certain problems that some people came up with. Memorize them like a good little robot, or fit what you can of them on a notecard, pass the exams, and then promptly forget them if you don't use them regularly."

Philosophy is actually a great way to learn to think rationally. Studying it has probably made me a better programmer.

Rational thinking and logical thinking are important tools to a programmer, but so is abstract thinking. Perhaps most important in this category is to think of logical, rational, abstractions.

But the most important thing that can be learned in higher education, especially in engineering, is to separate the art and the artist. Especially when the artist is yourself. This enables teamwork, especially teamwork handling difficult engineering/design tasks (where you can go through many wrong ideas before finding one of the right ones, yet many of the wrong ones could be made to "work").

You may have heard the phrase "killing your darlings". What really makes for good progress is when your creations are not your darlings! When critical feedback is correctly addressed and interpreted as concerning the profession and not the person. Step one, for those trying to learn: just say "we" pretty much all the time when discussing what you're doing. Team responsibility instead of personal responsibility. When all members on a team are fully able to do this, progress is soooo much better and smoother that you really wouldn't believe it unless you've lived it.

 

[EricDH]

Dukas' L'apprenti Sorcier on this album is my favorite rendition of that composition. Really well recorded, and the performance itself is bursting with energy.

And yes, someone (the conductor, maybe?) is humming or mouthing along with some of the passages, which is a little annoying. But still, I love this recording.

Listening to it right now.