[jonathan c]

Blatz? What, they name it after the sound you make puking it up the next day
Besides, everybody knows that Milwaukee's finest beer is "Milwaukee's Best" - it's in their name after all

The prototypical Blatz Head Fi Heave-Fi station…..

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[Light - Man]

Which thread am I in...

 

[judomaniak57]

SACD and Focal Stellia =

 

[bcowen]

Finally....the perpetual optimist thread, where the glass is always half full.

 

[jonathan c]

Finally....the perpetual optimist thread, where the glass is always half full.

…..and so is the bottle !!!

 

[Somafunk]

…..and so is the bottle !!!

That’s just greedy

 

[bigjako]

I was walking by my setup last night and was struck by the by LED-ness of it at night.

 

[Pharmaboy]

LED-ness

excellent!

 

[jonathan c]

I was walking by my setup last night and was struck the by LED-ness of it at night.

Is certainly not ‘The Unbearable LEDness Of Being’…

 

[Pharmaboy]

I was walking by my setup last night and was struck the by LED-ness of it at night.

I'm a sucker for azure blue LEDs especially, also green ones. I'm looking at 7 blues & 3 greens right now (two computers + a complex audio system)

The single red LED (flatscreen's "off" light) is annoying, but c'est la vie.

(that's not counting the double string of blue LED Christmas lights that're my only home office light source at night)

 

[bigjako]

I think that, for similar reasons for why I like high quality audio, I enjoy “good” lighting (and tasting and smelling and touching, etc). The experiential spectrum between color temp - natural (incandescent / tubes) vs artificial / trying to “recreate” the natural - has direct analogues in other senses - audio and fragrance, eg.

Anyways my point is that lighting that pleases sustains the experience of the audio that pleases.

I generally hate LEDs, they have the lighting equivalent of glare like grados. But they achieve a goal, under extreme limitations so when it’s done well, it’s appreciated. I have a bright blue Eddie Current PSU turned perpendicular to the rest that would light up the room like a blue full moon.

Here’s the lit-up view of that nighttime shot.

 

[colinharding]

Nice system!! What’s the bulb in the window?

 

[bigjako]

Nice system!! What’s the bulb in the window?

It’s just a light bulb lamp.

 

[carboncopy]

I'm a sucker for azure blue LEDs especially, also green ones. I'm looking at 7 blues & 3 greens right now (two computers + a complex audio system)

The single red LED (flatscreen's "off" light) is annoying, but c'est la vie.

(that's not counting the double string of blue LED Christmas lights that're my only home office light source at night)

And that's how different we are. A bule LED is a dealbreaker for me. I simply do not buy gear with blue or (strong) white LED. I listen to music at night, lights out, they are like laser pointers for me.

 

[TheRH]

Current setup. Topping A30 Pro, Topping D 30 Pro, SPL Phonitor, Hifiman Arya, Fir Audio V x V, iBasso DX 320, SE W/ DAC, 27' Dell 4K Monitor, M1 Mac Mini, Keychron Q3.