Armaegis
Modern Modder Man of Manitoba
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Is... is that the severed hand of a disobedient child from your class?
Is... is that the severed hand of a disobedient child from your class?
Thanks, guys! I have to say, though, it's not really work when you love teaching as much as I do. Seriously, I can't imagine doing anything else.
How exactly does one go about replacing the tubes on the Firefly? Is the glass top removable?
Now that I'm starting to settle gear wise I'm actually looking forward to increasing spending on all of those things.
I'd love to start smoking a pipe on the porch again along with various alcohol based music enhancers. I think it'll mainly be spent on good loose leaf tea though. Really looking forward to taking some tea time with my system.
The rest of my desk is too cluttered to be shown at the moment.
A couple of answers:
1. CCK refers to the Apple Camera Connection Kit for the iPad. It's basically just a 30-pin dock connector to USB adapter that allows you to run your iPad right into a USB DAC. (For some DACs you need to run a powered USB hub between the iPad and the DAC. This is the case with my Schiit Modi.) Underneath my headphones is just my computer - a little Mac Mini.
2. Since I teach high school, I have a prep hour in the middle of the day, so for 75 minutes each day the door is locked, headphones are on, and I am amazingly productive. It is truly astounding how focused I can be whilst listening to my favorite music on those 598s. As for playing music for my students, before school, during lunch, and after school my door is open and music is playing. Right now I'm in the middle of a poetry unit with my seniors, and the first thing we do is examine music as poetry. We take 2 or 3 days to listen to different songs from all genres, look at the lyrics, and talk about how the music influences the tone, mood, and meaning of the lyrics. The students all have a chance to play songs of their own choosing for the class, and then we even have a poetry-out-loud type presentation when they perform the lyrics of their favorite song to an audience in the auditorium.
In short, music is an integral part of my instruction, workflow, and creative process.
Putting all the technical stuff aside, that Mac Mini looks pretty cool on top of those, whatever they are. Thumbs up.
Is that what you kids call it these days..?
"Woo" hoo! I do love the look of those fireflies. Might get the wife one as an ornament pressie, and when shes not in I'll plug my hp's in
The rest of my desk is too cluttered to be shown at the moment.
Can I ask what the reason for this kind of vibration isolation is on the Mac Mini?When I actually listen to digital through the Mac mini music server, I usually place about 3-3.25 lbs on top - the tea kettle works perfectly. This is because the mini is lighter than a stack of fluffy pancakes...or Astrud Gilberto's vocals.
Can I ask what the reason for this kind of vibration isolation is on the Mac Mini?
I'm slowly making my way back through this topic (about 100 pages so far) and this sort of thing is particularly intriguing.