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

    I can already picture Jason's face when he reads this... <G> I would guess "never", but you knew that. OTHO, agreed 100% that electric vehicles can potentially be the best platform for mobile audio, but nobody's gotten it right yet - except (maybe) for the Burmester system in the M-B EQS. The...
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    I'm not a recording engineer, but I can confirm from my own experience. Fagen is (and Becker was) a sound quality maniac. I read in an interview with Gary Katz that they used to argue about 1 db changes in a mix... and then, when Katz would go back and listen, their mix sounded better. It...
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    Qobuz's Autoplay feature, which continues playing similar music when an album or playlist ends, has evolved to be pretty amazing. IMHO. YMMV. Who would have guessed that the Eurythmics Sweet Dreams would yield to Rush, Yello, Primus, Robbie Williams, Dean Lewis and Falco? Pet Shop Boys coming...
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    Darn it, I want a Sazerac! I have the rye, the bitters, the sugar and... no absinthe. That's what I get for buying that tiny bottle. Oh well, tomorrow is another day, and Total Wine is 20 minutes away. First world problems. Listening to Primus, wafting up the stairs from the big rig (if Primus...
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    OMG you ninja'ed me on that one! <G>
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    I started doing real production drafting on AutoCAD version 1.25a, on a Victor 9000 PC. Then I worked for Autodesk for 26 years. Now I do product management for another CAD company. Mom wanted me to be a doctor, but this has been a pretty good gig for me and there's generally no blood involved...
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    Fun playlist! https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/21342418 Variable SQ, but it's really cool to hear the different artists' takes on the "classics"
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    The MiB -> MJ3 -> Stereo OG Aegir combo is making these DALI's sing in an amazingly full-voiced and pleasing way! (OK, this is my 996th post... so it's time to act like an adult and go downstairs and stop posting this evening, because there is big music to be listened to on the big rig. And...
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    ...so much like McCoy Tyner that Qobuz served him up next! https://open.qobuz.com/track/14161113
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    Reminds me a lot of McCoy Tyner... https://open.qobuz.com/track/139606204
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    Oh wow. https://open.qobuz.com/track/103252918
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    Get better soon man, listening to your recommendation now!
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    Speaking of Yggdrasil(s)... MiB: I'm up in the office today, and it's Monday and I'm working and listening to Qobuz -> Yggy+ MiB -> MJ3 -> stereo OG Aegir w/the DALI Oberon On-walls. Up here, Yggy MiB sounds very, very similar to the OG A2 that occupied its rack space last week. If anything is...
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    Me too. Everything that I've read to date states that properly served WiFi beats wired connections for audio streaming, because air is a great insulator...
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    Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

    Saturday evening OK, going to head downstairs and face the music. One more thing before I go: A bit of Art Noxon's background on the development of Tube Traps... ASC Blog: "How Tube Traps..." I like Art's thought process. His writing isn't perfect, but then... he's an engineer. <G>...
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