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Maybe we're bouncing around on it more?

Redirecting back from The Horse Mistress: Book 2. Plenty of sales running right now. For whatever it's worth I'm not so sure we made the best choice in Aireloom v. McRoskey (I think the San Rafael showroom is currently closed). The Aireloom is still very nice, and I'm sure we're now taking it from granted, but it broke in more in three months than the McRoskey did in probably a decade. Starts with what they call the Aireloom Lift, but does dip not long after. McRoskey was more solid, but stayed solid.

120 is the new 30. Happy birthday day.

A little Nikki Glaser

Agreed. Enjoyed and it got better as the season progressed (at least until I lost Apple+). I'm sure sports fans are aware of the series origins, but I didn't until YouTube suggested. From seven years ago... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRqypM7jb5Y

Sorry to hear Al. Will let E know.

It's Friday. It's Five.

Speaking of getting old.

Chernobyl again. So good and unfortunately relevant in whole new ways.

This guy certainly seems pretty special. Larry Pardey, Mariner Who Sailed the World Engineless, Dies at 80 With his wife, Lin, he circumnavigated the world twice on wooden boats he had built. And they always took their time. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/obituaries/larry-pardey-dead.html?referringSource=articleShare

The Egging of Frank Sinatra https://medium.com/@JPRobinson/the-egging-of-frank-sinatra-1ee5365ad54b

the feelies | good earth

In case you're tired of good movies...

You could fill your month with inspired by Sierra Madre films including, but far from limited to There Will Be Blood, The Wild Bunch, Three Kings, Da 5 Bloods, right up to Wet Gold.

...and of course the Criterion Collection service and free for many Kanopy.

I couldn't resist listing a few goodies (mostly watched since SIP)... NETFLIX Happy as Lazzaro Rectify The Kindergarten Teacher Ozark Mindhunter Okja Shelby American Marriage Story Nikki Glaser: Bangin’ The Laundromat American Factory Colin Quinn: Red State Blue State The Breadwinner AMAZON PRIME A Suitable Girl The Black Power Mixtape Seberg The Lighthouse Les Misérables (2020) Midsommar The Report The Men Who Built America A Bridge Too Far Fleabag Cold War Catastrophe Thunder Road First Reformed HBO MAX The Right Stuff 3 Days of the Condor The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Ikiru After Hours The Wild Bunch Once Upon a Time in the West Yojimbo 8 1/2 The Battle of Algiers Faces La Strada Tokyo Story

Right, but you have to send the audio down the “camera” channel or the “content” channel. Advantages to each - content expects music, but camera applies noise reduction, where it expects voice only and suppresses anything else, including music (try to play The Stones’ Paint it Black to see how it fights itself). They’ve recently introduced “original audio” on camera which turns off some of the noise reduction, and if you’re matching camera work, probably want this. But there are trade-offs with each and of course Zoom is constantly adjusting. Anyway, good luck. If you need anyone to test with let me know.

A. Yes B. You're aiming for quality audio through Zoom? That's a hero's journey. I assume you're going to push down camera channel using original audio? Curious how you're going to accomplish, but good luck.

This is a only with a variety mid-level headphones and usually with the Peak-Volcano, so take everything with a grain of salt. Honestly this is comparing with not current DACs themselves and yes, Sigma-Deltas, such as the old Lavry DA10 and Parasound vDAC v2. Admittedly, the romantic jump back, was disappointing enough I may not have given enough time to readjust. I could give another try, but until I can get rid of some necessary video gear due to shelter in place, I don’t have the space to setup full rack sized gear. Thus it’s mostly iFi iDSD Black Label for headphones currently. And AirPod Pros. So just ignore me.

As Parasound was mentioned, and I was once a proponent owning five vintage models at the same time, thought I should mention I’ve recently gone back, not to 1600 or 2000, thus not balanced, but the single-ended, unmodified 1100. For whatever it’s worth overall it was kinda disappointing compared to modern options. Tone was still great, but separation and placement was not.

That was great Mikey! Inside the Bubble https://www.nhl.com/video/embed/inside-the-bubble-photographers/t-317751416/c-5409414

Opened our windows! Wind direction is threading fires on either side so we temporarily have “moderate” air. #simplepleasures #2020 With the Australian Thunder from Down Under Firemen helping now, containment is progressing.

My favorite song today

Speaking of over there... just finished Normal People. Pretty good.