Sidney Crosley

So a friend of mine last summer was showing me a bit about how cryptocurrencies work, and sent me 0.2 Ethereum (back when it was worth about $100/ETH). Forgot about it but opened it last week to find that the amount he sent is worth about $200 or so now. So I figure I'm going to use that to play around for a bit, see where it goes.

Sweet deal. Gonna invest - thinking I might buy 200 or so....these things gotta appreciate, right?

The Wrens? I hope for it every year it seems...

The HD6XX (and the HD600 and HD650 for that matter) are around 300 ohm, meaning they won't sound very good plugged directly into any source. Good call on the Magni 3 Modi 2 combo - incredible value/quality for the cost, and if you don't like them/want to upgrade, Schiit products retain most of their value on the secondary market, far more than just about any other brand I've seen.

The real issue to me, from seeing a couple of friends who are heavily invested, is that there is so much focus on the insane growth that people are totally afraid to pull any money out, in fear of possibly losing out on more gains. Those who invest some in bitcoin and then in other more tangible assets or spread out into real things (like real estate), might be okay if things go amiss, but many folks in the cryptocurrency world seem to just invest in other crytocurrencies...

Super excited for this. Also a phenomenal live band.

Yes! So sad to hear the news about Keene today. Isolation Party in particular is my favourite and I can’t even seem to find it on streaming services at the moment....

Troy McClure had a thing about sea creatures.

Audeze is having an insane Black Friday sale on B-Stock and Refurbs. Great deals here. https://www.audeze.com/promotional-products/black-friday-2017

Sorry to bump an old thread, but figured it was relevant to my question. I've gone way up the headphone chain in the last few years - now running Audeze LCD-3F with a Burson Conductor (ESS9018). It's a really sweet sound, but I'm thinking I'm ready to take the leap into balanced DACs. I have a Cavalli x Massdrop Liquid Carbon coming in a few months, and I'm thinking I'd love to pair it with a balanced DAC. Anyone have any experience with them? Thinking about the Schiit Gungnir, but not sure if I'll just want a Gungnir Multibit within a year. Was considering going for broke on a Wyred4Sound DAC 2DSDSE (one came up on Canuck Audio Mart), but it's hella pricey. Are there any really worthwhile balanced DACs in the $500-1000 range that folks have tried that might be worth considering? I know that most DACs have a limited shelf-life due to rapid changes in technology growth, so I've been a bit more reluctant to buy endgame if it might be irrelevant in 3-5 years (the Wyred DAC2DSDSE has already been replaced by a more powerful newer model). Part of me also wonders how much of a different a balanced DAC might make compared with unbalanced - I've never actually had a balanced amp, so don't really know what I might be missing....

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If only the 15 year old girls kept quiet like he threatened them to do, then nobody would have dug up his personal life.

I'm not saying we need to believe everything on the internet, but imagine a few hundred redditors decided to dig up literally everything they could find on the internet about you without you really permitting it (and obviously anything set to public is just that, but not meant for the level of intense scrutiny I can only imagine). At this point nobody is really talking about this as a criminal case. If it did, this would be evidence. There is no need for 'detectives' to do their worst to discredit the victims (because I'm sure many of them are doing what you described, figuring out the truth, but even if 2% simply made it their duty to find a way to destroy her, it likely wouldn't be that hard).

In case anyone wonders why victims feel unsafe coming forward...

1. Brand New - Science Fiction 2. Ducktails - Jersey Devil 3. XXXTentacion - 17 4. Crystal Castles - Amnesty 5. Kodak Black - Project Baby 2 6. PWR BTTM - Pageant

Except for Nathan Hill's The Nix, which came out last year and was easily one of the best books I've read in the last three years, and I read (mostly audiobook) 30-50 books per year.

I read A Tale for the Time Being. Pretty good, not super amazing or anything but a nice read. Been on an audiobook tear lately, read Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad (just okay), Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing (excellent), Jonathan Safran Foer’s Here I Am (gorgeously written but a mess), and NK Jemisin’s The Fifth Season (not usually a fantasy reader but this was quite good).

Father John Misty - I Love You Honeybear www.subpop.com/download_code 8kttjq3nfajc Haim - Something to Tell You smarturl.it/STTYvinyl XJXH2KPVKRQGAUN

I'll donate $5 for every goal the Leafs score tonight. Was gonna make you do something embarrassing because clearly you hate the Leafs, but I love the cause, so it's just a good excuse to donate.

That's a damn good deal for an incredibly capable headphone amp. I had the uber on my desktop setup for awhile, and it packs some solid power. Schiit products, even old ones, don't go on sale very often, much less for half their regular price. If anyone needs a better-than-starter headphone amp, this is basically the best value you'll get, especially with the pre-out on the Uber.

Hope they get this one right. Great album with a lot of dynamics. Hopefully mastered properly and pressed well.

Agreed. I had the HD6XX for about 6 months, and through my Burson Conductor they sounded incredible. I only sold them to help fund an upgrade to Audeze LCD-3, but for that price, they are well worth the money (though they will not be all that impressive direct from an iPhone or laptop). I would say you'd need at least a Schiit Magni or O2 amp to get them going. If you're looking for something a bit warmer though, you can easily find Hifiman HE400i used for around $200 or less. I actually preferred the Hifiman - I think I'm more into the planar magnetic sound. But the HD6XX are identical (other than colour and cable length) to the HD650, which are Head-Fi's highest rated over-ears, and sold before this for $300+ even used.

YHF turned 15 this year - was released in 2002....but I otherwise concur that it would be an instant buy. I was about to say, if only the More Like the Moon EP was added, but I completely forgot that it was part of Alpha Mike Foxtrot a couple years back...

Sorry I only know about mediocre bands.

I don't think it sucks, in fact, I think it's quite creative. it's just not overly listenable. I find it grating at times, where too much intentional distortion or clipping is used for effect but ultimately makes this sound like a turd with a half-decent setup. I like it in that it was a cool next step from the first two albums, but I just never have a desire to listen to it.