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I decided I wanted to hear what DSD sounds like so I got Michael Jackson’s Thriller in the format. I thought Flac and MQA were clean… This takes it a step further, I doubt even the master sounds better.
DSD is not for everyone tho. You need a DAC capable of playing them back, the files are huge and the albums are more expensive. But if you like HiRes music, I don’t think you can get any better with current technology.
Looks like I will be working from home for at least a year. I’m working on upgrading my home office as it looks like I will be spending alot of time here now. I have a dual monitor setup but I think i will ask if i can get a third like I have in the office. I really need lots of screen restate for work i do.
I should also build some shelves in here so I can can store books and things…as well as my printer and scanner. I have a perfect place for it so I should really get of my butt and look at what is needed to get it done.
I moved my office into Patricia’s old craft room when she moved out. This room gets very hot in the summer but doesn’t have enough power for a window AC. I will need to run a new 20 amp circuit up here sometime soon before the heat gets really oppressive. I turned my old office into a guest room so I can have people visit now.
On another note I tried to stop drinking coffee. It appears I am addicted to caffeine! I stopped for 3 days and had a headache for all 3 days. I broke down today because I didn’t feel like doing anything. I will start cutting back until I am only drinking one or less cups a day. Now I drink at least 2 big cups a day… so big it’s probably 4 normal cups. That and soda but I have stopped the soda. I am only drinking water and juice now.
Well It’s time to move on to something else now… spent enough time writing this for now. Until next time… peace.
This is an amusing movie! Probably need to be careful about where you watch it but man it’s funny at times.
I’m not really a movie buff but I am trying to get a collection of things I like on physical media. The Goonies was one of my childhood favorites so I pre-ordered this in 4K UHD from Amazon today. 😅
It will probably have a ton of film grain like the copy of the Matrix I have. But I guess who cares. 🙂
I will also pick up Battle Angle Alita soon because I really enjoyed that movie. It looked amazing on regular blueray so kicking it up to UHD should be spectacular.
That’s all for today! Chilling in my listening room with Tubular Bells. Oldie but goodie.
A picture from my Sunday walk in the park. Very nice weather and very enjoyable except for the stupid mask! 🙂
I have a faulty service valve on the low side of the compressor. It is leaking R410A when I uncap to connect my gages and lineset. If I try to pull a vacuum I will vacuum out the R410A.
I called the company and they went on the blame game immediately. Saying I did something wrong… I went off on them cutting them off and yelling. I think I got my way and am waiting on a confirmation of a new unit… If they screw me I will send it back to Amazon and let them try to fuck Amazon… I’m sure Amazon will force them to take it back.
Unfortunately I will need to unmount the compressor which was a pain in the ass to get up on its mount alone…. Now I have to figure out how to get it down and the new one back up.
Today wasn’t a total bust tho… I ran the electric to the unit and will button it all up tomorrow. I didn’t feel like finishing up today because it was getting late and I didn’t want to rush and make any mistakes.
Anyway, listening to Aurora at the moment. I can’t get enough of her voice..
I started the work to install my mini-split. The work is not very hard but with work and bad weather I didn’t get as much done as I would have liked. I have the indoor and outdoor unit mounted. The line set and communications wiring has been done. I still need to pull a vacuum and run a new 220v circuit.
The indoor unit looks to be crooked but it’s dead on level… Old house. I can’t adjust it visually because it needs to be perfectly level for the condensate line… Just have to live with it.
I ran the line set out the right, not ideal because it has to go under the stove vent but it made my piping alot easier to deal with. I don’t have any outdoor pictures at the moment but will add later if I remember.
The electrical will be the most difficult part of the installation and I hope to get that done early next week so I can beat the heat. I will be running the power in one of the on wall conducts up by the ceiling. It should look like a strange molding when I am done. Going to run a 110v ckt as well so I have power in my closet to run my some small audio related stuff. 😬
That’s about it for now… More later when I have the time.
I really miss Roon when on the move. The interface on the Tidal and Qobuz apps are so clunky. I’m currently trying out USB Audio Player Pro with mqa support on Android. Doesn’t make the interface any better and search still sucks but it does add alot of configuration options not available without it.
I’m using my Tin Audio T3’s exclusively with Dekoni tips as preached by Zeos of Z-Reviews. The Dekoni’s do really help in the comfort department and seal out external noise pretty well. Great little combo for an extremely low price… You do need some patience because shipping from China was slow and I bet it’s worse now.
I noticed yesterday that my car doesn’t have an analog input… Just Bluetooth and USB… No external DAC for long drives. I guess that’s a good thing because I use Waze religiously and would loose the ability to see the maps on the main display if I used an external dac.
Not much else to add at the moment. Be safe everyone.