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    Planning my US Coast-to-Coast cycling - Spring-Summer 2020

    Wilmington, NC to Bellingham, WA This will be my longest riding so far :eek: abt. 4,500 miles, 90 or so days in total at 65 miles per day average, including 15 resting days. IMO, there’s a special flavor abt. a C-2-C: inland tours do not offer the same sense of slicing across the country...
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    Whopper Triples vs Multiple DDDAC DAC boards

    Interesting race, who will end up stacking more layers, Burger King or Eng. Doede Douma? http://www.dddac.com/dddac1794.html https://audio-creativeshop.nl/dddac/
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    Best Secure Email Providers

    Has anyone got experience with the listed providers ? https://restoreprivacy.com/secure-email/ Veryyyy much tired abt. the fact my Gmail' emails go thru the thousands of scanning processes :mad: ... would like to switch to a secure email provider ...
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    2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition

    Amazing shots, as usual for this particular competition ... https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50036823
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    Music of the Plants

    Following a TV reportage, I recently bought a CD of 'Music of the Plants' issued by a French garden nursery, amazing indeed! So I did some research and found this company, which apparently is the only one (in the Old Europe at least) proposing the interface that captures the differences in...
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    Prince Charles ? Oh Really ?

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/04/banking-leak-exposes-russian-network-link-to-prince-charles-troika-laundromat
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    Audiophile Power Conditioner (Paul Chappell, UK)

    I am selling my last piece of power conditioners ... Pls. see the eBay listing here : https://www.ebay.fr/itm/Audiophile-Power-Conditioner-Paul-Chappell-UK/163515915028?hash=item26124edb14:g:~FYAAOSw7D1cUZ6v:rk:1:pf:0 Perfect conditions, as new I prefer to sell it thru eBay so that the buyer...
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    Selling a set of four Quietline modules

    I am selling my set of four (4) noise-suppressing modules that treat line noise and interference throughout your home to reduce the noise from computers, digital clocks, power tools and other offending appliances http://www.audioprism.com/quietline.html Bought in 2016 but not needed any more...
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    Chromecast / Android TV Box vs. Blu-ray player with multimedia features ...

    I am in the process of setting up an Audio/Video corner for my daughter, I have a quite good experience in setting up Home Theaters, but "zero" experience on the current Chromecast Android TV Box trend ... The Audio/Video corner is going to be setup with : - a TV set, to watch Netflix...
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    Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie to divorce

    The couple decided to divorce after a long period of "loving exploration" and trial separation, and expect to continue as partners in ventures and projects, according to the joint statement...
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    Linux Audio HTPC (bit-perfect) & Networked Audio

    January-1st's job : cleaned up the OS software & ancillary mess :eek: in my HTPC in preparation of the next coming 12 month' playing jobs ... ;) Linux USB Audio OS : Linux Mint 19.1 xfce 64-bit, for a reliable and fast desktop (Generic Kernel upgraded to the Low Latency Kernel for minimal...
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    Dan D’Agostino ... What the world needs now is a $250,000 power amplifier ...

    Model : Relentless $250,000 for the pair of amps in the US o_O £250,000 in the UK o_Oo_O AU$449,995 in Australia o_Oo_Oo_O 1,500 watts into 8 ohm speakers, 3,000 watts for 4 ohms and 6,000 watts into 2 ohms 570 pounds (258kgs) :eek...
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    Odroid C2 + HIFI Shield 2 ---> Better than the Raspberry Pi2 ?

    https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-c2/ https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/hifi-shield-2/ Has any one ever dealt with this set from this HardKernel company from S Korea ? @amirm They publish the measurements for the DAC, pls. see the above link. I would very much appreciate your feedback...
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    Audiophile Gadgets : great original gift ideas for Xmas !

    Max budget : $100 (100 EUR ; £100) For both givers and receivers I would like to start with this one despite the comment in the review : "They won’t replace any decent electronic speakers ..." https://www.theapollobox.com/product/sku591/loudbasstard-bamboo-speaker-dock
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    To all the Sennheiser / Beyerdynamic Headphone Fanatics out there ! I have a budget of 400€ ($) to invest ...

    for a Beyerdynamic DT1990 or a Sennheiser HD660s ... After listening several tracks thru both of them this afternoon - back & forth, powered by my Beyerdynamic HBC1 DAC/amp, I am still confused and cannot decide which one I want to get ... Feedback of any type will be very much appreciated ...
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    Lead-contaminated toys ...

    @amirm Do you lab instruments let you check the lead content of the devices (our Hi-Fi toys) we buy from China ? :facepalm: "New York sues Target, Walmart for sale of lead-contaminated toys" -...
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    Technics SBM1000-2 - Audiophile Class Floor-Standing Tower Loudspeaker System ...

    Seriously ? Who's is going to invest $5,000 on these Technics in today market super-competitive quality offers ? Unless I am missing something abt. these IMPRESSIVE VERTICAL FLOOR-STANDING TOWERS ...
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    Daphile, Digital Music Convenience for Audiophiles

    Just installed this Daphile HiFi music server & player, now playing thru my AudioEngine A5+ via my little Squeezebox Receiver ... I recommend the 64-bit x86 with realtime kernel among the download options. A quick comment : it is a very well engineered package, flexible, with a lot of features...
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    Audio Without Numbers, by Herb Reichert

    I was browsing Archimago's Musings, which is a recent discovery for me, in search of article related to speakers I would like to buy for my son ... and jumped on this one, which I am sure many of you guys are already aware of ...
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