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Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by TrustGzus, Aug 16, 2018.

  1. Cloudwalker

    Cloudwalker The genuine, original, one and only Cloudwalker Staff Member

    In Texas it does rain mud from time to time. It happens when a dust storm combines with a rain storm.
     
  2. tango

    tango ... and you shall live ... Staff Member

    I can picture it. I prefer not to though....
     
  3. KingFisher

    KingFisher New Member

    Texas has such a contrast for the different areas when it comes to weather! Guess rain mud is a West and South Texas event. SE Texas is just too humid for that to happen.
     
  4. Cloudwalker

    Cloudwalker The genuine, original, one and only Cloudwalker Staff Member

    Actually I was in Ft Worth when I experienced it. Still not a whole lot of fun.
    I don't miss it.
     
  5. IMINXTC

    IMINXTC Time Bandit

    Same process by which it rains fish in the Honduras
     
  6. Athanasius

    Athanasius Life is not a problem to be solved Staff Member

    Got myself the DT 1990 Pro headphone. Selling all my others, I had no idea.
     
  7. ProDeo

    ProDeo What a day for a day dream

    My 10 year old DT 990 is still super. Unfortunately I must add when I see a post like that :)
     
  8. Athanasius

    Athanasius Life is not a problem to be solved Staff Member

    My path has been something like: HD598 --> DT 770 Pro --> AKG K712 --> DT 1990 Pro. I'll be sticking with those last ones for a long while. I don't imagine there's anything that's a proper 'upgrade' that wouldn't start costing four figures.
     
  9. teddyv

    teddyv The horse is in the barn. Staff Member

    We're looking at -30C this weekend. Brrr.
     
  10. ProDeo

    ProDeo What a day for a day dream

    Makes me wonder if you would hear the differece of a 4 figure one unless you are lucky to have an absolute pitch.
     
  11. ProDeo

    ProDeo What a day for a day dream

    Move back to Holland, so far no winter here. Although too early to tell it would not surprise me if 2020 becomes the first winter without snow.
     
  12. tango

    tango ... and you shall live ... Staff Member

    I don't think I've ever paid more than about $30-40 for a pair of headphones. That said I haven't bought a pair in at least a decade and when I did wear them all I wanted was something to listen to while on the train, so didn't worry too much about ultimate sound quality because I also wanted to be able to hear announcements and the like.
     
  13. teddyv

    teddyv The horse is in the barn. Staff Member

    This area used to regularly go down towards -40°C for a week or so during winter, but most people here have not seen those temperatures in a long time. Those temperatures are what kept the pine beetles in check, but since they were surviving the winters it exploded into a massive problem in the forests in the central and north part of the province.
     
  14. tango

    tango ... and you shall live ... Staff Member

    -40 is cold, I'll give you that.

    A friend of mine lived in Quebec for a time and mentioned someone who froze to death taking the trash out one evening. Apparently they took the trash out only for their front door to close and lock behind them. They didn't have a key and obviously weren't dressed to spend an extended time in the cold. Of course they left their cellphone indoors because they were only going to be a couple of minutes so couldn't call for help.

    At times like that I'm thankful my house has an enclosed back porch with at least some heat in it. It still gets chilly in there in the winter time but I think it's warm enough you'd stay alive.
     
  15. Athanasius

    Athanasius Life is not a problem to be solved Staff Member

    I suspect I'd need the headphone, then the audio equipment, then UHD audio. I can definitely hear the difference in 24/bit vs. ~320kbps audio in the 1990 Pros, but only on my 'high' end setup. Anywhere else and the equipment becomes the bottleneck.
     
  16. RabbiKnife

    RabbiKnife Open the pod bay door, please HAL. Staff Member

    First day of wearing my "InvisiLign" dental appliances.

    Not to bad, overall, but a hammer would probably be quicker and cheaper.

    Straightening these teeth after 56 years is a chore. My wife is doing the same.

    Her treatment? 14 weeks, 14 different sets of aligners.
    My treatment? 31 weeks.

    Alas.
     
  17. teddyv

    teddyv The horse is in the barn. Staff Member

    Orthodontics is unusual in that it is a form of torture that people willingly subject themselves to, not to mention paying for the privilege.
     
  18. IMINXTC

    IMINXTC Time Bandit

    Dentures is worser.
     
  19. tango

    tango ... and you shall live ... Staff Member

    That's why I never bothered with the really high-end oxygen-free copper cables for my stereo. I tried one but could only tell the difference if I was playing classical music and bypassed much of the rest of my stack. As soon as I put a thrash metal CD on and routed things through the graphic equalizer it kinda killed the point of having something that was there to reduce distortion.
     
  20. IMINXTC

    IMINXTC Time Bandit

    I have duct-tape on my Bose and a non-functioning eustacian tube in my left ear.
    (Collateral damage).
    These days, the car serves as my high-end sound system.
     
    Last edited: Jan 14, 2020

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