The only memorable thing I have of that typhoon is this video.

Free bidet addon! :alonehappy:

Fuck imagine you just diarrheaed and it came shooting back at your dick at that exact time. I'd want the typhoon to just take me and finish me off.

https://www.costco.ca/tiger-micom-5....000035660.html

This one some one linked in the last day or so. Looks like it checks my boxes.

600$ for a rice cooker, Jesus Christ

My 20$ one from superstore is still working 8 years later

The Costco here didn't have that one in stock so I couldn't get it, but they did have the Cuckoo CR-0632F https://www.cuckooamerica.ca/products/cr-0632f so I picked it up for $129 since it was 5 mins to close lol. Do you guys think it'll be good enough or should I bring it back and order the Tiger?

Best thing about my Zorijushi is that it sings twinkle twinkle little star when the rice is done.

I mean... if that's not a selling point I don't know what is.

Does cuckoo sing? Does Tiger sing? Just sayin........

Hahahahaha........... most things play tunes when something's up. Just last night, I replaced the batteries on my almost 20 year old aftermarket alarm key fob. I hate it, hate it, hate it. It's out of tune. I think it plays Bingo, as in, "Bingo Was His Name, Yo!"

I cringe each time.


These manufacturers need to up their game. Play Beethoven's Fifth, lol.

Removing white oxidation from plastic eyeglasses ? Condensed Considerations

https://i0.wp.com/blog.cassandrahunt...size=768%2C512

So i wear glasses and some of my plastic frames were turning white from oxidation.

Apparently if you take a mr clean magic eraser, it'll remove this white layer and then you find a good sealant (like the same stuff used in headlight restoration kit) and presto.

Internet is so cool, you can find an answer to almost anything. I used to buy new glasses every time the frame turned white.

that song played in my head as I read that :lol:

My parents bought some fancy cuckoo cooker in South Korea, and that thing has a LCD to select cooking options, speaks Korean, and plays a jingle like a TV ad.

All Koreans use Cuckoo lol, Cuchen is another brand but less favoured. You can get decent deals at H-Mart for Cuckoo, and it's a lot more expensive because it's a pressure cooker capable of doing a lot of things, ie. make rice cake, etc. Ours is 8 years old and still going strong.

My tiger hot water dispenser sings a tune when it's done boiling the water

My rice cookers too old to sing I guess :okay:


Edit: oh wait my water dispenser is zojirushi :lol

I started to get on the vinyl bandwagon again. Went to Sunrise Records in Metropolis. What a mess of a place. Their LP's are jammed into the bins. So much so, you can't even pull them out to look at them. You have to pull out a few dozen (with great effort) just so you can flip through them. I just left. Nothing was where they were supposed to be. People working there didn't know much.

On my recent trip to Bellingham, I decided to look for records. Didn't go to the smaller independent stores downtown, but went to big box stores. Walmart, Target, Best Buy. Damn, records in translucent colours. I saw Guardians of the Galaxy Soundtrack Vinyl in funky colors. I already have volume 1, but wanted to get the funky colored "deluxe" version. The one I have at home was purchased at London Drugs. Produced by Back to Black. Worst record I have ever dealt with. The hole was so small I had to force the record to sit on the platter. The edges were full of sharp imperfections and the surface was riddled with vinyl pieces. After cleaning it up. I realized the wound was horrible. Listening to the one I purchased in Bellingham, it was better, but the sound was off. Something wasn't right. Researching via Internet revealed this was done on purpose. To recreate the sound of cassette........... W-T-F? I'm keeping it anyway, the funky red and yellow is kind of cool. Sound engineers got away with this one. BTW, coloured vinyl is not better or worse, sound wise (with some exceptions).

Anyway, I wasn't about to give up on vinyl just yet. I went to this little local record shop on Hastings called, "Hooked on Phono," this afternoon. I keep thinking hooked on phonics, lol. Dude working there was very knowledgeable. A good salesman. Got a few things wrong, but generally a good guy. I purchased some used LP's of Chuck Mangione. Children of Sanchez and Live at Hollywood Bowl. After seeing what I had chosen, he put me onto an LP I already had in my collection Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Band. He told me this thing was engineered properly and remastered with care. I'm not a fan of anything remastered, but thought I'd give it a go. I'm listening to it now and let me tell you it's gorgeous. My faith in vinyl has been restored. These newer remastered, low quality pressings are horrible. I guess when people listen to vinyl on Crossley's and Victrola's, little does the sound matter.

Friends don't let friends buy or listen to vinyl on those players. Nuff said.


Take Five never sounded so good. A piece in 5/4 time........... I love it.

Before Covid my wife and I would hit red cat a few times a month. Wonderful store - great people. Always find something to bring home to the record player. Just went back last month for the first time since. Really nice to get back into a bit.


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Yup, I go there once in a while. Good people there, too. Neptoon and Audiopile on Commercial. Different folks there, Nothing wrong. Just don't feel too comfortable there. Maybe not white enough? Gulolol.............. I'm referring to Audiopile. Neptoon is very comfortable.

I miss Sikora's and even A&B Sound. OMG, pretty good bargains there on Boxing Day.


BTW, I have some very nice LP's stashed away. MoFi half speed and 45 rpm LP's from them. Too scared to open them. Need to play them on a high end system, which I cannot afford. I have regular pressings of them, so............

Hell, I'm getting on in age. Maybe I'll crack 'em open............ or find someone who will let me listen to them on a minimum $30 000.00 + system (the turntable and preamp).

Not a huge collector but it's a nice side hobby and I've always been into audio and home electronics.

A haul from a year ago after finding a local vintage shop in the tri cities area. No special pressings or anything. Also have a lot of modern stuff too, not just classic rock.

https://i.imgur.com/ClG2jGF.jpeg

My rig (no Crossley here)

https://i.imgur.com/16oNg2k.jpeg

nice flex on the eames too

Nice!

I've have my setup in my garage. Just stuff I picked up from local usedvic for a few hundred bucks: NAD 7020, Sony PSF20, PSB Speakers. Going more for nostalgia than audiophile:


https://i.imgur.com/GRfFOEw.jpg

Most of my records I pilfered from my Dad and Uncle's collections, here's my list:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

I'm actually looking to get rid of anything in the "Off shelf" tab (It's not stuff I'm really into), they're up for grabs if anyone wants them.

^ damn too bad you're on the island would definitely take a few off shelf off your hands

Haha if I had taken a new pic for this discussion would've not included it but I was on the shitter and that was what was on my phone.

Yeah I know. If you ever make a trip to the island, they'll be here.

The thing about vinyl is that you have to research for those that are not digitally remastered or worse, digital master in the first place.

Anything that was recorded digitally or digitally remastered would not give you a sense of what vinyl is capable of. Since they basically took a digital signal and use some converter or even added that "warmth" of vinyl after.

I suggest to start hunting for vintage vinyls from collectors who know how to keep their shit. They might not be cheap, but the sound is like nothing else.

Better than vinyl is tape. Problem with tape is, info on it fades over time. Reel to reel from original masters. Very very few examples of good tapes were ever produced for retail sales. While on topic of tapes, I have a Nakamichi TD 1200 which is the car audio version of the famous Nakamichi Dragon. I have some amazing cassettes that were limited run copies made by Nakamichi themselves (okay, produced by other companies, like MFSL) to show off their machines. The Nak TD 1200 has some amazing tech incorporated in its design. Auto reverse playback with auto azimuth correction after direction change. I have to dig it out of storage. I even have some blank TDK all metal housing cassettes with acrylic facings. Quite expensive, but if you had a Nakamichi Dragon, that's the tape you used to record off your records. Original master tapes.............. damn, some people have them.

Don't laugh, but 8 Track was a very capable system. Just never took off. Plus the run of the mill pre-recorded tapes, along with cassettes, and the players themselves, were horrible. Then, there was the dreaded tape jam and not surviving the elements.

I remember when CD's first came out. People were all over it. Lots of CD's were of poor quality. Just hold one up to the light. Holes, lol. Yup. Most holes came that way from the manufacturing process and usually don't cause any issues. Plus, players are capable of correcting the missing info. BTW, this is not related to CD rot. If you store CD's properly, you'll never experience CD rot. If you have CD rot, your CD's have been to very dirty places. Like a Surrey Ho................

Just ordered the Kevin Gray/Steve Hoffman cut, Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (180g 45rpm Vinyl 2LP). Best of the best version, so the reviews say. Pressed in Germany (Pallas). I have a generic remastered LP, which is fantastic, but reviews say this version blows all other versions out of the water. Hmmmmmmm............

On a whim, I also ordered a Japan pressed, Hybrid SACD of the same title. I have a DVD-Audio version of it, but want to compare the two versions. I am surprised MFSL (Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs) doesn't have any of Fleetwood Mac's albums. I guess can't get the rights to it?

Rolling Stones 7/500 best albums of all time list.

I ordered the two LP set from Music Direct. Free shipping to 24/7 Parcel in Blaine. I love retirement................

https://www.amazon.com/review/R2VPJ1KH3GPEHX

Steve Hoffman always reliable for good mixes.

I have the Steve Hoffman icky thump white stripes vinyl and it the dynamics on that are amazing.

RHCP stadium Arcadium as well.

My setup is a bit bastardized for the true vinyl experience but it’s pretty awesome nonetheless

So I’ve got my record player - Sonos amp - hardwired ceiling speakers (courtesy of Punkwax, still appreciate the hook up!)

Then.. the Sonos amp is the backbone component for the wireless Sonos Plays. So the Sonos amp takes in the analog signal through two RCA’s, spits it out on the hardwired ceiling speakers but also plays the analog vinyl over the wireless Play speakers. So you’re listening to it anywhere in the house.

Obviously that’s like totally against the whole idea of vinyl and I’m sure even the amp to the ceiling speakers is doing some sort of conversion. Still sounds pretty great though

We’ve got a bunch of original first print vinyl like Rolling Stones etc. and man the sound they provide is pretty great

I’ve got a huge stack of stuff I have no interest in though, I’ll see if I still have the list somewhere as I priced it all out before. I’ll give the stuff I don’t want to anyone who wants it for free if I can find the list again