Republicans are in denial. Democrats are proposing complicated, expensive, and ultimately ineffective solutions. Same dynamic as ever. This is why we haven’t addressed this problem.

Only one thing is needed and it’s possible only one thing will work politically and socially to solve this problem. Carbon Tax + Dividend. Go tell your reps.

Focal replaced bad Utopia drivers even for second or third owners, even out of warranty. You can tell they’re proud of what they do.

It makes sense. Focal is doing the same thing with the Bathys. Everything made in China but the drivers.

Completely incorrect. It’s definitely the other way around. Audeze has probably sold more Mobius and Penrose headphones than Hifiman’s entire lineup. Mobius was being sold retail at Microcenter. Maxwell for Xbox 360 is sold out until March. Audeze literally can’t make these headphones fast enough. When I talked to Sankar at CanJam he said getting into the consumer level completely transformed the company.

HiFiman seems to only put premium quality into their 4-figure headphones. Even then, the effort is hit and miss depending on the topic. The packaging for my 400$ Oculus Rift was far more premium than for my 6000$ Susvara. As referenced by the meme, the cables are still horrendous. The rotation of the Susvara cups are facilitated by little nylon washers seemingly taped to the joint and this weak adhesive just dissolves over time leading to jamming of the rotation and bits of oozing adhesive. The crappy foam job in all their packaging up the line to Susvara is hidden by the satin which isn’t secured into the box at all like a liner but rather just stuffed in there and bunching up over time if you attempt to use the box for storage.

I can at least say the drivers, the pads, and the frame of the Susvara look sturdy. I guess those are really the things that matter shrug

For those that are saying the drug addiction isn’t the sufficient cause of his homelessness, my company would hire him for a caregiver role including a place to live half the time at >50k yr starting if it weren’t for that… and not only the drug use itself but from an industrial organizational psychology perspective all of the indicators about his problem solving capabilities, personality traits, etc that are relevant to working professionally… to those that say he’s on the drugs because of the situation… that’s worse when determining his qualifications to do a particular job, not better. It’s all related. Despite the cigarette mention, it’s not one decision that made this guy end up here. It was a series of decisions and absence of decisions.

Now I think this person needs help and all the compassion we can muster but the first step in solving the problem is identifying the problem correctly.

I’ve thought about how I’d make it less weird to go trick or treating as an adult and I came up with a plan to donate the candy to a kids’ charity or foster homes. If you put a label on your container/bag that this candy is going to needy kids, it’s a lot less weird… admirable even. And then you get to feel good again the next day when you drop it off for the families who couldn’t go trick or treating!

It’s a lawn game. Competitive even. Google it

“No bass, no mids, no highs” I’m fucking ded

Thank you! Just contacted someone off the list you linked. Thanks for actually being helpful instead of berating me for not getting green wood delivered ahead of time to a property I didn’t even own yet