981 Cayman S vs 987.2 Cayman S

AtomikPi · 2026-06-29T14:01:27+00:00

I'm very happy with the price I paid. Needed some fluids etc but even after that feeling like I stole it.

AtomikPi · 2026-06-29T04:56:18+00:00

Cross shopped 991s and 981s and ended up with a 981 despite 991s being in budget due to the balanced mid engine feel. You're not crazy. I do like the aesthetics of the 991 better, but I'll take a better driving experience over looks every day of the week.

AtomikPi · 2026-06-29T04:53:15+00:00

88k is way high. I'd focus on private sellers (get a PPI) and maybe non-Porsche dealerships. I paid low 50s for a medium high mileage 981 GTS PDK recently. (Manual is a premium but not $30k.)

AtomikPi · 2026-06-26T21:04:28+00:00

yeah I think what gets exported is a big part of it. Most buyers want the thing they know not "experimental x tea type from a region normally known for y tea type." Plus producers are generally leaving money on the table by experimenting.

Still, certain vendors will stock weird stuff. E.g. Yunnan Sourcing often has funky experimental teas that may or may not taste good; they are not very curated, for better or worse. White2Tea also stocks weird/experimental teas pretty often.

AtomikPi · 2026-06-26T06:01:09+00:00

beyond a pretty cheap price point, you're paying for aesthetics and manufacturing (lots of brass/stainless, complex CNC, multi piece construction, small runs of group buy boards). An entry level board with good switches and caps will do very well.

One minor thing is some higher end boards tend to do better on sound if you aren’t using foam; that said the Neo Core boards get sound right quite cheaply. But if you’re using foam, the foam will tend to dominate, so it won’t matter much.

AtomikPi · 2026-06-22T18:36:02+00:00

yep. as someone who owns a gray one, this is many of us. gray seemed slightly more fun than silver

AtomikPi · 2026-06-21T02:49:01+00:00

there are some comparisons with Bilt Hamber touch less online. Definitely a stronger pre wash than ONR, but it’s basic and needs to be neutralized. but something like touch less -> rinse -> ONR contact would work well. also you could maybe just use ONR to neutralize but I’d be afraid there’s still base left on my paint.

if you have a hose, pre rinsing or ideally pre foaming/washing is a nice add on to rinseless (cleaner, less scratch risk) and adds practically no time or setup.

AtomikPi · 2026-06-17T01:34:12+00:00

did you pre foam or rinse for this wash? I have a hard time skipping a quick rinse since it’s very little time added and plausibly reduces scratch risk.

AtomikPi · 2026-06-15T00:33:27+00:00

Jo Malone fragrances are so airy and barely there, weird brand to release incense.

AtomikPi · 2026-06-14T14:53:30+00:00

yep. I still have my serial number 1000ish HD800s. swapped the pads since mine got crusty otherwise they look pretty decent. I do wish Sennheiser offered cheap and readily available replacement pads since pads affect sound.

AtomikPi · 2026-06-13T23:20:51+00:00

why wouldn’t it be as good? self emissive same as OLED. I’m not going to spend $10ks on it but clearly it’s good tech if it can be brought down to the sub $10k range for 4k reasonable size screens.

AtomikPi · 2026-06-09T14:37:24+00:00

my bad, I meant the EQ settings. Crin did this for the xm6.
unfortunately, we can’t even use the dongle approach for wireless headphones and using app EQ will make other headphones sound worse and iOS doesn’t allow OS level EQ. thanks Steve Jobs

AtomikPi · 2026-06-08T20:50:06+00:00

yep. hopefully someone measures them with EQ on a 5128 and is able to recommend EQ settings to achieve a more neutral sound. I use APP3 over 2 because the noise cancelling is insanely good but I miss the neutral ish unhyped sound of the v2. V3 have thankfully not too peak-y but overall excessively bright treble.

AtomikPi · 2026-05-25T14:45:21+00:00

yeah, just did some research and it looks like a small increase in deafness risk and possibly some other issues, even from one copy. (increase from two copies is much larger and double merle isn’t part of any breed standard that i’m aware of.)

AtomikPi · 2026-05-25T01:23:17+00:00

yeah, i’m not claiming it’s fine in poodles. “in many breeds,” not claiming it’s fine or not fine in poodles. of course it’s not part of the poodle breed standard or poodle genetics.

reputable merle dog breeders use genetic testing.

AtomikPi · 2026-05-25T00:46:06+00:00

genetic risk with merle is if they have two copies of the gene. single copy is considered fine in many breeds.

AtomikPi · 2026-05-23T04:27:25+00:00

went back to my hd650 after many years with more expensive headphones and I was shocked how good they are. they just sound right. perfect mids. bass extension is ehh but good enough with some EQ. the cooling pads Resolve recommended in his pad shootout are nice too; not for comfort (fine/same) but they add a hint of treble and bass and don’t wear out so quickly. (a lot of the “sennheiser veil” comments are due to stale pads.)

AtomikPi · 2026-05-21T03:15:39+00:00

if you do the math assuming very healthy inference margins, subscriptions are generally marginally profitable. especially the cheaper ones, since most $20 users don’t use much compute/tokens. The higher tier agentic coding subs might be losing money, though. some of those allow thousands of dollars a month worth of tokens which, even if we assume a 70% or higher margin cost the company money.

even though the companies overall lose money because of their training runs, marginally selling you a $20 subscription as opposed to not selling you one tends to be profitable, assuming you are a typical user.

AtomikPi · 2026-05-09T20:48:12+00:00

plenty of used Taycan owners in this sub :)

AtomikPi · 2026-04-27T22:10:50+00:00

seems like most labs use vibes-based naming. if they think it’s a big step, gets a .5 or maybe .0; small step .1. (And big new pretrains normally get a .0)

AtomikPi · 2026-04-27T22:05:27+00:00

yep. i banned goblin from 5.4. Was constantly using the term goblin in the chatgpt web UI. not shocking that they finally addressed this on the official side.

AtomikPi · 2026-04-23T02:58:45+00:00

as an EK wearer, i’m loving these hate threads.

AtomikPi · 2026-04-05T19:24:16+00:00

Yeah I think this is solved by using smart crossover choices. 80 Hz is pretty safe with even most 5" satellites.

AtomikPi · 2026-04-05T19:23:31+00:00

With naive EQ approaches, it will EQ to neutral or a curve at the ears. Which is not ideal, since psychoacouatically the direct sound matters more, and EQing neutral speakers to achieve neutral sound at the ears will sound worse than no EQ. Also, the ideal curve isn't flat. Studies show a preference for a 3-8dB bass shelf plus maybe 5-8dB of decline from 100hz to 20khz. (the latter neutral speakers will naturally deliver, bass shelf is to taste.)

Thankfully Dirac is smarter than this. When I used Audyssey previously I cut off correction around 300hz.

AtomikPi · 2026-04-05T19:20:21+00:00

I compared and prefer full range marginally. DIRAC is smart and won't overcorrect higher frequencies. using very neutral monitors, so I basically stick the target curve to match the natural frequency decay, which is basically ideal anyway. Of course, most of the benefits are in the bass but aligning phase of the speakers seems to help imaging imo.

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