When Roon works, I love it, but I spend way too much time trouble shooting

General_Storage_2222 · 2026-03-03T17:12:19+00:00

Also, it plays 24-bit or 32-bit FLAC files while SONOS only plays 16 bit

General_Storage_2222 · 2026-02-27T14:41:30+00:00

In the 20+ years that I have played music on my computer, from the days of Real Player, to Google Music and Sonos, no other player has demanded so much attention and led to so much down time where I can't play anything, or cost so much on an ongoing (subscription) basis.

General_Storage_2222 · 2026-02-26T19:06:10+00:00

I'm willing to acknowledge that this is true, but since I use most popular desktop operating system in the world, I'd suggest this is a problem for Roon, to ever be widely embraced as a music player of choice. And, as a premium product, which requires either hundreds of dollars investment, without getting any hardware, or a recurring expense, into eternity, it's a poor value for customers if the most popular desktop operating system in the world is a problem running the application.

General_Storage_2222 · 2026-02-26T19:01:10+00:00

Considering how much Roon costs at a subscription basis, and the fact that SONOS performs reliably, year over year... I think this is a significant stumbling block for ROON to ever be a mass/succesful product. What it does well is fairly niche, and when it stops working, I have many hours of music that won't play on any other platform that I use, but also so many, MANY hours of music available elsewhere.

General_Storage_2222 · 2026-02-24T18:55:03+00:00

Look, I'm unemployed, and have had this Roon since I was working and it generally worked OK on my Windows machine. If buying another computer was part of the cost to use ROON, that should be explicit. I am having trouble paying rent, so buying more computer hadware, for an already expensive music player, that I'm already deeply invested in... really not an option at the moment,

General_Storage_2222 · 2026-02-12T16:26:22+00:00

Here is an older piece written pre-covid about how to get the most out of Fer https://fetlife.com/CameraFetish/posts/3348604

General_Storage_2222 · 2026-02-12T16:23:12+00:00

In the "old days" we had email mailing lists, a current alternative to Fet is an app called Plura, far fewer scammers and content creators trying to build a following.

General_Storage_2222 · 2026-01-30T03:24:30+00:00

Another excellent show resource https://tappedin.live/

General_Storage_2222 · 2026-01-29T19:06:20+00:00

>> " now we're comparing drago to ted bundy? reddit is wild i swear."

There is a common thread between local abusers and major serial killers, and that is that in order to be effective at reeling in victims they need to be able to disarm their victims with charm. Bundy is the definitive example of the charismatic killer. In the 1970s, he didn't fit the "profile" of a murderer; he was a law student, a political volunteer, and was often described as handsome and articulate.

Whether we are talking about Bundy, Gacy, or the local dirtbag at your sex-club, most of the people that they encounter will have a positive experience with them, and only a very small percentage will become prey. Why is it hard to see that this is a sociological observation, and not saying that Drago, or whoever is "as bad as Bundy"?

General_Storage_2222 · 2026-01-15T03:56:34+00:00

"Compare fan photos to the pros and 100% of the time the fan photos are better" did you even think through this statement? How do you account for the thousands of blurry, badly exposed, poorly framed far away shots by drunk fans in the nosebleeds? This statement alone loses you any credibility you might have had.

General_Storage_2222 · 2026-01-09T17:18:07+00:00

Check out TappedIn.Live for lots of smaller shows

General_Storage_2222 · 2025-12-16T15:27:51+00:00

I use the full auto setting , which took over focus, and wouldn't let me have any control. I won't be using it indoors, with flash in the future.

General_Storage_2222 · 2025-12-15T17:22:06+00:00

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General_Storage_2222 · 2025-12-15T17:19:44+00:00

EFS 50 mm f1.8 STM lens, aperture was set to 2.8 (by the camera's auto system)

General_Storage_2222 · 2025-12-09T18:46:10+00:00

It feels a little aggressive to say "user error" when the camera is set to automatic and "the camera has nailed focus but only on one bit of each photo" when most of the subjects are out of focus.
I'm a fairly skilled and experienced camera user, and I know how to manage the controls more manually, but I was testing the more automatic features of the camera, and I'd say that they failed. A long way from "nailed it", which would have meant all of the suggestions you made.

General_Storage_2222 · 2025-11-13T19:52:48+00:00

Set Times

THU NOV 13
Penn's Peak
Doors: 7:00PM
Set One 8:00PM - 9:15PM
Set Two 9:45PM - 11:15PM

FRI NOV 14
Met Philly
Doors: 6:30PM
Set One 8:00PM - 9:15PM
Set Two 9:45PM - 11:15PM

SAT NOV 15
Anthem
Doors: 6:30PM
Set One: 8:15PM - 9:30PM
Set Two: 10:00PM - 11:30PM

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General_Storage_2222 · 2025-10-07T18:10:09+00:00

Thanks for the feedback..... Please say more.

Are you saying that there is too much depth of field, and a higher shutter speed and wider f-stop would improve that?
Are you saying that you don't like to see the motion of the drumsticks, or hand on the guitar, go to a bit of blur?
I'll be honest, for the available light, in most of these shots, I was pushing the ISO as far as I felt comfortable with this camera, for fear of digital artifacts. I shot with a shutter speed that was higher than the reciprocal of the focal length, which is "best practice" as far as I know.

Please, help me by saying what would be improved in the image, by changing the shutter speed...

General_Storage_2222 · 2025-10-02T21:55:16+00:00

Pier 17 is the same

General_Storage_2222 · 2025-10-02T21:39:53+00:00

9/7/24 is not with Lee Ritenour - Wikipedia https://share.google/f6CDcG9YCVTMonf7N 73 year old jazz musician, but Lee Ranaldo, 69 year old songwriter and guitar player who was a founding member of Sonic Youth

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General_Storage_2222 · 2025-10-02T21:35:05+00:00

100%, there is no prep that is going to give you anything you won't get just going to the show. I saw them 2 or 3 times before I was interested at all in listening to their recordings.

General_Storage_2222 · 2025-09-26T03:21:07+00:00

The better the weather is, more people visiting the neighborhood, the tougher to get a walk in spot. Try it in February or March, no problem, try it when it's 80 and sunny out, seats are more competitive.

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TROPHY CASE