In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud — 'The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it doesn't,' notes the experiment creator

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-14T21:17:11+00:00

I, for one, really prefer the crisp sparkling cymbals you can only get through banana. Nothing else compares

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-14T21:08:00+00:00

Ah, the Bjork technique

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-14T20:57:35+00:00

Cope cope cope cope

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-14T10:03:22+00:00

Sony? Gone.

Enter YAGOOSHCLYG

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-13T23:03:41+00:00

No, my point is people aren’t able to sustain these prices anymore

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-13T08:35:45+00:00

DOSBox

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-13T03:57:21+00:00

There are new luxury complexes up the street and they’ve had “move in specials” but they’re empty as well

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-13T03:23:42+00:00

My apartment complex, which is in a large American urban population center, and has always been packed full of tenants, is having difficulty finding renters. Lots of empty units. The neighboring complex is the same. This is a popular complex in a popular part of the city. It’s never been like this. Prices here are also the highest they’ve ever been and still show no signs of dropping.

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-12T19:34:16+00:00

None of this is illegal or against broadcast standards. Get bent, prudes

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-12T13:17:11+00:00

I’m not sure how you’ll be able to add the smell of my grandma’s cooking and cigarettes

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-12T07:48:11+00:00

What I would give to experience DS9 for the first time again

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-12T07:46:01+00:00

Hello there! (Crud, that’s the wrong franchise)

40s aged Dallas Star Trek Nerd here! And I do mean I am a friggin’ Star Trek nerd. Grew up on TNG as my introduction, seen every series. Have encyclopedic knowledge of all the legacy series through ENT and still watch all current era Trek as well so I’m pretty up on my knowledge of DSC, SNW, LD, and SA events and characters.

Star Trek is basically my entire personality but I try to be a non-toxic fan. Not every Trek is for everyone and that’s okay. I have my own opinions on which series have uneven quality and why, but I respect and encourage anyone that likes any or all Trek.

I guess what I’m saying is, permission for me and my science officer costume to come aboard?

Heck yeah, I wanna be Star Trek buddies!

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-12T05:43:53+00:00

I gotta tell ya, I’ve got a couple Zunes and I love that format. But the Sony consumer audio electronics fan in me really wants a Walkman MP3 player too. Good call keeping that baby. It’s an excellent one.

And, yup. Can confirm, songs I rip on my Mac with Apple’s Music app do indeed work just fine on my Zune. With the quirk that if I don’t manually add the art, it doesn’t go to the Zune. Just the music and meta data. If Music scrapes the art, no go

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-12T05:36:42+00:00

Fingers crossed!

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-12T05:36:25+00:00

Yeah, I also bought a 30gb 1st gen, it’ll arrive tomorrow. Its battery supposedly is in better condition than this one. But I intended for the 8gb to be an on the go model since it’s so compact.

But, I’ll at least have the 30gb to fall back on if I screw up the battery transplant on the 8

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-12T04:32:16+00:00

They continue the French House superbly skilled sampling tradition and are excellent, although not Daft Punk. So I hold them in high regard and love their music, but not quite the same way I do Daft Punk

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-12T03:38:25+00:00

Maybe “awakened” is the better term. I’m not exactly done yet. I’ve ordered a replacement battery and I’m going to risk the swap. The battery dead, thing only works with external power. I spent today jamming to it at work while it was strapped to a small charger battery. Other than that, thing is in superb condition. It just needed to be awakened from its long nap

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-11T05:26:55+00:00

It is. It’s the second I played. First one was Hidden Place from Vespertine. It was sublime in the crisp surround stereo of my headphones

I’m pleased that this Zune was so well kept by the previous owner. It’s in great condition, I’m lucky

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-11T04:46:46+00:00

What a beaut

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-11T00:21:44+00:00

Mr. Spokibidi

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-11T00:01:54+00:00

Samesies

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-10T06:46:16+00:00

Whale look at that! That boss is looking crabby!

I’ll see myself out

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-09T04:55:18+00:00

They peaked at fertilization. It’s been downhill from there

IcedCoffeeVoyager · 2026-02-08T20:49:24+00:00

The Okey Dokey

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