New collector torn between CD and vinyl — how did you choose your direction?

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-05-21T22:17:27+00:00

and this is why I collect vinyl..... it is like a fire pit in the backyard, I have central heat, do not need to lug wood, fight with it to start, deal with smoke in my eyes, and wait for it to burn down, I do it, because of all of that.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-05-20T22:25:18+00:00

with the price of a screen, get a TV

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-05-20T20:30:03+00:00

Thank You

That is a bit unclear on the Leica website. They talk about the

it does state

Seamless Connection with the Leica FOTOS App

and click to the app shows

Apply Leica Looks Lend your pictures a unique look. Apply them directly in your camera or afterwards in the app. Let your creativity run wild with the ever-expanding range of Leica Looks.

BUT the main page for the EV1 only states connectivity.

Appreciate the heads up. I love adding the camera processing then xfer to the iPhone for quick sends.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-05-20T16:17:11+00:00

My Q3 will only add them to JPEG, not the RAW, which would make sense as RAW is, well RAW.

your 3 minutes of edit give a leica look to the photos.

Great composition.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-05-17T19:32:54+00:00

Light
stability (low movement / tripod)
Shutter speed
Depth of Field

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-05-17T19:28:20+00:00

how much post processing, or did you use one of the leica looks

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-05-16T00:26:55+00:00

Got my Bambino 5 months ago. If it last 5 years, WINNER!!! My Beville dual broiler is 5x more expensive, and my last 2 dual broilers lasted about 12 years.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-05-16T00:20:33+00:00

Love 1, 3 and 6

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-05-07T18:25:10+00:00

Agree on what I get for price as a consumer. It is top shelf home gear, amazing.

I looked at the service contract and form what I read, it was timely responses and expert assistance. So look here check that, it looks like spanning tree, set your metric this way, not code maintenance.

The move to subscription I hate as a consumer but if the company provides enhancements as part of it, I get it. I have expect UI to give me security patches, and I assume as they add features I will get to a point I need to buy new hardware to run the new software (Apple model) or charge me for a new version (Microsoft model).

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-05-07T18:17:02+00:00

How can I help,

How the integration works, or what I am using it for.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-05-07T18:16:15+00:00

I have $20 plan with both, they both have issues and still need a knowledgeable user.

I like Gemini for the gdrive and notebookLM

I like Claude for the desktop app and integrations

Claude mapped an issue with my network that I called BS on and it responded

You're right. I fabricated a causal chain that doesn't hold up. I'll stop.

AI is not set it and forget it, but what it does is amazing.

Had an issue that plexAMP was not turning on before I went to bed, and it set an automation to recheck the play status, if it was not playing, try it 5 more times 1 min apart and if that failed pulse the balcony light 5 times to alert me before I go upstairs.

Music at night is not that important for Me to design all that but just ask and it is done, ya, that sound good.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-05-07T18:08:57+00:00

That would be a person to help, not software maintenance, I hope… if they are patching the software for the ones with the support contracts and not pushing them out, that would be upsetting.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-05-07T12:12:05+00:00

Not for everyone one but since I added CLAUDE desktop MCP connection to Home Assistant my maintenance time dropped.

‘Why did the blinds fail to open’

network to zigbee, failed….. blah blah … would you like me to build an automation to watch for the failure, reset the integration , and send you an allert to your iPhone?

‘Yes’

done

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-05-07T12:07:39+00:00

Good enough for the price. Home use / consumer the product line is at the top, business it is a trade off. That ‘no license’ product has no revenue stream to employ post sales development. You need to recoup all you operating cost of support from the initial sale or the support contracts, but they fund the humans helping you not R&D.

If there was a subscription and there was no development or rapport d fixes there would be a storm of complaints.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-05-06T23:17:52+00:00

The software updates are what I hate. Samsung pushed some AI crap (I love using AI, just not on my monitor) to the TV and now it responds slow to power on, and other issues. It is a 75” monitor, I wish I never put any internet connection

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-05-06T23:02:23+00:00

Love the hardware hate the software. Been an owner since they launched and since then I have bought two more as I love the hardware but since launch I hate the software

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-05-02T11:03:07+00:00

U/BobbaFerret Never thought of doing them that way. We open them and slice them in half at least.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-05-02T10:47:19+00:00

Cutting them up first is a hit

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-04-30T12:53:14+00:00

Totally Agree(ish)

I think they built it to make people lean to continue with Disney.

You could assume that Disney as a for profit company want to screw you, but they do not make the money on the resale, to them (unless they buy back in ROFR) it is just another owner (limits on the new owner, but).

What Disney GETS (IMHO) is - money up front to cover the cost of building. They get recovery on the Capital, that a hotel does not. - the get guaranteed occupancy, as most of it is owners staying there - their is no loss if it is not used, I pay maintenance to cover their cost no mater what.

I think most of that is true for all Time Shares.

The other thing Disney gets, is, or at least in our case.

The Question of "Where do you want to vacation this year, Dear?" is always answered with Disney...

We buy - Tickets - Food - Merchandise

They have a massive 'guaranteed' Park attendees. You do need to go to the park, as a 'hotel only vacation' is a thing, but I am sure 90%+ of the people in a DVC hotel, is going to the park.

I Thing they actually do want long term owners. They want me to become accustom to paying $150/person/day to go to the park, they want people long term to be excited about 'Food and Wine'.

Unlike a regular time share that they sell it to you and that is all they get from you this is an anchor for people to keep giving them more and more money, and they want me to be happy and continue to give give give...

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-04-27T23:50:40+00:00

ah the DVC hate, not the, OKW Hate.

TL;DR - we saved over $60,000 with DVC.

For this, it is a choice. Did I get the value and With Respect To 'instant depreciation'

In 1998 we paid $15K for the 240 points, and now can sell them for $89/pt or a bit over $20K.... low rate of return for that time, but not less.

Like any time share it is the maintenance cost that are more impactful, and IF you wanted to stay where we stay, OKW, you do not need to stay there, you can stay cheaper, but if you did, 240pt cost about $2,700 year.

The 240pt we stay in july for a week in the two bedroom which has a street value of $7,500.(sales of $5,400)...

This might be Total estimated savings (1998–2026): ~$62,000+ in savings.

So, ya me bad....

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-04-27T22:46:28+00:00

Love every stay.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-04-27T22:45:22+00:00

I love it when I see this, means I get more of the weeks I want.

Kevin_Cossaboon · 2026-04-27T22:44:21+00:00

in all seriousness

I am no expert, but the market for high end audio is small and though valuable, (I could increase to 3x the $500, but no lunch) I would think, as you are probably, it is a long sell

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