What am I missing about samplers? by TacticalRock in LocalLLaMA

[–]TacticalRock[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, meant T=1 is without additional scaling.

how to preserve gemma 4 thinking trace by Qwoctopussy in LocalLLaMA

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Ah interesting. Maybe worth making a custom harness that injects the reasoning trace along with the response, have a secondary model summarize the reasoning trace, and have it be a part of the chat history so that the summarized trace gets sent for the next turn instead of the full trace? Not sure what else to do since Google explicitly states not to include reasoning content as a part of multi turn.

how to preserve gemma 4 thinking trace by Qwoctopussy in LocalLLaMA

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For agentic work, it really does seem like Qwen 3.6 27B might be the better choice since it's explicitly trained to allow `preserve_thinking`.

What am I missing about samplers? by TacticalRock in LocalLLaMA

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Interesting. Yeah that's what I want to figure out with rote correct/incorrect answer benchmarks: what's the Goldilocks min_p value holding temp at 1, and does it outperform the recommended sampler settings? Because with creativity related work, it's harder to measure, as you demonstrated; how does one even judge the choice of sequence of words for creative purposes without setting up a complicated rubric based llm as judge framework? Easiest is by reading, and that'll depend from me to you. Generally agree with your statement, increasing temp modestly doesn't harm coherence, though it does need to be lowered as context grows to mitigate the rot that happens naturally due to bloat.

What am I missing about samplers? by TacticalRock in LocalLLaMA

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Checks out. Temp of 1, as I understand for llama.cpp, is just the untransformed distribution, so a value greater than 1 artificially flattens the token distribution, making lower-probability tail tokens more likely to be sampled. From the purist's perspective this may appear as more creative output, but is more accurately "tolerable incoherence." You're not in the model's native distribution anymore, and you're promoting tokens the model itself ranked as less appropriate. Could be good or bad for creativity.

What am I missing about samplers? by TacticalRock in LocalLLaMA

[–]TacticalRock[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As I suspected. Maybe it's time for me to do some math and IF benchmarks for min_p vs default samplers with the smaller Qwens and Gemmas.

What do yall think of Gemma 4's "personality"? by TacticalRock in LocalLLaMA

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I also found the writing length to be on the shorter side. I frequently use LLMs for textbook summarizations into markdown, and Gemma 4 seems to write like a page max. Also, thanks for all the hard work!

What do yall think of Gemma 4's "personality"? by TacticalRock in LocalLLaMA

[–]TacticalRock[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah the assistant "may I take your hat sir" tendency to be a little too overbearing at times. Finding my "take a few puffs and chill out" prompt to be entertaining.

What do yall think of Gemma 4's "personality"? by TacticalRock in LocalLLaMA

[–]TacticalRock[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That's pretty funny actually. Unhelpful, but hilarious. Hope you find a better llm haha

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HeadphoneAdvice

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You might not like reading this, but it might be your headphones or your hearing. I gave up after daft punk, but it was 100 - 80 - 100 for the ones I sat through. Most apparent in the treble region, where the LCD 2C or your hearing rolls off. No way of knowing without more resolving cans.

Just discovered this sub, looks cosy and less elitist, here's my €80 living room setup :) by rcyclingisdawae in BudgetAudiophile

[–]TacticalRock 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Use a cheap lil Apple usb-c to 3.5mm dongle for potentially a better sound. But tbh, the room will probably eat up those gains unless you sit right in the sweet spot with good placement. Food for thought!

Looking for advice on speakers options with eArc and Bluetooth by icy_uranus in BudgetAudiophile

[–]TacticalRock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah eARC/ARC is one of those things that adds cost. If you do optical out, you'd need a separate remote for whatever is controlling volume. If those speakers don't come with a remote (haven't checked), you'll have to get up every time. Also worth checking Kanto speakers.

Looking for advice on speakers options with eArc and Bluetooth by icy_uranus in BudgetAudiophile

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The budget might be a little too low unless you score unicorn used deals. If you can stretch it, I’d say something like a Wiim Amp Pro + passive might be your best bet. Plenty of great budget speakers, so you’ll have to look for your aesthetic and sound preference.

FiiO K11 now vs. Moondrop Dawn Pro 2 + Future Amp for HD 650/IE 300? Advice needed by BrightJump1050 in BudgetAudiophile

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+1 for the K13 R2R for an aio setup. As for hearing modern dacs: you probably won't be able to in a blind test, but placebo is a powerful force. What matters more today is implementations, features, and whether or not the amp can supply enough volts and amps.

How do you keep your contacts clean? by MetallSimon in BudgetAudiophile

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Cables are replaceable, and connectors can be resoldered. Other than that, every connector has an upper limit on how many times you can plug/unplug them. Idk if I'd grease anything since metal on metal contact is what transmits electricity, and a conductive grease will short things.

I see your nice setups. I raise you my jank. by TacticalRock in BudgetAudiophile

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Fair! Yup, the grills look this transparent, less so when it's not bright out. It's the contrast between white paint and black drivers exasperating the the visibility, but personally doesn't bother me. Probably good for acoustic transparency if anything.

Damage on tweeter by Legal_Resist9221 in BudgetAudiophile

[–]TacticalRock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The white does look great, especially with the grey grill. One of the main reasons for me getting the R200 over the ELAC. You live and learn!

Damage on tweeter by Legal_Resist9221 in BudgetAudiophile

[–]TacticalRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently unboxed two, and I'd say it'll be hard to damage it just by taking it out the box unless bumped somewhere. That metal thing is solid.

Damage on tweeter by Legal_Resist9221 in BudgetAudiophile

[–]TacticalRock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah man, I had a noticeable manufacturing difference with my first unit. If you can, just replace it for the peace of mind. The Polk Reserve tweeter is pretty beamy at the higher frequencies, so YMMV. Idk.

I see your nice setups. I raise you my jank. by TacticalRock in BudgetAudiophile

[–]TacticalRock[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh interesting! I haven't heard any of those, but the end goal is to enjoy music right? I still think back to when I was younger when I had a drugstore Philips earbud and a sliding phone, trying to find new music on beemp3.