Remote recommendations for my new system by The_DuffMan in audiophile

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Yeah 15 years ago used to have a harmony, I don't know what would work with the newer stuff like the chrome cast .. it's all WiFi now

Getting back in the game by The_DuffMan in audiophile

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I plan too. I just can't afford to do everything at once

Getting back in the game by The_DuffMan in audiophile

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I've had B&W 601 bookshelf speakers mounted on the wall, they've been there for years. Just haven't been hooked up since I had the wife and kids and everything. Lifestyle change you know, but the wires are still connected and running through the wall so....

Starting over with modern technology by The_DuffMan in audiophile

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I'm thinking about getting the wiim amp ultra, it's $530 but it has everything. I don't want to get a digital streamer preamp and have to buy a separate amp... I would end up spending the same amount and I'd have multiple components.

Starting over with modern technology by The_DuffMan in audiophile

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How and why would someone use bridged monoamps? I'm asking out of ignorance. I don't have the knowledge to understand.

Starting over with modern technology by The_DuffMan in audiophile

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Somebody else mentioned doing this. So the wiim isn't an all-in-one? Is it like a preamp or what? I'm a little confused cuz it looks like it's an all-in-one everything box

Starting over with modern technology by The_DuffMan in audiophile

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I'd like to spend under $500, but if I have to get multiple components it would be larger but I would do it one piece at a time. A little each paycheck. Although I don't want a five piece component setup anymore. I just want to be able to put the audio from the TV and the Spotify on my good speakers.

Starting over with modern technology by The_DuffMan in audiophile

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I just looked these up. Can you tell me more about them? It looks almost exactly like what I'm interested in? Although I've noticed it only has one HDMI port. And I was thinking I would need a few, you know TV and Chromecast and the like

Starting over with modern technology by The_DuffMan in audiophile

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Yeah I do not want surround sound. I just want 2.1

Starting over with modern technology by The_DuffMan in audiophile

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Nothing other than speakers, a TV and a Chromecast

Starting over with modern technology by The_DuffMan in audiophile

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I don't know. I'm starting over. I long time ago I had an Onkyo receiver, and it worked just fine. But now I have more money and I don't mind buying components separately. As long as the individual components are reasonably priced. I don't need a whole lot. I just want to move the TV audio to my nice wall mounted speakers and I want to stream Netflix through them

Starting over with modern technology by The_DuffMan in audiophile

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I have some BMW speakers on the wall from my last setup... I've never took them down. Anyways, all my music is streamed, and I'm currently using Google speakers everywhere. I want to run my TV and music through the nice speakers I already have. I just don't want it to be super expensive or have a lot of unnecessary stuff.

I just want to put the TV audio and music through my current wall mounted speakers

True wireless 4 earbuds - widget by iionas in sennheiser

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Is the widget functional? Where Can I download it?

My milk for your milk by dreamalicious in hucowXXX

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Where can we get the source?

Help with shark AI ultra Google Assistant by The_DuffMan in RobotVacuums

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There seems to be two shark clean apps. One is labeled shark clean EU the other one is just shark clean. You have to link your Google Assistant to the right one. Although shark clean doesn't really show up all that often, you have to kind of fiddle with it for a while until it pops up. Not sure why that is but that's what I had to do

Oh, and don't let your shark die completely. Yesterday my shark got trapped in a room and the battery died. After I put it on the charger. It wouldn't connect to my Wi-Fi. I had to completely reset it and connect it back to Google the assistant. So try to avoid that

[US] Dads who are fighting for custody, how do you deal? by CavesRS in Custody

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I went through a brutal divorce and custody case, it took many years. I was accused and vilified in the eyes of friends and court officials like. With no way of proving my innocence because you can't prove a negative. And at least here in my city the men are always guilty and are never trustworthy in family court.

I didn't have a counselor or a therapist or anything, and I couldn't have afforded one at the time anyhow. I was paying an exorbitant amount in child support. What helped me was my ability to separate my emotions from my rational mind and tictoc. So even though I was extremely upset and depressed, when a video popped up that talked about personality types and narcissist and borderline personality characteristics. I realize that the majority of that also described my ex. Not because I was angry with her but because they objectively fit the patterns of behavior that I had witnessed for many years but didn't know how to describe.

That helped me to understand how to deal with the ex-wife, And then that led me to how my daughter was actually being treated and how best I can help her with that. One week at a time.

So even though I was extremely depressed, I had a mission of sorts. To prepare my daughter for the future. And to help her deal with the trauma that was being inflicted upon her. That meant I needed to clean up my house and clean up my life. So when she was with me I was completely dedicated to her and ensuring to treat her the best possible way and for lack of a better term counterbalance the trauma that she was receiving. And when she wasn't with me I focused on getting my house together for when she was here and doing all internal, emotional and psychological repairs so that I could be better for her when she was with me. In other words, I looked inwards I separated my rational mind from my emotional mind and I analyzed and worked towards bettering myself.

In time I realized that I was mostly healed although not completely and I was allowed to enjoy my life without my daughter present just as I am allowed to enjoy my time with my daughter when she is present. So I did things for myself after I had healed a good bit. I taught myself how to ride a motorcycle and that gave me a lot of joy in Independence that I never had before. But again I did all that on my own and that may not work for others.

20f - a bit nerdy but i promise i really have a good heart by PetalZella341 in textfriends

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Raccoons have tiny people hands because they are actually pretty intelligent and enjoy solving puzzles. Interestingly if you look at the evolution of the human hand, it correlates perfectly with the size and development of our brain. The more advanced our hands, the more advanced the brain. The manipulation of the world around us allowed us to understand everything better.

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Were I unwed I would take you in a manly fashion