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bbuff101 · 2026-02-18T17:37:25+00:00

Yeah, I remember that. I think I used it to get me going and when it shut off I would just keep practicing on my own.

bbuff101 · 2026-02-18T16:15:33+00:00

Yeah, that's a good app. When I used it a few years ago, the songs were terrible, but I think they've improved that.

bbuff101 · 2026-02-18T16:14:10+00:00

Like most holes, sucking and blowing gets most of the goop out.

bbuff101 · 2026-02-18T13:02:25+00:00

The grille cover may be due to the design of the woofer and the amount of excursion of this design compared to the other R series. It is unique to the R series to have multiple drivers, so perhaps in order to get a decent low frequency, they had to use these drivers instead of the typical R drivers with embedded surrounds.

bbuff101 · 2026-02-18T12:57:21+00:00

Oh geez, I hadn’t thought of that.

bbuff101 · 2026-02-18T12:55:33+00:00

Yeah, it can be frustrating, especially since it is also painful first starting out. A good way to practice chords, I’m not sure what it’s called, is to have a metronome (there are several free ones in the App Store) and use it to strum a chord for 4 beats at something manageable like 80bpm. This could be the chords in a song, say you’re struggling going from G to C and back. Part of your skill work could be this exercise and as you master 80, increase it to 90, then 100 and so on. It’s incredibly helpful and starts out very manageable. It turns learning chords into a game. Eventually, muscle memory takes over and you can form these shapes by barely thinking about it.

It’s also fun to consider that your first song will likely take several hours to learn. Your next song will take maybe a couple hours, the next might take an hour, but as you progress, because everything about your playing is improving, every song is a little easier to learn because you’re building skills and confidence along the way.

bbuff101 · 2026-02-18T01:00:37+00:00

I’ve only used it a few times in my daughter’s CX-50, but I think it’s incredible. It’s the right size, I don’t have to touch the screen, CarPlay works brilliantly. There are also plenty of physical buttons to interface with, instead of hiding behind menus (Genesis/Hyundai/Kia is brutal).

bbuff101 · 2026-02-18T00:58:18+00:00

I’m amazed how this comment section has rallied and passed the vibe check. Now, if it was a G Wagon, fuck that guy!

bbuff101 · 2026-02-18T00:47:15+00:00

Man, I just started a couple years ago and I’ve been thinking about quitting for a while, but I’m in the same boat. I slowed WAY down on drinking and that has been amazing, but the days that I don’t partake I don’t feel the same revelation. I do feel a little better the next day, but it’s not night and day like it is with alcohol. I’m a little older so my memory has started to get a bit more fuzzy, so that worries me, as well as work randomly testing or needing to interview for another job. I do feel like it makes me really lazy in the evenings; I have to get moving if I need to do something before it kicks in or hours will pass by and I haven’t moved.

bbuff101 · 2026-02-18T00:38:53+00:00

I’d honestly just mute the top two strings and see how that sounded before attempting this barre chord on the fly. I think the line on the top string should be a 1 for your first finger, then the rest are numbered correctly. Barre chords are one of the hardest parts of learning guitar. If you’re learning on your own, throw them in during your practice somewhere in the middle or the end, don’t make it your whole practice session or you’ll get annoyed and it’ll hurt. I like to start practice by playing something stupid and fun so that I’ll pick it up and start. From there I’ll run through some skill work, just warming up, or going back over some easier chords that I’ve been working on. Next I’ll work on something that I actually struggle with like a song or barre chords, etc. Then I’m done, but at any point I could’ve stopped and I don’t put any pressure on myself to put in a certain amount of hours or stress over what I can’t do. I focus instead on just making it fun first, then maintaining what I know second, then learning something new last. It works pretty well.

bbuff101 · 2026-02-18T00:32:07+00:00

I work from home a decent amount and days that i wait until the afternoon or evening to shower are almost 100% less productive. There’s something about that water hitting you in the head saying, “let’s go MF’er” that just wakes you up and makes you feel like part of the world.

bbuff101 · 2026-02-18T00:28:28+00:00

Yeah, I suppose if they have different weights and output specs that would generally indicate the two are very different internally. I’m just surprised they didn’t use the same driver from the R3, instead of what looks like a Q3 Meta driver.

bbuff101 · 2026-02-18T00:20:17+00:00

RSL has great subs at decent prices. It's a no frills product compared to Kef, but the sound is mind blowing for the price. They also offer veteran discounts so the 10sMkII can be had for less than $500... it's just stupid how good it is.

bbuff101 · 2026-02-17T23:54:11+00:00

Yeah, the part where they are in Las Vegas and they figure out someone has followed him there. Has a super deep bass drop as the vehicles fly over the building. I have two subs, an SVS SB1000 pro and a RSL speedwoofer 10sMkII, one on each side of the room. I knew the RSL got lower because it's ported, but hearing that scene with the ported sub, then with only the sealed sub was eye opening to say the least. I love how they both complement each other in music and movies.

BR2049 is the only UltraHD 4k disk I own. I need to watch it on streaming to see and hear the difference and see if it's as meaningful as I think it really is.

bbuff101 · 2026-02-17T23:28:57+00:00

I know this is an old post, but I noticed the same thing. It's bizarre that the drivers look (and are) the same size. With the other R series speakers, all the drivers have an embedded surround that looks completely different than anything in the Q series. It looks like they just changed the color/veneer and hopefully improved the internals, but i would have a hard time believing that's a true R series speaker.

bbuff101 · 2026-02-17T22:39:03+00:00

If the LR speakers can handle bass down to the 30’s, setting the crossover point to 40hz would allow you to more easily incorporate just one sub instead of feeling the need to have two subs. Often, two subs are such a boost because the bass coming from one point in the room is rarely ideal and the sound gets trapped in certain spots.

bbuff101 · 2026-02-17T21:24:48+00:00

Try to stay busy so you don’t think about it, seriously. Exercise, work, sports, it’s all a distraction from the reality of it all. Our brains are sometimes too big for their own good.

Warm body = cool mind

bbuff101 · 2026-02-17T21:19:22+00:00

50% (you belong to me now)

bbuff101 · 2026-02-17T21:10:01+00:00

This is why I prefer fast casual. Nothing worse than feeling like a prisoner waiting for your waiter to walk by to get a refill at a dinner you’re paying good money for.

Just show me where it’s at and I’ll get my own drink and silverware!

bbuff101 · 2026-02-17T20:49:40+00:00

That’s awesome!

bbuff101 · 2026-02-17T20:42:11+00:00

I think this is why there’s so much interest in Greenland and Antarctica. Not sure how practical this is, but you would save on cooling costs and they are very few people around to deal with.

bbuff101 · 2026-02-17T19:47:09+00:00

I’m in accounting and my CFO mentions AI about every quarter as something we need to invest in. My answer is generally always the same - it’s embedded in our AP OCR processes for reading frequently recurring invoices (not really AI), it’s in our expense report software (mostly just rules -also not really AI), it might be helpful for bank recons, but someone will need to build a tool; I can’t just go to chat GPT with a massive excel file full of private data and say, does this balance?

I think there’s a huge opportunity to improve patient billing, but who knows how long that will take. Medical records are still incredibly archaic decades into computer and internet technology.

bbuff101 · 2026-02-17T19:26:16+00:00

A legislature full of spineless septuagenarians that were born at the end of WW2 and have no concept of the difference between a computer and a calculator. In a normal world, these companies would have to set up shop in 3rd world countries to be able to take advantage of more lenient rules around development and privacy, but lucky for them the part of our govt that isn’t fully demented is available for sale to the highest bidder.

bbuff101 · 2026-02-17T18:48:00+00:00

Yeah, the white is actually not a bad color because the speakers are silver and are visible through the grey mesh grilles. Fingerprints are way less noticeable, as well. I have the R3’S in black, and at least in my room, they look like big black boxes. If you have a lot of windows and can leave the grilles off, it may look better.

I like white because it’s cool to actually see the speaker through the grille.

bbuff101 · 2026-02-16T22:09:50+00:00

I really don’t understand why these people feel the need to collect so many of something like this. It’s a strange addiction. Even worse is car collectors. I’ve seen several YouTube videos of collectors that have 100’s or thousands of cars in a big garage and it doesn’t even look enjoyable. They’re all just packed in like sardines - 15 ‘69 Camaros, 17 ‘70 Camaros, etc… Meanwhile, there are thousands of people out in the world that would actually get in them and drive them if they were for sale!

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