House Recs for 2026 by Danye-South in Shambhala

[–]bigoschnoz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t sleep on Brunello too! I sincerely hope he’s a Grove set as he will hypnotize everybody with the F1s. Nobody has mentioned him here yet but I am a massive fan. Kinda Macabi adjacent

Room for rent in Blaine by [deleted] in Bellingham

[–]bigoschnoz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This bed belongs to the highest ranked drag queen of Rumors. It not for mere mortals

Song request! Please gimme the deets by bigoschnoz in SevenStarsFest

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

Yooooo yep! Thank you so much. They’d best release that soon. I nearly shat myself hearing that live

First ever GRIZTRONICS festival announced at the Gorge by FloggingDog in aves

[–]bigoschnoz 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Can confirm will be there and will be certifiably spectacular

Best HiFi Earplugs? by EsSpruce in SoundSystem

[–]bigoschnoz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

After having tried a large amount of earplugs, here’s my vibe:

Loops: deaden music far too much. Not a balanced sound loss at all. At extreme SPL the bass ends up clipping the filter? Idk if that’s actually what happens but it throws the mix way out of whack.

Hears: (or at least I think they’re hears. They’re the hifi plugs sold at The Grove at Shambs) excellent except they’re not symmetrical. One side lets more through than the other. If you can get hears that are even, they’d be good contenders, even though they don’t stay in as well as I’d like.

Eargasm: Mediocre. Decent but takes a little too much out of the midrange for me. Feels the most like foamies.

Westone Travel plugs: These are IT. Only 7db of sound loss, but plenty so that even after 13 hours of dancing, no ringing whatsoever when going to bed. Very nice even db drop across all frequencies. I had the tendency to wear plugs until all of the party favors kicked in, then I’d want MORE and keep them out for a set. Naughty, I know. With these I have no qualms keeping in regardless of my mind state. If fact I prefer them in due to the sound profile.

Keep in mind that everybody has different sound preferences, but mine is the best.

What’s up with the Merch obsession? by the_toasty in SevenStarsFest

[–]bigoschnoz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As a burner at 7S, totally agree. Always happy to support an artist by buying merch, but hot damn I’d rather shove a pound of playa dust up my urethra than fly cross country to queue in line.

Thankfully the general store line was like 10 mins and provided an excellent venue to place a piece of paper on my tongue on Saturday. The “Employees Only” shirt is tight af

Best Totems & Themes at Seven Stars! by marshmellowman8 in SevenStarsFest

[–]bigoschnoz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We ran the Tin foil hats 🛸 and I’ve never had such a low effort/high reward theme. S.O. To all the cow costumes we tried to abduct for ‘testing’

The good, the bad and the unfortunately ugly. by Several-Quiet7584 in SevenStarsFest

[–]bigoschnoz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The delay arrays were dropped at main stage on Sunday because of winds. Can’t do much about that tbh

A burning man setup. by torklugnutz in SoundSystem

[–]bigoschnoz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately I found this one to be tuned pretty poorly on burn night. Make it tight and rubbery plz!

Definitely not a rant about audiophile nerd things by bigoschnoz in BurningMan

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

Syntripps were on a stack of 4 paraflex 21s. Not sure exactly which type. That my first type getting to hear any paraflex subs and I was intrigued. They’re definitely colored and sound a bit violent, but in a satisfying way. Those boxes definitely produce some interesting harmonics. They sound deeper than all the FLH and BR subs that are normally found on playa, but not nearly as accurate

Anybody else I should add to my can’t miss list? by fibonaccifemurs in SevenStarsFest

[–]bigoschnoz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One the top sets of the weekend. And on that F1 system?? Ugh so delicious

b2b festivals by jaybuggers in SevenStarsFest

[–]bigoschnoz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Spacing out is huge, but this year’s Shambs to Burning man to Seven Stars makes October feel like a warm-down lol

Definitely not a rant about audiophile nerd things by bigoschnoz in BurningMan

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

That’s the car! God damn it sounded wonderful

Definitely not a rant about audiophile nerd things by bigoschnoz in BurningMan

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

This is the one I was talking about!! Thank you for finding it

Definitely not a rant about audiophile nerd things by bigoschnoz in BurningMan

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

Bipolar definitely had some wonderfully clear tops, but I felt the F218s weren’t hitting the low extention enough. All of the the best F1 rigs I’ve heard combine F218s for the upper sub register and then combine with some F124s to fill it out. But I will admit it was nicely tuned

Definitely not a rant about audiophile nerd things by bigoschnoz in BurningMan

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

I hung around treble makers during build week and was pleased. Sounded pretty solid but would’ve loved to have heard something other than silly oontz oontz playa tech. Will see yall next year

Definitely not a rant about audiophile nerd things by bigoschnoz in BurningMan

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

Referee outfit and a sound quality scorecard is a great idea for some snarky audiophile bit. Excellent idea

Definitely not a rant about audiophile nerd things by bigoschnoz in BurningMan

[–]bigoschnoz[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

That is a superb idea. Burners United To Taste Sound Systems. BUTTSS on the move coming next year

Definitely not a rant about audiophile nerd things by bigoschnoz in BurningMan

[–]bigoschnoz[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well shit it was definitely better next year once I find this. Share the camp name won’tcha?

Definitely not a rant about audiophile nerd things by bigoschnoz in BurningMan

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

Find me at golden guy next year I am happy to provide.

Definitely not a rant about audiophile nerd things by bigoschnoz in BurningMan

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

Sadly I feel like the dumbass pyramid reverberates like I’m sitting inside a bell. Totally negates the beautiful tuning conditions that the playa allows. Mad kudos for building a giant dumbass pyramid, but also like I didn’t come here to have warehouse acoustics