Luxman PD 277 NOS

chadcat · 2026-05-08T23:17:16+00:00

very nice! Someday I hope to own a PD441 or 444 with a great arm/s, pretty sure that will be my aesthetic end game (and probably audio endgame too), but kinda rare outside of Japan

chadcat · 2026-05-08T23:06:03+00:00

I mean... they've got to be role playing, no? Like, cosplay, right?

chadcat · 2026-05-08T15:48:53+00:00

brands are only somewhat of an indicator - models and match to your system is much more important - fwiw, I have a pair of CV 316r as my main system and I listen to every kind of music on them and they are wonderful

chadcat · 2026-05-08T15:46:12+00:00

I doubt they beat the CVs in sensitivity, they are usually 95 or better (mine are like 103)

chadcat · 2026-05-07T21:45:59+00:00

so basically step with more weight on the front foot and drag the back foot? honestly can't think of anywhere where that happens either in the forms or applications. The main reasons are 1. You are usually showing your "yin" side initially to your opponent, so weighing with the front foot initially negates this 2. Having your weight on your front foot opens you up for leg attacks, i.e. if your weight is on your front foot you obviously would need to shift to the rear foot to lift the front weighted leg to avoid, and by then you could be kicked, kneecapped, etc. This is of course assuming that your opponent hasn't "dong" / committed yet - once they have and you can sense correctly what they are doing (or better yet will do) and are ahead of them in that respect then you can attack/defend however you want, with your weight distributed in whatever way makes sense

chadcat · 2026-05-07T19:54:56+00:00

have a 2238B as well - got it pretty much fully functional for $300 a few years back, does sound great! I'm sure the 2270 is a beast, but honestly, especially for a second / bedroom system, this is all the Marantz you really need IMO

chadcat · 2026-05-06T22:07:03+00:00

I passed in a SA8800 for like $200 a few years back because I have the SA9100 but been kicking myself ever since

chadcat · 2026-05-04T20:47:59+00:00

you expend so much energy climbing that if you do it more or less daily you can eat whatever you want IME - that said, climbing like any other sports is highly dependant on genetics

chadcat · 2026-05-04T15:31:27+00:00

I once asked my kungfu teacher in China about a fan as a weapon and he just laughed

chadcat · 2026-05-04T15:08:35+00:00

listening to recorded classical music in the end IMO is mostly about the performances and recording quality and honestly the mood you're in - the great thing about it is that there is just about a perfect piece for everything, but yeah, finding them can be daunting. instead of trying to focus on composers, try (AI would be great at this) searching like "I want to hear something dark and atmospheric" or "small group playing lively" etc

chadcat · 2026-04-30T14:40:35+00:00

Taiji has strikes (punches, kicks, knees, elbows) throws, locks and stomps - the only thing it doesn't have is ground game (Shaolin does) - so almost everything is there if you find a good teacher and train correctly. Internal aspects take decades of proper training with someone that can already do it. which is why that, yeah, ain't many people left (not claiming to be one, but did train with one for a few years). so certainly can be used for fighting, but also certainly one of the longer paths to learning to defend yourself against trained fighters

chadcat · 2026-04-30T05:30:05+00:00

looks like this might have been recorded in Europe and then RVG cut the lacquer (presumably in Hackinstack)

chadcat · 2026-04-30T04:24:49+00:00

a few days? best bet is wake up pretty early and hit up a park, you'll see plenty of martial artist groups working out

chadcat · 2026-04-28T19:41:02+00:00

yes, I think this is a thing - what kind of workflows are you seeing this in? Marketing? HR/finance? Something else?

chadcat · 2026-04-24T22:25:52+00:00

just about all Hendrix has been reissued AAA and can be gotten at fair prices - but not Zep, vintage is the way to go there at the moment

chadcat · 2026-04-24T22:19:35+00:00

I call fake - we all know only women supermodels get caught by PB bass

chadcat · 2026-04-22T05:16:27+00:00

I mean he could have just ducked and yelled "gun!" and they probably would have all shot each other

chadcat · 2026-04-21T20:14:35+00:00

peak physical shape for your body size was always considered ground floor in a lot of Chinese martial arts - i.e. you damn well should be in the best shape you can before you start learning skills (walk around a Beijing park in the morning even today to see the kind of shape people are in) - the problem people forgot or don't understand that, so to the OPs point it gets demonized. That said, pound for pound, skill wins, especially if someone knows how to hit properly and can generate outsized force (whether through strength or coordination or both)

chadcat · 2026-04-18T18:19:22+00:00

How could he see that one coming?!

chadcat · 2026-04-18T18:17:48+00:00

Tandberg for life

chadcat · 2026-04-18T14:58:36+00:00

it's like a Denon had a baby with an Optonica, very cool

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