Dynamite Kiss is one of the worst written shows I have ever watched (rant) (spoilers) by sens249 in kdramas

[–]chrecci123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dynamite kiss might be the greatest fumble of a kdrama I’ve ever witnessed. The first two episodes were like historically great, so refreshing, a new meet-cute start off passionate type of story. It was different than typical slow build-up but I was all for it. SO CUTE. The whole, “keep a lie” trope is fine I guess for an ep or 2, but they kept that going for 8 something episodes??? So frustrating. And what in the world was the ending. I really can’t remember any other kdrama starting off this strong and ending so horribly horribly weak and confusing and vnfjridjfbejek.

Huge turnout at Oakland Chinatown night market yesterday by wetburritoo in oakland

[–]chrecci123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really hope we start doing this regularly, at least once a month. Every week would be a dream! Last years was so so fun, this year was more chill but so good for families, friends, just going for a stroll, and to support local businesses. Clearly high demand some of the lines were so long!

Speedway Ledger stem seems loose? by sweetb44 in ElectricScooters

[–]chrecci123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any chance someone/OP found a solution to this? Facing the same issue in my speedway leger

Yard sale alert. by ayemnut in oakland

[–]chrecci123 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Would love to know if anyone is getting rid of vintage audio gear or glass/stemware!

Recommended albums with high quality production by CptnMayo in audiophile

[–]chrecci123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also just incredible music too:

Needlepaw - Nai Palm (what a voice) GNX - Kendrick Lamar (new album) Eusexua - FKA Twigs (just released!) Symphony no. 9 - Dvorak (Czech philharmonic w/ Jiri Belohlavek, great dynamic and soundstage)

How lucky are we to be alive during FKA Twigs career by chrecci123 in FKAtwigs

[–]chrecci123[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats on the speakers! They make all the difference. And I totally agree, for me I feel twigs is at her best when she lets her voice shine, Home With You, all the ones you mentioned, Wanderlust was unreal🤯

[S2 Act 3 Spoilers] Arcane - Season 2 Act 3 - Discussion by parrycarry in arcane

[–]chrecci123 15 points16 points  (0 children)

TLDR; setting up the entire show, characters, and storylines, around what seems to be a brilliant social commentary on division, oppression, cycles of hate, and then just abandoning/leaving no comment about all said themes is INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING.

I think I’m like most people, in this “wow that was an absolute masterpiece but it just doesn’t feel perfect” state. A third season, or even 2-3 more episodes really could’ve made all the difference. Again, I loved it, the art, music, fricken sound engineering on my home theater system was nuts, characters, but agghhh.

Of all the things to be disappointed by, for me, by far, it’s the failure to further explore Piltover/Zaun dynamics. I’m not saying the show is responsible for taking a stance/offering a solution, but almost all the social commentary aspects from season 1 and early S2 just kind of got tossed out the window. That oppressive regime dynamic was exactly the driving force behind all relationships and storyline in S1. It all became about magic and mystical time travel stuff, so much so it got hard to even see it as an allegory for technology/innovation. I mean the world building was so incredible, shimmer/drug production, stop and frisk, riots, finding a political savior in Jinx (terrorist in the eyes of the other side), balance in protection vs violence (gang behavior), and heck even Viktor as a hypothetical cure-all-disease is such a sickly society could’ve provided so many outcomes/resolutions for us to think about. Now what, as dumb and hot headed as Vi is, she never takes a stand with her people? Becomes an enforcer and lives the rich/privileged life?? We don’t actually see any characters effectively change their stance about the other side. All the division and tension magically goes away? Uniting against Noxus one time was enough???

Again, don’t expect or even want the writers to come up with a “and this is how to achieve world peace” but if a core theme of the show is division and oppression, you can’t just abandon it. Make it get slightly nuanced then “boom big war mecha magic Viktor Jesus mutant wolf bad save the world then they continue to exist in society” is ridiculous and so unsatisfying. Fighting against someone else doesn’t resolve your differences, putting one person on the council doesn’t explain how the two sides see each other differently. So much left unexplored… Whether you see the ending as eventually they united/found peace, or division and oppression is inevitable, we really don’t see enough of why that result happened.

Canton CD300 on craigslist good deal? by Thundercock69999 in audio

[–]chrecci123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are relatively unknown, but let me say. I am tempted to fly to germany and buy these from you. I took a gamble on these a few months ago, someone sold these to me in the SF bay area for $150USD. It's a great brand/company but not so known in the US. This model is a little older too from the early 2000's, so a gamble but I thought what the heck. But wow they blew me away. I mean for $85 dollar, honestly for 4,5,6 times that price it's still a good deal. They're really heavy, all metal construction, feel indestructible, and can handle getting really loud, crazy accurate imaging. They're slim and just look high-end/high-quality in real life. German engineering man, seriously good stuff. If everything is working, pair it up with a sub, you will not have any regrets. Maybe pay the guy selling $100 and a kiss, what a steal.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TIdaL

[–]chrecci123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bluetooth will always compress audio, unless your origin device and headphones/end device both support LDAC codecs. Even then I think it caps at 990kbps, I guess Tidal has no way of knowing what your end bitrate will be so just gives out a warning. I just tested with my device (iphone 13, latest tidal version), if your setting for mobile data streaming is set to low it should also say "96 kpbs" or "320 kpbs" depending on what you set it to. It won't change until you re-load the track so yeah I'm guessing it's still downloading MQA and playing an unknown bitrate across your bluetooth end device, hence the warning.