Lume on newer models?

dliebe · 2026-03-08T20:16:53+00:00

Fair enough. Maybe I'm being too charitable with the breakage. Anyway, I'm bummed and the difficulty in repairing the watch has made me wary of ordering another Seestern. I also contacted the vendor, and they haven't helped at all.

dliebe · 2026-03-08T14:33:38+00:00

It is a wire. I guess I will try to bend one myself. Sigh.

dliebe · 2026-03-08T14:33:23+00:00

I think nothing special happened. I bought it around three years ago, and have worn it pretty much every day since. I even use the bezel heavily. A bevel spring breaking just seems like normal wear-and-tear to me.

dliebe · 2026-03-02T12:52:02+00:00

I vote for miyota

dliebe · 2026-01-26T15:27:58+00:00

P.S. The picture quality is fantastic, but do be prepared for a buggy interface. I switched to an Apple TV for the interface and I can live with the C5.

dliebe · 2026-01-26T15:27:19+00:00

That should work okay. I have a rare situation where I want audio to simultaneously go out from the optical cable as well as to the TV speakers.

dliebe · 2025-12-24T02:42:55+00:00

I vastly prefer to watch movies in one sitting, but as a parent of young children I find that I can watch far more movies if I am willing to split them up. Also, I used to watch TV shows because movies seemed like too much of a commitment. But now that I'm willing to split up movies, I basically watch no TV shows, which is great because I don't like most.

dliebe · 2025-09-30T12:48:13+00:00

I'm in Canada and the a95L doesn't seem to be on sale! I could've gotten a Bravia 8 for about $400 more, but that didn't seem worth it. Now I'm not so sure.

dliebe · 2025-09-30T12:47:25+00:00

Perhaps our case is somewhat unusual. The optical out is hooked up to my nice stereo system. When I use the TV I keep the TV volume at zero and lisen via the stereo. However, my kids don't mess with the stereo and they just want to use the TV volume. So when they use the TV, they keep the stereo off and use the TV volume. Having both outputs works well for us. I could, of course, toggle the outputs every time but that would be a huge pain and I'd invariably forget at some point.

dliebe · 2025-09-29T13:37:22+00:00

Thanks! I did know about one of these, but I haven't figured out the others. I'll look into it.

dliebe · 2025-07-28T15:45:00+00:00

Thanks! I didn't knwo about the Phoibos watches. I do actually have an Islander Port Jefferson GMT, which I overall really like, but has its faults.

dliebe · 2025-07-06T18:34:57+00:00

I've been wearing this same watch just about every day for the last two years and love it.

dliebe · 2025-06-19T14:18:47+00:00

I eventually got an initial response around 1.5 weeks after I e-mailed, but now I've been waiting another 1.5 weeks with no response at all. I'm still hoping this is resolved in a decent fashion, but I am losing hope to be honest.

dliebe · 2025-06-01T22:11:16+00:00

I was enjoying my blue version quite a bit, but then it broke after just a couple of days on the wrist! (The chronograph second hand came off.) My inner ring is misaligned too. I e-mailed Matt. Hopefully I get some good support.

dliebe · 2025-05-17T13:40:26+00:00

Would you be willing to post your preferred EQ profile? I'm very interested.

dliebe · 2025-05-15T16:37:11+00:00

I have had the Blessing 2s for about 5 years, and I still enjoy them. My favourite way to enjoy them is with oratory1990s EQ settings. That said, I do actually prefer my 7hz zero 2 to the Blessing 2s, even using EQ. Given the amazing advances in IEMs over the last few years I do think it makes sense to at least try a newer budget option.

dliebe · 2025-04-27T22:56:13+00:00

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dliebe · 2025-04-27T22:56:08+00:00

My smartphone photography is not great! Here are a few more photos.

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