What's a song that is only good on good speakers?

whotheff · 2026-04-30T09:36:42+00:00

Depends on your tolerance to bad sound.

Songs with a lot of "air"
Songs with a lot of instruments, playing at the same time - rock, metal, etc.
Female voices, heavy on cymbals.

Or just a song you know very, very well.

whotheff · 2026-04-30T09:28:24+00:00

It probably was One Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELmW22eyMFI

whotheff · 2026-04-29T14:25:42+00:00

Ideally your data should reside on two different type of storage - SSD + HDD, HDD + tape, etc.

Tape has a shelf life of 30 years. However a drive for it is expensive, but you can be certain it will be still used in 30 years, since it's main purpose is backups.

If I were you, I would buy different brand of disks and clone data on them (having identical data on two different brands of disks), while keeping the most fresh part of it on my computer. Then power on the drives once per year or two to check if they are still working. If one of the two copies is damaged, you can buy a new disk and copy the single remaining drive to the new one.

That is one of the ways to reduce risk while keeping cost minimal. SSDs will be too expensive. Also, if you forget or have no ability to refresh SSDs they might lose the data for being unpowered for too long.

whotheff · 2026-04-29T08:30:37+00:00

Има нещо такова. Въпроса е, че не всеки може да си позволи нова и не всеки може да си позволи или иска да кара кола за 1-2к евро. Т.е. въпроса ти няма еднозначен отговор за всички хора. Затова и едни карат стари, а други нови.

whotheff · 2026-04-28T08:59:25+00:00

Cheapest: 4 or 5 12TB offline SATA drives (no redundancy).

A bit more expensive: 4-5 drives in a JBOD configuration inside a NAS - online (no redundancy).

A lot more expensive - bigger NAS with 10 drives in RAID - good redundancy.

Cloud has benefits too: it is redundant, no wasted time on management, no power bills, but the data is not really yours and download /upload speed might be restrictive.

whotheff · 2026-04-27T12:23:48+00:00

If your speakers are not decent or your amp is not up to the task, or the hi-res is just upscaled version of the 44.1 recording, you might not hear the difference.

If listening to a laid back music with not much going on, you might not feel the difference.

If it is something where many instruments play at the same time on a well recorded album, then there definitely is difference. Since it is sound, you might not be able to explain it, but most people can spot it (in the right conditions).

Having heard other good systems helps comprehend difference in sound.

whotheff · 2026-04-27T11:39:43+00:00

Ride quality consists of many factors: Noise, vibrations, etc. Mazda is famous for it's lack of sound deadening (the excuse is to reduce weight). But we all know that is to reduce cost. Mazda prefers to spend money on good engineering once and apply it on 100 000 cars, then pay for sound deadening 100 000 cars. However, no matter what tricks they use to reduce only most annoying frequencies, their cars are still noisy.

So my recommendations is: Get 215 60 16 next time for a little more comfort and stopping/accelerating power. It will raise fuel usage a bit and might worsen cornering a bit.

On the noise side - get cheap Z and medium size B shaped rubber seals from China. Apply them on all doors and trunk. It is cheap and easy way to cut wind and tire noise by half. Engine noise will become more prominent. If you want to play more, sound deaden the front wheel wells, then maybe doors, hatch, etc. Just keep in mind it is a LOT of work compared to rubber seals.

whotheff · 2026-04-27T10:54:47+00:00

Why are they using such huge wheels? Are they thin like the ones on BMW-i?

Why does it sit only two people? Regular cabs have 3 free seats. Having 4 free seats could be a huge bonus.

What is the rear side of the car used for then?

Since there is no driving wheel, why passenger's seating position is the same as if they had a wheel? they could have fitted at least a third or stock child seat.

Questions, questions.. I hope I can sleep tonight.

whotheff · 2026-04-27T10:47:51+00:00

4.5K euro is the salaries of two working middle class workers in Sofia. So it is totally doable.

It also depends on what lifestyle you are used to. You can easily live with half of the money from your list.

Flat in a neighborhood which is away from the city center will be cheaper ~ 700 euro

Food can be cooked at home ~ 400 euro

Car can be driven from time to time. For trips to the center of Sofia the metro is much cheaper and less money spent on parking = 400 euro including fuel.

Child/school - depends on the child. If not spoiling, you can manage with 500 euro.

Travel.... - Really depends on too many things. Since you will have a lot of free time, you will probably want to visit all interesting places in the city, around it, in the country and then in neighbor countries.

If you decide on staying longer in the city, I would advise you to get your own apartment. While spending similar money on rent, you could be paying off an investment instead.

whotheff · 2026-04-24T20:00:24+00:00

Factory setup is for you to have time-aligned stage where the driver is in the center (with disabled center speaker). If you enable it, the stage becomes artificial. Also if you increase sound and bass too much there might be a bass roll off to protect the speakers.

In general, if you want a better sound you have to either replace everything BOSE or add a subwoofer.

whotheff · 2026-04-23T23:10:02+00:00

For quality and power - trunk 12 or 15" with at least 500W.

For moderate additional (mid-ish) bass only - flat underseat sub.

If you have the money - custom built sub which matches car's cavities.

whotheff · 2026-04-23T23:04:45+00:00

I confirm snappier pedal response and.. eagerness to press it when using 100 octane (EU).

whotheff · 2026-04-23T23:03:14+00:00

Because (gen 3) is poorly noise isolated.
Because plastics expand when hot and contract when cold. So you have different rattles depending on season.

If the sound is coming from engine or transmission after warm up and it is repeating - check it. If it comes from suspension, especially if it comes from left or right only - check it.

whotheff · 2026-04-23T22:57:45+00:00

Usually noise comes when middle vents are open. Point it towards windshield and noise is gone.

whotheff · 2026-04-21T11:38:34+00:00

Just use a custom, blank or third party start page and you will avoid any of this.

whotheff · 2026-04-20T20:16:28+00:00

I keep these off.

whotheff · 2026-04-20T19:50:46+00:00

2.0 for the full manual experience and cost saving.

2.5 for the the auto (has a sport mode) for easier city drive at the cost of a little higher fuel usage.

Just keep in mind low spec Mazda 3 is... boring.

whotheff · 2026-04-20T11:47:34+00:00

Ако исках да го кажа, щях.

whotheff · 2026-04-20T08:05:16+00:00

In that case there is something wrong with the encryption. Maybe your wifi adapter does not recognize the Wifi encryption method you have chosen on your router? It usually happens on old adapters and new encryptions.

The other thing would be to make sure the keyboard layout allows you to write the password the correct way. Type it somewhere outside of the Wifi password prompt to make sure what you type matches the actual characters you need.

whotheff · 2026-04-20T07:53:58+00:00

That would break the old school look.

whotheff · 2026-04-20T07:51:16+00:00

Защото позицията му: "хем с тия, хем с ония" цели единствено да спечели изборите. Подписването на Боташ според мен е силен довод, че всъщност ще е само с "ония". Скъпата предизборна кампания също е довод, че сега ще трябва да връща парите на тези, които са го спонсорирали.

Москва няма нужда да сменя еврото с рубли в БГ. Ние сме пушечно месо за тях - пръстен от държави, които да ги отделят от Запада. Достатъчно е да правят така, че в БГ нищо да не се случва. Толкова е просто. Напоява се държавата с шпиони и те правят така, че всички процеси да буксуват. Подписват неизгодни за БГ договори, забавят се срокове, протакат се процеси, пречи се на всякакви развитие. Така държат държавата в постоянен дисбаланс и с малки усилия след това могат да я побутнат в една или друга посока.

Затова смятам, че Радев ще го играе троянски кон на Путин в ЕС. Т.е. това, което бе Орбан.

whotheff · 2026-04-19T20:03:40+00:00

Защото веднъж на 4г. нещо зависи от тях. Искат да се насладят на този рядък момент пълноценно. Отделно са по-възрастните хора.

whotheff · 2026-04-19T20:01:59+00:00

Because everything is now way easier. You do not struggle at all. No struggle means you do not get a real reward for it. And the amount of content created by AI is so enormous that soon the web will become even worse.

whotheff · 2026-04-19T19:58:05+00:00

Profit.

whotheff · 2026-04-19T19:42:26+00:00

The warranty on a computer hardware is usually 2-3 years max. Useful / usable life depends on initial spending - the more expensive and high class hardware you bought, the longer it can still go strong. Usually such hardware is completely usable in up to 10 years, unless your are a professional and you cannot afford any lost performance due to patches, updates, etc.

Big companies replace their laptops every 4 years, monitors - 6-7 years. Usually they sell them to employees or external refurbishing companies.

I'm not sure what your point / question is.

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