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Continue reading →: tech: More Benchmarking of Disks on Intel MacSince I did the whole series of benchmarks on a MacBook Pro 2021, I was curious what the performance is on the MacBook Pro 2017 Intel Mac, so here’s the test series MacBook Pro 2017Razor Thunderbolt DockMBps (R/W) Full Connection Sequential QD32 Rand 4KiBQD32 Onboard 1TB SSD 80% NVMe 2,745/389…
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Continue reading →: av: Love the old BrainWavz B2, Vsonic VC-1000 and need a headphone ampWell, as you can tell, I’ve been thinking about audio quite a bit. With the new Podcast studio coming online, I discovered the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 is a great XLR to USB ADC, but the headphone amplifier is not that great. I’ll do a separate post on this topic, but…
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Continue reading →: Tech: Grade and label USB cables right nowMan, this is such a complicated topic that I’ve talked about before. But to review, if you are like me, you have a whole box full of cables and they all look more or less the same. Here’s a decoder ring and recommendations for what to do which is basically…
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Continue reading →: ht: New list of great Bass tracks for Home TheatersOK, we finally figured out why the subwoofers stopped working. Silly, but after 15 years, apparently a common problem is that the auto-power-on circuit fails. That is what happened with our JL Audio Fathom f112 subwoofers. They are an incredible 1,800 watts of power per subwoofer, so they are pretty…
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Continue reading →: mac: New recos for SATA to USB for SSD on MacWell, I ended up with a bunch of different drive technologies here are the results so here are the results using three different SSDs against three different SATA to USB 3.0 adapters. And also my new ZikeDrive Z666. What we want to do is figure out what combination of old…
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Continue reading →: home: How to buy Tubular LED bulbsOK, we had another strange bulb go out. It has a medium E26 base and is about 5 inches long, so how to get a replacement? This led me back to the whole shape vs. base labyrinth that is light bulb sizes, so as a refresher, E26 means an Edison…
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Continue reading →: pod: Now building a basic podcast Studio 2024Well, we’ve had good luck with our entry-level podcast setup and then building an entry-level studio for group conversations. These have worked well, particularly after fixing the various OBS filters. But the main issues with the setup are: So we need another setup that works in a different room since…
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Continue reading →: web: prevent Read.ai intrusive Zoom lurking nowOK, I try lots of different AI applications and just to warn all of you read.ai is the worst. Basically, once you enable it to use Zoom, even if you disconnect it, it will keep recording and end up as a participant in all your meetings. For some reason, I…
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Continue reading →: tech: Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are usefulOK, I’ve been using these glasses for a while and I’m surprised at how often I use them. The killer feature is not what you would expect, it is that since it uses bone conduction you can listen to podcasts during any boring meeting. The biggest problem is that we…
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Continue reading →: tech: Qi2 is here! New stands, mats, and travel chargers
Qi2 is here with CES and all those $150 MagSafe 2 charging systems are getting cheaper. It’s pretty clear that Qi2 is going to be way cheaper, so let’s look at ways to put a full Qi2 system for phones, headphones, and watches in every room would You can say…
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