Bad Guy Good Audio Rankings and stuff (under construction) (Part 1)


Seven Samurai
Akira Kurosawa was centuries ahead of anyone.


The Magnificent Seven

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‘Yojimbo’ means bodyguard, and Mifune was great in it. It also features a character played by a Japanese actor who was a giant… like ‘Jaws’ (Richard Kiel) in the Bond movies. I don’t recall whether ‘Fistful of Dollars’ had any giants in it, though.

Mifune plays an entirely different sort of character in ‘Seven Samurai’ (‘Shichi nin no Samurai’) than he did in ‘Yojimbo’… he really had tremendous range as an actor. Unfortunately, he and Kurosawa had some sort of falling out in later years, and stopped working together… I don’t know why.

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Glad you got them, looking forward to getting a proper, grounded take. (I just can’t take the penon thread “over there” seriously - and yep … there it is … the cable post :person_facepalming:)

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So what you’re saying here is the Vortex has upset up my “Serial or Vulkan?” game plan? Cause I’m still open to hearing you out

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LOL yeah that cable shilling on Penon Cables has to stop with the wrong 2 pin termination to boot like really guys what the commission rate?

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extra 10% on top of 25% use code HBBTINHIFI15

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A healthy genetically screened…Boy
tobias-arrested-development

A mini me… :face_exhaling:


In 18 years he will grad H.S. and I’ll be 54 by then…
Just enough stamina to deal with this.

I should not have hoped for a girl so much. This mighta been less traumatic :melting_face:

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Congrats! :partying_face:

I think you should hold a poll on names!

I vote: Moondrop

Ha ha oh brother that is me right now and guess what it is pretty damn great!

Little Kainoa

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Which dongles have fwd/back button. That would be great but so far only seem to vol +/-

Ifi gryphon can do it (I read it had a hardware update for it).

Ifi go bar may do it too. I saw a superchonk review where he compared 3 dongles, and one had track control but I can’t remember the brand/model .

And… That’s the only ones I know of.

For now I use BT dongles in usb mode; it works great (especially es100, that have dedicated buttons for that), but it may be “expensive” of you don’t need Bluetooth.

This Questyle M15 is so hyped everywhere and now on preorder sale in Poland for cir 200$. I am really tempted, but is it worth it still (considering lack of functionality and limited power output)? Just waiting for a review of someone trustworthy @hawaiibadboy

I mean I could potentially buy it and sell with no lose it it is not that great, but I am not a fan of such hassles to be honest.

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Given the first feedback, yes it is worth every penny, sound wise.

I think it sounds like the best dongle amp/dac i have heard. Power so far is not a prob for anything I have used

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Ok, you got me. I would see also how it works as DAC for powered monitors…

Thanks mate!

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You guys like to see me suffer :joy: I guess I will wait on hbb’s graph since he already pulled the trigger

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There is another Yanyin coming you might wanna wait on… :eyes:

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