a few of my favorite things
01. April 2017
I’ve not been listening so much to music lately. Listening to the city and reading has recently replaced music time. I don’t believe this will be permanent, but instead of contributing recent albums I’ve been into, I offer you a few of my favorite articles.
Some of these are fairly old that I’ve recently revisited, and others are recent and have drawn me in for a second or third read.
09. February 2017
Winter has been quite mild in NYC although its currently blizzarding outside. I’ve mostly been listening to the Westone UM 30 IEMs with the Pioneer XDP-100R DAP with Shure olive tips to block out the subway and constructions sounds as I move about the city. I’ve been enjoying this setup for quite some time now and have to say that I’m quite pleased. I purchased the DAP when it was only available in Japan because I felt the exchange rate was favorable, but its not available in the states for slightly less than I had paid (which is what I get for being impatient).
In comparison to the FiiO X7, I have to say the Pioneer does not sound nearly as crisp and clear when playing Tidal. It was a disappointment and I almost didn’t keep it, but its value as a vanilla Android 5.x device pushed me to keep it. The FiiO has a highly modified installation of Android (limited), so the Pioneer has come in handy when I need to dabble in some things of the Android ecosystem that I otherwise would not have insight into since I have an iPhone.
20. November 2016
Fall has a quality that makes me look way back into the past, so I’ve been revisiting some of the tunes of my youth.
Some of it is a little, um, dark.