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I just mainlined the whole season (apart from the last one. That just showed up) and it’s great fun. I’m really looking forward to more and as a long-time podcast tragic, my only suggestion for the next season (if I’m not too late) is to dispense with the SB1/SB2 business (it’s a bit distracting/confusing) and just use your names.

 

My favourite podcasts are the ones that are like listening in on a group of mates having a yak, which you guys have in spades but the SB thing breaks the illusion a bit, if that makes sense?

 

Otherwise, keep it up. You guys have great chemistry and a distinctive voice and it sounds like you’re having a blast. :) 

 

Thanks for putting in the effort ?

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Great feedback and glad you enjoy it! Reckon we get co fused with SB1/2/3 so think we’ll take your idea and just use our names in S02 (which is being planned to start next week!).

 

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18 minutes ago, aris said:

Great feedback and glad you enjoy it! Reckon we get co fused with SB1/2/3 so think we’ll take your idea and just use our names in S02 (which is being planned to start next week!).

 

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I always suspected you were SB1…...

 

Good feedback, thanks @RankStranger

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Just finished episodes 1, 2 & 3.

This is actually the first podcast I have ever listened to in my life.  Very enjoyable!!

 

I enjoyed the banter and discussion.  Listening to the knowledge, opinion and experiences discussed, was great.

I think the cool thing is the principles in discussions can be applied from entry to mortgage cost systems IMO.

 

Looking at the topics of the other episodes I can see I am going to enjoy some more beers and listening.

 

Thanks 3 Sad Bastards, I think this is great. Keep it up.

 

 

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36 minutes ago, aris said:

Don’t encourage us, we won’t stop!

Start discussing vintage amps, the ones that stand up admirably to an awful lot of current gear.

 

Try this one for instance. Sir Zing -A-Baker-der-Ling-a-Ling would of expected a Sansui great from me, but this beast will just blow away so much of the expensive bling on sale throughout Melbourne, across Australia and around the world.

When paired with your pre of choice...you then let it run your inefficient massive horns that start saying hello at 104DB.(you know who I'm talking about)

But then you plug the same combo into  a sub 1k set-up. Equally as good.

 

Discuss.

 

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42 minutes ago, Luc said:

Start discussing vintage amps, the ones that stand up admirably to an awful lot of current gear.

 

Try this one for instance. Sir Zing -A-Baker-der-Ling-a-Ling would of expected a Sansui great from me, but this beast will just blow away so much of the expensive bling on sale throughout Melbourne, across Australia and around the world.

When paired with your pre of choice...you then let it run your inefficient massive horns that start saying hello at 104DB.(you know who I'm talking about)

But then you plug the same combo into  a sub 1k set-up. Equally as good.

 

Discuss.

 

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Rubbish

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14 hours ago, buddyev said:

Rubbish

Enough of your wordy prolix fake news commentary. How about trying to be a bit more succinct and precise instead of this wishy washy ambivalence.

Spit it out man.

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Still enjoying this, taken me a while to sit and listen.  Great listening and I still find amongst the banter the discussion points are fun yet serious but also relevant.  It is genuinely like a good pub discussion.
Thank you also for pointing out its Vinyl and not Vinyls, I too cannot stand that, and SB3, dont let anyone make you feel less an audiophile for listeing to JP or any other metal, hardcore and punk!!!  I'll keep an eye out for your post in the Metal Currently Spinning thread!!

 

Looking forward to Season 2...

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Ok, despite the clamour of voices telling us to “shut up”, “you guys are really sad”, “things are hard enough in lockdown ... enough already”.... we’re back!
 

Back by popular demand, the 3 Sad Bastards kick off Season 2  with an episode dedicate to headphones. Finally! SB3 is vindicated after years of trying to convince SB2 and SB1 that headphones are awesome.
Blending their unique style of education, irritation, and and pissing each other off, the 3 Sad Bastards consider whether closed or open headphones are better, do you really need an amplifier for your cans, and revisit whether DACs really they matter, and whether buying randomly works.
A must listen for any audiophile interested in headphones!

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I’m also super excited about Episode 2, “coming soon”, where we cover DIY loudspeakers.

 

Trev (aka SB3 and Sir Sanders Zingmore) and John (aka SB2 and Prince Arnold) think I’m crazy for even thinking that DIY can match big name commercial loudspeakers. We shall see in the next episode(s).

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On 24/04/2020 at 7:51 PM, Luc said:

Start discussing vintage amps, the ones that stand up admirably to an awful lot of current gear.

 

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Have been looking at vintage amps esp for high efficiency loudspeakers and will cover in a upcoming 3SB episode.

 

There’s also some completely insane vintage revamp power amp projects, eg:

 

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https://sites.google.com/view/mpbspurifiamplifierproject/home

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A freshly minted episode is now available: enjoy ?

 

One of the 3 Sad Bastards has started a project to build to build a pair of loudspeakers. How hard could it be, right? Listen to the other Sad Bastards rip into SB1's naiveté, rose-coloured, wishful thinking belief that making your own loudspeakers could rival commercial quality.....,

If you've ever considered making your own speakers, join us to see how we tackle the problem in our unique style of ignorance and discovery, laughing all the way...

 

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/3-sad-bastards/id1507530486?i=1000490340157

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We’ve been busy... two new episodes that will almost certainly throw some rocks through the glasshouse windows of the hifi world and show which emperors have no clothes:

 

Season 2: Episode 3. 
Reviews suck!

The 3 Sad Bastards take a pair of pliers and blowtorches to the fine art of audiophile hifi reviews.
Superlatives are used LIBERALLY, and this episode is without doubt the best and most awesome 3SB episode of ALL TIME.

 

Season 2: Episode 4;

HiFi Porn

If you protect your hifi browser history like the last chocolate biscuit in a zombie apocalypse, then this is the episode you have been waiting for - a safe place where the obsessed and afflicted can share their love of hifi.

 

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18 hours ago, sir sanders zingmore said:

We’ve been busy... two new episodes that will almost certainly throw some rocks through the glasshouse windows of the hifi world and show which emperors have no clothes:

 

Good one, so that's 4 episodes I have to catch up now, looks like its going to be a busy day for me here.

Love your work ?

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Right you lot, stop gawping at the latest world leader to catch Covid, we have some real news!

 

Yes, a new 3SB episode: S02E05: Cable Clowns, or Wizards? 

 

if there’s one aspect of audio hifi that divides the audio world it’s cables! If you believe that cables make a difference, are you a hifi wizard, or a cable clown?

 

Listen in as two of the Sad Bastards goad each other with their fact based approach (i.e. unsubstantiated ambit claims) and almost come to fisty-cuffs. In fact SB3 had to tie SB2 and SB1 virtually up with the (inferior) kettle-cord that came with his amplifier to keep the show moving along.

 

spotify link for a change

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5gtTjHwesOVR5oksUNqLq5?si=huUZfeFyTlqiQlyV1azV8w

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17 hours ago, sir sanders zingmore said:

Right you lot, stop gawping at the latest world leader to catch Covid, we have some real news!

 

Yes, a new 3SB episode: S02E05: Cable Clowns, or Wizards? 

 

if there’s one aspect of audio hifi that divides the audio world it’s cables! If you believe that cables make a difference, are you a hifi wizard, or a cable clown?

 

Listen in as two of the Sad Bastards goad each other with their fact based approach (i.e. unsubstantiated ambit claims) and almost come to fisty-cuffs. In fact SB3 had to tie SB2 and SB1 virtually up with the (inferior) kettle-cord that came with his amplifier to keep the show moving along.

 

spotify link for a change

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5gtTjHwesOVR5oksUNqLq5?si=huUZfeFyTlqiQlyV1azV8w

This is the one I've been waiting for.  Hopefully there is much swearing, laughter and maybe a degree of intoxication involved.  

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17 hours ago, sir sanders zingmore said:

Right you lot, stop gawping at the latest world leader to catch Covid, we have some real news!

 

Yes, a new 3SB episode: S02E05: Cable Clowns, or Wizards? 

 

if there’s one aspect of audio hifi that divides the audio world it’s cables! If you believe that cables make a difference, are you a hifi wizard, or a cable clown?

 

Listen in as two of the Sad Bastards goad each other with their fact based approach (i.e. unsubstantiated ambit claims) and almost come to fisty-cuffs. In fact SB3 had to tie SB2 and SB1 virtually up with the (inferior) kettle-cord that came with his amplifier to keep the show moving along.

 

spotify link for a change

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5gtTjHwesOVR5oksUNqLq5?si=huUZfeFyTlqiQlyV1azV8w

I like to have a beer and listen to your show, its too early in the morning for that but in a few hours the moral legalities will pass by noon and I will sit and enjoy a beer and a listen.  I have to catch up on the HiFi Porn episode too.

 

... A meme my wife thinks is (sadly) true and hilarious...

 

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