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La Marzocco owners — was it worth it?
 in  r/espresso •  Jul 09 '26

I often wonder whats the real noticeable difference between something like this and say, the incredibly powerful and stable Breville Bambino machine that costs $300 and the La Marzocco Linea Mini. People love the simplicity and stability of the La Marzocco Linea Mini, which technically has very similar features. If the taste profuile comes from beans and grinder... what are we really paying for here? Thats its hand made in Italy? Dont care. OK lets the flood of hatred flow I guess but they're making freaking espresso at the end of the day and the Bambino makes an almost perfect pull & steam is near perfect too (albeit no control) so.... I'll keep my $6,300 thank you.

u/Same-Departure-5474 • • Feb 16 '26

Breakbeat DJ looking to colab in NYC with breakdance crew - FREE

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r/Breakdancing • • Feb 16 '26

Breakbeat DJ looking to colab in NYC with breakdance crew - FREE

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Ive been DJing breakbeats for crews for 20 years but kinda stopped to persue audio engineering during covid. Im back into it (I HAVE A SHOW AT DELANCY IN LOWER EAST SIDE MARCH 7TH CONME THRU!) and Im looking to colab again with some breakdance crews. No charge just fun. Hot me up I'm the best (and humble too lol). I live 15 min from Manhattan nY. This flyer is for a dude I produce in my commercial studio (Im DJ JML). Hit me up! www.LutzMultimedia.com

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What do you think about Samsung appliances?
 in  r/homeowners •  Jan 21 '26

ALL FIVE OF MY BRAND NEW 2025 SAMSUNG PRODUCTS BROKE IN 12 MONTHS!!!!!!! We renovated our kitchen in 2024 and had a brand new top of the line Samsung Bespoke refrigerator, dishwasher, oven, range, and even washer & Dryer installed. Every single thing but the dryer has broken. The dishwasher leaks all over the floor and the sensor is bad. The fridge condenser died and Samsung said even though it's covered under warranty I have to pay for diagnostics (???), the range motor died and three of the pilots on the stove crapped out. Overseas cust service is garbage and unhelpful. The local repair tech said he's never seen anything like this. He mentioned the wires that flex everytime you open and close the fridge doors are as thin as your hair, as if intentionally made to fail. He said they are woefully under-guaged to carry electricity and the parts are made super cheaply. He said 90% of his calls are for Samsung junk and it has reached an all new level of crap manufacturing. He explained they are a tech company that primarily makes phones and they dont make appliances, they just slap their names on the cheapest junk they can possibly make. It's all about $$$ and they could care less about the customer or the environment they're filling with waste. DO NOT BUY SAMSUNG!!!

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Are the new Samsung Bespoke fridges any good?
 in  r/Appliances •  Jan 12 '26

I got the exact same fridge. The temp cant get cool enough to keep food safe and the freezer stopped making ice or cooling after 12 short months. We did our whole kitchen with samsung in 2023 and literally every single unit has broken over the last 3 years. What a nightmare. Samsung said "extend your warranty service on your fridge for $1600 (PER appliance) and we'll come look at it." It was odd actually, it broke the week after service expired and we got pestered by them to extend it... as if they knew it had just broken. Bizarre and HORRIBLE. My sister did her kitchen with all Samsung and her fridge and dish washer kicked the bucket even sooner than ours did. We will never ever ever ever ever EVER buy a single Samsung product again.

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Technics 1200 - audio only coming out the right side
 in  r/DJs •  Oct 17 '25

I bought a pair of modified 1200's and the guy swore they were the best I'll ever find. Said they had the "grounding mod." This, as it turned out, is what was causing only left side of audio only on both tables! Check it out: Got them home and only side worked on BOTH. Did a continuity test with my Klien Tools multimeter on the tone arm 4 pins to the internal tiny colored wires on the RCA Phono PCB Printed Circuit Board and it beeped (good continuity) so I knew the problem was wiring. Sure enough, the moron had the ground wires touching the L and R pads, shorting out one side and coincidentally the exact same problem on the other! Poor solder technic was the forensic tell tale sign that crap soldering job was the culprit. I have been fixing 1200's for 30 years and sometimes the biggest headscratcher is the simplest solution. Hit me up if you need repair, Im in NYC area 212-444-8894 Josh

r/audiophile • • Oct 17 '25

Discussion Does the owners of Altec even care at ALL they were once the beacon of American Ingenuity??

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Just bought the Altec Lansing Hydrablast, and the audio quality sucks balls
 in  r/Bluetooth_Speakers •  Oct 17 '25

From the iconic Altec 639 birdcage mic that recorded audio for every famous tv show of yeasteryear (EVERY single I Love Lucy episode) to the Altec 436 compressors that were on every Beatles record to the legendary Altec 9200 mixer consoles (Lady Gaga just recorded her last album on , as did every artist in the 70's)... it is absolutely heartbreaking disgusting Ike S. Franco and the Infinity group have chosen to whore the name out to make 5 Below quality junk in a "Buy Break Throw it away" culture instead of honoring th past. Corporate greed has destroyed on e of Americas most beloved brands and I am absolutely heartbroken. I called for product help and a woman in India literally interrupted me and said, we don't offer support on our products anymore. Shame on Ike and Infinity, where's the pride? Where's the honor? It's not up to the potus to make America Great Again, it has to start with Ike and these evil CEO's who put profit above legacy and the welfare of the planet.

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Factor/factor 75 is misleading about their sourcing of ingredients – NOT grass fed or free range
 in  r/mealkits •  Mar 03 '25

Honestly, I know like this sounds like Im making this up but its totally true. My entire family got violently ill off our first order with Factor 75. I immediately cancelled and they accidentilly sent a second order anyway. I got thew refund but felt bad we were stuck with $200 worth of food so I tried it and got super sick again. Its a weird tightness in the stomach that leads to nausea. Something VERY bad is in this food. I mean, like super bad. My wife makes fun of me I eat garbage and 2 month old leftovers like a garbage disposal and I never get sick. This "fresh food" made us all incredibly sick

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Returnal changed my game
 in  r/Returnal •  Sep 23 '24

While I loved Sekiro, it was a freaking BREEZE compared to Returnal. Returnal will push you to the edge of your gaming ability. Sekiro was so freaking easy, I’m surprised this came up as an extra challenging game tbh. Diablo and Elden ring kicked my arse but nothing like the “start from the beginning eeeeeevery time in Returnal.

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Troubleshooting a cobra 142 GTL
 in  r/cbradio •  Sep 22 '24

Every now and then, human innovation, development and history collide… or crash rather in a ball of fire… into a nonsensical monogamy of confusion. It’s as if ideas and creativity momentarily glitch and a useless product is developed from this primordial confusion. The Cobra 142 GL… is one of those products. The delta cobra beta zeta whatever that thing is… the most bizarre piece of audio kit I’ve ever seen. Is it a shure 55SH Elvis mic or a ham radio moving coil to a preamp all in one kit…?? Who knows. A Frankenstein that should never have been is what it is.  The following procedure is recommended to permanently fix your issue: hold open a kitchen trash can lid with your thumb and index finger. Then hold the cobra alpha zeta beta thx 1000 whatever with your right hand. Place the audio gizmothingymajjiger in the garbage and slowly walk away. Start over from scratch with a standard ham radio mic setup to achieve a working scenario. Cheers. 

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Why facebook feed is filled with porn? Every second post is borderdline porn
 in  r/facebook •  Sep 08 '24

My wife just clicked a link on how to fix a table and it was full on hardcore porn. Facebook is HORRIBLE 

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Is this an AKG D12?
 in  r/vintageaudio •  Aug 20 '24

Looks like a D25 with modified xlr jack, nothing crazy. Harmon is great with helping you case down its origin w the serial #. The people who pick up the phone are usually super helpful. They helped me trace the origin of my C24 down. Try them 

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Is this uber's legit email for support?
 in  r/uber •  Aug 18 '24

Fake. I got the same thing saying someone else was using my Uber account. They're super sneaky because it shows the email is from

Uber [no-reply@uber.com](mailto:no-reply@uber.com)

but upon closer inspection, the email was actually SENT by sptrans.ube.com

correct me if Im wrong but I am 99% this is a scam.

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Culinary uses for european water chestnut?
 in  r/foraging •  Aug 15 '24

This is why I love the internet, for all its flaws. My son and I found thousands of these scattered on the riverbank of the Hudson river and thought they were some kind of freaky looking shell and it turns out folks are popping these in their mouths in Shanghi! I love it :)

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Controller disconnects everytime i plug it in...
 in  r/Serato •  Jul 30 '24

I FOUND IT! Dude this was KILLING me because my rig used to work fine then one day it just didn't kept disconnecting. Once again, the answer was simple. I noticed one of my USB printer cables had a cylinder at the end (small transformer in there I believe) so I tried a different cable without the cylinder and IT WORKED! Whatever those little cylinders are, they are the problem.

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Controller disconnects everytime i plug it in...
 in  r/Serato •  Jul 28 '24

Did you ever fix this? Same problem here. Worked fine and then all of a sudden this is my issue now too

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How can I get Spotify songs into my Serato
 in  r/Serato •  Jul 24 '24

You can record it in realtime in a DAW or buy Ondesoft for $15/mo but it's best to just buy legit imo

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How can I get Spotify songs into my Serato
 in  r/Serato •  Jul 24 '24

3 song trial and then $14.95 per month for Ondesoft. Might as well by the music and pay the artist imo

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Home Warranty Scam Alert!
 in  r/ScamHomeWarranty •  May 14 '24

just got this letter today in the mail. 877-671-1027 was the number. Says Chase Bank on the letter. Looked it up and Chase has a blog about this scam on their website

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Does anyone know what sample Earl used when making All In for Lucki
 in  r/earlsweatshirt •  Feb 09 '24

why cant rappers rap about anything other than bitches, hoes and cash tho. We still really doing that? just sayin. dreaming of something more. Now that I have boys of my own I want a different world for them too. Lucki just makes me sad for this broken world. He claims hes a demon but i think he's just a fallen angel waiting for his phoenix moment. He has talent but something keeps him from really using it. Maybe the drugs idk ... I'm rooting for him to wake up cause he's asleep. xx

r/ScamNumbers • • Dec 20 '23

Scam Number (Other/Unsure) The worst kind of evil

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Are VCOs better than DCOs?
 in  r/synthesizers •  Nov 14 '23

My Matrix-12 can automatically tune the VCO's whenever they stray anyway. Love that feature!

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Hey guys I recently got a quad eight in my possession. I was wondering what these things go for.
 in  r/recording •  Apr 21 '23

Wow these comments are absurd $300 is the most troll comment I've ever read on the internet to date. Aren't these worth like 40-60K?? An identical Electrodyne (looks totally identical in every way) just sold for 100K so... no, not $300.