Fractal Talk

[Achilles]

Gotta remember that over the last 2-3 years every one of these shipping services has had their operations turned upside down, first with Covid and then with the post-Covid world where tons more people are comfy ordering online than before. Imagine what being the head of logistics has been like for them!?!?!? They're probably all still in the optimization stages of the massive increase in traffic and how best to route things for bottom line cost efficiencies.

 

[jellodog]

Logistics, they are looking to minimize costs.

Oh I totally get it. I understand logistics and that the UPS hub is in KY. But I can still hate them for it!

Minimising costs for UPS too. Not for me or the planet.

 

[jellodog]

Can someone post a kitten pic or something to calm me down from my triggered UPS rage state?

 

[Mongillo19]

Can someone post a kitten pic or something to calm me down from my triggered UPS rage state?

 

[Achilles]

Can someone post a kitten pic or something to calm me down from my triggered UPS rage state?

 

[jellodog]

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Awwww! I am calmed...

(or possibly slightly trolled, but trying to ignore the UPS component)

I will finish up my self-medication with a lunchtime pizza order.

 

[Will Chen]

I understand big business and the hub concept but shipping things on 3 different planes is never cheaper than using one. Not to forget the amount of extra handling it takes from more personnel gathering and packing. The expense of fuel and wages are passed along to the consumer as increased costs.

That's not true. It depends on the cost per package. Let's say their avg flight cost is around $2000. In your direct example, they have 100 packages, so it costs them $20 a package. But on the 3 city route they have 1000 packages, $6 a package despite some packages having to travel farther.

 

[Will Chen]

Oh I totally get it. I understand logistics and that the UPS hub is in KY. But I can still hate them for it!

Minimising costs for UPS too. Not for me or the planet.

That's debatable as well. Is it worse for them to add many shorter trips vs fewer longer trips?

 

[dean701]

That's not true. It depends on the cost per package. Let's say their avg flight cost is around $2000. In your direct example, they have 100 packages, so it costs them $20 a package. But on the 3 city route they have 1000 packages, $6 a package despite some packages having to travel farther.

the package amounts are not going to stay static from one flight to the next at 1000. I realize they don't want to send empty planes but I can also say that all of those flights aren't fully packed. Due to expedited shipping, they were going to go regardless whether they were full or not. It's part of offering next day delivery. The system is broken

 

[DrewJD82]

I’m gonna need to see some graphs to make a determination on these USP shenanigans.

 

[Will Chen]

the package amounts are not going to stay static from one flight to the next at 1000. I realize they don't want to send empty planes but I can also say that all of those flights aren't fully packed. Due to expedited shipping, they were going to go regardless whether they were full or not. It's part of offering next day delivery. The system is broken

Of course those packages aren't static at 1000. Conversely, the shortest route might be a single package instead of 100. Logistics systems aren't broken at all, they are looking to minimize the total number of flights they have to make.

 

[Achilles]

Logistics systems aren't broken at all.

Majority of the time we all get our stuff, right? There's the proof.

Ridiculously overwhelming majority when you think about it.

 

[Will Chen]

Funny how this level of indirection doesn't happen quite so much when USPS / Canada Post is used though?

USPS doesn't have anything close to the same business model.

 

[DrewJD82]

This might be the one time I overextend my mod status by saying-

This conversation is fucking boring, can ya’ll move on?

 

[Mongillo19]

This might be the one time I overextend my mod status by saying-

This conversation is fucking boring, can ya’ll move on?

UPS thread or GTFO

 

[James Freeman]

So... what does a long silence on the Fractal forum mean?

 

[James Freeman]

Correct LF Resonance settings are crucially important, it what makes a solid state power amp sound like a tube amp with real cabs, in my experience so far.

I'm here:

About Speaker LF Resonance

If you are running an IR direct to PA and a power amp/cab from output 2, would you match the LF Resonance to the IR or the physical cab for best results?

forum.fractalaudio.com

I take the data points from my impedance measurement REW graph then do Fractal's math.

 

[DrewJD82]

So... what does a long silence on the Fractal forum mean?

At this point, a blanket “good stuff for customers” is fitting.

 

[Mongillo19]

So... what does a long silence on the Fractal forum mean?

Depends. Gapless switching and DynaCabs brought in a few months update hiatus iirc. So if it ends up being awhile, it could mean a bigger update...or not!

 

[GTR37]

They will run them to the main hub
Fed ex is out of Kentucky if it is going air . I remember my dad telling me a story that it wild
They close the airport at 8pm and then it’s just Fed Ex planes lined up coming in all night