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Just what the world needs more of: to be sold to incessantly. This is our dystopia.

Unbelievable that a machine can create a song that evokes joy and makes me want to groove.

Melodically/rhythmically/lyrically they're all super cool, but there's something in the rendering of the AI music itself that always twings my ear in a bad way, like the worst parts of synth and autotune mashed together.

Still, just take the song, make some tweaks, and re-record it. Scary.

Even big boy tooby amps can only do so much with Focal stage, though like @ColdsnapBry says Utopia gives something workable. Thing is, it’s not different than hd6xx, but those are cheaper…

While it's a small stage compared to hifi headphones, it got perfect imaging.

Thanks for all the replies, at least I know my Elex isn't unusual!

It's my longest owned piece of equipment as well, or perhaps just behind the Utopias. I purposely have stayed away from it for the last couple of weeks since I've had the cyan, it's going to be interesting we're going back here in a few days comparing...

The A1 is still very relevant in the Yggdrasil line up. @Bowmoreman does yours have the upgraded firmware? I believe Schiit introduced an upgrade long ago to improve on the original original. See first several posts: https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/schiit-yggdrasil-gs.8560/

I don’t know if it does or not. If it doesn’t, it still sounds amazing. But will have to check - thanks @joch

My longest owned equipment is most of the gear in my sig: Turntable, tonearm, amp and speakers all date back to OG purchase in 1990. The only “new” gear over that time have been a succession in/out of CD players… last change there 10 years ago now, or.. the recent replacement of my Preamp with a Kara/Skoll…

There’s a similar google application I read about. I’ll post when I find it

Sometimes it’s not a choice. Sometimes you get pushed and have to deal with it :(

I will admit that I had my doubts when I saw it used the old Sabre chips, but I have to say that Weiss did a good job

Offering rentals for this is really cool.

Yeah, now i'm wondering how we could make something like this work for something like Gambler.

I tested an echo dot 5 in the passenger seat today and it was way worse than the built in. Come to think, I may have tossed the iroar go in the back at one point but it must not have been better either. And yea, don't need no smashed windows

https://soundboks.com/products/speakers/soundboks-4 Oh, I thought you wrote <$1000

I’ve got an IKEA Eneby that I’ve used in the car with decent results. Looks like the Vappeby is the new version, and if you get two, you can do stereo.

As (ex-)audiophiles go, I count myself as fairly objective, and yes, I absolutely believe that, unless something changes them, bits are bits. But, right from the off, it seemed absurd to claim that this makes all dacs sound the same. Let's take the blindingly-bloody-obvious: the second letter, dAc. Didn't those idiots ever notice that they have analogue circuitry and output? That's only what the things are *for!*

This dude has talent. Not just trolling SBAF/ASR but he's gone with the hat-trick with Head-Fi as well. This guy has covered the entire multi-verse of trying to find the exact combination to defeat Thanos and find auditory bliss.

Vali3 does seem pretty good.

All of this hype is really making me want to hear these

Wait for v3.1.2.1.111 it will be even better, trust me

Is that the Golden Great Ape edition?

He could be real good for years to come. A steal in last year’s draft for sure.

I came very close to buying a NGUYEN football jersey awhile back. Unfortunately he played for the Cowboys

@Cspirou Can’t be repping the Cowboys. That would be like me buying anything Niners!

Going to repeat 2 things I've said here before:
1. I suspect there's "other" information in a reconstructed signal that plots like THD+N, FR or CSD plots, or other commonly used plots don't fully capture or illustrate. Different DACs most likely handle this "other" differently, whether intentionally or inadvertently,

... Aaaaaand it's this "x factor" plankton sort of thing that makes it easy for others who have less context for things to look at discussions about the same from a distance and think it's bunk and hogwash. Gotta hear it first to believe it, and not everyone's got that opportunity.

I can see WHY pseudo-objectivism is as appealing a school of thought as it is. It's exasperating, but it's no surprise it's caught on.

2. There's also the question of how each individual hears and processes sound information (ie psychoacoustics). Not just the individual FR of our ears, or musical theory stuff like perfect pitch or rhythm, but also some audiophile things like sibilance, staging, timbre, etc.

Combined with 1, I can believe that some people will hear differences and others won't. And it can change each time.

Yep since A1 with original chip is still A1, but with upgraded chip it becomes the GS...

Original A1 and chassis. Guy was side-grading to OG/A2…

Not GS2 (thought about that a bit), but at the price, it was a wash (I could do the chassis upgrade for same delta cash). So starting “cheaper” to get addicted to her.

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