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Some of those cd's have masters i can't find on streaming services or bonus tracks. I'm an album guy and it always throws me off if tracks are missing.

like Gaz said some of those miniLP and SHM CDs sound pretty cool, especially for classic and psychedelic rock. they have a funky EQ that is less obvious than Japanese vinyl but still there, it's flattering for some recordings. but I cannot fathom paying more than $20-30 at most for a CD.

I assume you’re talking about early 80s Japanese releases like the Black Triangles. Many of them do sound excellent. Several of the masterings were released in other countries without the BT branding and cost way less on the used market. Use Steve Hoffman Forums for research on this.

Yep, once it gets here I'll put it in a padded envelope and figure out postage, pm me your info.

@bobboxbody you are a king, thank you so much!!

thank you, i def thought of that transatlantic voyage, and the abuse it would suffer, but for $250 or so, im willing to roll the dice lol

false alarm. found another one for 130 pounds that ships to the US. thanks for looking British buddies!

If it falls through, you might be able to find a package forwarding service.

Maybe atomicbob? Tried searching but I don’t remember the name of it, and searching bobs posts didn’t work. Even saved it as a watched post, but I have 15 pgs of those and I looked thru ALL and it wasn’t there… it had some really cool info in it, like reducing the speed of the pi and things like that

https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/volumio-streamer-configuration-tips.11017/

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thank you!!!

dam i hope my guy is doing well

thank you both! now anyone got any opamp recommends for warm, "musical", decidedly not "hifi" sounding?

If it doesn't have a circle (most do) one edge might be chamfered, this indicates the side for pin 1 which is the one on the left looking at it from that side

Re warm, the classic OPA134 would fall into this category

Yep, I have ST optical but no toslink lol. Also my MBA doesn’t have optical in the 3.5mm jack like my 2011 MBP did

Yeah you probably just want a module that isn’t even cased. Here’s something from Tindie for $11

https://www.tindie.com/products/mmm999/usb-to-spdif-sound-card-decoder-board/

nvm found a way to keep a signal going to my dac 24/7, thanks wobble & cspirou!

The distortion was def the UA DAC module dying. None to speak of now.

Album of me and my dad (ok, mostly my dad) working on the DAC: https://imgur.com/a/uAm1KRm

Bear in mind that there a good chance that whatever effect the cable has will sound more pronounced as the pads wear down. I've never liked the stock cable: too thin, seems fragile, can accidentally choke you. I use an HD-650 cable.

Having a hard time communicating, but OCC copper from Audio Sensibility is my pick.

best bang for buck: HD650 cable. best bang for buck (not OEM and comes with a pen and a bottle opener): Audiophile Ninja. best sound for the buck: Forza Claire HPC. imho, ymmv.

I agree with @yotacowboy - also if someone buys me a Fisher SA-100 in need of restoration I'll do another restoration log. Really any vintage tube power amp with readily available schematics is fine, but it'll be higher quality content if you also send a signal generator & oscilloscope. Otherwise I have to sell some things first.

Re: SBAF, I'm very grateful for what it is, and I try my best to improve it ever so slightly. And I know I'm not the only one. But I did tell my wife again recently, "At the risk sounding like those guys who say 'This would never have happened if Steve Jobs hadn't died' (and it wouldn't!) This would never have happened at Changstar." Everyone over forty thinks that about something sometime.

all right ill just say it--Friends & Contributors Only SBAF Discord when?

We already have a flag https://imgur.io/a/o5nokBV

@jowls oop forgive me.

oh hell yea, that's badass!!

Does it work now?

@Gazny testing will be today or tomorrow! but all the traces except for one are repaired, so it's just one jumper wire, but the new module is soldered in and the other 3 traces fixed.

gotta put the new caps and sockets in tho.

Let us know when you are going to plug it in so we can all shout BANG together :)

Or... FizzzzzzSQUAAAAbuuuuKA ?

put them on the grill

just type "what's the best way to BURN"

With a Variac. I was tying to find the formula, but small caps will do fine just over time after 100 hours.

thank you both!!! and ig i will accept your kindness @mitochondrium even tho i am big mad that i dont know my "doch" from my "aber", obwohl du sprichst meine Sprache starke korrekt! Englischs sprachgefühl kein gleich Deutsch :(

if you can even read my Denglish lol

Just in case anyone is needing 6x0 pads—at audiosanctuary they cost $44.34 with shipping, and Thomann wants $66.69 for the same pads with shipping to the US.

That's amazing, considering that Thomann is a big, multinational online seller and Audiosanctuary is... a shop!

I have a couple cases laying around... I'll look tonight if I have a black one. Question... Rpi3 or Rpi4?

@dasman66 rpi4!! thank you so much!!!

Can't drag me down / I'm already under

If not I’ll just dongle it up, no worries. Thanks for reading!

admitted defeat and ordered a replacement DAC module for my SFD-1 just now...

LMK what happens. Always good to have an extra avenue if something goes haywire on my SFD

Nose typecasting.

Yeah definitely fine for sure.

@Slade01 is on point. Asus drive for today- although I have ripped on a bunch over the years and cannot hear any difference. I can, I think, hear a difference as to where it is ripped to, ssd, spinner, or stick, although that may be playback environ effect. Still nothing to worry about.

so would getting a plextor be like the equivalent of getting an oppo BDP-83 (or actually, 103D) for blu ray playback rather than a new $40 machine? or was plextor just about stability and speed back in the day? no diff in audio quality ig is what i'm asking you both