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If someone wants to help out and step in I'll gladly step down/take a lesser role

@lm4der That comes across as pretty selfish… https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/state-of-sbaf-2022.12196/

Yeah, sorry about that. I went a little overboard.

I think he’s saying “me too”

So is he

I agree, so I don't listen to my Kenzie Ovation and Attrium while working. :)

It's not good for planars either.

@dubharmonic Well f***

Did it turn the triangle into a wooden gong, or a plastic something or other? :)

@crenca a combination of mosquito buzzing, a lack of defined attack, and terrible delineation.

Btw did I mention these are going on loaner?

^ ...and a dirty pair of underwear

My thoughts are with you and your friend Dan. Hoping for the best. <3

Receiving such news always feels like getting sucker punched. May the best possible outcome come your friend's way.

My wife has a dear friend that was diagnosed with clear cell carcinoma a year ago. She was given a very short time to live as a prognosis. Now a year later she is in remission. Hang on to the slim hopes. Sometimes it works.

I wish your friend the best. Please also look after yourself so you can be present to support them. Take care!

well spill the beans what are you expecting/prepping for tour?

@crenca New ZMF Caldera Closed and Aegis. Hifiman Arya Organic.

Probably jumping the gun, but I’d definitely like to get in line to hear the Aegis!

CEE TEE and audio testers are throwing off the metrics!

Funny enough, I think my most played track might be the "this is the left channel, this is the right channel" voice for testing stereo connections.

For some reason, if I like the 8th track on an album (when there are at least 8 tracks), I tend to like the whole album. No idea why.

And in terms of technical performance, it's a no-contest; the Wavedream beats the pants off of my Yggdrasil. What amazes me the most are the highs; the highs have none of the R2R ringing or edge, yet are so refined, smooth, and have amazing textural reproduction

@MellowVelo there are other differences that I'll outline in an eventual impressions post (or can answer in PM). To be absolutely clear, I still like and recommend the Yggdrasil GS and am keeping mine. One of these two DACs will be going in the two channel rig once I get a few things set up

After I got this DAC, I sold 4 previous ones I had. Big shout out to @Executer for his advice on the Wavedream

Enjoy this phase of life….don’t fret over it

I had a friend who was a level expert gun collector. He once mused, "I would dream of Uzi's." My advice is don't be consumed by any one thing. Anything you worship usually annihilates you.

@wbass I will be posting about it at some point when I can convince myself to actually review it instead of just enjoying myself

Only thing I may have lost is the drive, which was really old and I have spares anyhow

You don’t need all that porn.

Smart to have the good stuff backed up....good reminder. Glad nothing important was lost.

Better SINAD numbers if measured at full blast.

or maybe they couldn't get the output stage after the dac chip to behave stable at unity/low gain so they upped it?

I am too. Always was. But, these days, I do find myself browsing and skipping from song to song.

Guilty. Decreasing my social media these days to read more. Today Joy Division/New Order.

Actually, that’s what I liked most about Qobuz when I switched from Spotify: No personalised playlists (at the time, but it’s still not much). Everybody sees the same front page. Browsing like at a record store, because no algorithm chooses what to hear for you.
I had already gone to a bit more album listening before, but only with Qobuz it reached high levels again.

Yeah that’s basically what I mean - the market there has a lot more blurred lines in sharing engineers/OEM’s/etc. It’s the same reason why the Chi-Fi tube market seems to have multiple variations of the same tube under different brands.

I'm less worried about the IP and more worried about "OK, but how are these 20 Chinese R2R DACs all different from each other?".

The worst I've heard about Musician is non-existent customer service. Very buyer beware with them.

Unfortunately, there's basically only two major airline companies so often there isn't an option because whatever airline doesn't have an Airbus plane flying where you're going.

Flew to England on Saturday night, the first time in 40+ years since I checked to see what the plane is - and not out of childish excitement about whether it was a 747.

Kayak now filters search results by plane manufacturer and model, lol

If it's boeing, i'm not going

When is your turn?

Not for a while

Sign me up for around mid April, I can do a direct comparison between it & Holo Cyan 2 - they are about the same price if memory serves

@Merrick SMSL also has a high-end rohm DAC (the VMV D2R), though I've no idea of its quality. (I actually technically tried it at CanJam with the P2 but I don't think that's a good environment for actually assessing a DAC. I will say the P2/D2R combo didn't sound bad to me though.)

@Eric Rosenfield Thanks, I didn’t know about this one! I personally would hesitate to buy a $1k SMSL unit, they don’t seem to make the most reliable gear, but I would like to hear it.

I get very annoyed when I see people putting stuff on top of speakers!

Especially so called audiophiles who also have a collection of fine china that they keep on shelves in the same room.

Never been a fan of flowers on my piano but I do dig tulips on my organ.

haha... one for the joke thread!

But seriously... If you are going to dig tulips on your organ, just be damned careful with the spade!

;-/

But how else can I vicariously live someone else's unboxing experience?

I really think we need some help in the iem space, which is moving at the speed of light. Every review is so different on the same iem, or everything is positive....you wonder if they are just paid to say good things about everything they get sent.

I won't say names, but I've definitely skimmed full multi page reviews before where I knew just as much about the product before vs after reading.