Changeling

So you returned a 900 DAP and picked up a $2200 DAC/amp? How the fuck are the two comparable in any way?

@zerodeefex i had the 507 on preorder and didn’t realize the EU version has a volume cap. Then changed job, no more extensive travels so no more need for a dap. They don’t compare.

.... @zerodeefex and bought the H2 so same price.
Happy New Year!

... And they were better than the CD in cases where the mastering had taken the life out of the music. Faults, clicks and all.

I'd say that the major thing is not the hardware, but the amount of time and dedication you put in. But that is self-limiting, according to skills and patience: you stop when it's as good as you can get.

But the work done by the real masters and archivists is... scary!

Ok, so decent pre and TT it is then. I’ll go for the Mani I think, but on the TT side I’m not sure. Any advice is much appreciated.

Tons of good advice in the vinyl forum.

Shit

I came down on the opposite end. Really enjoyed it vs. standard andro. Thought the latter too lean. S variant boosted the mids and perception of the low end at the expense of airiness, to me, which could be somewhat remedied by using spiral dots. That was a tradeoff I was happy to make. Ended up ditching them for the Solaris, though.

Fair point. The WM1 is quite a bit more expensive no?
Also - found a new first gen Andro for €700. Hmm.

I’m thinking Andro + SR15/ZX300 or potentially a used WM1a...

I would go for the WM1a over the ZX300. SR15 is more of a style difference, more neutral and less warm than the WM1

@jowls Perfect! The mystery-tube is a russian one, I can't remember which one I sent, but I think it was a 1974 6N23P if I'm not mistaken. Give it a try and let me know.

Awesome, super nice of you. I’m currently getting to know EH6CG7 but look forward to trying them out.

I asked for advice on sourcing a tube. Instead, he sends the tube across the world to me. Tack så mycket!

He IS the tube whisperer.

@jowls Hope it arrives safely! Enjoy!

However, the musical value is priceless.

Nice!

@atomicbob That’s for sure! They did so many sessions that never saw the light of day until the eighties.

I've got a load of these CDs too, from when they started their subscription service. Bonkers prices on some of them!

@pedalhead yeah, I didn’t realize Highway 61 Revisited has become this rare .

You may have created a candidate for yet another tag: WCBM

oh man...that sucks!

Depends if they were good or not.

@frenchbat haha! Fair. I bought the WH-1000XM3. Still missing the case, but I bought new original one through local dealer.
Not sure if it’s a good HP but it seems to cancel noise and I guess that was the purpose of me buying it :)

The USB sanity is in the Club Room :)

Wait, there's USB sanity?

I can't imagine life without the HD650!

@Poleepkwa good question. It could make sense from a connectivity perspective, the ADI-2 has what I need. But at the same time, I think I'm looking for a one box solution with remote...

...as in I'm thinking to go back to Linn (where I once was). Linn Klimax DSM + Linn Klimax Exakt speakers are currently on my shortlist to hear (again)

So much music, so little time!

Try James Brown. There are so many live cuts you can never find all of the recordings. Find the best ones on your favourite medium and stop there. The crate digger curse. I am facing this curse with Prince these days (his non-Pop discography is huge!)...

@Deep Funk Yeah, I think I've decided to stop at 100 albums or so. I'm at 75 and I believe there's more than 150 out there, at least official releases. Then there's the live cuts and everything that Marshall Allen is now releasing from the vaults. Sigh.

Don't try to tackle Buckethead

Btw: my personal takeaway from listening to the M2 and M2 BT side-by-side was that I'm not willing to spend this much on mediocre sound, and wireless will get you only so far. Probably IEM is the way to go due to the need for much less power. I don't get along with IEMs.

Super bad fit for me. Frequent disconnections. Random drop outs in right ear. This was my pair of WF1000x in Feb.

Also, the cost-performance in wireless is super low. If you really, really want wireless, get some CFA IEMs and pair with MUC-M2BT1, and consider it done.

You can use https://rclone.org to sync with Backblaze B2, but that's different to their fixed price all-you-can-eat consumer oriented service, I think.

This should be a thread. I'm interested in setting up some local drives for remote access and I need some help with proper setup for backups as well.

@Cspirou send me a ping if you decide to start a thread. I finally decided to use my roon endpoint (which also has the Lynx-card -> AES -> ADI-2 Pro) with NAS disks.
WD Red disks with mirroring (redundance really..) + a large portable drive for off site backup once per week.