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I'd assume Modi Multibit 2 would be a bad pairing with mainline. I found mainline to be very linear and a bit lean. Might be too bright a pairing. R2R would be the way to go, or an OG Modi M.

If it sounds anywhere as the Modi MB + Manline or even Modi MB+ Crack go with the Soekris for sure. Those 2 previous ones were not very good matches at all imo.

Thanks @Sqveak I don't have a DAC at the moment. Heh. But I can wait for the Gugnir 2. I was thinking about that.

For the chifi stuff, as I mentioned before some manufacturers are more than happy to send stuff out. But inversely some gear we would love to cover its not always easy for us to secure. Proceeds from what we sell in the store does go and fund the content side of things and we can grab stock units and send it out to the team to cover.

Things not carried we would be more reliant on the manufacturer to send out or to borrow from the community, or would have to pay for ourselves. The YT channel is monetized but that in reality serves to cater to the YT algorithm. Revenue from the channel alone would not cover much for the operations.

thanks @netforce

I purchased an Ada and preferred my Koss still.

Yup I still have one for sale...

In private messaging people, it seems that LIM may be a good option in Yggdrasil land for that chain. However, I was asking about the Utopia OG if that matters. I know the 2022 version is a little different, but not much. I'm planning on trying the LIM at some point and comparing to my A2.

I use OG Utopia and 3F with Yggdrasil A1/GS. No complaints here.

I'd suggest a full ECP stack with a Walnut DAC, probably can find a Walnut X with a wanted ad here.

Potentially yes. I'm located in Canada though.

@Armaegis That's fine, CAN to US isn't too bad.

That is a hell of a discount. Yeah, seems amplification may matter less for those than DAC and transport, and from store demo memory that DAP was indeed not horrible at that

@crenca Yep

Have you tried Portapros with it? Hope hope.

@CEE TEE This was actually my first thought, that the Porta Pro would smooth it all over, since it does fairly well on sources like this. But I mainly use KSC75 now.

Nipponbashi is a little annoying to get to from Osaka station, so your other option if you happen to drop by is Yodobashi Camera Umeda, it is absolutely massive and has a load of stuff to try as well. Is very easy to go to from Osaka station so you can quickly drop by then grab a train to Kyoto/Okayama.

Thanks @Raimei Templar ! Sounds like if I can make it to one store it would be E-Earphone in Osaka? Or maube Yodobashi Camera Kyoto if I prefer headphones?

If you can only go to one store, E-Earphone would be the way for headphones. If you are into speakers/other audio/tech stuff Yodobashi is the way to go.

Buy a new pair and sell it to me for $450

Hahahaha

@joch It's fairly mild here where I'm at year round, about 70 - 77* baseline.

I highly recommend nearfields if you can, dropped my headphone usage by 85% or more.

@Merrick I'm definately going to try. What's your setup? Seems like you had a reasonable budget one? Thanks!

You're not going to try it with your Utopia?

You’re in NZ, right?

This one is in Florida. It's US voltage :)

Maybe @k1arg still has my old T3?

T3 can be easily voltage switched.

I'm interested now what's the minimum viable stack / dongle to scale a Utopia..

Just in time for the next batch of NITSCH DSHA 3F!

@Tchoupitoulas I proxied one for my friend, had it on me for a bit! But no Utopia at the time. I'll be able to hear it in a few months though.

I use my setup all day while working at home from my desk, which works well for me.

I stream airplay to my pi most of the time, I know it can have some losses but it is pretty seamless.

I use my stack everyday since I work from home. Became somewhat of a need due to late nights. Helps keep me awake.