Gaspasser

@Vansen more of a reference to my midfi amps (Lyr 3 and MCTH) being referred to as Corollas. Only meant obliquely to reference @Luckbad mean custom title. It was not meant as a swipe at him, I apologize if it came off that way. I am proudly mid-fi and the S7 is hopefully the king of the heap.

I'm going to try to remain Mid-Fi this time around. One thing I've learned: Never play leapfrog with a unicorn.

Your metaphors crack me up. Thanks.

Easily gives previous setup RSA Nighthawk and T3 a run for the money!

what turntable, cartridge, etc? do you have a dac to compare to?

Michell TecnoDec with Denon DL110.

I dusted it back off this morning after a few days with the TS. My initial impressions remain. It seems to add a bit of top-end splash and shimmer, which suit the AFO very well.

I may prefer the TS with the 650s, but I haven't spent much time with them since they live primarily at work.

Thanks @Gaspasser. Good to know. Now Focal just has to bring down the price. Oh, right I have ZDT Jr. coming. Dang.

The used market on the Clears is reasonable. They are built like a tank.
I barely found one at my local dealer to demo. Supply is short, demand is high. Prices will stay up unfortunately.

After hearing the loaner I figured it will not be coming down soon. I anticipate a wait, then I’ll look at the used market after the FOM folks are ready to move on to something else. Glad you are enjoying your new gear!

Thank you, Sir! Will keep trying to deliver. :)

The attack comments are from the Burson Violectric thread and I also reference Torq’s Woo Monoblocks thread

What he said.

Oh I see, well either way, life's too damn short; plus there's so much wisdom, knowledge & experience, left to share & gain, between us all.
I do believe that most of us (on SBAF at least) don't hold any ulterior motives nor bad intentions; we're all on this journey together, so to speak (granted that some <fine> folks, might/do have somewhat raised expectations, egos & biases) but even if so, still: No harm no foul?

This made me laugh

https://goodhertz.co/lossy

The Reveal plugin for the LCD-2C in this chain is very cool as well.

I mean, we are in the Lenten season.

It is a borrowed Magni3, thanks @paulkromz
I’m still looking for a sweet Magni3 of my own

Pretty amazing little gadget.

Listened to them briefly during our last meet and had similar impressions on my T3.

Holy crap the kick drum is concussive.

In addition to the AD stage, the ADI-2 Pro might be better when using the headphone output in balanced mode (more power + additional DAC chip), but we'll have to wait for some direct comparisons to see what the difference is.

So if using only ADI-2 pro as DAC, the balanced out is the only way to do PRT, right?

No, you can do PRT with any amp so long as you have a balanced connector on the headphone. It's just that if the amp has an unbalanced 1/4" output you start with a 1/4" -> 4 pin XLR adapter before proceeding as usual for the PRT. I do this with the Valhalla 2.

You are correct @Vtory. I'm exploring options currently and probably will end up just buying a new Yggy and selling Gumby here or elsewhere. I figured it is worth a try to do a trade here.

You're in N.A. right ?

Washington DC suburbs

^Schiits n' Giggles

Implying that anyone unwilling to help is not nice?

Implying anyone who is willing to assist with such a big ask is nice too. I always assume everyone at SBAF is nice ;)

Yeah. I was surprised that Amazon had it listed and Discogs did not. You might just have to suck it up and pay the asking price. The last few stupid priced CDs I bought were a case of pay up or miss out -potentially- forever. So, what's it worth to you?

I’ll keep an eye out

Thanks @Sqveak and @DigMe
I found a local copy, it is worth it.