Koth Ganesh

For sure. What started me on a path that would ultimately lead here was realising what a piece of shit the O2 was. Now here I am two and half years later planning to import a SET OPT amp next year, though in truth I could happily truck along with my current setup indefinitely.

Alright mate, nice talking to you...got to do some chores :(

Man the Phonitor 2 is totally nuts. With the Gungnir Multibit and Utopia combo I have here, it does amazing things. I actually thought about trading my Zana Deux for a moment, but I think I'd regret trading that one forever. However I'll be sad to see the Phonitor returned to its owner after a long trial period, it's freaking brilliant.

I've found most amps can't hande the full output from Convert 2. Use the trim pot or a transformer to reduce the voltage.

I thought introducing a balanced preamp would help. But seems not (unless the preamp has a problem)

Yeah, convert output is a bit too hot. It does a great job with the Jensen Iso-max though

Transparency has a new name: brute Force!

MOAAAAR POWWWWAAAAHHH CAPTAIN !!!

Slayer. Transparency's new name is Slayer.

Paul, that's a purchase I'll never regret and i can never thank you enough

You're welcome. Did you try it with a linear power supply? It makes a huge improvement. Pick up the Keces DC-116 with 12V 3A power. It's made and shipped from Taiwan.

I am totally unable to get the Keces for whatever reason. I am using a LPS 12V 3A from aliexpress.com (I know !)

Only when you do something bad does he send his bitchy wife.

Medusa, Kali or is there some other goddess we should fear?

The way the bitchy lady acts is very female. You've probably way forgotten about the reason you deserve it.

Contacted focal to get those clear pads but to no avail. No plan yet on their side....

@hifi01170 thanks for the update...

Sounds good except for the W word!

tfw when you find you what tfw means!

Hopefully you keep listening to the songs (except maybe Revolution #9). I never knew anyone to change their mind on that one. My cousin recorded it to RtR and we listened to it backwards during the "Paul is Dead" publicity stunt. It was fun and mysterious. (We were still kids.) The local Free-Form FM station played up that stunt - big time.

Most (all?) of the songs were composed while The Beatles were in India. Giles Martin is supposed to remix "The White Album" this year. (Why? To make it sound modern.) If he does like "Sgt. Pepper" it will be compressed to the point I won't be able to enjoy listening to it.

I recorded it on cassette and then cut out that piece of the tape, flipped it and taped it back together to hear the famous "Paul is dead."

I never tried a real NOS DAC before, nor have any 192kHz/24bit music files to push-out to an Yggdrasil, to get the same-type of "NOS-mode" effect of sorts. So it's also on my: To-do / Wish list.

Any worthy NOS / NOS+R2R DACs on the horizon, to look out for & save up on?

I'm looking at the Holo Spring Dac (Level 3)

Such tease for an SS amp

Long story short. Bought it and immediately sent for repair. The Lynx is still marginally better

And... the Eitr will now be used with the Gungnir MB

I use the lynx. I agree it's still a better solution :).

yeah agree with bill. hey @Bill-P how does bone conductance play into it, or is that more of a foam vs silicon thing?

I think it's that when they're placed closer to your ear drums, vibrations transmit more efficiently/uniformly with the smaller volume of air. When they're further away, due to ear curvature, and larger air volume, transmission is a bit less efficient, and you hear less bass due to that.

I'm avoiding "bone conduction" because it's a whole other can of worms that I'm unqualified to even speculate on. :P