Tchoupitoulas

https://www.resident-music.com/annual

From memory, shares many of the qualities of the Diablo, minus, of course, the power. @iFi audio - any chance of a loaner? I think the Gryphon would be popular here. (I'm borrowing a friend's so can't offer a personal loaner, sorry)

Edit: Atrium likewise v good, tho lacking stage depth.

I remain a fan, and this is my travel amp. I'll gladly carry the extra weight for the improvement over sound vs. going iPhone direct.

https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/recording-registry/complete-national-recording-registry-listing/

It makes for fascinating reading

Another worthwhile study at the LOC is reading the materials for the National Recording Preservation Plan. It will remind one that the vast vast majority of recorded music has never been digitized, and likely never will be at the current rates of preservation. Much is already lost to history.

https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/preservation/

Made of pure gluten.

To return the favor, I'd gladly lend you the iESL. I'd cover all shipping.

The headphones don't have to be fancy, I'd be perfectly happy with old Stax, Koss, Nectar Hive or other affordable headphones.

(I'm e-stat curious and figured an iESL might lower the barrier to entry)

Thanks to a generous Friend, I'll have an opportunity to try out a pair of e-stats with the iESL. I'm most grateful to the super supportive audio friends here.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/opinion/music-perfection-flaws.html

If the paywall blocks you, you can take a peek at his book on the same topic, "Deliver Me From Nowhere."

Thank you for introducing me to this amazing album. I'm obviously behind on my Boss discography.

Sorry your wife had fun?

Not nearly as much fun as she would have had with his solid-state equipment

Could be worse. Say you were really into citrus growing and you had to tell her about the lemon parties..

This looks like the love child of an LCD-2, an OG HiFiMan, and a ZMF headphone.

I honestly like that more. I'm not a fan of my headphones looking like a tie-dye t-shirt.

They always reminded me of a custom bowling ball. A lot of the ZMF Resin Stabilized gave me the same impression.

Not so great with Final D8000. Too much energy somewhere in upper mids or lower treble. With other headphones, lots of lovely tube qualities shining through, expansive staging, nice hint of warmth.

I should have gone with "during" instead of "for"!

I'm still laughing at her "I deserve better". Does she mean better than T50RPs? This suggests a whole new lover-ranking system...

...And a whole new adoption of golden-schlong awards!

I put a twist on it over the summer for my home roasted coffee https://i.imgur.com/V3eFRil.jpg

Now that coffee would sound different for sure.

sometimes I'm tempted to put this sticker on my Yggdrasil: https://darkoaudio.creator-spring.com/listing/audiophile-basic-sticker

but, upside down. And post it for sale on Audiogon just to see who bites. I like the idea of an Audiophile false flag.

Loaner impressions to follow in a day or two. But, seriously, this is outstandingly good.

Ifi on Bluetooth?

@ColdsnapBry - this was the dongle version, not the wireless one

@Lyander - what's the pun, I can't figure it out (something to do with decir?)

(And joking aside, my better half's perfectly fine with my hobby. It was genuinely an accident)

Oh "shuo" can mean "say" or "speak" haha. I always figured the Shuoer brand is some kinda dad joke about "Speak"ers.

Found linked from Schiit's own website: https://www.schiit.com/guides/discontinued-products.

It's also good for old manuals

... and I want to set the record straight by posting that Schiit refunded me the difference. I'm most grateful. This was very good of them.

On a more prosaic, obvious level, it's disturbing how far AI has apparently come - and how little the public knows about it (me included).

The transcript is truly astonishing. It feels like something to be assigned in history classes - or "great books" classes - in the future.

Reading the transcript gives me goosebumps.

Time to submit to our AI overlords. Personally, I'd welcome them over our human leaders.

Sire Marcus Miller P5 bass guitar -> VOX amPlug 2 Bass (mini headphone amp) -> HD 600

https://i.imgur.com/BiBq6hA.jpg

I agree with @Merrick on piano but also most other stringed instruments, bowed or plucked.

Drums.

It's hard to get the texture right on oboes; sometimes bassoons too.