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Remarkable that Mike moffat was using custom single mode optical interfaces in 1992. Schiit should get in the network transport game May 22, 2024 at 11:56 AM

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1. lithium
  Remarkable that Mike moffat was using custom single mode optical interfaces in 1992. Schiit should get in the network transport game
  
  May 22, 2024 at 11:56 AM
  2. lithium
    source interview from 1992: https://www.stereophile.com/content/mike-moffat-re-creating-musical-event
    
    May 22, 2024 at 11:58 AM
    
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  3. RestoredSparda
    He looks so young! Love that photo.
    
    May 22, 2024 at 4:54 PM
    
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2. lithium
  Remarkable the difference a proper preamp makes in contrast to the headphone amp on double duty.
  
  May 8, 2024
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  2. Ksaurav402
    I do enjoy Freya+ in my setup a lot.
    
    May 8, 2024
    
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  3. lithium
    My Freya S's active mode is on the Fritz so I thought I could substitute it temporarily with the jot2. It sucked the life out of everything - too warm, weird bass, a complete loss of transparency
    
    May 8, 2024
    
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  4. gsanger
    Another data point: when I bought Mjolnir 3, I hoped it could also serve as a preamp. It was OK, but Freya+ was noticeably better.
    
    May 8, 2024
    
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3. lithium
  Does anyone have any experience fixing an OG liquid carbon. One channel does not work at anything above very low volume.
  
  Feb 7, 2024
  2. Tchoupitoulas
    I think @dBel84 is the resident expert on Cavalli amps
    
    Feb 7, 2024
    
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4. lithium
  respect for folks who compare DACs with lucid comparison notes - Its so hard with headphones to compare DACs.
  
  Jan 18, 2024
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  3. Lyander
    @wbass now that I have a bit more context for stuff I think it could be an interesting listen for you. I do emphatically not care for it, but the staging has idiosyncrasies that could work for some, and now that I'm paying more attention to transient response as opposed to just voicing, I feel like that's another way they seem to stand out vs other SS amps.
    
    Jan 19, 2024
    
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  4. Lyander
    It'd not make sense to compare Piety to Unity since the Piety is stylised, but betwen the Magni 3+ and the Unity I feel like there's a bit of a pronounced gulf, and both are arguably similar amps in intent. Mainly treble smoothness and sense of driver control with the Senn HD600s. But I could also be so far up my own bunghole at this point that the differences are exaggerated in my head.
    
    Jan 19, 2024
    
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  5. Priidik
    Good speakers are cheat. Doing DAC comparison with average planar headphones is badass.
    
    Jan 22, 2024
    
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5. lithium
  The Yggdrasil OG A2 has great space and depth. But the only dimension that matters is the exact 16 inches that can fit in the cabinet
  
  Oct 20, 2023
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6. lithium
  Enjoying my non-Urd CD player as I don't have to worry if it sounds better or not.
  
  Jul 22, 2023
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  2. Thad E Ginathom
    Occasionally I still enjoy my PC optical drive for playing CDs. It works fine. And I don't have to worry that I don't even have a hifi stack set up now although yes, I wish I did.
    
    Jul 23, 2023
    
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  3. lithium
    I like new gear as much as anyone else. My favorite thing about my CD player is the previous owner lost the remote, so I rarely skip songs and enjoy the whole album. The irony is the lost remote was a cause of hesitation while buying it.
    
    Jul 23, 2023
    
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7. lithium
  Listening to The Cure on the newly obtained LH labs pulse infinity. So hard to pick their best album.
  
  Jun 24, 2023
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  2. jexby
    what is this, year 2016?
    
    Jun 24, 2023
    
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  3. lithium
    Yeah its an old DAC but still pretty good I think. I wanted to compare to a new DAC but haven't gotten around to doing it
    
    Jun 24, 2023
8. lithium
  That feeling where you don't know if you missed an amazing deal or if you saved yourself a lot of money.
  
  May 28, 2023
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  2. Ksaurav402
    I will make it easy for you…you saved money
    
    May 28, 2023
    
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  3. RestoredSparda
    Today's amazing deal is a few month from now's meh deal.
    
    May 28, 2023
    
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  4. lithium
    it's a slippery slope, first you score a deal on the headphones and then your current gear is inadequate for your "great new headphones"
    
    May 28, 2023
    
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