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yotacowboy

McRibs Kind of Guy, Male, from NOVA

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I succumb to peer pressure: https://i.imgur.com/1YypBy1.jpeg Apr 12, 2024 at 4:17 PM

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1. yotacowboy
  it's official, I'm back to being a semi-vinyl guy. Just too many LP + HP rig "ahhhhh" moments recently to dismiss it like i did in the past.
  
  Jul 30, 2020
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2. yotacowboy
  AZLA Xelastec tips are super comfy!!! Only have a few hours with Solaris so far, but they're as close to zero canal pressure as I've felt
  
  Jul 29, 2020
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3. yotacowboy
  Gungnir Multibit posts as of late have me wondering if since I only ever heard A2, that a beat up used A1 is the bargain of the decade...
  
  Jul 26, 2020
  1. Lyander, Merrick, captkirk and 2 others like this.
  2. Melvillian
    Yeah it’s a great deal considering we had one recently in the for sale threads for around $500.
    
    Jul 26, 2020
  3. yotacowboy
    add another one to the hifishark watchlist, i guess
    
    Jul 26, 2020
    
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4. yotacowboy
  how come all the shit on my local FB audiophile group is a bunch of ugly-ass Mac gear feeding overpriced B&W? like, you never left magnolia?
  
  Jul 20, 2020
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  3. rlow
    How come? Because Facebook man.
    
    Jul 20, 2020
    
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  4. YMO
    @yotacowboy I wear NB, I even have white ones. Gotta blend in your know. I'm not cool enough to drive a WV blasting Kraftwerk while drinking Heineken. ;)
    
    Jul 20, 2020
  5. Lyander
    In my case the local audio people are either proper 2ch folk or into IEMs— the desktop contingent is relatively underrepresented, as is a great many products I'm still curious about.
    
    Oh, and SBAF often offers nicer deals than I'd get there even accounting for shipping around the globe.
    
    Jul 21, 2020
5. yotacowboy
  also, stupid f'ing covid-19 shit: my condo doesn't have a washer/dryer, coin-ops in basement unit. Banks not issuing coinage! yay!!!
  
  Jul 17, 2020
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  3. crenca
    I thought you were kidding at first...coin shortage??!? Why?? Is the US Mint not producing them, or are banks not accepting/processing them, or has the cash based economy slowed down enough that they are just not circulating fast enough??
    
    Jul 17, 2020
  4. dasman66
    Been living the coin shortage for awhile.
    Stores here have wanted exact change (or give no change), for about a month. https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/18/us/us-coin-shortage-coronavirus-trnd/index.html
    
    Jul 17, 2020
    
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  5. Biodegraded
    NZ 10c pieces used to work, back in the days when they were silver.
    
    Jul 17, 2020
6. yotacowboy
  and so the the addiction rides again! new LP day! smh.
  
  Jul 17, 2020
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  2. ChaChaRealSmooth
    "This is the last one, I promise!"
    
    Jul 17, 2020
    
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  3. yotacowboy
    'furiously rearranging shit on the storage shelves to make more room for vinyls...' this doesn't bring me joy, neither does this, neither does this either. I feel like steve martin in the jerk, except opposite.
    
    Jul 17, 2020
    
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7. yotacowboy
  goddamnit. Just when I thought i'd dropped the vinyl thing I decide to run TT rig through EC Af to Aegirs. Here we go again... fawk me.
  
  Jul 10, 2020
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  3. YMO
    Fawk your wallet.
    
    Jul 10, 2020
    
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  4. yotacowboy
    dolla billz shriveling into wallet like a frightened turtle.
    
    Jul 10, 2020
    
    Jinxy245 and YMO like this.
  5. Soups
    this is another cruel push over the edge for the crack/vinyl-curious (like myself). "i can start because i can stop whenever i want to." or not.
    
    Jul 11, 2020
8. yotacowboy
  Was nice to spend the afternoon spinning vinyl and listening thru headphones. Now it’s :30!
  
  Jul 10, 2020
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9. yotacowboy
  back to "hot summer listening" = YggyA2-->Freya+-->Topping PA3-->Micca RB42 w/REQ. Cheap seats ain't so bad. Stunningly good bass extension.
  
  Jul 7, 2020
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10. yotacowboy
  someone pls explain: wtf is a Hoonberg3006A. and don't just say, "its an amp"
  
  Jun 30, 2020
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  2. Vtory
    I believe it's Tandberg vintage. https://www.audiogon.com/products/tandberg-tpa-3006a
    
    Jun 30, 2020
    
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  3. rlow
    My theory is a Fatberg brought back from the future by Hooncake
    
    Jun 30, 2020
    
    RobS, YMO and Lyander like this.
  4. YMO
    You never had the Hooniberg experience I see.
    
    Jun 30, 2020
11. yotacowboy
  311 Transistor reminds me of smoking pot and playing Mario Kart 64 or Madden, while eating Hamburger Helper from an electric skillet.
  
  Jun 28, 2020
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  3. robot zombie
    Ooof, right in the childhood... well, the latter half anyway. Incidentally, I remember things from when I was 5 better than when I was 15.
    
    Jun 28, 2020
  4. gaspasser
    @yotacowboy you’re describing my freshman year of college perfectly
    
    Jun 28, 2020
    
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  5. atomicbob
    So I glance through profile posts and see this one ... and think to myself "I don't remember the 2N311 transistor". I remember 2N35, 2N107, 2N170, I experimented with those. Turns out it was a low production run and now very rare PNP germanium. Then it hits me you are talking about an album. Geek head brain fart.
    
    Jun 28, 2020
    
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12. yotacowboy
  Friday night. HUM @ 95dB on speaker rig; headphones will never do this. Keep turning it up.
  
  Jun 26, 2020
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  2. jexby
    track? yet can't be as good as Honcho Overload or Bad Flannel right? ;-)
    
    Jun 26, 2020
    
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  3. yotacowboy
    Just saw this now, I swear that Chicago/Urbana music scene was nuts in the early 90's.
    
    Jun 28, 2020
  4. jexby
    so right man! late 80s: Didjits and Bad Flannel locally ruled. plus Naked Raygun, Big Black plus Touch&Go in the chicago scene.
    
    Jun 28, 2020
13. yotacowboy
  all aboard the cheeeep THX train!!!
  
  Jun 24, 2020
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  3. YMO
    To be fair, we didn't know that Drop is going to be Droping a price on a new Drop THX amp, I guess due to being called Drop.
    
    Jun 24, 2020
  4. Stuff Jones
    Wow: Estimated ship date is Mar 5, 2021 PT.
    
    Maybe they've learned from over promising and under delivering deadline wise and are being conservative.
    
    Jun 24, 2020
    
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  5. TheIceman93
    March 5th, 2021? Are they taking crazy pills?
    
    Jun 24, 2020
14. yotacowboy
  Holy Shit: https://pitchfork.com/news/hum-return-with-inlet-first-new-album-in-22-years-listen/
  
  Jun 23, 2020
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  2. yotacowboy
    I'm hearing a lot more of the MBV influence, which is a little more "sorted" than the more Zeppelin-esque hazy-psychedelic stuff of their prior albums. Might not age as well as You'd Prefer... but this is nostalgia, so who cares. The chop on the drums is f'ing sweet.
    
    Jun 23, 2020
  3. Superexchanger
    I'm really digging it after resetting my DiH-burdened expectations. Was blindsided by this, and it's also the heaviest album I've heard this year. Low end on this mix just caves your head in.
    
    Jun 24, 2020
    
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15. gixxerwimp
  Original release or remaster? (oops, meant to comment, not make a new post ... shit)
  
  Jun 19, 2020
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  2. yotacowboy
    remaster
    
    Jun 19, 2020
    
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16. yotacowboy
  Fawk, The Colour And The Shape is epic.
  
  Jun 18, 2020
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  3. gaspasser
    My bad, I thought you were referring to a band "The Colour and the City" I'm tired and trying to multitask
    
    Jun 18, 2020
    
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  4. StageOne
    Dave Grohl continues to impress. If you have not watched Sound City or Sonic Highways I highly recommend it.
    
    Jun 18, 2020
    
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  5. gaspasser
    I’m not usually into hard rock but Dave Grohl is a seriously talented dude
    
    Jun 18, 2020
    
    yotacowboy and StageOne like this.
17. yotacowboy
  rescued BF2 + Asgaard3 from office. 9 hours of bliss followed.
  
  Jun 15, 2020
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  3. YMO
    Give me free money from the IRS. I need to buy a new amp.
    
    Jun 15, 2020
  4. Azimuth
    rescued BF2?
    
    Jun 16, 2020
  5. yotacowboy
    explicit: i went into my office under lockdown (COVID+ protests) and retrieved BF2 and Asgard3 so I could listen with Australis, Combo should be added to Synergy thread.
    
    Jun 18, 2020
    
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18. yotacowboy
  Sometimes it's amazing that just two speakers, a couple amps, a pre-amp, and a DAC can make my house sound like a laboratory of sound
  
  Jun 12, 2020
  2. yotacowboy
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4Gf8ZqBt8Q&list=OLAK5uy_lv44JsjJv8Z2vTbI1LzklHyTv3BKT2_BM
    
    Jun 12, 2020
    
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  3. gaspasser
    Don’t forget about all Of that beer
    
    Jun 12, 2020
    
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19. yotacowboy
  For the 308th time, YggyA2 -> ECAf -> ZMF Aeolus is just intoxicating. Apologies in advance for just parroting commonly understood pairings.
  
  Jun 10, 2020
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  2. YMO
    Lets share the same avatar. Use mine. I got the idea from your jizz posts.
    
    Jun 10, 2020
20. yotacowboy
  stoke! Rancilio Silvia only needs about $100 in small parts to get refurbished. I can rebuild her. I have the technology.
  
  Jun 9, 2020
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  3. yotacowboy
    I've got her completely disassembled. Parts order is in. Should only be a few hours to reassemble, test, and "season". I bought a replacement Silvia V4 because I was worried I'd need a new boiler (~$300).
    
    Jun 9, 2020
  4. yotacowboy
    But once I got the old Silvia V3 all pulled apart I was super happy to find it only needed a new boiler gasket and over pressure valve gasket (and some other "while you're in there" stuff). I'll post it up for sale once she's back to health and I've pulled some shots.
    
    Jun 9, 2020
  5. gixxerwimp
    I'm still using my bro-in-law's 15 yo hand-me-down V1 I dragged across the Pacific a few years ago. I don't think it's had anything done to it than regular cleaning and descaling.
    
    Jun 19, 2020
    
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NOVA

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Designer of Graphics

Gear List:

Main rig:
Sources—Roon/Qobuz to RPi+Pi2AES, Technics SL-1200 w/ DL-103r to iFi ZEN Phono, Sangean HDT-20, Audiolab 6000CDT
DAC—Yggdrasil LIM (AES/EBU: RPi, Coax:6000CDT, Optical:Sangean)
Preamp—Freya S
Amps—Elekit TU-8600S: WE300Bs, Telefunken 12AX7, Amperex 12AU7s; Magni Piety
Speakers—Audio Note AZ-Two (Hemp drivers, silver VC tweeters, upgraded x-over)
Headphones—BS HD600, ZMF Auteur Classic

Work:
ProJect Tuner Box/iPhone 8/Shanling M6 Ultra--> Bifrost 2 OG -->MJ3/Vali2+/SW51+/EC Af--> HD650K, HD600 w/copper mod, ZMF VC, Aeolus, JARHD660S, BS HD580, JARHD650B/V2
Shanling M6 Ultra --> OG Solaris/2019 Andro/7Hz Timeless

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