Comments on Profile Post by bobboxbody

Oh nice! I still have a Lyra1 in the house and it is possibly one of my longest lasting pieces of gear.

I just made the cables and got it all hooked up today, mostly played with the adc side, but I was impressed by the brief bit of listening.

I was strongly considering upgrading to the 2 just for the versatility of digital inputs, though I suppose now there's the Titan.

the Titan does look nice, but the used Lyra was priced low enough to be reasonable for me.

Super! I used to dream about that stuff.

I guess I thought that sort of equipment would give me pure neutral sound. Does it?

Very cool experimenting with gear off the SBAF beaten path! I’m doing the same but with weird audiophile gear that usually sounds like ass for lots of $$

@Thad E Ginathom I think it would be pretty neutral if it wasn't playing through an all 60's system other than the DAC. Chain is Prism Lyra 2 > HH Scott LK48 > Altec 604E's. That said it's a pleasing mix to my ears so far, and more revealing than the hifi DAC. I've spent more time snowblowing than listening since I got it though.

@rhythmdevils thanks, I'm having fun working on musical projects and learning about recording, so I'm trying to stretch my hobby budget wherever it can overlap.

I've started drinking the pro audio kool-aid as well and just picked up a used Crane Song Avocet 1.5 for my pre-amp needs. I figured if its good enough for famous mastering engineers, I might be happy with it. ;) Definitely the most transparent pre I've ever heard (for better and for worse). Will eventually try to write something up...