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Practical point: don't do anything like putting it on the rear shelf. Loose items in cars become missiles in accidents or even an emergency stop.

And car break ins because you have something portable for easy thieving.

Yes! The rule in London was never leave anything visible, not even an empty bag. So painful to suffer smashed glass for an empty bag!

Let me guess...Someone saying all DAC's sound the same because "bits are bits"?

As (ex-)audiophiles go, I count myself as fairly objective, and yes, I absolutely believe that, unless something changes them, bits are bits. But, right from the off, it seemed absurd to claim that this makes all dacs sound the same. Let's take the blindingly-bloody-obvious: the second letter, dAc. Didn't those idiots ever notice that they have analogue circuitry and output? That's only what the things are *for!*

This dude has talent. Not just trolling SBAF/ASR but he's gone with the hat-trick with Head-Fi as well. This guy has covered the entire multi-verse of trying to find the exact combination to defeat Thanos and find auditory bliss.

All of this hype is really making me want to hear these

Wait for v3.1.2.1.111 it will be even better, trust me

Is that the Golden Great Ape edition?

He could be real good for years to come. A steal in last year’s draft for sure.

I came very close to buying a NGUYEN football jersey awhile back. Unfortunately he played for the Cowboys

@Cspirou Can’t be repping the Cowboys. That would be like me buying anything Niners!

Going to repeat 2 things I've said here before:
1. I suspect there's "other" information in a reconstructed signal that plots like THD+N, FR or CSD plots, or other commonly used plots don't fully capture or illustrate. Different DACs most likely, whether intentionally or inadvertently, handle this "other" differently.

... Aaaaaand it's this "x factor" plankton sort of thing that makes it easy for others who have less context for things to look at discussions about the same from a distance and think it's bunk and hogwash. Gotta hear it first to believe it, and not everyone's got that opportunity.

I can see WHY pseudo-objectivism is as appealing a school of thought as it is. It's exasperating, but it's no surprise it's caught on.

2. There's also the question of how each individual hears and processes sound information (ie psychoacoustics). Not just the individual FR of our ears, or musical theory stuff like perfect pitch or rhythm, but also some audiophile things like sibilance, staging, timbre, etc.

Combined with 1, I can believe that some people will hear differences and others won't. And it can change each time.

Yep since A1 with original chip is still A1, but with upgraded chip it becomes the GS...

Original A1 and chassis. Guy was side-grading to OG/A2…

Not GS2 (thought about that a bit), but at the price, it was a wash (I could do the chassis upgrade for same delta cash). So starting “cheaper” to get addicted to her.

https://i.giphy.com/10Jpr9KSaXLchW.webp

audio is like a 'lite' Flow state meditation or me.

strive for wellness and seek solace. Respite is necessary. Good luck, friend!

Wishing you the best in getting to a better place.

Keep us posted as to which you like better please....seems like useful data points.

Was it a gay bar because the other seems to be a top and the other a bottom?

Also after you do your listening tests and notes, flip the stack and repeat because the top dac will run warmer and that might affect the sound.

Ah right well if one has it and the other doesn’t, i doubt the difference in load on the transformer is big enough to cause this(LIM being a bit more efficient iirc). Again probably contact schiit. Maybe there is other stuff going on that’s affecting your impression of the A2?

yeah, one option is to get the chassis upgrade, let Schiit know of the transformer hum and get the boards at the same time. Exchanging them back to A2 will be easier.

The chassis upgrade should extend your warranty too

Other reviews also seem to agree that this is the opposite of the Denafrips sound (more analytical/incisive/resolute) but without the harsh drawbacks (a la most Sabre DACs) apparently.

Desktop friendly dimension with global voltage selector makes it travel friendly.

So when's the loaner tour?

I don’t believe you

Summer can't get here fast enough.

Get it modded by rhythmdevils - much nicer pads!

How do you like the new MB card?

Installing it this weekend - will update. I can't imagine it being an upsetting downgrade from my SFD-1, but maybe spatial presentation.

Speaking from experience: do not throw yourself into work, do not power through it. I stubbornly thought I could fix myself and it threw me into such a gradual downward spiral that I did not recognize the depression that was so cleverly hidden that I fooled even myself. Lost nearly ten years of my life after the split which was longer than the time we were together.

Out of C, S, N and Y, Y is my least favourite. But I'll listen to the song, thanks @Josh83.

All the best with the life rearrangement. Happened to a friend of mine a couple of years ago. Financially, it put him back 30 years, but he still says he's happier (and looks it) and having a better life now.

"I'll listen to the song"

... Enjoyed it.

I have found in the past that Young's songs don't ring true. Like he's nowhere near as wise as he's pretending to be. I found that even more since I got old. But this one did.

Only have my limited perspective to go off, but I imagine the plethora of manufacturers is at least in part borne of folks ripping designs off and not wanting to be too obvious about it. IEMs are also effectively jewellery for a lotta folk, ergo the multi-kilobuck stuff. Think Vertu smartphones and how idiotic that whole business model is.

I know in India, it’s either IEM or speakers. TOTL headphones have little to no market there. There is great interest and demand for IEM.

Humidity is one of my guesses.

@Sqveak dual-entry not necessary because the connector is 4-pole at both earpieces, so a balanced cable can be used to either.

New drivers will be interesting. Lower impedance than the current ones, but not stupid low. Higher quoted sensitivity than the current ones too.

Saw the English announcement over on the headfi thread: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/fostex-t50rp-incremental-mods-and-measurements.618659/page-189#post-18093381

@Biodegraded I think it's cool that it can be done either way. I dig the symmetry :)