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I thought you were talking about Rage Against the Machine. …I am not millenial obviously. #mid-life-fi

Amusingly, just came across this about Fragments of Time's writing: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kZSZ7JthhPSEh7UDM4impL-zOFvT6o_bk

Toto.

@yotacowboy i wish thooooo, it went like THAT, which it should've— @RestoredSparda is a real one.

Solid, but I might suggest an O.G L30 or a Pa5 to speaker tap from instead of the a30.

@Entropy mein gott, the one missing piece! YES.

"Scheduled Delivery
Thursday
03/16/2023
2:00pm - 5:00pm"
*me—waiting here, in Central Time, at 5:08pm, impatient as all get out*


dam u, UPS, you're supposta be my friend...

JAR800S is more my style, but haven't tried the King yet, the v2... also, in case anyone on the loaner gets this next, the headband is sorta fucked up, imma let Jupiter know.

If anyone knows how to fix, please let me know.

What is a bleached Gungnir?

@Northwest probably an old reference by a member here who called Gungnir A2 "bleached" in sound.

I'll take the Gungnir. Sonic Frontiers is good, but Schiit MB is more my taste + I don't have to futz around with toobz. Futzing with toobz is for losers (says the guy who owns 4 tube amps)

Who is Taylor and what does he do? (:

Walks the streets of London?

/and/ makes you change your mind.

@Biodegraded abso-LUTE-ly

@Thad E Ginathom apothecary is such a dope word, onna my favorites is the more macabre "sepulcher"

Imma be a little freer with my Likes from now on :)

@Biodegraded has it! I knew there was a word. Couldn't think of it. Parsimonious is a real beauty. And absolutely the word.

Sepulcher is a good one too.

I replaced some Monoprice XLRs with WBC Mogami a while back and was so impressed that I've since also replaced all my RCA interconnects with WBC. Was honestly shocked by the difference but, even allowing for placebo, the WBC cables are just better built than the generic crap. That said, I still laughed my ass off tonight when I read some rich deluded fool's raves about his magical $4K cable on the HF Susvara thread.

RCA Phono is just one of those accidents of history that stuck.

Probably the best thing that can be said about it is that it can dirt cheap. If history had decided on an engineered solution to cabling, like balanced, we probably wouldn't have had free cables in the box with so much stuff.

I dislike phono on principle. But hey, it /is./ In a big way. And my best of a bad lot cables are Blue Jeans. Because they feel good, grip tight, seem like they will last forever. Which is good, because so will phono.

And they don't come at a stupid price.

Thank you @JK47 for setting me straight. Like I said, I'm happy with what I got now... but I dew want a Starlett and a Yggdrasil lol.

SBAF dreamer #423

OK, everyone sayin' Stratus is the ticket now... Guess I will have fun saving up after paying the deposit. Was gonna go used, but I think this is a good route.

a. dbabx cable
b. I dont know what this is
c. I dont know

C

C. and go out of your way to try before you buy.

Going back to the Piety was an eye-opener, that's for sure, wasn't expecting the SW to be this dam good. But it rly, rly is tho. Can't recommend enough if you have 6X0 hp.

Saw one go for $390 on Discord (SW, not Piety lol), but wasn't quick enough to pull the trigger, plus a little thing called rent to pay, so even if I could have gotten there before the buyer, I would have just said GLWS, though you won't need it lol.

Why bother opening it? Just enjoy it! A week after the power comes back, anyway.

this is why I don't mess with R2R anymore

I wanna know @Merrick bc I like my DAC and if it's an A2, I might like the Yggdrasil A1, which is considerably cheaper now compared with other flavors, and it's something I could shoot for. But if it really is an A1, I'm kinda forced to get an OG.

Glad you’re here! Would have been sad to see you depart.

Also, for your FYI, @dematted ghosted us with a loaner and never showed his face again, IIRC. I feel bad for the SBAF members that had to manage that.

Be kind to yourself. Speaking from experience, as long as you’re not going broke from it, your gear and your music are always part of making life feel worth living.

What makes it drunken?

It sounds like Piety on low gain, which is, to my ears, loose and boozy in the best possible senses of those words

I'm surprised at how well the SW51 handles rock n roll music, it absolutely rips.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2023/feb/09/a-lifetime-of-magic-moments-burt-bacharach-in-pictures

I guess he was one of those Mozarts: you may not think you know any of his songs, but... you do!

Example: Hands up everyone who *doesn't* know "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head."

No I prefer SW51+ with HD650, Jot 2 has been my all around amp, was my only SS amp until Piety. Jot2 sounds good with Planars and I like the SE out with HD600 quite a bit. Elex was a surprise with it as well. I've tried to stop cycling through amps ! I only have 4 ATM ...

@Azimuth the pentodes are run triode strapped, so it's still more of a SET than a SEP at least in sound.

Yeah, @famish99, good point. Pentode in Triode mode.

That was vague, I should have clarified. Basically operation parameters like plate voltage, primary impedance of the output transformers, bias methods, whether or not to use feedback (NFB) ect.. These all have a pretty noticeable effect on the overall sound the tube produces.

For example, on my 45 amp, if I set the plate voltage high, it sounds warm, soft, and euphonic in the midrange. At a lower point it will sound neutral and very clear.

whoa these are all super informative datapoints, thank you so much Maven and Tommy!!!

I would say Dickinson too…the sparseness vs the wordiness of the prevailing style in her day is very “American” and a departure of English influence.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/e-e-cummings
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-berryman

William Carlos Williams for the win!

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens

Is this true? I want a simple 45 SET amp that is about 1K. Is this even possible?

Or just go DNA/DHT route instead?

go every route till you are frustrated

or does the iPower X work?

https://www.amazon.com/iPower-Noise-Power-Supply-Adapter/dp/B0847SVCKT/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2NAX7XRQBGBRY&keywords=iPower+X&qid=1677003838&sprefix=ipower+x%2Caps%2C189&sr=8-2&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.304cacc1-b508-45fb-a37f-a2c47c48c32f

That will work

If anyone's in the same predicament, but only wants to spend $20 on a lil-better-than-stock-smps PSU, take a look at this forum-approved option from Amazon:

https://a.co/d/0Tvg1t0

It's what I'm getting and it's gotten elder members' thumbs up.