Merrick

Also @Ray passed away

I saw that Ray passed away, so sad. Sorry to hear about your cats @Ringingears, it’s never easy to lose any of them, let alone more than one.

@Merrick Thanks. She was a very special one. Followed me around like a dog. Never left my side except to eat and use the litter box. Glad life is treating you well. You have been missed.

Something to be said for the Saga/Lyr 3 combo with HD580s.

Yup, kids and a house have certainly done well to keep my hobbies in check! It won't be long before you all get to sleep through the night and you'll be able to have some time for tunes again.

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I haven't had a 'desktop' setup in some time now. A portable dac/amp gets used a lot, especially when i can sneak in a dadnap in some corner of a room as I hide from the 1 and 5 yr old.

Congrats Merrick - I take it this is #1? Savour each moment - they pass so quickly. My "little man" in now 18 and not far off leaving for Varsity.

Congrats mate!

Congratulations!

Haha, but now you need a good cart & phono pre...

I’ve got a Denon 103R and a Ray Samuels Nighthawk, I’m just missing a turntable worth using them with.

You can always pass off a cartridge as a stocking filler!

I tried to vape tea but didn't work as expected.

Dammit @m17xr2b , I got really excited to make the same joke but got up too late this morning.

It wasn't a joke. Chamomile I believe.

They shouldn’t be hard to track down, they weren’t limited edition or anything.

I came to those thanks to (I think) a Steve Hoffman thread. Excellent.

@Azteca Same! There’s a great thread about them on there.

Dual 15+" woofers or 4 12s minimum.

@zerodeefex I accept the ruling of the council.

And here all this time I thought it meant the common usage!

Damn, this is arguably even more impressive with the JVC FD-01.

I went from all tube to the Lyr3, and I don't really have any regrets. it's a great sounding amp for my Clears and LCD-2 CB.

I second the Suspira soundtrack, my Dad played it to death around Halloween when I was younger. My old man is somewhat of a horror movie buff, not me though.

Oh, I was talking about the new Suspira's soundtrack. Have just ordered the old one though, good call.

Both soundtracks are excellent.

AliExpress though, you won't get it for like a month

I had one for shure 215. It worked for 6 months and then stopped in the right channel.

@spwath I can wait.
@David De Lucena That’s not a great sign, hopefully it was a one off problem.

I've asked them multiple times, and they have not responded to email, time to call by phone.

@JK47 That is disappointing. I actually sent them a message through their contact center last night asking if they have replacement cables for purchase, but it sounds like they’ll just ignore me.

I hope they respond, I asked shortly after the HD660 was released.

We ordered one of the Tuft & Needle mattresses. Horribad stiff. Go and lay on them in-store.

Congrats @Merrick
Sounds like your first baby. Just relax and be flexible with plans. The convenience of disposable diapers is the best. @brencho speaks truth about the color changing stripe especially when breast fed baby poop doesn’t really smell ;)

Congrats Merrick! While changing, keep a diaper covering the yellow-fountain-maker at all times. And under the brown play-dough factory.

I could do a whole comparison of mattresses. It's like audio gear, you have to find the one that works for you.

My brother is getting the same for x-mas. His girlfriend consulted with me on the purchase. It looks like a stunner of a set...

I'd love to get something like that, but hell if I don't have some place to put it.

Agreed @insidious meme, that's why my personal favorite is Slave 1. It displays upright, and perfect for the mantle. Yes, I would put it on the mantle...

Thanks for the replies and the offers, everyone! I am going to wait to make sure the ZX300 I ordered makes it through customs first. @LetMeBeFrank I may hit you up later! Much appreciated!

For sure just let me know.

I ought to just convert a few HD650 stock cables with 4-pin XLR and sell them for what I paid in parts to SBAF Friends. Might be cool to charge just a bit more and the extra can be donated to SBAF. Just an idea.

My wife looked at me incredulously: but we already HAVE those......

These are good enough that you can sell the old CDs. I’m hearing the vinyl may be an upgrade depending on which issue you have of a given album.

My wallet is going to suffer. Thanks.

Don’t so much care about the remix, but saw the Sgt. Pepper mono was included as well and wasn’t sure if different from 2009 remaster: https://thebeatlesstore.com/products/sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band-6-disc-super-deluxe?variant=36201492227

@zonto Yes, AFAIK the mono on the Pepper and WA sets are flat transfers of the mono master tapes, so they are different from the 2009 CDs and 2014 vinyl.

I haven’t A/B’ed the 2009 and 2017 Pepper mono versions, but to my ears the new WA mono transfer is much better than the 2009.