Mystic

Sometimes small bead of glass breaks off inside and can float around like a bean in a maracha

I've seen it before. Doesn't seem to affect anything. Just keep an ear out for sonic anomalies or excess microphonics and EMI sensitivity. But also don't come back to me if I'm wrong and something blows up. :)

Inspected the tube this morning again. Nothing is loose pinging around inside that I can see. It almost sounds like an excessive "tingggg" sound when shaking or tapping the tube. Rattle may of been the wrong descriptor. Lightly tapping the tube when music is playing doesn't bring about any microphonics or other anomalies. Probably still safe not to use the tube though. Don't want it destroying my ZDS.

Focus ST is not a bad car. GTI is nicer IMO, but if you want to stay in Ford family...
Fiesta ST is a much better car for hooning, but it's pretty damned small

Ended up buying a Buick Regal Premium II. I did take the Mustang out on some back roads for a couple hours though, that was fun.

Cool, I've been getting a bit of a boner for the Regal Wagon, so I know I'm getting really old...

Bruddah you got a gem.

I have my fingers crossed that Mike is going to come out with a new phono stage when they release the Sol, and refresh the Mani too

I'm going to be buying a Tavish Vintage 6sl7 pre from another member here soon, so MC is covered. I've been leaning towards the Denon or the Hana SL if I go big. I was planning to get the regular (original?) 103, should I instead get the 103r? I was thinking about eventually sending the 103 in to get the Paradox or Zu treatment.

May as well get the latest and greatest 103R, and never look back, but get that body upgrade whether it be Zu or Paradox.

Just when I think I’m happy you go and say this. Seriously though, congrats!

Congrats Dan! Waiting on mine to arrive & compare to gumby

I wouldn't worry about it melting the base off or anything, but depending on the material it might crawl its way up the gaps between pins and base, if you get those wet.

Not an issue for alcohol, not sure I'd want deoxit hanging round in there indefinitely! :)

If you have busted tubes you can test that first

@Taverius "not sure I'd want deoxit hanging round in there indefinitely"

I thought that Deoxit made /everything/ better. The only stuff in the world that actually does contain unicorn urine! No, I'm not saying anything sounds better, but a heap of things work better.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/03/18/stephen-hawking-leaves-behind-breathtaking-final-multiverse/

This is fucking awesome! Thanks Dr. Hawking for leaving us one last great idea. Multiverse communication next??? Makes you wonder what other more advanced civilizations have discovered. We just have to get past this pre-school phase we are in. Without self-extinction.

https://curiositystream.com/hawking/

May just move my computer and use my short PYST usb cable I got from Schiit a few years back. I think it's 3ish feet.

XLR is for long cable runs so what would make the most sense would be the keep the DAC close and then have extra long XLR cables. Of course then you need 2 x 10ft cables over using one digital cable of the same length.

I use a 10ft Audioquest Forest USB cable. Works fine.

Next, most of the jokes were not really funny. And that one car chase when the girl driving the car that gets blown up just slides down the road still in the seat, still holding the steering wheel? Not funny, and just seems like a poor excuse for a way she survived that. It was too long too. I could never feel emotionally for any character, except possible the antagonist. I thought it was OK, but not great. 6/10.

holy shit those comments here

Yeah I kinda made a lot of them...

Wrap tube in bubble wrap. Put wrapped tube in box. Fill box with wrapped tubes. Hide box so you can pretend you didn't buy so many tubes.

After boxing/wrapping, store in Pelican/Monoprice case.

Not sure how many you have and what kinds, but pill boxes work well for me:

https://imgur.com/a/fFIhk

Pretty cool huh. We’ve moved 19 miles in just one second. Or 124 miles around the center of the galaxy. I love relative motion!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buqtdpuZxvk

Not sure what a good price is. It’s one of those things where you wait to get lucky on eBay

If it’s the one I sent you with the ZDS, I got it for ~$140 on eBay about a year ago so $99ish seems solid.

Yes it is, thanks!

I never understand complaints about not finding new music anymore. IME most of the music we will discover is stuff that has already released. Last month was a collection of some of the best classical recordings in history, this month is Daft Punk, next month can be anything.

If you got all four albums in vinyl, you made the correct decision.

Unfortunately no, CD. No vinyl player at the moment. Waiting to see how the Sol turns out. Just my CDP for now (and digital if I'm feeling lazy).

I'll look forward to hearing what you think, @Mystic I've got a Pixel as well.

Oppo HA-2 is decent. Between Sine and PM-3 I chose the latter.

Think I'm going to pick up a Moto E4 for super cheap to use as a transport for the HA2se. This should work right? USB OTG is supported on the Moto and I think that's all I need.

worked really well out of @Bill-P AK 120 (the wolfson chip one not the new gen ones)

Welp. No Andromeda for me. $799 B stock switched over to sold out literally under 5 minutes from when I refreshed the page and tried adding to cart. That's frustrating as hell.

Put out a WTB ad here. Several people bought b-stock Andros and I’m willing to bet one or two will end up offloading them at some point.

I’d rather be reading SBAF

You can also Skyrim in your listening chair...

You n'wah likes it while I rather walk even if you have fast travel

Any of you Pixel owners tried Project Fi?

My brother uses Fi and is very happy. My family is on Republic which is the same idea. If I traveled internationally, I'd switch to Fi in a heartbeat...

I have a Pixel XL and Project Fi. Works great. No complaints.

Haven't read this entire thread but the Emotiva CMX-2 got rid of my headaches using the Mjo 2. I didn't think my power was even that bad. Check out the thread on power conditioners.

"I'm pretty sure the outlets/power in my new house sucks"

What, sucks instead of... blowing?

Weird.

I could hear hum through the crack because the house I live in is old and has very poor power. Bought a Hum X from Amazon and that solved the problem. Not sure how it impacts the sound, but the crack was very punchy and dynamic. I have a ZDS now and it’s super quiet so I skipped the Hum X and connected directly to the outlet.

Lucky you! :P
I presume, you still need those two (bringing mid-range up a bit & 6kHz peak damping) usual Mods on your HD800?

*Sigh* I wish I could afford DNA products!

BTW, is the Stratus still being Manufactured / Sold-direct, or as Used/Second-Hand only?

Edit: Oh! Demo Unit.

@Northwest
I've only had it a week, but right away I noticed better extension on both ends, especially in the bass. Hits harder and deeper where the Sonett 2 was a bit more soft. This also plays into improved dynamics. I didn't really notice until now, but the Sonett 2 upper midrange is a bit more laid back while the Stratus has a bit more energy here.

@A1Gear
HD800S, so no mods. I found the trade off worth it for me, but generally I still recommend the 800 with SDR which I owned prior.

You know, I'm going to double check that. I know next to nothing about home theater AV equipment, but yeah, it sounds like it wouldn't have a dac built in then.

If it has HDMI, that's a digital input, keep in mind.

If it's 5.1 surround sound type it probably has an optical and coax input for the multiple channels. Might only have analog outs.