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@Walderstorn Cost cutting. Amazon has been trimming the fat for a while now. Just happened to be in the firing line this time around.

Didnt even know it had been owned by Amazon. "Not profitable enough". Sickening.

@archer88 The Archive is reportedly doing it.

Even if there were some kind of actual electromachanical voodoo, why in the farfignugen would I want them to oscillate in unison? Anyone who took high school physics will know that overlapping all your resonances is bad.

And apparently in this review, "You should aim to use one QPoint per device," so buy 5 everyone, or your resonances are unharmonized! https://tinyurl.com/4d275s2f

Or worse, you may risk certain death or injury as "life is not possible without it" as this reviewer "experienced physical pain when...putting the device back into the box." https://tinyurl.com/mscwe968

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New LP pushes the budget too much and requires balanced DAC. Good warm choice though. Sounds like he should start leaning towards a Crack.

@Claritas Forgot to say, he has to have Pre outs. That means no SW51+, I believe. @Azimuth, Agree but Crack is out. He wouldn't want anything he needed to assemble or had an inch of DYI in it. He found my DarkVoice too scary to deal with. Valhalla 2 is a great choice but he has a child and thus will be scared of many hot tubes. He also doesn't like dealing with tubes in general, although likes the sound.

In that case, you and @rlow were right from the start in recommending Lyr 3. The stock Darkvoice is underrated. It played well with every dynamic headphone I threw at it. But it made HD-6 sound a little "oily." Back then, I liked that sound. But my taste, always pretty neutral, has become ever more "neutered."

I believe the answer is yes? Contact Schiit support; they should know the answer

Shot them an email.

Answer is yes. Shuts off pre outs when headphone plugged in. Thanks

Around that time, I also moved to a secluded house from an apartment complex with lots of RF and other noise.

Thanks for the replies all. I've forwarded my friend the info.

IIRC mine hasn't done it since v2 FW.

Let them send you a pic of a smoke detector and fire extinguisher?

At the time, I really enjoyed how the stock version sounded with K-340. Dunno if I'd feel the same today; it's been at least five years, and tastes change (and sometimes mature).

Lost most my taste and smell yesterday 4-5 days in. Very frustrating. I hope it comes back sooner rather than later.

Sorry to hear that. Those I know who had this symptom... it seems to take a while to come back :(

Almost everyone gets it back in 30 days but there's potentially long term damage. It's maddening for me because my sense of smell was excellent, possibly my best sense. I once detected a friend's car problem through smell alone while he couldn't smell anything. Hope it comes back quickly, there's some slight indication it is.

Thought crypto losses couldn't be written off... even though gains can be taxed...

It's a write off if you sell, which can help offset capital gains from more successful investments elsewhere. Bitcoin and ether basically do none of the things they promised, as currency, as a hedge against anything, etc. However, in the midterm, post recession, we may see price increases again after further decreases. That's my outlook based on there being plenty of dumb people out there.

Believe it is treated same as a capital loss. You can write off against capital gains or $3,000 of regular income per year and then carry the remaining loss balance on to the next year. Not financial advice not an accountant.

Ouch...

If you'd spent more.... it might have been three weeks :/

They gave me a small discount on a gel battery so I bought one two tiers higher. Hopefully this lasts more than 2 years.

Enjoying mine

Sorry I’m fresh out. Killer amp though and probably my favorite SS amp for sound and versatility!

One was just on eBay last month for $400. Keep your eyes and searches open. Good luck!

@wbass as long as the connectors are rhodium plated and go up their butts.

Good ideas here. I think the new FV should aim to be the first OAL (Output Amp Less)

https://imgur.com/17A8wBe

Matrix X-Sabre

That's what I thought.

I think the Matrix X-Sabre is the only DAC I've heard that actually didn't sound any different SE or balanced

42 days with A1's but now A2 cards are back and warmed up. I really don't want for much from this system. It does what I want when I want. Schiit's swappable things are magnifico.

Folkvangr AND Urd now. Your other event wasn't really that important, was it?

You're right, screw it. My 73-year old mother can pickup herself up from LAX.

Book her an Uber

I was too late to check the last James Brown and Prince concerts in the early 2Ks. Janelle Monae was my redemption.

That zone between realism and despair gets murky. If we despair, then ... well, the monsters have won.

My makeup concert is Opeth/Mastodon on Wednesday. Hopefully work doesn't fuck me over.

I do. It's scratchy at first but there's always interesting moments as it oscillates along toward the final sound.

I've heard people tell me that it changes everyday until it's fully there, and not always in a positive direction until fully warmed-up

Yup. That's always the interesting part. Some days during warm-up are yuck and then the next day it'll be good

A like for the not being injured part; and a big yikes for the first part…

Glad you survived that!

I lost at least one of my nine lives slipping on lava rock in Hawaii so my total is down to at least 7 by this point. Or I should just buy a lotto ticket.