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Enya Watermark was good demo music in the late 80's. I sold a lot of speakers with that stuff. It sounds good on anything.

Bifrost 2-->Liquid Platinum-->HD600/650 is feeling pretty done to me. Very clean sound with enough warmth to keep me happy. Happily throwing my newfound cash into a Dolby Atmos setup.

I think he made an important distinction between trying new things and chasing perfection. Variety is the spice of life, but the perfect is the enemy of the good, as they say.

It goes in cycles. The main thing is to not get caught up in the spending cycle and evaluate over long periods of time.

That and the new amp for the RAAL Requisite headphones.

Same here, can't wait to upgrade to Yggdrasil A2 and Unison in one shot.

This is the best news I've read in awhile

2020's lookin' up!

FUCK!!! YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

Is that a cocktail?

That would be a cosmic crisp appletini.

It's also a vape flavor.

Thank you all! I will add, she is definitely 'endgame' being our fourth child. Time to read urologist reviews now...

You're a better man than I, Gunga Din.

Will her first words be "mmmmmTOTLmmm?"

Congratulations to you and Mrs Soups, and welcome to the young lady!

Time to add Incompetence™ to your trademarks, if it means churning out affordable, hi-quality gear that all kinds of people can love.

Every Schiit tube amp comes standard with our exclusive Incompetence™ topology!

Somebody needs to stick that Nelson Pass/amp camp 2nd order harmonic circuit in the Heresy with a switch.

Their target market appears to be the *thrifty* 1% boomer that is drawn to dated web design, but isn't quite ready to buy that third vacation home: "...[our products] are substantially more costly to make than conventional products are, while also being priced substantially below some of the stratospheric prices one sees in the high-end audio world." (ie. you could pay more, so this is actually a good deal!)

Damn, they were always my heros! Et tu, Bluejeans?

Mind you, I used to say, "If someone wants cable deisign, why not go to a company like Belden, rather than some front-room (boutique) idiot peddling fantasies." Well, now they did, and maybe the results are not what I foresaw.

Anyway, I'm out of the game now. But, for old time's sake, if someone finds real science in these cables, let me know!

As long as they keep offering the regular cables, I'll keep buying them. Just hurts to think of people being suckered. More likely it will just let them get money from people who were going to spend it on cables anyway.

I prefer to re-watch favorites with the captions on. Catch so much more great dialog this way, especially with Coen bros' movies.

They are a national treasure and deserve all the lifetime awards. Did you catch The Ballad of Buster Scruggs on Netflix?

Just watched the trailer, and yet another temptation to re-start my Netflix sub...

I haven't heard it yet....maybe I won't...

The opposite couldn't be more true. Slayer and rednecks go together like Wonder Bread and Miracle Whip.

Ha! Just had to verify... https://images.app.goo.gl/8uTpngfdxn3QSR6m9 https://images.app.goo.gl/YjfCGFpN1CNxCMut9

Man....I wanted to see this happen., but you're probably right. Slayer is misunderstood as Satan worship here in the south.

Even in a modest 12x13x8 room, this setup continues to make my jaw-drop, and it's always "one more song"...

Unfettered Yggdrasil is insane... I really need to but a romper room DAC on Aegir to get more perspective!

Will try to post more detailed impressions after I live with this for a few weeks. Which should be enough time for new toy syndrome to dissipate and "stable" Yggdrasil to appear. :)

Sigh, I'm in a 110 year old house that pops circuits if the microwave and ANYTHING else is used at the same time. Hopefully, my UPSes and Isobars do enough to prevent damage to my playthings.

Sigh my family's house had a wanna be handyman owner. A lot of things were messed up, couldn't be undone and were hard to fix.

where are the affordable clean energy batteries for cranking monoblock 2.ch systems? :) been spoiled thus far with good enough power, so my sympathies for all stuck with crappy utilities at home.

Must be popular. Not a bad problem for Schiit. Just waiting for the returns to come rolling in so I can grab some b-stock!

Ha, I've been checking the b-stock page at least once a day for Aegirs. Definitely hope this backorder is a sign of success, especially if it means more exotic 2-ch gear from Schiit.

Q: "Why is the toaster so expensive?" A: "Because it taste good." <cough> or costly R&D <cough>

Fake News, the power button is on the front.

Get a Philips with stable CDM transport mechanism. Marantz if you will. The old ones with certain DAC-chips are quite nice. Might look ugly, works tough (and sometimes even cheap)...

I like a great headphone rig over a bad 2ch stereo rig, but thats not really a fair comparison. All else held equal I much prefer a modest but decent stereo 2ch rig. I use headphones for situations where I have to, which is about 75% of the time.

My wife. :-|

The sense of space, palpable bass and physical freedom (i.e. not having anything clamped to my head) make speakers preferable for me. Sometimes I do reach for headphones though when I want the cleanest possible sound (free from room reflections and interactions).

As someone who loves both Ippudo and cheapo Nissin stuff, I sincerely appreciate the analogy :))

I find that after I take a 2+ week trip to remote areas of the NE Indian jungle where I'm completely cutoff from music, even modest equipment sounds spectacular. Short of repeating that sort of isolation, maybe a 2 week media fast would fix you right up.

For sure, gear breaks (both voluntary and involuntary) have helped me appreciate both the music and gear more. I also think it's generally true that yesterday's crappy recordings sounded better than today's (primarily due to loudness wars). in that sense, none of us can ever really go back, and you just hope better recording practices return.

It sure is annoying as hell though mates

It's a strategy. If you notice the poor grammar, you're not part of their target demographic. People who are dim enough to be duped by a robocall are also likely to not have the best grasp of grammar. By intentionally using bad grammar, they optimize for the truly gullible.

then over half of head-fi just spit up their ssn's

Being from the rival school in LA, I had my fun with USC and its supposed shortcomings. However I do feel for the normal students there who legitimately are doing their best to get ahead aside from the idiocy of a few. It is usually about what you do afterwards.

Eh all colleges are what you make of them past a certain level, I skated my way though an ivy league uni and didnt learn shit. College system is a bubble and systemically rigged for the rich as is (private SAT tutors, prep school, crew/squash/country club sports)

Is Foosball a country club sport?

Counterfeit UTP cable is a thing. Had a contractor try to pass some off on a project at work some years ago. Deal with a reputable vendor is the best advice.

Thanks for looking out. I have some simple tests in mind for 'em, but I'd welcome any suggestions for verifying their quality (w/o requiring specialized tools). Hoping that buying them from an eBay seller that seems to be a reputable liquidator also works in my favor.

Not good for GbE or faster. Ok for speakers.