yotacowboy

Valhalla 2, got it close to launch. My first headphone amp, still love it.

EC ZDSE from 2012. Permanently bonded with Yggdrasil A2 and HD800.

Lyr 1 with WE 396A's. I remember I this, a Cary Nighthawk and a Burson Soloist and only kept the Lyr 1 (and bought Voskhods with the money from selling the others)

These dudes were on my mind this past week. Random or not?

@roshambo123 were you free range thinking? cause that's what i was doing.

If that's another lyric reference I missed it

The first step is *admitting that you have a problem*

:)

Starting a campfire in your house

The sbaf campfire compendium

@Gazny I don't have a fav yet, but what I do really appreciate is the album's balance of simple house-derived feel (like Perfect Strangers), with super complex mixes (like Drums of Death). It's that whole "just because I can doesn't mean I should, everywhere" idea I love hearing through an entire album.

@yotacowboy That is pretty similar how I feel about it, I guess I'm trying to say none of the tracks feel out of place. Essentially it's a cohesive album that pushes further than the previous ones. Makes sense given the cover and the criticism of being an artist going back to Pattinson and the online reception. Seems it's always been uphill battle with online cometary.

One of my favorite artists, it is more intimidating for a casual listen than the rest of the catalog. But I am deep into the art of the artist, and much less a critic. I would call it bias, but for the pursuit of expression.

Glad to do this for you if you haven't found anyone.

thanks all - found a SMD whisperer!

Hype train

Now i wanna hear the DC07Pro...

All this to say, ten days is freaking fantastic! and I love that the dopamine squirt of new music is 10x a new shiney box of circuits or magnets and wire. Go forth, friends, find new music and stop worrying about what upsampling and filtering sounds best with your new AES/EBU cable and 57lb linear power supply.

Happy Thanksgiving y'all!

Haha, it’s funny how we can have such different opinions. I’m a huge KOC fan, and Versus is by far my least favorite of their albums. I do still like it though.

Haven't listened in years! Time to rectify that...

Now you got me listening... good stuff!

Check out this Les McCann track for the drum sample for "Teardrop":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4EWppVW98M

Really cool how they used just a bar or two for such an important part of the track. The McCann album is also notable (and great) for the way this hard-bop musician evolved to multi-track himself in a somewhat unprecedented manner. Two path-blazing acts.

There is 10x more signal here than in a review with 1000 words.

@ilikebananafudge_ pretty sure @yotacowboy is still referring to Gungnir 1 A2 here, Gungnir 2 is still in pre-orders until the end of the month-ish. Could be wrong, maybe he got the hookup.

Correct, I owned Gungnir Multibit 1/OG, Analog 2 (B serial number, IIRC) for couple years before I picked up Yggdrasil A2, then LIM, then A1, then MIB. I am not referring to the new multiform Gungnir 2.

Your speaker rig already sounded fantastic with LIM! Those Audio Note speakers are the real deal!

What do you find better about the A2 in your rig compared to the LIM?

better air & space, microdynamics, little bit tighter bass. The prior owner of my speakers had refoamed them only 2 months before I purchased them, so LIM was a better match while the foams were still stiff (a touch dry sounding). things seem to have broken in now and now A2 has more even/"neutral" synergy with the rounder/fuller speakers.

I still have the old chassis on my Yggdrasil as well. TBH though I don't plan on ever trying different boards out so.....maybe one day I'll get the updated chassis but it won't be in the near future.

Any updates on round deux?

muuuuch better. I'm thinking something was quite non-performant with the boards I originally bought. These new boards sound nothing like the old ones.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/touchscreens

This might help a bit: https://youtu.be/kudpMEAUdeI

In general, Schiit always surprises me with their releases. But in light of forkbeard, I would think there HAS to be a Syn 2 coming. This tech seems taylor-made for futzing around with HT settings from the sofa

case in point, new Nils Frahm single: listened first at work on YggyA2, EC Af, JAR650B, then on Yggdrasil LIM, TU8600, AN UK AN-E, and I am just floored how both rigs can sound so right, but so different. One is delicate, filigreed and effortless. The other is tonally dense, immersive and vibrant. Neither lack potency or solidity.

I very much enjoy the same thing. I've been mostly speakers for a month or so. Going back to my favorite headphone chain and relistening to a lot of stuff I've been hearing on speakers and records is wonderful. Can't live without either of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYZePc895mM

I raise a glass of Mark Ryan Lost Soul Syrah to Dr. Emmett and all the furry companions that have gone to the Rainbow Bridge after having been loved and cherished by their respective pet parents.

Cheers fellas and furry friends/pyrates!!!

I'll also raise a glass to the memory of all furry family members gone too soon. May their memories always be a blessing.