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yotacowboy

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Goddamn, the vinyl pressing of Necessary Fictions is about 800x better than the digital FLAC. much immediacy, many punch. very clarity. Jul 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM

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1. yotacowboy
  Happy holidays friends!!
  
  Dec 25, 2023
  1. rlow, HotRatSalad, Mdkaler and 16 others like this.
2. yotacowboy
  ardbeg makes my stereo sound better.
  
  Dec 22, 2023
  1. Cryptowolf, ohshitgorillas, lithium and 4 others like this.
  2. Vansen
    Which one ya drinking now?
    
    Dec 22, 2023
    
    Cryptowolf and yotacowboy like this.
  3. yotacowboy
    oh! i didn't drink it, I accidentally spilled a quaff of ardbeg ten on my new speakers. but now i'm drinking it to make sure it's not placebo. science, bitch!
    
    Dec 22, 2023
    
    Cryptowolf, ohshitgorillas, RestoredSparda and 6 others like this.
3. yotacowboy
  where's the thread where we were talking about the ethernet to optical converter thingies? cause it's pretty yummy.
  
  Dec 19, 2023
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  3. Kernel Kurtz
    Galvanic isolation and reduced RF induced noise, absolutely. Not digital voodoo though, the ones and zeroes remain the same.
    
    Dec 19, 2023
    
    zottel likes this.
  4. Cspirou
    I do think it’s weird that optical SPDIF is considered the worst when fiber is at the center of large networks. I don’t think it’s the medium itself and they just stopped improving optical SPDIF whereas network fiber kept improving
    
    Dec 19, 2023
    
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  5. Gazny
    I’ve had it for almost a year, it’s very neat. Some peace of mind. Wish we could get a little streamer with a sfp cage.
    
    Oh well one day. Ps audio has a new streaming with no Ethernet, wifi only. So maybe there is something to it.
    
    Dec 20, 2023
4. yotacowboy
  oh. oh shit. a pair of my end game speakers just popped up locally.
  
  Dec 4, 2023
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  3. yotacowboy
    Also, the seller was totally cool. Definitely gonna keep in touch with him, maybe try to introduce him to this fine establishment.
    
    Dec 4, 2023
    
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  4. JK47
    Any updates?
    
    Dec 6, 2023
    
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  5. yotacowboy
    right now they're sitting in a corner - waiting on some stands. Going to try a couple different heighths. I'm trying to be patient!
    
    Dec 6, 2023
5. yotacowboy
  Happy Thanksgiving everybody!! I'm so thankful for the respite this little dive bar brings - cheers, everyone!
  
  Nov 23, 2023
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6. yotacowboy
  thanks to Pietus Maximus Optimus Prime review, i can't get Dirk Diggler's awful singing voice out of my head.
  
  Nov 20, 2023
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  2. Jinxy245
    I caught that too. That song belongs in the ear-worm thread I think...
    
    Nov 21, 2023
    
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  3. yotacowboy
    i wish the boogie nights rendition of that ear worm upon no one.
    
    Nov 21, 2023
    
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  4. Jinxy245
    The original...isn't much better
    
    Nov 22, 2023
    
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7. yotacowboy
  Good news: Johnny P. Cakes now has a forever home with us. Bad news: fostering another wonderful girl in addition is proving incompatible.
  
  Nov 11, 2023
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  3. yotacowboy
    Follow up: boy were we idiots to think we could manage this... luckily Molly, the cow dog, is now with a good foster. She is adorable, and easy. Johnny had a very difficult time with the added complexity.
    
    Nov 12, 2023
    
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  4. yotacowboy
    But, goodness, there's some beauty in his dogness that so reminds me of my girl Tucker. My GF said it so well: sometimes the dogs that are the hardest road take us to places we'd never imagined possible.
    
    Nov 12, 2023
    
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  5. yotacowboy
    https://i.imgur.com/pJpgXAW.jpg
    
    Nov 12, 2023
8. yotacowboy
  another short term foster! how it started: https://i.imgur.com/efHsciH.jpg
  
  Nov 6, 2023
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  3. GuySmiley'sMonkey
    Life is better with dogs
    
    Nov 6, 2023
    
    Cryptowolf, Jinxy245, yotacowboy and 1 other person like this.
  4. Justin S
    +1. Dogs make life better. Who's a g'dog?
    
    Nov 7, 2023
    
    Cryptowolf, GuySmiley'sMonkey, Jinxy245 and 1 other person like this.
  5. Jinxy245
    She is adorable. You are a good egg.
    
    Nov 8, 2023
    
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9. yotacowboy
  f'ing tubes. how can two little jars of 12-volt electron wizardry make my stereo sound so sumptuous?
  
  Oct 21, 2023
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  3. Case
    Vali 2.0 still delivers.
    
    Oct 21, 2023
    
    Justin S, yotacowboy, Jinxy245 and 2 others like this.
  4. sheldaze
    Part 1 of a 5-part article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/embracing-sonic-magic-exploring-timeless-allure-vacuum-tim-vancamp
    
    Oct 22, 2023
    
    yotacowboy, Cryptowolf, Tchoupitoulas and 1 other person like this.
  5. famish99
    a lot more than 12v going through them lol
    
    Oct 24, 2023
    
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10. yotacowboy
  sorry to be a bit sad in the profile posts, but Tucker's remains were just returned to us today. A friend shared this with us:
  
  Oct 17, 2023
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  3. yotacowboy
    Another cat? Perhaps. For love there is also a season; its seeds must be resown. But a family cat is not replaceable like a wornout coat or a set of tires. Each new kitten becomes its own cat, and none is repeated. I am four cats old, measuring out my life in friends that have succeeded but not replaced one another.
    
    Oct 17, 2023
    
    atomicbob, Cryptowolf, gsanger and 17 others like this.
  4. zonto
    So sorry to hear that. Thanks for sharing the above. Sounds like you've been through this before, though I doubt that makes it any easier in the moment. RIP Tucker.
    
    Oct 18, 2023
    
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  5. Thad E Ginathom
    "friends that have succeeded but not replaced one another."
    
    Yes indeed.
    
    Oct 18, 2023
    
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11. yotacowboy
  ...and all was right with the world: https://i.imgur.com/7zkHsIQ.jpeg
  
  Oct 17, 2023
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  3. yotacowboy
    Brass. the thing weighs like a pound. thicc boi knob feel is beyond reproach.
    
    Oct 17, 2023
    
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  4. Inoculator
    Hell yeah. Starts with the knob, before you know it you will have a whole matching Audio Note chain around it
    
    Oct 17, 2023
    
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  5. yotacowboy
    add three zeros to the cost of the knob and we might have something.
    
    Oct 17, 2023
12. yotacowboy
  don't do what i do w/ MJ3: https://i.imgflip.com/8250qy.jpg
  
  Oct 10, 2023
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  3. Gazny
    Knob feel is important
    
    Oct 11, 2023
  4. Ti_Leo
    Here you go. https://imgur.com/d9xqmvb
    
    It's... nice, as I can always tell it's angle...
    
    Oct 11, 2023
  5. yotacowboy
    oh, what about finding someone to custom machine a brass knob featuring the golden schlong logo?
    
    Oct 11, 2023
    
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13. yotacowboy
  respite from the grieving process: short term foster. goodness we've kind of forgotten the full time job that is a young pup. heart is full.
  
  Oct 7, 2023
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  3. Merrick
    @RestoredSparda I do the same with my current dog. I also have a wallpaper on my phone of my last dog who left us far too soon. Lots of love for my current dog too of course.
    
    Oct 8, 2023
    
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  4. yotacowboy
    We're only fostoring for about a week. We wouldn't have jumped into something like this so soon, but she popped up with the organization where we found Tucker (shameless plug: https://www.citydogsrescuedc.org/), and she shares her name with both my, and my GF's mothers. So, something a little cosmic at work.
    
    Oct 8, 2023
    
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  5. Cryptowolf
    Whatever time and love you can invest in fostering will be returned in multiples by the dog once placed in a forever home. People who foster make such a difference in animal welfare.
    
    Oct 10, 2023
    
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14. yotacowboy
  guys i'm sorry tucker didn't make it. she passed this morning. https://i.imgur.com/1tJ2b7d.jpg
  
  Sep 30, 2023
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  3. Ziva
    So sorry for your loss
    
    Oct 1, 2023
    
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  4. Cryptowolf
    I'm sorry for your loss. It's never easy to lose a beloved furry family member.
    
    Oct 1, 2023
    
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  5. Azimuth
    So sorry.
    
    Oct 2, 2023
    
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15. yotacowboy
  quick update on the doggo: still not out of the woods yet. back in ICU for GIT issues. less serious, but we're playing it safe.
  
  Sep 29, 2023
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  2. yotacowboy
    Neuro is greatly improved, she's climbing/descending stairs w/o assistance, and platelet count is spectacular. but bad GI response (poss. ulcer) for 7 days now is taking a toll. Just want to get my little girl the recovery she deserves after such a hard fought battle to still chase squirrels.
    
    Sep 29, 2023
    
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  3. joch
    Hope she does better soon. You better go warn those squirrels in the meantime.
    
    Sep 29, 2023
    
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16. yotacowboy
  Goddamn our little fighter amazes me. She's less than 1 week out of ICU and paraplegic, but she climbed a full flight of 13 stairs tonight!!
  
  Sep 24, 2023
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  2. joch
    Awesome!
    
    Sep 24, 2023
    
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  3. atomicbob
    That is quite an achievement. We have 14 stairs in our home and I know very well what an effort that takes.
    
    Sep 24, 2023
    
    RestoredSparda, Thad E Ginathom, Lyander and 1 other person like this.
  4. Cryptowolf
    That’s great
    
    Sep 29, 2023
17. yotacowboy
  Whew - we made it safely home! Tucker is like a drunk toddler, but in the last 48 hrs she's gone from only sitting up to wobble-walking.
  
  Sep 18, 2023
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  2. yotacowboy
    I probably won't post updtes as often since we're going to be a bit busy, but at least here's a couple more pics for clicks:
    
    https://i.imgur.com/obYqFDG.jpg
    
    https://i.imgur.com/BRWnCpE.jpg
    
    Sep 18, 2023
    
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  3. JK47
    Keep the pics coming at you own pace
    
    Sep 18, 2023
    
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  4. yotacowboy
    Cheers to you, @JK47: https://i.imgur.com/ajVaXFY.jpg
    
    Sep 19, 2023
    
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18. yotacowboy
  She got her totes-adorbs ears back today: https://i.imgur.com/3eqcypb.jpg
  
  Sep 17, 2023
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  3. RestoredSparda
    Awe....she looks so happy.
    
    Sep 17, 2023
    
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  4. Thad E Ginathom
    Putting the 'Best' in Super Best Audio Friends.
    
    Nothing shows the Decent in 'Decent Human Being' like how they respond to a sick animal and its person.
    
    And SBAF has a heap of Super Best Decent Human Beings.
    
    Sep 18, 2023
    
    Slade01, RestoredSparda, yotacowboy and 1 other person like this.
  5. Cryptowolf
    Other than my wife, no one matters as much to me as my dogs. I wish Tucker nothing but the best. Paws and tails crossed here.
    
    Sep 18, 2023
    
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19. yotacowboy
  What a week!! Tucker's cleared for discharge tomorrow at 10am. She's in good spirits, but now comes the hard work. 6-8 weeks of neuro rehab.
  
  Sep 17, 2023
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  2. Cryptowolf
    We have hospice dogs and have found them to be stunningly resilient. May Tucker be the same.
    
    Sep 18, 2023
    
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20. yotacowboy
  We're going mobile! She's off the IV, transitioning to oral meds, and she's ravenously hungry. https://i.imgur.com/czKYxlD.jpg
  
  Sep 16, 2023
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  3. Cryptowolf
    Thank you for the updates and may she make it home soon!
    
    Sep 17, 2023
    
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  4. yotacowboy
    Thank you @Cryptowolf, it means so much!
    
    Sep 17, 2023
    
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  5. atomicbob
    This made my day as well. Hope Tucker is on a positive recovery path and enjoys much more time with her loving family.
    
    Sep 17, 2023
    
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http://davidhasselhoffonline.com/

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Designer of Graphics

Gear List:

Main rig:
Sources—Roon/Tidal/Qobuz to RPi+Pi2AES, Technics SL-1200 w/ DL-103r to iFi ZEN Phono, Sangean HDT-20, Audiolab 6000CDT
DAC—Yggdrasil MIB (AES/EBU: MercuryV3, Coax:6000CDT, Optical:Sangean)
Preamp—Kara
Amps—Elekit TU-8600S: WE300Bs, Amperex 12AX7, Brimar 12AU7s/Superscope a210
Speakers—Audio Note AN-E Kit3 (hemp drivers, silver VCs)
Headphones—BS HD600, ZMF Auteur Classic, HD800S

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iPhone 15/Modi MB --> Vali3--> JARHD650B, ZMF VC Blackwood
iBasso DCElite --> CFA Fathom

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