Torq's message on LKS 004 and R2R 7 DACs from the fifth dimension.

Wingdings?

 

Spoiler: Translation of Marvey Message

NOT SURE IF YOU'RE
INTERESTED IN SUCH
THINGS STILL ... BUT
I GOT TO HEAR THE
AGD R2R 7 AND THE
LKS MH-DA004 OVER
THE LAST COUPLE OF
DAYS.

LKS IS NOT BAD,
SOUND WISE, THOUGH
OVER-PRICED AND NOT
STABLE (WAS
OVERHEATING WITH
UPSAMPLED CONTENT).
NOT WORTH $1,500.
NOT WORTH DOING A
LOANER. THINK A
SMOOTHER VEGA AT
THE TOP END, BUT
OTHERWISE NOT A
WORLD DIFFERENT
FROM MOST HIGHER-
END ESS JOBS.

R-2R 7 IS AN
IMPROVEMENT OVER
THE S19, BUT NOT
ON THE LEVEL OF
THEIR OLD PCM-1704
STUFF, WOULDN’T
TAKE Gungnir Multibit TO
SHOW IT A CLEAN
PAIR OF HEELS (NOT
AS GOOD AS PONTUS
EITHER, THOUGH THAT
HAD ITS OWN ISSUES).
QUITE STINKY FOR
THE PRICE, THOUGH.

Edit: Added more as I translated. Made it a spoiler if you still want a challenge. BTW, might not be totally correct

 

I got 1.5 paragraphs in before work interfered. No clue what @atomicbob's is though.

 

Finished message to @atomicbob:

Spoiler: AtomicBob cryptic message

This is a special message for all
the geeks in the general
dorkdom of SBAF.

There is no single “Best” DAC.
They are have design tradeoffs
in spite of wishful thinking
that there is some magical way
to violate the laws of physics
if one throws enough money
at the problem.

If you are able to decode this
message, you have waaaaay
toooo much time on your hands.

I guess the jokes on me

 

Yeah, let's all meet in Innsmouth and we'll see how it goes.

 

I do agree, Torq must be an alien.

 

Torq made a typo in his message to Atomicbob. Super frustrating when decoding

 

Edited my post with the first 2 parts. Third part should be easy to decode now. I’ll modify my post if someone solves it before me.

 

f**k I was apparently bored:

"Not sure if you’re interested in such things still but I got to hear the AGD R2R 8 and the LKS MH-DA005 over the last couple of days

LKS is not bad, sound wise, though over-priced and not stable (was overheating content). Not worth $2,511. Not worth doing a loaner. Think a smoother vega at the top end not a world different from most higher-end ESS jobs.

R2R 8 is an improvement over the S10 but not on the level of their old PCM-2815 stuff, wouldn’t take YUMBY to show it a clean pair of heels (not as good as pontus either, though that had its own issues). Quite stinky for the price, though."

 

decoded both messages. Damn you Torq!

Bengo’s cipher has some errors in it as you can see from @msommers solution. I do want to listen to a Yumby though.

 

rich white people need more problems... too much free time.

 

I read that as "my trans-dimensional fleshlight". The internet has ruined me.

 

What happened to Torq?

 

Something about an incident with a Quantum DAC prototype and now only existing as pure energy.

 

People were being jagoffs so he made himself take a break from forums. People are frustrating.

 

He's my new digital idol, even with woman, he goes R2R*

*(Redhead to Redhead in this case)