But reel to reel’s look the coolest!!!!! =)

I found Rome to be worse that Milan.

Or is it something we do not know how to measure yet? Or how the circuits respond differently to complex signals (music) vs test tones?

Her side of the closet has her stuff, His side of the closet has her stuff and his stuff.

Bits sound awful! Please muck with them to make the “musical” analog just saying that digital without a digital to analog converter sounds pretty bad on its own =)

Bits sound awful! Please muck with them to make the “musical” analog.

Does that make it “GREEN” power? Do you get a carbon tax credit with them? =)

I always look for the best value (punches way above its price) at my budget price point. If my budget is $300 or less I would get the Modi Multibit. If it is $700 or less I would get the Bifrost. If it is $1,500 or less I would get Gungnir. If my budget is $2,200 I would get the Yigg LIM. If I...

Regarding audio blind tests and statistical analysis … Back 100 years ago ( =) ) just after Monster started selling expensive ( relatively ) interconnects I read a study in an audio engineering periodical that did a thorough double blind A/B/X test with a relatively large sample size ( ~100? )...

A DVD upscale’d to 4K is a bit better than 4K streamed. A blu-ray upscale’d is significantly better. A 4K disc is even better and very impressive. A Blu-ray Disc you own will stick around for as long as you are willing to keep it =).

Remember that the Schiit multi bit DACs use “off the shelf chips” as well. Just a very different shelf and no standard white paper implementation (in an audio jewelry case at a car price).

Working in Dubai I saw a completely chrome plated Rolls Royce (maybe it was polished silver?). That was the largest finger print magnet I ever saw.

You need balanced cables to run your Aegir’s or Vidar’s mono. If you have a hardware balanced DAC like the Yggdrasil or Gungnir why would you not use balanced cables?

For my ears stereo subs located close to the mains are required to make the crossover frequencies sound good.

I do not think Mike has many regrets particularly regarding what he says. He calls it like he sees it. Jason on the other hand may have a few regrets over what Mike says =). Mike and “marketing” do not go well together.