Have you tried a 6F8G (with an adaptor) to replace the 6SN7? It looks like it could be a cool swap, especially with the wire that exits the adaptor to connect to the top cap. I have also been looking for 6SN7 replacements that cost (at least a bit) less, and it appears that the 5692 is a direct...

Which Aryas do you have, Tom? Also, do any of you Schiitizens have experience with the Aryas versus the Focal Clears? Not like I need another set of 'phones, that is... :)

That's my experience. It's dry, hot and windy here now; I can take any of those scenarios in stride, but when the three of them gang up... we get our go-bags packed and keep the gas tank full. https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents

Those Rekkrs are in there kinda tight.

Yes, sir. They are mono-blocks. I need two for stereo. <G>

Hear, hear. I have a matched pair in the tube buffer. They add just the right amount of euphony, situated between the line preamp and the Tyr-en.

Yes. :sweat_smile:

I don't know... mine is 5,050 miles away and I won't see or hear it until next weekend. :disappointed:

Ahhhhrg, so frustrated... I was supposed to be out of town on 28 June, man. That trip was rescheduled last Friday, and I forgot to check. Looking at EventTickets, crazy prices. I will check the Uptown's site. Thank you for the reminder!!!

Not to defend Darko, but I think that my experience reflects what he might be saying... you can't count on furniture and carpets to properly tune a room. To do that, you need correctly sized and located absorbers and diffusers. Once the room is properly tuned, furniture and carpets / rugs will...

ROTFLMAO! I was thinking of a two-word phrase that started with "Obnoxious...". :P

https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/20116558 A playlist that is 90% her, on Qobuz. Stunning.

Ohhhh... Martin Denny! I listened to "Quiet Village" many times as a kid. My mom and dad had a wall-mount Sylvania AM-FM-Phono system with a swing-down record changer. We listened to music every night at bed-time... probably the reason that I'm so into music today. When I was half as old as I...

Yeah Tom I know that there is a place and a time for all gear if you truly love music. Well, maybe not ALL gear, there's that cardboard schitt that Bill is hawking, along with his $64 PvW. I am well acquainted with the JBL Charge series, esp. the larger versions, and they sound great in many...

MJ3 is an amazing preamplifier into my stereo OG Aegir driving loudspeakers, so... no. You are not crazy.

Not sure that I've ever heard optical S/PDIF (Toslink) sound better than coax in any situation. YMMV of course.

+100.

Dude... let me tell you... I tried. Their previous music system was an iPad sending free Spotify to a JBL Bluetooth speaker, so... massive upgrade. The system is downstairs in their family room, and they generally do the L.I.A.R. thing on the mid-level of the house, so it essentially a mono...

That's the guy! He's awesome, and he and my sister are awesome together. I am very happy for them both!

It also makes a very dangerous Old Fashioned... don't try to drink two of them. Ask me how I know.

Believe it or not, my brother-in-law Mark (who lives in Valparaiso) is driving two pair of Bose 301 Series IIs, stacked, with a pair of OG Vidar monoblocks and a OG Freya w/LISST. They sound remarkably good. I know, I wouldn't have believed it either, if I hadn't heard them...

K has dragged me through introduced me to the Gilmore Girls twice. All 7 seasons and 153 episodes, twice. Actually, I quite enjoyed it. Have you gotten to the spot where Lane goes to the new music store and sees the drum kit of her dreams? You will recognize the proprietor of said store.

Nugget Markets have their stuff, even closer to me. I have UPS and FedEx accounts. :)

Ahhh, the smell of moldy cardboard... kinda like BCowen's stash, after a spring thunderstorm.

I am a big fan of Art Noxon's research and writings. I read his treatise on room treatments a little differently; the room reverberation time (RT60), if not managed, would allow sounds to propagate - a.k.a. echo - long enough to mask lower volume tones and transients. Noise, echo - one thing...