The Beatles The 2014 US CDs of their early albums have mono and stereo versions of all tracks. I have five of them.

+1 for the mono Rolling Stones. Another great mono set is Bob Dylan's.

Open baffle speakers driven by Tyrs is a winner. Upgrading from mono Vidars brought better tone with the biggest improvement in the bass. Recommended combo.

A wish that probably would not be well received by a non Schiitizen. :ksc75smile:

I have a similar set of books written by dogs.

Same thing for my Tyr delivery. I only have two steps to my porch. I heard the doorbell and by the time I opened the door the driver was in his truck. Maybe the drivers have an unwritten rule of "over a certain weight screw the signature".

For any stand alone Qobuz users, try a free 30 day trail of Audirvana Studio. It makes Qobuz sound even better.

Kernel Streaming for Audirvana, WASAPI for Roon. Tried WASAPI for AS, but KS is better. Before this, I was using MusicBee with Fidelizer and Process Lasso which was better than JRiver. I bought a Pi2AES which I run Volumio on and it's slightly better than MusicBee which motivated my search for...

There may not be a difference between the high end audio streaming services, but there is a difference in music player software. I prefer Qobuz played through Audirvana Studio over Roon. YMMV.

@bcowen has been hiding a special benefit of following cardboard. Very savvy. :smile: https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/recession-warning-cardboard-demand-economy-2008-financial-crisis-ecommerce-shipping-2023-1

I bought a Freya based upon the price/feature ratio figuring how could I go wrong and I didn't. The Schiit Freya introduced me to the world of 6SN7s and many of its variants: 6F8G, 7N7, 7193/2C22. It gave me great sound at a very good price and a new hobby, tube collecting. I would recommend...

When I replaced my Freya with a Don Sachs Linestage a hum developed that Don thought was probably from a ground loop. At the time I was using dual Vidars, which Don said was overkill (he was right). I bought a CI-2RR: https://www.cs1.net/products/jensen_transformers/CI-2RR.htm. This greatly...

My Fedex driver was too exhausted to ring the doorbell.

I know Canada duties and taxes can be steep. A brighter outlook is to look at the price per pound. My silver Tyrs went from $30.89 per lb. to $23.62. It's like a sale on prime steak.

I received my Tyrs this morning. Nice morning workout getting them setup. Leather work gloves are a requirement to prevent the heat fins from cutting your hands. What an upgrade over the Vidar. The improved dynamics and low end are the first things to stand out. Once that shock wore off, I...

I am very sorry that I saved alot of money buying Tyrs. :ksc75smile:

I also had no choice at those prices. A set of silver Tyrs coming my way.

The Yggy's maximum input rate is 192kHz. At that rate (and 176kHz) Yggy will do a X 2 upsample. Yggy is always upsampling and the filter is always active. The multiplier is dependent on the input rate with the result never being greater than 384kHz. 44kHz and 48kHz are upsampled X 8. 88kHz...

A quick search came up with this: https://www.musewiki.org/Will_of_the_People_(album). No info on recording resolution. Prostudiomasters and HDTracks have it in 24/96. Qobuz has it in 24/44. Dynamic range: https://dr.loudness-war.info/?artist=muse&album=will+of+the+people There is no...

Does that cardboard bed come in a King size? Asking for a friend. :smile:

Is that a cardboard cat bed? :smile:

I bought twp pairs of Psvane 6SN7-UK from here: https://www.goodcomponent.com/products/vacuum-tubes/psvane-tubes/1025.html . Good price. Shipping was about 3 weeks. They also have the EL34PH...

Overall I enjoy Hans Beekhuyzen's videos. But his views on MQA are BS and I don't mean Bob Stuart. Probably doesn't want to tick off the people who send him hardware to review that also support MQA.

100% agree. The Elfidelity is an Incredible bargain. My PC system is equal to my PI2AES. Where Linux has always fallen short versus Windows is in the music player software offerings. The sound comes first, but I also want a good UI.