In a field of WOW, these are are a WOW-O-WOW-O-WOW.

I am far too ignorant to contribute to the transformers vs the bespoke e-stats amplifier discussion but I do want to express appreciation for all of you who invest your passion, intellect, time & money into the eternal quest to push the boundaries of what's possible.

Just re-listened. GREAT album. Qobuz has 24-192 of "2017 Remaster". I'm Rating it as a 10/10 for Music Quality and Sound Quality. So many great songs. Thanks for the reminder.

One of the great things about streaming services is that you can get a broad intro to David Bowie without much effort ... and you should. He changed direction quite a bit, so it's wise to sample early, mid and late career. I liked Dark Star quite a bit ... re-listened to it just last night ...

Purchased a pair of Stax LNS headphones from him. Excellent condition, exactly as described. Well packed, shipped out very quickly. Very fair price. Would absolutely do business again. Listening now :)

With all e-stat amps, you're talking about low-volume production. With the custom-built e-stats, there is no conventional retail network. So there is more "purchasing risk" but due to demand and limited supply, you can usually re-sell something that your specific ears don't love ... or doesn't...

Of course you were. We knew that. Even the prototype of this schiitwowster would have an integral frame with wheels, serving as a hand-cart. Otherwise it would extremely difficult for the average owner to take a pair of them to regional headphone events/shows.

I don't switch devices, but I use Qobuz with and without Roon, and *MAYBE* I have to log-in once every 3 months. In fact I've been busy with other stuff lately and didn't use Qobuz for 3 or 4 weeks, and was kinda surprised my session was still alive. Something is odd in your config or...

And yet ... despite digitalization ... I do not have any more unclaimed "bookshelf" space now than I did 20 years ago. Perhaps I could find a few things to get rid of ... ehhhhh ... NO!!! Not now. Maybe later.

True. About 10 minutes per day for free. Not clear if that includes a satellite connection on sea days. Next step up is "unlimited" for $229 per person. "Premium unlimited" is $339 per person. I could probably spend my time in the casino for less cost.

Well that's interesting ... aka a potential problem. I'll be going on a cruise ... probably no internet for 2 weeks. Since headphone listening off my phone will be my main private time amusement, it would be very annoying if the music player stopped working. Anybody have ideas on how to...

(Catching up. Again. is it just me, or has the # of posts per day accelerated lately? Did I miss a post where someone offered a financial prize for hitting the 500,000 mark?) We don't give enough credit, often enough, for how Schiit is RELENTLESS in pushing higher quality performance ...

I'd like to see the return of a stand-alone eISL. You all have data and I only have opinions, but IIRC somewhere you did call it a "late bloomer", and IMO the niche it fills ... ability to drive both Pro and NB Stax and a few others, with a newly manufactured box ... can only grow. Pro/NB Stax...

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Those of you (us) who are close enough to the Schiitr to do a day-trip are very very lucky. Sadly, I am not. Which ... to put a positive spin on what is otherwise a tragedy & a miscarriage of justice ... does help me maintain some degree of budget discipline on this hobby.