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Schiit Yggdrasil Impressions thread
AES or coax. Say no to optical if you can. USB-wise: if you are one of the rare folks who can hear jitter, you’ll see. Unison is pretty remarkable, btw. Don’t contract connection nerviosa. Plug in what you have. If you like it, you’re done.- rfernand
- Post #12,419
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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Schiit Yggdrasil Impressions thread
The best is going to be what your ears prefer. I’m in the middle of comparing an OG/A2 to a GS2/A1 and it’s splitting hairs, really. I have not heard MIL, LIM, or MIB. Of the three, MIL did not survive thunderdome. LIM is loved by folks, MIB is the current top of the line and people praise its...- rfernand
- Post #12,412
- Forum: High-end Audio Forum
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
Lazenby did okay - OHMSS has a lot of action and a lot of fun. Kilt was part of the disguise he used, so whatever. I disagree. Diamonds is an inferior movie, the theme song is a sad copy of the true best theme song: Goldfinger. But hey, even at its lowest, Bond is a fun ticket. Yes, looking at...- rfernand
- Post #154,371
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
It’s gotta be 8 track.- rfernand
- Post #153,995
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
Fully balanced SS/Tube hybrid 5.1 preamp?- rfernand
- Post #153,992
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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PSVANE Horizon Vacuum Tube Giveaway and Audition Event
McIntosh MHA200 - uses 2x12AT7 and 2x12BH7A Schiit Freya+ - uses 4x6SN7 (so the 6SL7 and CV181work) Bonus: Schiit Folkvangr. I don’t think anything in the list fits.- rfernand
- Post #42
- Forum: Sponsor Announcements and Deals
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McIntosh MHA200 Impressions
Next year it’ll still be $2800, but without the signature.- rfernand
- Post #1,201
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Cambridge MX10, AX10 Network Streamer
Just like the CXN, “it just works”. Lack of USB, well… can’t think of a competent DAC with no coax. The built-in dac is not bad at all, btw.- rfernand
- Post #7
- Forum: Dedicated Source Components
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McIntosh MHA200 Impressions
Same here - while I’ve had a lot of fun rolling tubes on the MJ2, there’s nothing I’d change to the MHA200, tbh. Synergy with Utopia’22 is bananas good.- rfernand
- Post #1,195
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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McIntosh MHA200 Impressions
RAG2 vs MHA200: Very different soundstage. Blackgroubd and dynamics are better in MHA200. But the Rag2 does so many things it’s a bit of a Goldilocks device.- rfernand
- Post #1,178
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
(1) I agree with the characterization Jason says his resident engineers came up to. It is another digital volume control scheme. This is not a diss, it’s just what it is. (2) The white paper is short on details - btw, the AES paper is actually here...- rfernand
- Post #134,321
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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Feeling lucky? A tour of our audiophile factory awaits
Greetings from the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. of A.! Without a doubt, I’d listen to Peter Gabriel’s So in its entirety (the 2002 remaster). Carefully crafted, timeless, with many sonic innovations including shoving a diaper under the bridge in Tony Levin’s bass to create that muted “Don’t...- rfernand
- Post #64
- Forum: Sponsor Announcements and Deals
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Schiit Folkvangr - Impressions Thread
You gotta Gungnir that Schiit! :-)- rfernand
- Post #1,407
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
I’ve “neglected to return” a friend’s MJ3 for over a month now. It does wonders with a Gungnir MB and DCA Stealth, and perhaps unsuprisingly it preamps my desktop Genelecs nicely as well. I think I ordered my second-run silver the day it was announced, so anytime soon. Should it stay in...- rfernand
- Post #131,261
- Forum: Jason Stoddard
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McIntosh MHA200 Impressions
Impression after a few months of bliss. Yggdrassil A2 + MHA200 + Focal Utopia’22 was a magic combo for me. Unusual, since I always feel no headphone set does Yggy justice. The MHA200 is super opinionated about music placement - it puts the mids very forward, so there is a bit of a 3D “V”...- rfernand
- Post #1,072
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Schiit Folkvangr - Impressions Thread
I preamp the FV out of a Rag2 out of convenience. Works great. Tried MJ3 out of curiosity. Other than warming up the room, nothing to write home about.- rfernand
- Post #1,392
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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What a long, strange trip it's been -- (Robert Hunter)
Hard to say. The OG in my big rig it’s DAC endgame, so I never bothered trying others. People whose ears I trust and tried both agree LIM is a little warmer and that’s about it.- rfernand
- Post #14,525
- Forum: Mike Moffat (Baldr)
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Beatles Listening Party: Let's Come Together Now and Then
Hey, how about we ask an AI to show us “what if they had written this in 1964 when they were young?”- rfernand
- Post #21
- Forum: Sponsor Announcements and Deals
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Beatles Listening Party: Let's Come Together Now and Then
Remember the group broke up before they were 30 years old - and this is John, in his late 30s, in New York , with two lifetimes worth of experiences behind him… … and two 80 year olds are going by notes they made when they were 50…- rfernand
- Post #12
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Beatles Listening Party: Let's Come Together Now and Then
Put the track through the MHA200 which is super mid forward. Yggy OG, HD600. Pretty glorious. Love me do, oh my. So good.- rfernand
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- Forum: Sponsor Announcements and Deals
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Beatles Listening Party: Let's Come Together Now and Then
One thing to note is that John sounds “normal”, so, not like in the bulk of the catalog. He used to thicken things with multitrack and stuff. In the documentary Paul seems to confirm the strings and the slide solo are new. The drums, Paul’s bass, and the piano in the track are re-recorded from...- rfernand
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Beatles Listening Party: Let's Come Together Now and Then
Controversial? why? Martin and Jackson showed us a few miracles with the re-release of revolver, being able to use machine learning to separate information from the same track and enabling Martin to work on a remix. Those familiar with his work can probably attest The Beatles sound like...- rfernand
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Comment by 'rfernand' on listing 'LCD-X'
It is not - if I have another pre-2021 LCD-X to list, I will reopen.- rfernand
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Schiit Folkvangr - Impressions Thread
Respectfully disagree with the vendor. (1) you could use the FV’s impedance multiplier if that were the issue, but perhaps more relevant: (2) Grados are low impedance and synergize really well with FV. It’s not just the impedance.- rfernand
- Post #1,382
- Forum: Headphone Amps (full-size)
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Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up
Cheap is not free, and recabling a large system just because Is wasteful — hence the hesitation.- rfernand
- Post #127,430
- Forum: Jason Stoddard