One of my kids visited Chicago recently, bit of a pizza addict that one. Said those squares are way messier/harder to eat than triangle cut.

Those things are multiples of the price of the Tyr!

That must have been fun!

There are inline highpass filters one can get. I had some for my tiny speakers. Harrison Labs and Shure makes some. So, you'd get an inline highpass of whatever value (I'd say 90Hz for your case) and put them on the Kraken's inputs.

I just checked, none of Schiit's amps have the same input sensitivity: Tyr: 1.81 Vidar: 1.27 Aegir: 1.29 Kraken: 1.43 It'll have to be Tyrs all around! :ksc75smile:

I'ld love you to opine on a Soekris. Or have you already? With 5 DACs you're all set to make the ultimate Kraken system I mentioned above :-D

In my case, I think the connection between the strands and the connector got mangled. Too much flexing?

Yeah, I'm in the camp that a good amp makes a huge difference. The amps in AVRs are serviceable, not quite good enough for music.

You are in for a real treat! That's an awesome b-day gift. OTOH, it'll make it necessary to upgrade everything in the chain to match its quality. Happy Birthday!

Right, I forgot to include an electrician on retainer in that price tag :scream:

Geez, y'all are bad influences :beerchug: How's your back?

Yeah, that's a challenge. A 2ch speaker positioning is somewhat different than the recommended Dolby and/or DTS speaker positioning. In my multi-use space, I have a Ayre integrated for the L/R for music (which has more importance) with what's called HT Bypass supporting the movie use fed by an...

Yes, level and delay (if possible). Getting those 2 things aligned puts the "surround" in a surround system. Were it possible (space & cost-wise), 7 Philharmonic BMR Towers, 7 Tyrs, an Anthem AVM90 and 4 Funk 18" would sound fair to middling, I think :ksc75smile:

I had "perfectly" matched 8.x for a while - all same manufacturer (VA) and dual centers (above, below TV). Wow! The speakers were capable of going to 50-60Hz and I found crossing them all at 70Hz to give an excellent "surround bass line" so to speak. Thunderstorms and earthquakes sounded so...

I tell you to spend $, you tell me to spend $, where will it all end?! P.S. And I threw out my back today. I think that's my spine offering its opinion on moving 2 55lb boxes around homes with multiple levels of stairs....

Condo. Would the HOA address that issue, maybe?

Will amend - meant 4 figures! thanks!

MB Card in the Asgard? Once seduced by the Gumby it's really hard to find another DAC that offers the same level of bliss for less than 5 4 figures....

I'm thinking, and I'm solely thinking of you and your wallet :-D , that a dream, small, multichannel system could be something like: Aegir for L/R Kraken for other channels Gumby feeding L/R Is the gain on the Kraken the same as the Aegir? Otherwise, plan is no good.... Also need a decent...

There's a style of music I think of as American Troubadour or some such. Not to my taste: John Cougar, Paul Simon, Tom Petty. Also sounds a bit like 20s style music with a hint of falsetto. :shudder: P.S. I also don't listen to music for lyrics. Hence, classical/symphonic.

Seeking a random bit of power-related advice. Power here is flaky, power outages maybe once a week. I have my NUC-class computer(s) on a UPS bought from Best Buy for $50. Since then, one computer has been fried and now an external USB hard drive has fried while on that UPS. That drive housed...

Bad wires? My speaker wires went bad recently and the right speaker was 10dB quieter than the left; wire problem confirmed by swapping them.

So... My youngest, who is a Swiftee and an Opera fan, heard some Paul Simon off Sirius 70s on 7. (my wife, big fan). She asks, "What genre is this?", wife says, "Folk rock.", youngest says, "It's awful -- turn it off!" Couldn't agree more :-)

Not the darn birds fighting one another? Just be thankful we're not talking guinea fowl....

I live in a state where Virginville is near Intercourse. I think I can handle it :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: