Hi y’all I’m back. Got sidetracked from the headphone system when I put the Bartok in my speaker system. Spent last several months upgrading including a Rossini with clock. Bought a Naim Atom HE for my daughter. It’s a very nice system but it’s not like the Bartok. Going to get the new Linn...

Unfortunately I don’t have a diagnosis yet. Did a bunch of tests in 2019- early 2020. Needed additional testing but the pandemic happened and I haven’t left my house since March 2020. Did go to the bank once last spring. It’s some form of working memory problem. In 2012 I was able to do calculus...

Bartok does not have a non-OS mode.

Yeah I decided to do this the right way. Need to have every detail finalized otherwise I’ll get overwhelmed. Finally got my bartok (was using the dealers for almost a month waiting for mine. Need to let it burn in for a couple of weeks.) The mono block approach is pretty low risk since I could...

Oh well my initial plan was the Rossini for headphone. That was the assumption at the start of the thread. My neighbor is a dCS dealer so it’s easy to get one to demo. He didn’t want to sell me a clock for the bartok since he doesnt think it’s a good value because it doesn’t really sound it’s...

Yeah I had a final list but decided to demo a MSB dac and pick out mono blocks for the sr1a. Going with hrs rack and transparent cables since my neighbor is a dealer for them. Bigges issue is what I can put in the bedroom and still remain happily married. My wife wants a larger house but I...

Will definitely post some pictures. I already did that type of post it’s called “sold some bitcoin...” Got great advice but it kind complicated things because now I’m doing dynamic, electrostat, and sr1a. Also the person you were chatting with suggested mono blocks to drive the sr1a because...

I asked the good folks at MSB to put my name on a list of people to whom a Select II dac shall never be sold. Honestly the $100k number was what I thought would sufficient for any possible design. Hmmmm... I’ve only recently found myself in the position to spend like this. Turns out it’s hard to...

I’m getting black because I’m basic and he said creating a one off orange version just wasn’t feasible. However... if he eventually offers orange you can thank me.

I’m getting the Blue Hawaii. Was just interested to see if this super amp measures up to the marketing.

I think there is significant synergy in this combo. I’m looking at the reference dac so this isn’t really in the picture for me. I’m also a bit scared to ask the price on the dynamic headphone amp. This is a crazy game.

Recently I set on the path of creating a “world class” headphone system for my bedroom. My initial budget was $100k but... it appears there is no real upper limit a person could spend. After studying the msb dac design and this amp it appears $180k is the price of admission for the ultimate...

Little update: I switched the powe cable on the Bartok from transparent reference to a Naim powerline. I changed the overall sound. Bass was as good but the mid was improved with a bit more weight and detail improved. Not something I probably would have noticed on my speakers but was evident...

Oh I actually know something about this. As it happens, I made a similar comment to the dcs dealer and he told me that the Rossini is a significant improvement in that area. I’ll get to demo it soon. He also indicated the clock isn’t a very good value for Bartok. This is partially because the...

Yeah this has escalated quickly. Three weeks ago I was just going to buy a Sonos connect while my streamer was being fixed.... today I’m trying to decide if class AB mono blocks are ”good enough.”

Thanks for the suggestion but I got into hifi in part because my watch collection was getting out of control. Strange thing is I never liked wearing a watch. It was more that I enjoyed the idea of wearing a watch. They can be beautiful works of art & craftsmanship. Amazes me what people can...

Yes. I’m going to do my best to provide my impressions. The sr1a just came out of left field and I’m trying to keep everything to 3 shelves because I have a platform bed and I want it to be relatively flush. Now I might need a new bed frame! Any audiophile bed frames on the market? im already...

If you’re young enough to wait 10 years; buy some bitcoins from every paycheck. There’s still 1,500% upside. The 1,000,000% gain is in the past but it’ll crush gold & sp500 until 2030. If you’re old like I am then...well... buy some bitcoins every week.

Unfortunately I have a neurocognitive disorder that makes it difficult for me to do anything that involves future events. My entire life is in the moment stream of consciousness.

Well I’m getting the Stax 009s also. I’m hoping I love the sr1a and won’t even need the Stax. I’m actually a little concerned if having > 1 headphone will result in my spending half of my life deciding which one to use at the moment. Nice thing is the two amps will drive every type of headphone...

Please leave my high school girlfriend out of this thread It’s upsetting to my wife. Oh wait.... my girlfriend from when I was in high school not my current girlfriend who is in high school. Uhh... let me clear this up.... I don’t have a girlfriend just a wife... who doesn’t like it when I spend...

I’m still hodlin. I’m just doing it with better sounding music. Unfortunately I ran out of usd and apparently my MIB six million dollar man action figure set isn’t worth as much as one might want to believe. True story.

Yeah I’m pretty basic... according to my daughter. My city is a hifi wasteland and even two towns over doesn’t have a decent headphone shop. My hifi guy said they stopped selling headphones because people would just come in to test them out and buy them online. I made a snap decision to just...

thanks. Last week I didn’t know they existed; today I don’t think I’ll survive without them. 🤯 I go through a hifi phase every seven years. I’m quite similar to cicadas I guess.

Thanks for your input. I already have a pretty solid two channel system but I’m also upgrading that along with headphones. The Bartók changed my mind about what is possible via headphones. For the first time I prefer the headphones. That might change once my new system gets setup. Even so the...