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.

My perception ... as a person who bought an SRX-Mk3 new in 1978 but has never progressed beyond various Lambdas (Lambdae?) to the higher tier Stax (007/009/X9000/Omega) ... is that the experienced people with the upper tier Stax (or similar) headphones all seem to have dedicated e-stat amps ...

This is not a philosophical question that can be answered by logic, nor is it a question that can be solved by the wisdom of the crowds. For any given combo of a DAC + Amp + Headphones, you'll typically only have two user choices ... low gain or high gain. * If your brain tells you that low...

Somehow I had never listened to this album before. Now I've listened to it three times in a row ... apparently trying to pay back my debt to society. THANKS for the recommendaton !!!

[whisper] Just between us ... everyone in my family is getting googly eyes in their Christmas stockings. "Nobody expects the palish apparition."

I'm catching up, and that was my immediate response too. Have a bag of mixed sizes sitting in my Amazon shopping cart "as we speak." I did not know ... until now ... that they are available as glow-in-the-dark. So imagine you're sitting there in the evenings, in your favorite listening chair...

Good. That's the current Contingent Emergency Plan B, unless/until we come up with some other ideas. (Edit/Add) Let's hope it never gets to that. As you noted, Edifer owns Stax, and should be motivated to initiate course corrections or rescue interventions, if needed.

Stax is one venerable audio company I really hope hits the 100 year mark and keeps on going. Because of the history. But also, selfishly, if Stax were to close up their shop, I'm not sure there's anybody else really interested in filling the void that would create. Especially in terms of...

Say what ??? That's blasphemy, Sir!

Love my Folkvangr. It would be REALLY GOOD (IMO) if Schiit could offer a LISST for every flavor of tube you use in Schiit products. And maybe even for other audiophile tubes that are getting rare and/or expensive as NOS. #1 - reduces tube anxiety for those of us *cough*bcowen*cough that...

I know I want a Mjolnir 3 ... but due to other "needs" (a ZMF h/p & a modern estats amp, followed by an URD, a Syn + amp/s, a Loki Max, etc) ... realistically I'm a few years from hitting the BUY button. IMO, from what I read, Mjolnir can be as much of a "brand statement" product for h/p amps...

Outstanding write-up ! Thanks :gs1000smile:

This seems like such an odd idea we must know WHY you asked it.

Fantastic. Hard to believe Giles Martin (and technology) could make these sound SO DANG GOOD. The newest of these tunes was recorded 57 years ago. (!!!) 24-96 on Qobuz.