Late to the discussion, but just saw the Rekkr and Gjallarhorn. Very tempting prospects especially after I picked up nice efficient Klipsch towers for my integrated tube amp. I have been wanting a solid state option for when I do not want to melt in the summer... Of course, swapping out speaker...

My one big gripe of Octave's release of the Cello suites is that Volume 1 has Suites 1, 3, and 5 while Volume 2 has Suites 2, 4, and 6. I would have preferred 1-3 and 4-6. Outside of that the sound was quite good. It is the second copy of the Cello Suites I own. The first is a copy I made of the...

I bought a couple SACD from them. The Bach Cello Suites. I also have not looked at the DVD data discs yet, but I have enjoyed how it sounds.

They are commenting that the description is "Right is positive and left is negative", but in the picture, from behind, the left has a + and the right has a - by it, suggesting left is positive and right is negative: The manual says:

Recently friends got me to go back into Guilty Gear Strive and Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R. I love the Guilty Gear aesthetic in general, but mechanically Strive is still a challenge for me. It is funny though as one of the complaints of people coming from older gear games, "Strive has not...

Flashbacks to a couple weeks ago. When I went to go check the mail, the cat was sitting next to my laptop, enjoying the heat from the side vents. When I returned, he was like this: When I took this picture, I thought it was cute. Then I took him off of the laptop and realized that he had been...

After messing around a bit with older KOF games, I decided to get KOF XV. I am still not completely sold on the 3D aesthetic, but the gameplay is pretty solid. Once thing I have come to appreciate with the KOF series is that they will make some mechanical changes between versions, but the core...

Five, if you count the 1920s Brunswick Phonograph. Only three of the other four are currently hooked up though. And I agreed that the Mani 2 looks nice should I ever want to get my fourth electric turntable into a system.

If I ever decide to try to squeeze a third turn table into my stereo, the Mani 2 is definitely on my list.

Considering the phono preamp I bought five years ago has gone up 30% in price since then, it is quite impressive that the Modi went this long without a price increase.

I am not sure I know what you mean with regards to currency exchanges and rolling accounts.

I had points on my credit card saved up so I overindulged and bought an MVSX cabinet (like the Arcade 1Up cabs, but this is SNK specific). It comes with 50 games, most of them fighting games. Like it has KOF 94 through KOF 2003, six Samurai Shodowns, the eight Fatal Fury games, Last Blade 1 and...

I have a friend who likes headphones and is planning on getting a stationary setup soon (as opposed to using a portable usb device like the dragonfly or just his phone). He was looking for recommendations and after giving a few, I now look forward to being a mini Schiitr for him when he and his...

I played Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R with some friends. Most of us were fairly new to the game, so it was fun pressing buttons and figuring out interactions. I decided to go with Bridget because I like the mobility options and setting weapons on the screen that opponents have to remember...

I remember the old motorcyle ad and the frog ads

A few years ago a friend of mine decided to get rid of their integrated tube amp and they knew I liked music and audio so they offered to sell it to me at a price I could not really refuse. I was excited as in my bedroom I had been using a cheap solid state receiver to listen to vinyl through...

If you want a spaghetti western style soundtrack, West of Loathing is pretty great for that:

I just tried listened to the Genesis Revisited and I hear what you mean if I use the Qobuz desktop app for Windows. When I use the Qobuz app in my Squeezebox server, the songs are gapless. I just tried messing around with settings in the desktop app and could not resolve that issue. That is...

It is interesting the effects that things like that can have. I still do not put elbows on the table, but if I do I find myself remembering a story my grandma shared about the punishment for doing that when she was growing up. (adult would lift the offending arm up and then hit the elbow against...

That is a classic comic. I definitely feel that. It is also why I like reel to reel.

Tekken is fun though I have not put much time into it. I liked Kunimitsu when I last played. I should also try it again at some point. My recent exploration has been Power Rangers Battle for the Grid. With less than an hour of playing, the AI crushes me still, but that is ok. Not knowing what...

I have enjoyed my Schiit Valhalla 2 with its stock tubes for what that is worth. I have not listened to any other OTL tube amps though. I found it not bad with the Hel 2 in high gain mode (though that is not tubes).

On a lark, I decided to figure out how to install Dong Dong Never Die and get it running (this is actually a process as there is a bit of finessing necessary to get it to run properly). It is ridiculous and full of referencing, many of which I am probably missing. It was a project by fighting...

I played Necrobarista on Switch. It is a visual novel, but I feel it does both the visual and novel sides well. Not everyone will like the style, but that is ok. The story takes place at The Terminal, a Melbourne cafe that is unique in that the recently deceased can spend up to 24 hours there...

True, but the fact that there is the Jotunheim R has made me think about the RAALs a few times. Just need to save long enough and not get distracted by other shiny things.