Pietro Cozzi Tinin
Headphoneus Supremus
Nothing wrong with that no?
I mean living in a red light district.
I mean living in a red light district.
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FLTWS
Headphoneus Supremus
LOL Street Lights. The Red Light district is 1 county south.
Paladin79
Previously MOT: Cables For Less
My audio gear and other electronics is well protected but I am the only one who uses it and I am away 12 hours a day during the week. Sitting inside my cabinet and with power switches on the back of many items it is not easy for me to just power up a couple pieces of equipment so I tend to do all or nothing. On a given day I can have several pieces of test equipment turned on as well.
YMMV
Ableza
Headphoneus Supremus
For that red light district you need to visit Berlin.I'd rather spend my disposable income on Schiit gear.
Pietro Cozzi Tinin
Headphoneus Supremus
Or Amsterdam.For that red light district you need to visit Berlin.
Wait.... nope sorry....
Ripper2860
Headphoneus Supremus
I suggested that one should always leave external DACs powered on and merely recited what others have said Schiit has said about non-Yggy MB warm-up. In my mind the real question is relative to the DAC Option card in a Lyr 3 tube amp. I understand that it will not be optimal at the initial power-on, but how long after power-on before the MB DAC option card stabilizes and achieves optimal operating temp? Maybe with the internal heat of the tube-based Lyr 3, it is something that occurs in a few minutes as opposed to a few hours. Given that one does not want to leave tube amps on 24x7, I'm sure that's what those considering the DAC option card in a Lyr 3 really want to know. As far as I know, this has not been specifically addressed by Schiit, but then again, maybe it has and I just have not seen it.
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Rensek
Headphoneus Supremus
So my Americana playlist gave me this "gem" the other day. I know many people this song applies too (family, friends, acquaintances) It sums up life in the non metropolitan areas of America very well, for better or for worse, depending on your point of view. This song illicits many opinions from me.
James McMurty - Choctaw Bingo
Listen to the lyrics, I haven't heard of this guy before. I like the musicality, but man, the lyrics .... I'm not sure if I want to see what else he has written. Reminds me of a modern David Allan Coe.....
James McMurty - Choctaw Bingo
Listen to the lyrics, I haven't heard of this guy before. I like the musicality, but man, the lyrics .... I'm not sure if I want to see what else he has written. Reminds me of a modern David Allan Coe.....
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I leave my whole system on and playing 24/7/365 even if I'm gone on vacation...
Jason Stoddard
Sponsor: Schiit Audio
Hey all,
Looks like I might not be getting to that chapter this week, but it'll be next week for sure.
This week simply went a bit sideways. I thought I was pretty much done with a new product, and ended up not being done at all. In fact, i spent most of the week doing a very painful rip-up-and-start-over re-do of grounding for a prototype I'm playing with. It seems that when you're running, say, 10x the standing current of, say, a Vidar, the grounding you thought was so slick can go kinda whomper-jawed.
(It's funny--it doesn't hum badly with no input connected, but shorting the inputs is hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm city. Oh yeah, and by "hmmmmmmmmmmmm city" I should qualify that as "still being 90db below 0dbV," or, in human-speak, you need to put your ear to the woofer of a typical loudspeaker in order to hear it. But if you're talking some hyper-efficient horn-loaded design, that might not work out. And we can do better. And saying "it's fine until there's an input connected" is right up there with "it works great until you actually try to use it.")
In other news, we're getting down to the wire on Sol. Mike proved out the last component--the 2-speed pulley--with a 3D-printed prototype and that's now off to production. Tony's taking the lead on wrangling this complex mechanical beast, so now we have someone dedicated to the project other than Mike and I, since both of us sometimes have the attention span of---
---what was I talking about?
In any case, I'll talk to you soon,
Jason
Looks like I might not be getting to that chapter this week, but it'll be next week for sure.
This week simply went a bit sideways. I thought I was pretty much done with a new product, and ended up not being done at all. In fact, i spent most of the week doing a very painful rip-up-and-start-over re-do of grounding for a prototype I'm playing with. It seems that when you're running, say, 10x the standing current of, say, a Vidar, the grounding you thought was so slick can go kinda whomper-jawed.
(It's funny--it doesn't hum badly with no input connected, but shorting the inputs is hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm city. Oh yeah, and by "hmmmmmmmmmmmm city" I should qualify that as "still being 90db below 0dbV," or, in human-speak, you need to put your ear to the woofer of a typical loudspeaker in order to hear it. But if you're talking some hyper-efficient horn-loaded design, that might not work out. And we can do better. And saying "it's fine until there's an input connected" is right up there with "it works great until you actually try to use it.")
In other news, we're getting down to the wire on Sol. Mike proved out the last component--the 2-speed pulley--with a 3D-printed prototype and that's now off to production. Tony's taking the lead on wrangling this complex mechanical beast, so now we have someone dedicated to the project other than Mike and I, since both of us sometimes have the attention span of---
---what was I talking about?
In any case, I'll talk to you soon,
Jason
YAY, can't wait to order a Sol!!!!!!
Hmmm, 10x the current of a Vidar, that sounds like a possible Class A Amp! I'm sure you'll figure it out...
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Man,as soon as I read that part about "10x the standing current of a Vidar" I was like... what...in...the...
33na3rd
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James McMurtry can be very somber, but he can be funny too.
Talented song writer/musician, who just happens to be the son of Larry McMurtry, author of "Lonesome Dove" and many other books.
You should explore more of his music, he's the kind of artist that grows on you.
In my mind the real question is relative to the DAC Option card in a Lyr 3 tube amp. I understand that it will not be optimal at the initial power-on, but how long after power-on before the MB DAC option card stabilizes and achieves optimal operating temp? Maybe with the internal heat of the tube-based Lyr 3, it is something that occurs in a few minutes as opposed to a few hours. Given that one does not want to leave tube amps on 24x7, I'm sure that's what those considering the DAC option card in a Lyr 3 really want to know. As far as I know, this has not been specifically addressed by Schiit, but then again, maybe it has and I just have not seen it.
That is an interesting question. Given my own experience with multibit DACs I too wonder long it would take for the multibit DAC card in Lyr 3 to sound its best. Of course, you could argue that by the time the tube and the amp itself has reached a good operating temperature the multibit DAC chips have reached their optimal operating temperature as well.
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