[jonathan c]

Not yet. About half full since I am an optimist.

.... if you do laterally pack the 'mt' ... send it to
a NC 'ex-statetriate' in GA ...

 

[sixergixer]

More than likely I will have room for four glasses. This is my treat for several of you on this site. Yours is for introducing me to your bottled in bond bourbon. If you have a wood preference just say something and I will see what I have.

No particular wood preferences though I do tend to gravitate towards rich dark stains. Perhaps something similar to what Zack did as a one-off for my ZMF Vibro 'phones as seen in my avatar?

 

[sixergixer]

Now add a nice Schiit amp and pair of good speakers and you will find an entirely new love of music. While I love and appreciate the clarity and accuracy of my headphones, nothing moves me like music played to my whole body.

+1 and a hearty amen to that!

 

[NewSchiithead]

Now add a nice Schiit amp and pair of good speakers and you will find an entirely new love of music. While I love and appreciate the clarity and accuracy of my headphones, nothing moves me like music played to my whole body.

I DID mention that Schiit was rather like crack, yes? And so there's a list for the main system too, starting with a nice pair of Tyrs for the MartinLogans and another Yggdrasil to replace the PS Audio, and perhaps another Urd to replace the Pioneer Elite CD player which would get along fabulously with the Yiggrasil...

 

[golfbravobravo]

Ludovico Einaudi at "Nomadland" and "Sound of Cinema" are nice too.

Karl Jenkins should be on the list!

 

[sixergixer]

Success!

(For now... )
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[Kristofa]

For all the folks posting pics of classical music, I’m surprised that there isn’t more contemporary classical stuff, like Ludovico Einaudi and Max Richter etc. not judging, just wondering if I’m on an island musically listening to contemporary artists more than the legends of the past.

You are not on an island. And if you are, you are not alone. Recent interests include Yun, Fagerlund, Mumford, Aho, and Nordin. Lots of great contemporary composers out there, but I can understand how the legends remain legends.

 

[Paladin79]

No particular wood preferences though I do tend to gravitate towards rich dark stains. Perhaps something similar to what Zack did as a one-off for my ZMF Vibro 'phones as seen in my avatar?

I only work with natural wood colors and rarely stain or tint but I have rainbow poplar that can give various dark tones like the center of this charcuterie board. These are all natural colors.

 

[sixergixer]

I only work with natural wood colors and rarely stain or tint but I have rainbow poplar that can give various dark tones like the center of this charcuterie board. These are all natural colors.

 

[sixergixer]

Entr'acte by Caroline Shaw (this was a Grammy Award winning album)

'Evergreen' from Caroline Shaw and Attacca Quartet was also a standout for me. Great pairing of musical artists on these albums.

 

[Daniel Johnston]

With Yggy via XLR as source, both passive and differential modes of Freya +/N/S will have true balanced (both + and - phases active) output. With an SE (RCA connected) input and in passive gain mode, the Freya XLR output will only have the + phase active, and negative phase connected to ground via an impedance related to volume control position. Sound will still be produced but internal operating points of downstream gear may or may not be optimal (depends on topology of those devices) when fed with a lopsided XLR signal.

+1

I think there was a barrier in my actual question vs the responses I got. It took me a bit to get down to the actual question I had. I appreciate the efforts.

My thought was that there should be no sound or significantly distorted sound when in passive mode using a balanced input to a SE output (or vice versa) That's not the case with my setup. The sound difference between passive and differential modes is darn near the same in the above scenario whether it be passive or differential. My non EE brain thought this odd. But, it now makes perfect sense. Thanks!

 

[Kristofa]

'Evergreen' from Caroline Shaw and Attacca Quartet was also a standout for me. Great pairing of musical artists on these albums.

Caroline Shaw is great. She works with some interesting people as well, such as Shara Nova.

 

[NewSchiithead]

If you are looking for something a bit lively- OK, a lot lively- there is always the modern genre of Epic Music. One of the best introductions is the live double album from Two Steps From Hell. It doesn't hurt that it is a fine sounding recording.

 

[Bowmoreman]

Let me make this clear, I will only send the board as a gift. I just thought of doing this and you are number four on the list. I cannot build one for @bcowen since his Liquor comes in plastic jugs and mason jars won’t fit in the cutouts.

Sigh. I havent been able to find the Colonel in 6 or 7 years now, alas! Nice bourbon

 

[US Blues]

Unbelievable. I just caught up with my posts from earlier today. They're on page 9240. This is page 9244. FOUR FREAKING PAGES IN FOUR HOURS!

No wonder I've been struggling to catch up since Christmas.
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Congratulations on your valiant effort!