You can order those from an outfit that makes plastics to form on a vacuum table.
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Wow, that's pretty cool! You could actually make a cover that's hemispherical to cover everything and emboss SOL in it...
You can order those from an outfit that makes plastics to form on a vacuum table.
Here's a short film on how it works:
@bdmez: IMHO(purely subjectionist) that Ragnarok 2 of mine is one SCHIITLOAD of a headphone amp second to none just ask Jerry and the boys they never sounded so clear, separated, black and distinguished(even my archives.org download of their first time ever performed songs '66-'95 all 162 of 'em)Hi everyone. Hopefully Jason might be able to answer if not already....what would the DAC and headphone amp in the Rag2 be comparible too? Bifrost? Jort?
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sorry @bdmez my Rggy 2 is 'just the amp' my DAC is Yggdrasil GS not the DAC that is in 'fully loaded' Ragnarok 2- probably@bdmez: IMHO(purely subjectionist) that Ragnarok 2 of mine is one SCHIITLOAD of a headphone amp second to none just ask Jerry and the boys they never sounded so clear, separated, black and distinguished(even my archives.org download of their first time ever performed songs '66-'95 all 162 of 'em)
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@Jason Stoddard , actually I think that your blind setup is great, much better than most studies I saw. Two reasons:
- Letting people choose their own music is critical. I'm not aware of a single "serious" study that does that (though by all means I can be proven wrong here). For the lack of a better analogy, the first time we listen to a piece of music we tend to focus on the song itself, much like the first time we watch a movie we focus on the main narrative and action, at the expense of details. When we rewatch the movie we can get more critical about details, e.g., how the movie was shot, what lenses were used, what kind of lighting, etc. Same with music IMO - the amps and DACs changes are for the most part rather subtle to the untrained.
Obviously, it is much more expensive to give each study participant their own custom experience, than it is to do a "one size fits all".
- A/B testing, as opposed to A/B/C. It is incredibly harder to distinguish between 3 things that are close together, than 2. This applies to pretty much all our senses, not just hearing. Malcolm Gladwell describes a two cola vs three cola experiment in "Blink" - essentially regular Cola drinkers can relatively easily tell Coke from Pepsi. But add a third cola to the mix and their discernment disappears.
(Note that the above does not constitute in any way an encouragement to drink cola)
My personal conclusion is that people who are biased against audiophiles, consciously or unconsciously, will insist A/B/C testing
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What he said. I hadn't even considered that the knob might be interfering with the housing, but the grittiness feels different.100% sure.
Mine will click when the format of the source content changes, e.g. from 16-bit / 44.1 kHz., and sometimes when I power the computer down (Bifrost left on). It seems like it's more prevalent to click on power down if I had disabled the speakers and routed all sounds through the Bifrost, even though the speakers were re-enabled long before power-down. Like Jedi said, I'm not worried about it. If the clicking were nonstop, that's a different story.My Bifrost clicks as well. I'm not worried about it.
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In other words, the audio world isn't black and white; it's gray. It's not right or wrong; it's a continuum. What matters to someone might not matter to someone else. What one person might call a "small difference" might be much larger to someone else. These listening events also don't take into account the "integration effect" posited by Mike Moffat (and others) that small differences over a longer period of time may be much more meaningful than fast switching might indicate, even if people are allowed to choose their own music, spend as much time as they want listening, and aren't pressured to discriminate.
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The heart of the matter and the truth of the listening.
Sounds tough, but change the motor, raise the price, I mean it's going up anyway, right? Whoever is buying this wants to buy a great turntable at a price that's expensive to them but comparatively a bit of a bargain. Even at a grand that's a lot of money, even though it's a bargain for what they are getting. So nobody is "cheaping out" on buying this turntable. They are buying it for the quality.If we have to change the motor, we have to change the pod. Which means we have to change the motor board. Which means we have to change the sorbothane isolator for the new pod. And the motor will be a lot more expensive. Also, a new custom motor is like 20 weeks lead time, plus lead time for the pod. Plus the cost for all this. So, if we have to change the motor, Sol won't be coming back.
That would be me. There is a certain elegance to a design that is perfectly mechanically balanced in speed, torque, etc. So what if it needs a nudge, you are up off the couch anyway... These things are fussy and fiddly in the extreme compared to Spotify. And that is exactly what some of us are looking for.Sounds tough, but change the motor, raise the price, I mean it's going up anyway, right? Whoever is buying this wants to buy a great turntable at a price that's expensive to them but comparatively a bit of a bargain. Even at a grand that's a lot of money, even though it's a bargain for what they are getting. So nobody is "cheaping out" on buying this turntable. They are buying it for the quality.
Who wants to buy an expensive turntable whose motor is too weak to start by itself? Don't build great products on shaky or awkward foundations. Everytime people push start that motor, they are going to be wondering how long their Schiit is going to last (even if it's not a valid reasoning). Your turntable has the looks and build to drive the sales. You don't want the motor to be that one thing which is embarassing.
Sounds tough, but change the motor, raise the price, I mean it's going up anyway, right? Whoever is buying this wants to buy a great turntable at a price that's expensive to them but comparatively a bit of a bargain. Even at a grand that's a lot of money, even though it's a bargain for what they are getting. So nobody is "cheaping out" on buying this turntable. They are buying it for the quality.
Who wants to buy an expensive turntable whose motor is too weak to start by itself? Don't build great products on shaky or awkward foundations. Everytime people push start that motor, they are going to be wondering how long their Schiit is going to last (even if it's not a valid reasoning). Your turntable has the looks and build to drive the sales. You don't want the motor to be that one thing which is embarassing.