[MtnMan307]

What’s the consensus on getting the new ESS module if you have other DACs? I have a Bifrost 2 and Modius. I also have the Jot 2 and Lyr 3 with no modules in ‘em.

 

[Mightygrey]

What’s the consensus on getting the new ESS module if you have other DACs? I have a Bifrost 2 and Modius. I also have the Jot 2 and Lyr 3 with no modules in ‘em.

I would say that is probably not a worthwhile investment unless you really need a one-box solution.

 

[adydula]

What’s the consensus on getting the new ESS module if you have other DACs? I have a Bifrost 2 and Modius. I also have the Jot 2 and Lyr 3 with no modules in ‘em.

Only your ears will be able to decide this...for the low cost its not that hard to try one your self and see...

Alex

 

[MtnMan307]

I might get one. Although I haven’t hooked up the Modius in a long time. Might have to again with the Jot2.

 

[MtnMan307]

Fired up the Modius for the first time in quite a while, maybe a year. Although I got this before the Bifrost 2, I think I'm going to keep it!

 

[MtnMan307]

So far I don't think the Modius/Jot 2 sounds quite as explosive as the Modius/Jot 1 combo, but a very good match and still fairly aggressive. Modius/Jot 1 wanted to blow up the world in a thermonuclear blast lol.

 

[Timster]

There is an Asgard 3 on the 'bay in Australia, but the volume knob has a nail polish red splotch on it to mark the setting. Does anyone know what the knob is made of and if nail polish remover would damage the finish?

 

[Runrunsmithfly]

There is an Asgard 3 on the 'bay in Australia, but the volume knob has a nail polish red splotch on it to mark the setting. Does anyone know what the knob is made of and if nail polish remover would damage the finish?

It's a metal knob. Remover should work.

 

[rfernand]

I have the money set aside for the Urd.

I don’t even know if it’s a pure CD transport or if it also comes with a roon-ready streamer card to become a schiit digital hub. But I’ll gladly beta test it! (Having bought a lot of schiit, do I qualify?)

 

[Armaegis]

For 3 years I have done sourcing / supply chain for 2 VERY VERY large tech companies. All I can say is IMHO someone @ AKM screwed up BIG TIME. Every company that respects itself has contingency plans for exactly such disasters...
Yes, it is not simple when you need more than 1 foundry, but there are solutions! Burying your head in the ground saying "it should be fine. nothing would happen to our only fab" is NOT a solution

To be fair... maybe a contingency for a disaster of this scale just wasn't feasible and a slow rebuild *is* the most practical route.

 

[Runrunsmithfly]

I've been involved bringing up several fabs over the years and a slow rebuild is the only kind of build there is.

 

[macdonjh]

I used all the blocks I had in the front yard. But I did order some more...they're being cryo-treated as we speak.

After I posted that, I realized you'd have a plan. I then figured you were waiting for either AKM blocks, or black anodized concrete (always on back-order). I hope you don't have to wait long for your cryotreated blocks.

Please take @Ripper2860 's Hello Kitty boombox with you since I assume you'll head back to TX after the pillaging. A few hundred records is a small price to pay.

Sure thing. I like Hello Kitty as a clean bit of graphic art.

Building more BBQ Smokers...?

Not a bad idea, but no. They keep the car radiators off the ground to avoid galvanic corrosion. Kills a still quickly.

Gotta keep those radiators in good shape. Can't run the engines to "fuel" the smokers otherwise.

 

[Timster]

It's a metal knob. Remover should work.

Thanks... I should have mentioned it is a black Asgard, if that makes any difference to the volume knob material.

 

[Stevko]

Thanks... I should have mentioned it is a black Asgard, if that makes any difference to the volume knob material.

same nob?

 

[Timster]

same nob?

I does have a different finish, looking at the pics