Thank you, StimpyWan.Yes, it's a hybrid SACD with a CD layer. I've been playing it in my car, for my 60 minute work journey...! Or, you can order just a gold CD, or a direct download.
Oh, the SACD came with a DVD data disc too. I haven't explored it yet, so I'm not sure if that's for ripping to a PC or not?
Cool, thanks for the recommendation. Worked out to just over $130 (hooray easy Euro-to-USD conversion at the moment) for eight 6N6P and one matched pair 6N1P, including shipping. Good to keep in mind.
heh, my Bottlehead kit takes up a couple shelves in its unassembled state... didn't want to pay for their assembly fee so ended up paying Schiit to build me a Folkvangr. What a value!
On the 2nd shelf is my custom homemade version of a Dynaco ST35. It uses Dave Gillespie’s EFB mod as well as an adjustable feedback circuit. The voltage gain is a 5751 and phase splitter is a 12AU7.
The rest are all Bottlehead kits.
Next shelf down has a Foreplay 2 (my first tube kit!), Reduction phono preamp, and Smash SET preamp.
Bottom shelf has another homemade Foreplay 2 (wired for 6SN7), homemade Quickie battery powered tube preamp, and finally S.E.X 2.0 headphone/speaker amp.
I used to love all of these kits. I still have a soft spot for the Foreplay 2 and Reduction. Smash and Quickie were very unique designs but required tubes that tended to be very microphonic. I had a similar issue with the Sex amp but also good tubes were getting harder to source.
I think Bottlehead has learned their lesson when it comes to using oddball tubes. (Current Sex amp being an exception.)
I’m tempted to try out the Moreplay preamp which has gotten some good reviews.
I love the simplicity of their kits however after owning a PS Audio Gain Cell Dac preamp it’s become clear to me that pots are terrible for volume controls. I’m tempted to marry the Moreplay with a Saga for the latter’s volume control.
You are welcome.
And hey, I'm famous (or infamous), but unfortunately, not me. I'm not that literate or eloquent. Though, after @judson_w mentioned the recording, I did give it a quick listen, and I think it'll be my next order. I loved that piece from the movie Master and Commander, and didn't know it was a Bach composition. So, I'm glad it was mentioned here.
You could be right @JS27
That condo would cost about $1.2 million in San Francisco. Heck, just a single refrigerator carton goes for $750K if it has no carcasses (hominidae, rodentiae, and/or blattodea) in it.That's not a box, it's a Condo...!
Do you mean the cost of the tubes?
(Image orientation)… Don’t. You. Dare. Change. It. I just got off the woodlot bucking birch trees (and my spouse messing around with a wood chipper). In my current state (mild DEET-toxicity, bloodloss from the bugs, sweat, sore), I thought you had bolted your Aegir to the wall! Yes, @MtnMan307 , I know carpeted walls are gauche (had them in the 80s as a teenager). Enjoy your new toy, sir.
Aegir is here and it is beautiful!
It's been a while but once again we are back to the four Yorkshiremen@golfbravobravo said:
We used to dream of living in a cardboard box.
You were lucky!
We lived for 3 months in a brown paper bag in a septic tank....
Sys?To be fair, I don't think it's a big issue. I just happen to have both headphones, and so I swap a lot. I do find the FV very engaging, and I kept adjusting the volume to get more engaged, regardless of headphone pairing and music. I'm trying to figure out how to AB the Lyr, short of just swapping RCAs a lot.
. What really drove this home was how disappointing Tidal sounded on the Roku on the big rig. 
I thought Sys was for managing multiple sources, not multiple amps.
It's just a passive mechanical switch, and electrically you can use it forwards or backwards.
