[sam6550a]

Thought Finnegan was in charge of record changing, tube rolling and staff ranking.

He is just IN CHARGE.

 

[sam6550a]

This is the first day in weeks where I have not used power tools and new vinyl arrived so I had to stop and listen. My wife did not follow why I did not leave the record playing while I came upstairs to beat her at Scrabble. For all she knows I may have a record changer downstairs.

I have some vinyl that you might want. PM me.

 

[Paladin79]

I have some vinyl that you might want. PM me.

Will do lol.

 

[Balthazar B]

Were you running exclusive mode on the Tidal PC app? If Qobuz is better than that, I'm impressed and need to re-evaluate.

FWIW, on my equipment, and to my old ears, Qobuz audio quality is at least a smidge better than Tidal's. But probably close enough that whichever UX you prefer is going to be a very important factor.

 

[bcowen]

I have some vinyl that you might want. PM me.

So does @Ripper2860 , but you probably don't want to put it on a turntable. Or any table, really.

 

[valiant66]

My German mom would generally approve the above selection, that is liverwurst next to the tomatos, right? She would be looking for the blood sausage. Happy chow time!

Mmmmm.... Blood sausage. A Scottish staple, but really acquired taste.
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[valiant66]

Someone should do what another manufacturer did with their DACs. People were waxing lyrical about how nothing sounds as good as a classic Marantz multi-bit, so he bought one and measured it, and reverse-engineered the digital filter as well. He now offers it as a filter option on his own models, so you can have the classic sound without having to hunt for a Project D-1 or whatever. And you get high-res and whatever else. Wouldn't be so hard to do with tubes to measure the harmonics.

Bob Carver did that with one of his power amps. I think @Paladin79 owns one - a solid state accommodation to his tube preference.
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[Paladin79]

Bob Carver did that with one of his power amps. I think @Paladin79 owns one - a solid state accommodation to his tube preference.
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I do indeed.

 

[Hofy]

Both cats wake up and glare at it whenever Bifrost clicks. Poor disturbed kitties.


And yes, I am ignoring Jot2 to listen to Valhalla. Rolled the tubes and am deep in tube bliss.

Run them through the scanner that is back there. A CAT SCAN LOL. I'll show myself out.

 

[45longcolt]

Mr. Fremer reviews the Skoll phono pre at trackingangle.com.

 

[artur9]

... Both were noticeably better than the pot in Vali. ...

So, we need Schiit to make a Vali 3 Uber with a TOTL pot? A mere quadrupling of the price, maybe.

P.S. And for @OldRoadToad a set of jacks to drive VU meters off ...

 

[artur9]

..... The RedBook CD's design was limited by the technology of the day, ...

I would have liked it to have a sample rate of 50-80Khz. That 20Khz The 44.1KHz sample rate with its 20KHz output strikes me as too close to the human hearing limit for my engineer's mind to be 100% happy with it.
Cymbals, e.g., would be able to take advantage of the extra hertz-age, even if only our dogs can hear it.

My mathematical brain says 50Khz/20bits would have been fantastic. I'm annoyed at the wastefulness of 96Khz/24b. I could have had another 5 songs on there!

Alternatively, have a word at the beginning of the CD to say what the sample rate and sample size are on the recording. Now that would have been perfect sound forever.

 

[artur9]

Mmmmm.... Blood sausage. A Scottish staple, but really acquired taste.
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You haven't lived until you're awaken by your relatives making blood sausage (morcilla) on the back porch, outside your bedroom window, starting from a live animal.

 

[OldRoadToad]

So, we need Schiit to make a Vali 3 Uber with a TOTL pot? A mere quadrupling of the price, maybe.

I vote for a Vali of The Toad® ™ with TwiinTube®™ Power & VisionVu Meters®™. Nope. Not ever gonna happen. His vision of the company is rightly his and Mike's alone but that does not mean I am not right in wanting what I want.

ORT

 

[ArmchairPhilosopher]

So, what's new with Schiit? Anything interesting announced?