[bcowen]

Don’t help!!!

But I always like to help. And especially when you're building something.

 

[Paladin79]

Always leave room for expansion. So probably a 10-shelf rack.

I should have a Vali 3 on the way soon so I may well need adapters and other tubes to try. Advice is welcome.

 

[Paladin79]

But I always like to help. And especially when you're building something.

Let me help you. Buy Qualcomm stock!!!! Yesterday.

 

[O8h7w]

Well, to be that it would have to have Yorkshiremen in it. There is only one in the ORIGINAL. And it's not who you think......

Ah, right, that's what the challenge (which I somehow remembered as a game, eh, somewhat close I guess) was!

 

[Orange5o]

But I always like to help. And especially when you're building something.

Hmmm, how many products are this form factor...

I should have a Vali 3 on the way soon so I may well need adapters and other tubes to try. Advice is welcome.

Will be listening on this as well. You two should get a commission from Jason for this, you sold 2 Vali 3's!

 

[Paladin79]

Hmmm, how many products are this form factor...

Will be listening on this as well. You two should get a commission from Jason for this, you sold 2 Vali 3's!

I will try to consider shelf layouts this afternoon, four or five is easily done. I have some amazing bloodwood that would contrast well with birdseye maple.

 

[Minoguez]

Yeah, the final clean up is today before I head on the 2+ hour drive to traffic-from-hades Boston Logan Airport. (And then another 2+ hours back).

Now that my son’s officially a Pilot for Southwest, I think we’ll start flying out of Manchester NH (an easy peasy 45 minute drive AND you only need 30 minutes for security as it’s a right-sized airport IMO). We get free standby flights for life with them (reward for our investment in edumacatin him up to be one o them there pilot guys).

I got the worst of the (previously hidden) puppy fur balls up, now a final vacuum and finding somewhere to put all that audiophile errata currently on the table…

One other thought “the morning after Yggy’s first full day of usel/listening”…

Now that I know that digital doesn’t have to SUCK and sound like AZZ anymore….

I should look into some kinda streaming to feed the habit…

I have been enjoying reading your bachelor fun time for the last several days, listening through an Iggy. I definitely have dog pics, and drink pics to share. But I have an audio question. Lol! I listen to digital through a digital audio player. I have a Ponon and a FiiO. Would the Iggy make this sound better?
Thanks for the entertainment.
Kyle

 

[Orange5o]

I will try to consider shelf layouts this afternoon, four or five is easily done. I have some amazing bloodwood that would contrast well with birdseye maple.

Let's go with 5. Vali 3, Magni Piety, Loki mini, MMB2, and then I can either put the streamer or a Sys in the last spot.

 

[jonathan c]

But I always like to help. And especially when you're building something.

... hoi, no need to quote Finnegan!

 

[Paladin79]

Let's go with 5. Vali 3, Magni Piety, Loki mini, MMB2, and then I can either put the streamer or a Sys in the last spot.

Easy enough. I am trying to recall if I used rosewood on your flight board, most likely I can use that for contrast as well. I will know more later today once I clear the decks in my shop.

 

[GearMe]

Well, to be that it would have to have Yorkshiremen in it. There is only one in the ORIGINAL. And it's not who you think......

Look you reportin' the news that matters...a regular town Cryer you are!

 

[RCBinTN]

Dewars and soda, in a tall glass, packed with ice, and a lemon twist is a damn near perfect sweltering hot day drink. That is a hill I will die on.

Back in the days of international travel via Delta business class, the sad decision was made to no longer offer Glenlivet scotch to the passengers. Only Dewar's would be available. That took some getting used to, but after grousing at the flight attendants on a couple of round trips, we all kinda got used to it.

 

[RCBinTN]

It's the house recipe at the distillery I work at. I think it's 2 parts whiskey (rye in this case), 1 part amaro, and 1 part sweet vermouth, garnished with a twist of orange peel.

The factories where I was employed had work instructions, while the distillery has house recipes. That sounds like a helluva lot more fun!

 

[RCBinTN]

If you’re going by strict cocktail orthodoxy, a Boulevardier should be two parts bourbon, to one part each sweet vermouth and Campari. On the Negroni Family Tree, the rye drink is the Old Pal (1-1-1 Rye, Campari, Dry Vermouth), but Rye Boulevardiers are excellent, so screw orthodoxy (and the best Negroni is a Mezcal Negroni…)

I like this way of thinking. Refreshing, at least.

 

[LrrTx]

Interesting article I came across this morning, and thought I'd share. While this forum is civil and kept fun, most in my experience aren't, and this article (opinion) really resonated with me.
https://www.headphonesty.com/2024/04/audiophile-snobbery-may-be-killing-our-hobby/

I left the Audiogon forum for this very reason a few months ago. As I was looking at Stereophile's AXPONA coverage this morning and adding up the system cost (several systems north of $500k and two well over a million). Throw in the snobby, obscure music, and YouTube reviewers talking about $25k components and $50k speakers like they are where "Audiophile" starts, and yeah no wonder it is turning off average people and new people. Hence a bunch of well-off, opinionated, old boomers pontificating is helping to diminish the crowd. (For reference median income in the United States is $37,585 annually). I assume many of us (myself included) do earn more than this to support our hobby - at least from the pics some of you post. But we should be welcoming of those who don't to the hobby.

That said, I commend the civility in this forum, and Schiit for producing quality Audiophile-grade stuff for less than a median-year's work. While I have a McIntosh system as well, I must admit my Schiit components are every bit as good - and I even intermingled them with Skoll providing phono-pre duty in the McIntosh system to sound even better! I have heard some of these "High-end" systems, and they are beautiful and sound good but aren't really that much better in my opinion. Though I like him in general, I disagree with Steve G saying there is no such thing as diminishing returns.

My point is if you have the money for a Bugatti and D'Agostino that's awesome! But, it doesn't mean everything else is junk just because it costs less and you get to talk down to everyone else from behind the screen. If someone enjoys their $149 Vali3, that is awesome and valid too. The more people we can encourage to get into this stuff, the more buyers there will be, the more competition, the more innovation, and the more enjoyment for us consumers. So remember - keep it civil.