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Far too young. Godspeed, Val... HS

Probably not going to do anything. I'm pretty sure that I prefer PCM to DSD. I still really like the Res. Audio Opus 21 I bought, and still have my Rotel RCD-991 (PCM63) and RCD-855 (TDA1541A) if needed. I use the 991 as a transport for the Opus as the shitty DVD drives they used back in the 2000's given most of the good mechs had been disco'd by that time leave a lot to be desired. I can't tell any difference in sound between the internal drive on the Opus vs. the Rotel -> S/PDIF -> Opus. I did build one of Pedja Rogic's AYA DAC something or other back in the day. @morphsci has that or at least did.

yup and Tombstone... RIP doc.

I went with https://gabster.ca/Gabster-TD1/ You need one for stereo, two for balanced. I also have a set of ryanj's board but haven't built it yet You need -5, +5 , and +15V supplies and some way to feed it a PCM signal. I chose https://iancanada.ca/products/9-i2s-to-pcm-converter-board-v2-0 I fed that board right from my PC with an I2S bridge but any USB to I2S solution should work. You can take it up a notch and build an I2S streamer from that iancanada site. I will go that route once I put together the final config. I'll give you a hand if you want to give it a shot

Binged that over the weekend. Very well done (I thought) and scary as this kind of shit could actually occur/be going on. A bit disturbing!

It's simply the difference between early and late examples. The late T1S added the loop outputs so it can pass the signal on down the line.

I saw some of your traffic over on diya regarding this. What/whose board of scheme did you wind up going with for this?

Hi folks, a few years ago, I followed my preference for Quad electrostatic speakers into headphone territory & now have Stax 'new' sr3, sr Lambda & sr 404 signature ear speakers. Would you, dear reader, be tempted into buying a pair of sr 407s if you had the three models I already have, and if so, why?

Time to watch Kiss Kiss Bang Bang again.

Please can somebody tell me about the different back panels on the srm t1s? some appear to have inputs only, others look like there are both input & output connections. here are two examples...

Slight health scare. Went down with the "cold from hell" in October last. And it seemed to come back four or five times over the next 5 months. Feeling wrecked most of the time. Considered Covid, so took a test - negative. Eventually made an appointment, and saw the Trauma nurse at the practice. Put a blood oxygenation clip on, and sounded my chest "It sounds really rattley ". So packed into one morning in mid March, I ended up with a course of kick ass antibiotics, a full spectrum blood test, and a chest X-ray. Saw the Trauma nurse again yesterday. Antibiotics worked wonders, so the problem must have been an opportunistic bacteria had moved in. Blood test was all nominal (who knew there were 5 different kinds of white blood cell; not me), and chest X-ray was completely clear. So finally after 5 months of recurring misery, I'm finally firing on all cylinders again! Back in the gym, leading 14 mile walks, and running. Happy days!

RIP Val Kilmer. Age 65 from pneumonia, having survived throat cancer.

RIP "Iceman" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/movies/val-kilmer-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k4.H74x.9mrEgB85Xg6K&smid=url-share https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/val-kilmer-dead-top-gun-doors-tombstone-batman-actor-1236178966 There is that rapid reload. https://www.reddit.com/r/MilitaryGfys/s/Ne0o9gnpt0 Not forgetting his debut.

Watch Adolescence first, but The Pitt is a pleasant surprise.

I hear this one as you carry the people you love with you always, even after they leave this life.

The first completed DIY project in 3 years and in my new workshop lives! It's a battery powered Philips TDA1541A based stereo DAC, About 18 months ago I needed something to kick start me back into DIY after breaking down my old setup and moving to Florida. So I built a 10'x11' room in one of the garage bays and proceeded to slowly unpack. I ran across a few threads about the TDA1541 and became curious. This is what I settled on for the first try. It's on a test board I put together so I could mess with different power supplies and experiment with controlling relays to turn the power on and off. It's sounds surprisingly good! Very easy to listen to, the vocals are up front and full of details. It's only been running for about an hour so the highs are a little bright but we'll see what happens after a few days. I'm also feeding it an I2S signal from a PCIE to I2S bridge that's running off the switcher in the PC so I'm hoping a better PSU for the bridge will add further improvements. I have what I need for a balanced setup and then two chips paralleled in a balanced config so that along with a display for the Arduino are coming. Let the flames begin!

Trey Anastasio at the Tennessee Theater in Knoxville

Happy 2026 birthday Steve

Heh, it was a while back, but I couldn't let the twink thing wait another 10+ months.

Here you go photographers (at least sunny 16 folks). https://petapixel.com/2025/03/28/this-watch-can-tell-you-the-exposure-settings-for-your-film-camera-nodus-obscura/

Happy Birthday Steve!

Sorry Al. RIP Tom. That offer still stands!

Happy belated!

Happy Birthday!

I lumped them all in together but they are all utterly overpriced with crap performance. The Sr. just baffles me, how anybody could say they are high end. I spent 5 minutes with them and they are so utterly unremarkable and outclassed by pretty much everything at 1/10th the price. Jr. would be okey at a much lower price, with a better cable and earpads but still only Koss ESP950 level of performance. Both also suffer from a fatal flaw which will likely kill all of them, the drivers oxidize. Jade and Mini are the same thing really and again... I'd take a Koss ESP950 over them with better earpads.