skullguise

Many congrats, Al! You are double of my 19th anniversary yesterday.

Wow, lots of news..... Steve: congrat! [Jewish mother voice} So....what does he do for a living....? [/Jewish mother voice] CJ, Shelly, Dusty, wishing you all good healing.....sorry to hear of the malaises.... Larry, WTF did your area do to piss off Mother Nature so much?! Hope no major damage.....

Happy Birthday!!

I have the Strada 2's and the TR-1 sub, it is indeed a great combo; I have also owned the Ref 3.0's in the past, but cannot feasibly compare them (different rooms, different systems). I have my Strada's on the floor stands. Initially (on my wood floor) the sub didn't integrate well, so I had it turned down too much and had a bit of an upper bass suckout that....sucked. Since put the sub on a slab of granite, about 6-7" high, and now works much better, I have owned and love Gallo's for their CDT (tweeter) for many a year now, dating back to the polymer sphere References. All that said, I have more of a gut feel that the Strada's may not do as well on the desktop. Can't even say why, just not sure about them SO nearfield. But I never tried them there, so take it for what it is, just a gut feel.

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I think they have hit all "backers" but no pre-orders yet.... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

Such negativity Dan, too many "nots." For me, Pittsburgh eliminated, and Vancouver not in it at all, and I'm mostly happy. I don't hate the Habs as much as many in Boston do, but would definitely prefer the Rags to beat them. The way the Habs are playing, though, they may make it to the finals....where the winner of the West will likely beat whoever comes out of the East. If Chicago won 3 cups in 5 years, that'd be freaky awesome. Dynasty rating IMO, and in the cap era that's amazing. Anyway, counting Blackhawks before they hatch....just ready for conference finals....

Bruins shit themselves.....ugly officiating this game, no consistency at all. But that isn't the reason they lost. Half the freaking team just didn't show up. Hats off to Montreal, they played very well all series except perhaps game 5. But GO RANGERS!

Congrats Rangers! Now for the Bruins to keep the other not-favorite team from the Conference finals.....they'll need a heck of a lot better effort than last night to do so, but they can do it at home!

RIP....I had forgot he also did the cover for ELP's Brain Salad Surgery, a favorite......

Happy Birthday!

Sorry to hear both Brent and Steve, get and stay well!

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^^^ Saw that multiple times today on the way to work, wanted to stop and get a pictchah but traffic was wicked pissah bad......

Ha! Great news all around, CJ! Congrats to you and clan.....

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The Oscillation Overthruster is much better....it doesn't just do 3D, but 8D!

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^^^ Sabbatical and no closing until October = Chicago visit. At least for those nice two days

The Sony app is easy....the Pioneer one is the clunky one.....sorry if that wasn't clear.....

In.....good opportunity to try this out.

I have this, it's very good for an all-in-one, Sony put a lot of good work into it.... What I like: Built well, like most/all the higher end ES line No DAC required, handles lossy and lossless (FLAC to 24./192, plus DSD) Has the capability to resample PCM to DSD (switchable) Tablet app with decent interface and functionality Expandable storage via USB port Fairly easy to set up and load, though I found I had to do some manual tagging for a bunch of files (this can be done from the app, and I also did it on the PC before transferring it in some cases) Simple to use once set up & loaded It apparently can do internet radio (haven't tried this, though) It supposedly can make lossy sound a bit more palatable (haven't tried this out either) Wireless capability - really for internet radio, not recommended to use for transferring files Basic operation via front panel or remote is OK; I have this right next to my couch, so can navigate easily enough; app makes it even easier What could be better: Sound - it's VERY good, perhaps great; but could even get better I think (already mods popping up for it, Ric Shultz @ EVS, and Vinnie @ RWA; may be others by now) Loading files is a bit slow, even over wired connection No backup capability - though I guess the source of the files you copy is the backup..... Uses opamps in the output stage I believe (part of the reason for mods I'd guess) What I just don't like: No digital out Can't read files from NAS, needs to be loaded locally Neither negative is THAT important for me. And I enjoy using this a lot, it's been my go to system more often now than the NAD/KGSS/O2 Mk I (more for convenience, but with an Auralic Taurus and Senn 800's, sounds mighty nice). I was lucky to get mine off Audiogon nearly new for more than 25% off list, but I'd still probably recommend it at $2k. Once loaded, I think it's a great unit, with very good sound and major convenience. I have a lot of DSD files, so it was worth it to me to get this unit. If you have PCM only, maybe something like a Pioneer N-30 is good: digital out along with analog, does FLAC to 24/192, reads from NAS, also does internet radio, and is much cheaper. Only bad thing is a fairly clunky app interface.... My extended two cents.

How was the new Swans? Haven't listened yet..... I always thought they did the best cover of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" I've heard.....

Good luck.....thinking you should have collected all the fluid over time, to look back on it one day, and....uh, never mind.....just hope this next regiment works out!