deepak

Happy birthday for real Matt. We expect detailed chronicles of last nights debauchery in this thread

All the best for fast recovery.

In the analogy of shoes, the two serve different functions (ie it would be unreasonable to suggest only having one pair of winter boots if you live somewhere which has four seasons). With a dynamic and electrostatic system their purpose is still to make music. A completely minimalistic rig to me would be something that you use all the time for listening to music. A transportable system that you can use all the time would probably be the ideal scenario. I like to think I'm building towards a minimalistic rig since I only listen to music at home and I'll only have one headphone. I like to think having one headphone and one speaker system isn't cheating, but it probably is That brings up another question...does having a quarter million dollar speaker system qualify as minimalistic? No headphone system, no other speakers...nothing else to listen to music on

Say no more, I have a pair of HD580 collecting dust, I can put it through the paces with the Menace

The Hermes is a linear sounding DAC? I was reading about it a while ago, and it does use 12AU7 tubes...I would imagine this is a very tubey sounding unit

VH Audio cotton insulated silver wire.

The North Star is a really nice DAC. Basically stopped me from upgrading my source until I get speakers. IME better than the Bel Canto DAC2, DA10 and DAC1. I have no idea how much they'd cost in Europe, but I'm guessing similar or possibly less than the US since they're made in Italy.

Was that New York/Philly stuff at the end hinting at the spin off?

Tom Waits is the man.

This weeks episode was a bit slower, but still good.

You probably don't want to mail it to Sony

Stax Omega 2 Madness begins

God damn...

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And you could also use the USB/I2S Metronome if you were going the Twisted Pear route. I'd like to hear the new Buffalo plus Metronome. Wonder how it would compare to my DAC.

Damn mine isn't here yet

Great pictures!

The KGSS is a big upgrade from the 717. Though I did prefer the 717 to the 007t (all old versions not the current Stax models).

Happy birthday!

Playing them on foobar2000. M-Audio Transit to my North Star M192.

Yup. They sound good, but I haven't downloaded the FLAC.

Ok yes so am I. I was only eight or nine last time I was in Japan.

How easy is this to DIY? And will it fit in my SRD7-sb box?