I'm currently at 7.1, but hope to bring it to 11.2 once we get the basement renos done in about 2 years.

13.4 or your heart just isn't in it 👀

Beat me to it.

Interesting comment to make without having heard the new Gungnir. Frame rates on video cards can be measured. Quality of audio output from a DAC cannot, and is subjective to the listener, so your analogy doesn't quite fit here. Is the end user using headphones or speakers? What else is in the...

But making an intentionally divisive statement ("pure copium") then putting on the 😇 with "wasn't my intention to stir the pot"? Nah, that's just trolling and gaslighting.

You said: "Come on man... Nobody says Gungnir MB > Yggy OG and if they did it's pure copium." (emphasis mine) Then "wasnt my intention to stir the pot..." Alrighty then. Given that audio is a hugely subjective thing, and at one point Jason said that he preferred the Gungnir MB for...

Wishing you the happiest of birthdays and more of the same in your next solar orbit!

I should send this to the Quebec company selling a US$35k DAC (and many other audio manufacturers) 😏

For those of you who like Jazz and comedy, here's a brilliant Canadian gem from Kids in the Hall:

Very nice setup! I'm still researching mounts. I've managed to convincingly show my wife why the mount I'll need will, by necessity, be not inexpensive. If I take the 12" SCT out of the equation, I can go with a smaller and relatively less expensive mount, but I'm loathe to do so.

Don't hold your breath waiting for the third book. Last I heard even his editor has given up on seeing it, having not read a new word in years. The author has stated that as long as he's mentally unwell it's unlikely another word will be written. It's a shame because the first book especially...

As long as it's instrumental music, I have no problem enjoying both words on the page and music in my ears. I don't lose my place while reading. If anything, music enhances my ability to focus.

I was a precocious reader. I was reading thick James Michener novels and Tolkien by the time I was 8. I can't thank my parents enough for instilling a love of reading in me and my brother. The best evenings are stormy weather, a good book, and headphones - attached to my main Schiit stack -...

Same for me for all of the first batch of aforementioned artists.

Because I grew up in an at-the-time relatively isolated village, one wasn't exposed to much variety. To this day I cannot listen to Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Deep Purple Bob Seger, and a few others. The Clash, Gang of Four, Rank and File, The Blasters, X, Wall of Voodoo etc. were revelations.