Audio Flynn

Guatemala detonation with no notice from the science community and the lava still flows. Ring of fire staying busy. Pathetic media coverage.

Glad I did not drive 2.5 hours each way and get a hotel to see Hall and Oates. Better to buy fine wine and cheese and watch reruns of Darryl Halls House! Diz you need to drive out and check out 30 Monroe in Grand Rapids Michigan.

8088 sweet the simple days when analog world still dominated.

You believe everything you read?😎

What year are you using? Older networks and caps in particular I would not perceive an advantage to return to.

Hunter is a quiet confident engineer. I infer PWK really liked him.

Thinking longer I would go K Horns since there are theoretically more available. Must do 3\4 inch birch plymood false walls of course.

Pine Knob always sounded better than any Detroit arena. Worst concert sound with the best performance was Tull 1980 (?) at The Olympia in Detroit before they demolished it.

I really appreciate the Chorus II. I will never part with them. After Dean replaced the network components they were so good I was disappointed in the stock design. The grill was better build quality than the networks. If I could find both k Horns and LS II close to home I would probably sell off the Belle's and go with LS II just for simplicity of room placement.

Rock, well written songs, harmonies and a Joni Mitchell cover.

http://www.insound.com/mozart-schubert-brahms-j-strauss-wagner-r-strauss-1951-1960.html Great buy on Warner CD. Not DG but got this 2 months ago and am very impressed.

It seems Krakatoa was documented well. Sleeping Lady outside of Mexico City not so much or the Spaniards trampled the history in their quest for mineral wealth. I saw a small detonation of Popo in Mexico and it was a humbling experience. Volcanoes are not to be trifled with. Hopefully this Hawaii situation calms down.

2 channel is stale. Digital and analog is a tie and tubes rule.

I apologize if I ever name called anyone. I was younger and drank more perhaps. 😎

I wish I had a station close. 17 miles each way west or north. Being in the petrochemical business for 24 years I despise the business model and performance of ethanol. Honda, Stihl and Kubota on my farm.

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis8hg6b-msb-technology-link-dac-iii-d-a-converter-12168-headphone-amps-dacs This is way overpriced unless it includes the outboard Monolithic Power Supply. I went have been through three versions of the MSB before upgrading to the Channel Islands who used to modify MSB DACs ( I have one). Also maybe 4 transports since 2000. I tend to favor Burr Brown chips. I have never came across a deal to try a DAC with a Wolfson chip. For now I use AQ Dragonfly for streaming and CIA for CDs. Firmware has allot to do with CD playback but design and build quality reduces the jitter. Allot of great digital to experiment with old and new!

Listening to the music without losing interest in my mind is the reduction of jitter induced listener fatigue. The shielding and layout was amazing in those old high end players. I infer there are separate power supplies for different functions.

Although the DACs are better in today world the engineering is all mass market. In some older players the design was meticulous to minimize jitter. Very labor intensive assembly. Separate boards for different functions (transport, clock, DAC, Op Amps, display.) I had an early Integra CD player that weighed over 30 pounds. The internal shielding of separate functions was quite detailed. My long decades quest was the less jitter the more I listened to digital. I like three box Redbook CD solutions.

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis8h3i1-accuphase-e-202-near-pristine-solid-state If I was going to go go solid state I would consider Accuphase. I cannot imagine I would like a SS amp that was less than $ 3000 MSRP USD.

Artto; I applaud your due diligence in the investigation. 16/44 has taken some years to sound pleasant and non fatiguing. I wish storage and CPUs would have moved faster and we could have been given 24 / 88 in the first place. Oh well..... I did hear MQA at the AXPONA Meridian booth a couple of years ago. Tough to say much about a room at a show but Meridian did not disappoint. For me looking to head to Tidal when the weather gets cold in late 2018 I will start off with a Meridian Explorer. Right now I just use a AQ Dragonfly for low res streaming for convenience or to find new music. I was impressed that NY put out his catalog temporarily free of charge for high res streaming. Neil can be a crazy person but his premise on quality has been solid. Another thing you said needs to be reinforced. ROOM! Finally for two channel I have a long wall room with two back hallways that naturally reduce reflections. There are allot of framed pictures I need to keep the SPL moderated as to not get crazy vibrations. I still get plenty loud but still like to talk without shouting. I am trying to go to a symphony every three months for reference. https://www.neilyoungarchives.com/#/album?id=A_035&_k=k9c0bp

4-5 months I have some of mine open but only 3 inch slots. Good idea though.

In five years I have been within six feet of a mink. Tiny scary murderous beasts!

I moved to a 32 acre small farm in Ionia in 2010. 😎

I cannot see the bottom of the gate. I do put chicken wire at the bottom of the gates at the hinge and lock area. Gate does swing funky but it keeps the small nasty predators out. We do not have snake problems in Michigan but the DAMN minks are frustrating. I do not have a successful method of trapping them.

I have done chickens since 2010. Currently rebuilding my flock. Hawks and mink killed off allot of my older fowl last year. Guniea Hens make me nuts. They would not roost inside and 14 of 16 were killed by owls in 3 weeks after they were inside the coop for 5 months. I am adding three geese as a predator deterrent this time. I prefer to free range since they eat the insects and fertilize the lawn. Very pretty 'portable shrubbery'. I love duck eggs. Kacki Campbells and other frequent layers. At times I do 25 meat chickens at a time. I have 3 coops.