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Signal chain DAC question
Well, Bob, based on extensive research and testing, the 9x was one of the best. But thanks for contributing to the conversation.  
Signal chain DAC question
@melm Of course! A 3.5-to-RCA cable. Should have thought of that.  
Signal chain DAC question
It was the mobile phone recommended for the best sound and internal dac 
Signal chain DAC question
@melm Thanks! So if I switched to RCA, would that be the Samsung DAC? Or is that completely out of the equation? 
Signal chain DAC question
bump 
Corona virus isolation guilty pleasure- Marillion
I'd say the same thing with Slade or Robbie Williams or Blur, etc  Certain successful bands on both sides of the pond fail to make a successful crossing. Think Phish, Buffet, Poison, etc. On another note it's interesting comparing "Exile on Prince... 
Corona virus isolation guilty pleasure- Marillion
Nice read, @maxnewid. The two chapters of Marillion are truly distinct. For a while I considered that Marrillion a glorified backup band for Fish, but that's too simplistic. Fish needed the band's virtuoso chops and songwriting to complement and e... 
Hegel or Pathos?
@stereodynamics Thanks for the feedback. I don't remember that particular trait with the Hegel, but that was a while ago. I tend not to do a lot of low volume listening, so that might be a non-issue. Do you find your Pathos more warm than the Hegel 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Early Music Consort of London"The Art of Courtly Love" 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Just arrived: B-52's "Cosmic Thing"Macy Gray's "Stripped"Warming up the tubes and gettin' ready. 
Inner tracks vs outer tracks
I read an interesting example of this on Peter Gabriel's "So" album. "In Your Eyes" was slated to the the last track on Side A, but Gabriel and engineer Daniel Lanois realized that because it was such a bass-heavy track, they would have to start o... 
Magnepan dealers
And yet I bought my old Maggie 3.6rs from a Maryland dealer.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Pat Metheny - Still Life Talking 
What makes for a "good" musician?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oQsKRyihEAThis helps put things in perspective from a drummer's POV 
Can a Hana SH cartridge be set up as either MC and MM?
Yes - typo. It offers 53 and that's plenty through my Pathos mk3 Classic, which powers 140w into 4ohm Spatials. I had it on the MM setting but it wasn't dynamic enough.