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Vtsailor replied to the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up.A bit crooked but it works for me.
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Vtsailor replied to the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up.I gave up and used my label maker to print ones I can read, at least for the settings I actually use. On both the remote and the DAC...
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Vtsailor replied to the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up.Nothing that can’t be fixed by popping out the remote and using a little 800-1200 grit wet or dry sandpaper. You could polish it to a...
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Vtsailor replied to the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up.Have you tried Mexican redheart? It has amazing grain and color. I have a bowl I tuned from it and it always gets lots of nice comments…
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Vtsailor replied to the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up.A long time back there was a guy on one of the TV talk shows that could look at the pattern of the grooves on an LP and tell you the...
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Vtsailor reacted to Cliffh93's post in the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up with Like.Hmm, Spotify doesn’t use MQA, I think that’s on Tidal. They do use highly compressed codecs however. I have never used Spotify, but I...
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Vtsailor replied to the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up.So, what is stored on the disc then, the width of each pulse? Or, just a stream of 1’s and 0’s that on a ‘scope would look like a PWM...
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Vtsailor replied to the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up.If you ever have Dvorak’s “New world symphony” planned can i please come? It has the most wonderful viola part in the 2nd movement…
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Vtsailor replied to the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up.Reminds me of my days in college practicing the pipe organ in the college chapel. It had a rank of 32 foot pipes under the floor. Play...
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Vtsailor reacted to Cliffh93's post in the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up with Like.I just made a startling discovery (apologies if this is common knowledge). There’s a Qobuz app on Samsung Smart TV’s. This opens a...
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Vtsailor replied to the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up.Ort, for motorcycle stuff I like Fortnine. Ryan doesn’t post often but what he does is almost always worthwhile. He has a very good...
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Vtsailor replied to the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up.Something I’ve long wondered is how the upsampling is done. Is it a linear interpolation between any two points or some sort of spline...
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Vtsailor replied to the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up.I’m not convinced that standards have been lowered, rather you need to know more for the same job. I could never get my first job now...
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Vtsailor replied to the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up.As you say, it depends very much on your equipment. I’m using the Freya S pre-amp, Bifrost 2(now, Cambridge Dac Magic before) Acura’s...
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Vtsailor replied to the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up.I like Padauk but the color changes over time. If you can find it Mexican red heart is wonderful to work with and the color stays vibrant.