42 as well with Mrs. G., this July. Using a Node 2i to an outboard DAC since 2018. I only use it for my main system. Other rooms are Sonos. I like the Bluesound controls from my iMac Pro and iPad Pro. I'm not in an upgrade mode currently although I keep eyeing a Yggdrasil or future Gungnir...

Huge fan too! My wife and I took my parents to a live performance at The Triple Door in Seattle. Dinner theatre style. Good food, drinks, and great music. I think his son played also that night. Fantastic show. Just a few years before his passing…

Interesting that you mention Caroline Polachek. I really enjoyed streaming her album 'Desire, I Want to Turn Into You', so much that I bought in in both CD and vinyl. Both formats sound great through URD and Mani 2 to Freya S & Dual Vidar chain!. Cheers! - (with a shot of Woodford Reserve)...

I’m sure both options would work for you. I ended up with the KEF KC62 and love it. I use it with the KEF LS50 Metas and my Magnepan LRSs. I’ve had subs from Paradigm, REL, and now the KEF. Once I get a sub set up I rarely touch the settings but I can’t deny the app option might be fun...

That's a serious piece of kit there with the Linn pair! Thanks for the music recs also. My Scottish heritage as a Gordon peaks my interest for the speakers, my pocketbook does not allow based on current priorities. Maybe if I didn't buy that Miata last year... Beautiful for sure!

As a former (& proud) engineer @ Boeing for 40 years, let me guess...Embraer? I have to say, they are a sharp company.

Just another data point or two! I've had my dual Vidars since Sept 2019. Initially they were driving B&W 605S2s. Then in March 2020 I received my Magnepan LRSs and gave the B&Ws to my daughter when they got their house. Some months later I also got a pair of KEF LS50 Metas with a KC62 Sub...

You have that right. Marcus Miller. Who has seen him live? And to produce this in collaboration with Jonathan B. Maybe I’ll switch from the LRSs to the LS50 Metas for a different flavor. Enjoy. Grandaughter duty finished an hour ago so dinner and adult music has started…

I've been meaning to tell you @sixergixer , I like your work...! It is synergistic with my Schiit :beerchug: Image taken a couple months ago +. After the holidays...with my family, friends, and tennis buddies, all gone!

So if you like this type of music (Jazz, World Music), this is a fantastic album. I've seen Jonathan Butler in a small venue like Jazz Alley in Seattle, and an outdoor concert at Ste. Michelle Winery in Woodinville, WA. Playing this for the last 8 months my wife and I can't get enough of this...

On Sunday I just received my B-Stock Modi Multibit 2 from Texas and I did get a shipping e-mail from support@intacct.com. I'm really liking how it pairs with my Nitsch Piety and I was pleasantly surprised that my wife liked that I saved $30 and took care of her shopping for me...Anyway, it is a...

Yah, that's the problem with today's online publishing....we've all cut the budget by reducing the editorial staff :rolling_eyes:

I too am a fan of DH Labs / Silver Sonic cables. I was turned-on by another audio enthusiast friend that lent me some Air Matrix interconnects with locking RCAs and it was the first time I actually heard a difference over solid quality lower cost cables in my NAD/Cambridge Audio system at the...

A little mid-day URD session on a beautiful 75 degree Seattle summer day. I'm loving this transport and have switched over to the Magnepan LRSs for the last couple of days. I think the synergy is spot-on. Re-discovering this amazing CD. You have Reached Mike Phillips. If you like saxophone...

Sorry for the delay as we've been involved in our daughter's wedding after party this weekend. I finally tried the URD with both USB and COAX connection. For this test period these connections sound close enough to be the same to me. I wanted to do this as of course the 6000CDT does not have...

It looks off for sure. Mine came in fine. Schiit will support you. Cheers

I got quite a few hours on the URD this afternoon and evening. Getting ready for a family after party related to our daughter's wedding recently. I have to say that I find it detailed, low noise floor, and organic. Of course it is connected USB to the RME while the CDT is connected by coax...

Interesting. I just finished listening to Dr. John - Creole Moon on CD with the URD! Now I'm on to Nirvana Unplugged. Cheers

Well FedEx brought the URD today and the Freya S is happy...so am I :sunglasses:. Unboxing it I was surprised how solid and dense it felt for such a sleek unit. Breaking it in with Jackson Browne Solo Acoustic Vol. 2. The transport controls are quick acting and it is sounding great. I have...

URD order 406610 has shipped! I'll have to carve out some time next week to switch-out the CDT6000 and will try the USB out into my DAC. I bought the CDT because I suspected it would take a few years for the URD to be reality. I'm glad I did back then and excited for the connection and sound...

No but I would have thought ordering early in the morning that a notice would have been sent by now that the shipping order had been created... Order #406610 Cheers!

I can be in Vancouver BC or Portland OR in 3 hours each way depending on when I leave North Seattle area. We bought a Salamander audio cabinet in Portland. Left at 6:30 in the morning and was back home at 2pm with a half hour load/transaction time and a 1 hour stop for lunch at McMenamin’s in...

Thank you sir. He was an avid photographer as a hobby and he had a dark room in their house. I picked up the hobby as well. It was hard to sort their house of 47 years last year but glad we got them move a year ahead of his passing. It is a poor scan of the slide he made but it is what I...

Thank you. He lived a long life to 88 years. 3 children. 6 grandchildren, and 4 great grandchildren. Never a smoker but lung and prostate cancer finally got him. He was a mechanical engineer as I followed in his footsteps. I love helping him change the oil in the cars. He handed over his...

Thanks for the kind note. My parents started handing over key aspect of their LP collection over the last few years. Here are 2 of my favorites. They saw Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass on the Seattle Waterfront at the Edgewater Hotel in the 60"s and sat right in front of the stage before he...