Yeah, I just looked at it as a color option (while also often being cheaper than stainless) before noticing that many of the black ones arrive oily, which apparently prolongs the corrosion protection of the oxide quite a bit, but makes handling them much less pleasant (touch a screw, then your...

Oh yeah! Thank you, now I feel complete again.

The bottom one is slightly oval (and labeled oval on the foam), the top one is labeled "SIM". Not sure why that needs to be on a hex head, but okay.

I thought iFixit has me covered well... but I'm not seeing that one.

I just bought a bunch, with a black oxide finish. Previously I thought only food gets marinated. So much oil!

Sorry, I'm not a native English speaker, so I learned about these terms late in life. Are you saying slotted screws can be called flat heads, i.e. are you talking about the drive type, independent of the head shape? Because I've mainly seen flat head as the name for the countersunk head...

All of them? Flat head = countersunk, no?

If the only needed remote operation is on/off, a smart plug might do the trick, requiring an app, or one of those outlets with an IR or RF remote. Would greatly increase the number of DACs to choose from.

Purr1n: "Gungnir / Yggdrasil A2 SE outputs are gimped compared to BAL for those who didn't know." Elsewhere he says it's overblown. 🤷‍♂️

I don't recall trying that, actually. And currently I can't test that easily, I got 25 ft long XLR cables because of how far apart they currently are. With a SparkoS Aries balanced sounded much better than single ended (okay vs. unpleasant), even though that is a single ended amplifier. And yet...

Except when making cables thicker, then more copper is good.:L3000: Of course, I would never do any of these things! Once the signal is analog, anyway. Don't ask me about my digital chain. Edit: Actually, I briefly had a Gustard H20 between the Yggdrasil and Ragnarok 2 (which I only use for...

Oh, I thought you asked a very general question, or maybe were wondering why Schiit released Kara, a preamp with a headphone out. Generally you don't need a preamp in front of a headphone amp. But you might want one for various reasons. To add tube flavor, like @paradoxper suggests To use a...

And then my backup program kicks and and garbles up the audio stream to the USB DAC. I suppose I could change the backup schedule, but it should be some time when my computer isn't turned off. And anytime my computer isn't turned off it's probably because I'm using it. And when I'm using it, I...

So you can drive headphones when you don't want to disturb the neighbors and drive a power amp when you... do.