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Isn't everybody glad that I'm crazy enough to buy this stuff and have Kevin rip it apart?

I set up my work rig today, as I felt IEMs and phone weren't quite enough. Denon DP-300F Turntable Lab edition (cork mat and Ortofon 2M-Red upgrade) -> Matrix Audio M-Stage HPA-2 Classic -> HF1-2s

lets see jds atom $99 opamp and output buffer, lots of feedback, dual power supply, probably the lowest thd of the bunch. made in usa schiit magni3 $99 discrete current feedback amp, minimal feedback, dual power supply, probably the highest thd of the bunch. made in usa monoprice liquid spark $99.99 voltage feedback amp, fair bit of feedback, rail splitter power supply, in the middle for thd.made in china sounds like a big pile of same same

I have seen it as a gif for years - never seen the long form - thanks.

What did you pay for it? That is where I would start...

I get kind of a The Knife vibe from this.

Heh, so I ordered a shelf and manger was like "uhmmm, wtf?" and I'm like "there's a plan" and he's like "well, looks like you volunteered to clean out the corner box collection." That collection included a bunch of paper; put it on the bottom shelf so it can help weight down the shelf for stability. Makes sense, no?

Well, at least you have plenty of material for folding paper airplanes.

That's it,.. You're fired! (Grado free zone)

yep, pretty much that schematic. pull up resistor is 1 meg. false advertising, shows a rca to mini, not supplied, shows 1/4 jack not supplied. comes with usb cable. bias resistor is 20 meg. power supply is fully regulated, something the sr-001 was certainly not.output stage bias is 200 microamps. I think that this needs a lot more input voltage than it should. also no volume control, so designed to hook to something with a volume knob. made in Taiwan. no names anywhere. after a few hours of warmup, still sounds like absolute crap. No way is this worth $700. or the $1k+ the guy on ebay is selling it for.

I made too much dry aged ribeye, so enlisted some assistance in consuming it.

Happy Birthday!

Last night I fell down my friend’s front steps (Amazon delivered a heavy box sometime after 9, right in front of the darkly lit door), leaving me going down about 10 concrete steps, head first. Two cracked ribs, concussion, contusions everywhere, and somehow I seem to have a softball under my lower left back, surrounded by deep purple lines. Of course the hospital I was taken to was outside of my zone. All the police were very nice, and I got a hug from my special case officer after whatever pain meds I was given via IV kicked in. I don’t know what they were, but I slept all Monday. I guess this all counts as having been given a break, really.