The Monkey

The answers can be found in the basement.

Your computer is fine as a transport. Get a DAC.

Is the SFD-1 supposed to be any good?

bastard.

I never know how to read these damn things. Can someone tell me what it says about the gr8O? Midbass hump, sucked out mids, tizzy highs?

indeed. Sorry Fitz.

Wait, what? Where the hell are they?

Right on. Happy Birthday, jim.

Welcome to the sickness.

Fitz, get those pics up pronto.

That's got to be a lame attempt at humor. Even he isn't that ridiculous.

Probably not enough inputs for OP w/r/t the Ayre. I wish that thing had more inputs. FWIW, I am liking the Bryston BDA-1. It has inputs aplenty, including USB. And while the USB is reported to be nothing to write home about (I have not yet tried it), it is reportedly upgradeable. As for my avatar, that's a big stag in the background. Deer love audio equipment.

Heh, it's still in my profile pic. No worries; it will return. Jury is still out, but it is a very capable machine.

I like tkam's taste in DACs, so I say go with the Neko if you feel compelled to upgrade. But I'd be interested in what you are seeking from your upgraded source. Also, I generally believe in buying used DACs.

Blonde on Blonde 24/96 courtesy of 'stretch. Sounds good to me.

What the fuck does that mean?

How hard/easy is it to replace the screen?

I like the Woo amp idea.

Curra, do you have a preference yet?

If they could make a t-shirt out of that image (including the shimmering water), then I would buy 100 of them.

To the OP, if you sell everything right now and start over, what's your budget all in?

^Make an offer!

Horse walks into a bar, and the barman says: "Why the long face?"

Your bench beat the pants off of my bench.

I didn't realize that. My apologies. His answer, then, also is incorrect