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Due to the lack of interest and/or skill of people here, I have closed my For Sale ad and will assemble the item in question. And, no, the assembled unit will not be up for sale.......

The ground pin should always be on the bottom. unless you live in Australia........

... and encased in a crystal controlled oven to negate any temp drift....

Why would anyone want a DAC/amp, when you can build the amp and get a YGGDRASIL.....?

http://www.head-fi.org/t/829843/stax-sr-009-and-t2-successors-confirmed-for-spring-2017

I get the same warning. I am wondering if the warning only applies to the site, or combines the site and the info contained therein.

The bottom chamber is where we cryo our Staxxen..... Back on topic.....

..... and, if you drink a glass of liquid nitrogen, you won't need any more milk.........

.... and with a bit of quantum entanglement, voila, dual mono wherever you like.....

This would NOT stop any incompetent cable manufacturer...... That all depends on the individual's version and perception of sound improvement.... But, then again, If it costs buckets more, it's gotta be buckets better, right.... ????? And the name HIFI-Tuning.com - which verion of "Hi-Fi" is it, or can it be tuned to...? And, according to the symbol, it must be DC blocking, therefore directional. Must be some bypass cap to allow 50/60Hz through to fit in a fuse cartridge.

I'm waiting for the Bose-Einstein Condensate cable that slows down the electrons to a walking pace. It means you can enjoy the music for longer............

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He's close in model number with the HP3468A. Needs to drop the third digit for the HP/Agilent 3458A/B http://www.testequipmenthq.com/datasheets/Agilent-3458A-Datasheet.pdf We used these to calibrate Fluke 5500, 5700, 5720 calibrators on the rsisitance and DC volts and current. For the AC volts and current something a little more accurate like the Fluke 5790B or Wavetek/Datron 4920 were used.

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Thay would be in severe contravention of my unbiased and amateur status.... Becoming a professional reviewer would counter and negate any vestiges of veracity and factual reporting I may have ever possessed or had thought to have acquired in my long and tumultuous journey in the realm of high fidelity and the acquisition thereof.....

But, but, this is the bleeding edge of "state of the art" technology where mere mortals just don't understand the synergy involved in the creation of this technological and artistic combination which transcends the mere composition of the individual elements and propels it up to stratospheric heights whereupon it gathers momentum on it's downward trajectory with the aid of gravity to once again transmutate into a melange of ill fitting and contrary juxtapositions of it's components as it attempts to occupy the same space as the hard ground as it comes into contact with the same thus forever altering it's configuration and even surpassing the meagre and mediocre parameters of it's design and acheiving true artisan status worthy of display in any establishment of the finer arts, and moreso, perhaps being worthy of the ultimate accolade which could be garnered by such a contraption, that being a ceremonial procession by a suitable vehicle for this journey, a dumpster, to it's permanent home at a local tip where the local denizens do heap voluminous offerings of their refuse and undesirable matter to venerate the presence of this worthy recipient of their homage.

I may be going out on a limb here, but I think we should leaf this alone as it is a case of barking up the wrong tree, as the root of the problem is to be found in another branch of the hyperbole surrounding this general topic. if you are inclined to bore into it, you will get to the heart of the matter in which many pithy statements are to be unearthed, and other facts that may stump you.

^ That really puts to the sword to the notion that the whole is more than the sum of it's parts. Like Frankenstein's monster, it should have been left segregated in the spare parts bin...... That is most assuredly in honor of the panel of so-called high fidelity experts who voted the DAC the best that money could buy. Wood you believe it...? How about the fact that it gives the DAC it's organic sound...? What about as a sacrifcial anode to keep termites from attacking the rest of the DAC...? OK, it's the secret ingredient that makes the DAC so treemendous....!

It is with great melancholy that I put fingers to keyboard after perusing your answer to my previous missive, as it is very evident that the vital information contained therein has either been disregarded in a most cavalier manner or disregarded due to the lack of sufficient education or desire to glean the freely provided data and so it behoves me to correct some of the most blatantly obvious mistakes and inconsistencies contained therein as well as your previous postings which are quite evident to those with even a smattering of technical and experiential knowledgeability especially when you deride a most well known designer and builder of enormous repute as well as deign to question his obvious expertise in these matters whereas you, it seems, do not even understand the rudimentary differences between an amplifier and preamplifier as well as the most desirable specificational requirements required to occasion their performance at the most elevated level in that which is known as high fidelity and can be found in this forum in copious quantites in a plethora of pertinent threads, and yet the most flagrant of disregard for truth in performance is evidenced in your complete misunderstanding as to what constitutes real hi-fi which terminology seems to be highly misunderstood by the great unwashed who sadly equate this term with "sounds good" whatever that means whereas even the least careful thinker who would care to apply the logical extension of the terminology used would realise that if the source material sounds rotten then anything that would make that sad situation more tolerable is of necessity not even close to high fidelity and, as the sad situation is propagated on this as well as other forums to misinform and demean those gullible newbies who take this situation at face value in the severely mistaken belief that their new-found knowledge which they are avidly imbibing in has not even a skerrick of fact in reality and it falls on myself to inform you that you appear to be one of these poor benighted souls who have drunk from the polluted pond of misinformation, scuttlebutt, hype and popular myth and then you severely add to the odious problem by regurgitating this technical and practical diarrhoea as if it is twenty four carat certified truth to be consumed and digested as well as regurgitated to the next generation of poor susceptible victims of all this snake oil, unicorn tears, pixie dust, hens teeth and lastly but not least of all downright dishonesty to the cause of better reproduction of the individual's selected choice in the reproduction of sound in the most felicitous manner.

Astro, perhaps, if you took the time to know somewhat of the topic you were posting about, and before you took it upon yourself to sarcastically call out those far more knowledgeable posters contributing in the various threads in this forum, you may not be the continual equivalent of soylent green and comic relief that seems to be your undeniable forte whilst you attempt to add to the tenor of this forum and this thread in particular, but sadly, it is my melancholy duty to inform you that your postings are comical at best, and asinine in general thus resulting in the many negatory replies to your posts, and, adding to the status quo, your total inability to, or perhaps complete disregard for the rebuttals your posts receive, you continue to chronically suffer from the proverbial foot-in-mouth disease, and contrary to popular belief, this post is not a diatribe against you but a rather belated attempt by myself to attempt, perhaps, not futilely, to educate and admonish you with the intention of rescuing you from further displays by yourself of your penchant to display your ignorance of the subject matter and it's context which is so necessary to the understanding of the postings herein contained, plus it also has the added benefit of ameliorating the comical content of the ever present contrarians who just love to point out your fallacious understandings which are so frequently proffered in your posts for their amusement and delectation but to the detraction of your personal prestige within these hallowed portals of knowledge and dissemination thereof, which has contributed massively to those here with the right attitude and resulting in their elevation of worth, knowledge and skills in DIY as well as other areas of social interaction as can be readily seen and recognized within this forum, and so I hope that this slight rebuke is taken in it's proper context as an educational expose which will no doubt be seen as negatively impacting on the fun factor by those who are awaiting every post of yours to ascertain what mileage may be derived from your ignorance which is overtly expressed in you posts and to be butt of ridicule and demeaning jesting from the more astute and enlightened denizens with a greater than modicum of humour and irony.

So, before breakfast tomorrow is a go...?

Yeah, but.... Don't all the shills, fanboys and trolls do the same thing, but in a different way....? "My stats are better than your stats because I'm better at creative accounting and reporting.....!"

All this to say EPIC FAIL........