shokunin

+1 interested in the ESX design project and the SS projects...

Oppo did update firmware to allow for DLNA network streaming, but it only supports a limited number of formats. I'm not sure I'd want to use Oppo's UI and remote for navigating a large library, searching, playlists, etc. AudioAsylum Oppo DLNA Thread

There's some value in all that aluminum, with prices of raw metals these days!! It sure is a purdy lookin amp though, espeically the tube rectified PSU. I almost hate to ask what it costs... you know the cliche.

I don't know anyone with a true balanced vinyl rig. Boulder makes an excellent balanced phono, but it's major $$$. I'd be less concerned about being 100% balanced and instead focus on sound quality and synergy between table/arm/cartridge/phonostage.

You'd need more than a cardas RCA to XLR adapter, you would have needed a special cable with a transformer to change the impedance from 75 ohms of SPDIF to 110ohms of AES/EBU. I wondered why Ed Meitner didn't put SPDIF inputs on the Dac6's. Have you tried word clocking on the Dac6e? With my DCC2 it actually sounded worse word-clocked from the transporter \, which is one of the reasons I bought the transporter (word clock input). Not only did sound worse, I'd get pops and clicks randomly, maybe it was trying to emulate vinyl ..

That's what I don't understand. I mean, if you're gonna market a product as having a headphone jack or show in photos, it damn better be working. Logitech is huge company, couldn't they find an offshorer who could write some code to active that output? If it's wired with opamps through the headphone output, they obviously put the effort of designing the circuit, did they even test to see if it works. It must be more difficult than I (or they) imagine to get that output working, or had too many bugs or issues, battery life, etc that they omitted it from this release.

The info for the controller was on the website late last night/early this morning. But you're right, it is not listed there now. Here's a post from Mike at Logitech.. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=254731&postcount=43 I would imagine the only output would be from the current inactive headphone jack. For the bedroom, I'd almost keep the squeezebox instead, it can also function as clock/alarm clock as well (if you have some speakers in the room).

According to marketing folks at Slim/Logitech, the SB3 is NOT being discontinued and has no replacement planned for the foreseeable future. If you already have a transporter/squeezebox, you could buy the remote (aka Squeezebox Controller) for $299, which in itself is a mini-squeezebox inside the remote with it's own wifi, wolfson dac, linux os, etc. There's even a headphone jack on the remote (disactivated until someone writes some software for it). It can control any squeezebox on the network or all of them at once via the remote. When I saw the $299 price for the remote my reaction was WTF were they thinking, but as they described what the remote is made of what potential it has, the price isn't as hard to swallow, but still just as expensive as another squeezebox... It should eventually be a battery powered portable squeezebox.

Stand corrected! I should have known someone would hack into it (like everything else Apple) to make it work with something other than crappy itunes. Glenn

I had the lavry DA/10 and a stock transporter and thought the tranporter was better in terms of overall musicality. It was a stock SB3 w/ an Elpac PSU into the lavry with either a Stealth Varidig, VH Audio pulsar, or Dodson digital cables were used between the SB3 and the Lavry. The Lavry was a bit darker and slower than the transporter. I dunno, the digital out the squeezebox was disappointing for me. I don't think it was the Lavry per se, but rather how bad the digital output was on the stock SB3. The Lavry sounded better driven off the transporter but the squeezebox's digital out sounds slow and bloated. The transporter itself is rather mellow in my opinion, not very aggressive anywhere and a bit thin in the all so important midrange. I don't think it's really that bad as some bash it to be. Neither were in the EMM labs league that I had at the same time. My transporter is now at APL awaiting surgery.

The airport express is wireless 802.11/b/g sync'd with iTunes. As an apple product it is tied to iTunes, so I doubt it will work with any other media player like Foobar.

The darts are used on my speaker rig, so it was easy to just hook them up to the K1000's. I've seen some K1000's with Zanden's that are being pampered much much more. Luckily, I bought an SRD7 from Spritzer that'll at least give me something to power up an electrostat.

Alright coming into '08 I'd like to get an electrostat rig in my office or main rig, although the K1000 on darTZeel sounds pretty good. Will the Justin's new amp (KGST?) or one of if it's variant surpass the now OOP KGBH at a similar price point $2.5K? I'd probably pair these up with HE 1.3's or Omega II's.

130+ transactions, all but one went fine, seller never sent item. I'd always recommend that you disclose up front any issues, cosmetic, functional, quirks, otherwise, it'll come back to haunt you. People seem to want prisitine collectible cosmetic items, when they are buying used, so I always under-rate the condition. Better to be conservative IMO. If buying, ask questions, are you the original owner, does it come with the original box, are there any issues, quirks, has the item ever been repaired? if so, by whom. Nothing that doesn't fall into common sense either in buying or selling. IME, audiogon buyers and sellers are way nicer to deal with than eBayers.