[Metrum Acoustics Octave: A NOS digital filter-less DAC]

Does anyone possible have pictures of what Craig did? I'm not much fo a DIYer, but I have a friend willing to help out if I can get a picture of the modification. I know he mentioned the pulse transformer swap is "is a bir more of a fiddly mod, because the size and pin-out is different."

[Metrum Acoustics Octave: A NOS digital filter-less DAC]

I'd agree entirely with that sound on initial switch on. 75-ohm mods give a very worthwhile improvement - but the one that really nailed it was removing the Murata pulse transformer and replacing it with the Lundahl LL1572. A good friend, long-time audiophile and one-time dealer, was across at the weekend. He compared the sound to a Koetsu Red, which is just fine by me!

Some Scientific Conversion transformers arrived yesterday. So I'll have a play with those.

How did that Scientefic Conversion Transformer do? Is the Lundahl still preferred? I love that your friend likened the presentation to his Kotesu (I owned a Rosewood Sig) and would love to make this modification in my Metrum.

[Are you joking!]

you boys shouldn't play so rough... somebody is bound to start crying.

[Warm speakers that are baby proof?]

If you find yourself drawn to high efficency, single driver loudspeakers then I find my Cain and Cain Abbys hard to beat and harder for a baby to knock over. They're definitely give you a warm, natural sound--for truely deep bass though they need a sub.

Additionally, I used to use blu-tak to mount monitors to Osiris bookstands, and I can honestly say that it would take a little Hercules to knock those suckers over.