Waiting with bated breath for your impressions of the DAC2 Chris!
Of course, I've heard nothing back from the dealer about the Ayre DAC. "Matter of days" my ays.
Nice writeup of the single-ended Ultra Desktop at Secrets this week (whatever you think about the choice of headphones). With the Max DAC and the pre-amp functionality, that looks like a pretty darn good deal for a desktop system.
Gomez -- A New Tide
Just starting into this. If it's half as good as How We Operate I'll be chuffed, as that was one of my favorite albums of the last few years.
I bought a six pack of Palo Santo Marron from the local beer barn this afternoon. Will see if it makes me go woop woop this evening. They had several cases in the back.
Before I get stomped flat, I now realize the physicist thing was in one of the very reviews I linked, which I read a while ago and didn't skim again before posting here. D'oh.