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My old vintage Carver C1 pre-amp just lost its output stage, and repair/replacement costs far outweigh purchasing a Saga 2 for $277...bonus is balanced XLR output to my Audiophonics Class D amp, so I'm in. 15 days of listening is plenty of time for an audition, if one wishes to return the product.

Tinnitus began coterminously with start of hearing issues…when I first began to “hear” the ringing, I thought it was bird calls, then realized what was going on. Now, I’m fitted binaurally with hearing aids, but still experience tinnitus at varying intensity in a totally random fashion, more...

“Curating”…we’re not talking about a Picasso exhibition, for god’s sake, just some bloatware added onto an OS. Is there nothing offered to us these days that hasn’t been - you know - “curated”? I call language abuse!

:facepalm:…Fabulous! Did an extensive emoji search, and here at ASR is the only online source for that particular “facepalm”…now how to export to my keyboard.

Ah, thanks so much…do a lot of commenting on the WaPo online articles, and the icon truly conforms to the “a picture is worth a thousand words” edict!

Really curious about the hand-over-eyes icon/emoji…can’t find it on-line, so how did you get it into your keyboard?

Fred Hirsch…solo or his trio…sublime.

My hearing loss is especially acute in the 4Kz-6Kz range, which removes loads of musical information…wearing hearing aids whilst listening to music of any genre via any medium is far more satisfying than without the appliances.

After reading the recent obituary of the Brazilian-born pianist Nelson Freire, I downloaded several albums on Qubuz, and his Chopin is ethereal…Nocturnes, Études, etc. Must confess that I hadn’t even known his name before reading the obit in the NYT.

I recently swapped out my 555 MkII for an Audiophonics Hypex for driving two vintage a/d/s tower speakers, and other than gaining a lot of real estate in my hi-fi cabinet, hard to distinguish any real diff. in playback quality. The Adcom now used with B&W CM-4 with good success.

Well, a lot of Wall Street investors and analysts disagree with your take, and I for one am rounding out the portfolio with some SPOT stock.

. Spotify is really going all out on pod-casting and its pod-cast sub service, and it seems that’s where the company feels max growth potential lies, NOT competing with AMZN Music or any of the smaller music streamers. Maybe chasing after Redbook quality streaming isn’t such a high-profile...

Carver 500t still going strong, purchased new in ‘85, love the illuminated power meters, all-original and pairs well with both hi- and lo-efficiency speakers.

Transitioned largely to iOS for daily email, web surfing, etc., but keep two vintage PCs going for Word, TurboTax, a few other MS applications, and both units dual-boot 7/10. However, can’t qualify YET for Win11, lacking imbedded TPM 2.0 and insufficient processor power, per PC Health Check...

“Willy-waving”…full marks, mate.

Right, ah, forget to mention that the Amp is an Audiophonics Hypex stereo with switchable inputs : from A18 > SYS > RCA > amp; from preamp > XLR > amp…yes, it’s sort of funky, but like to mess about when playing/streaming a variety of music and videos. Had all the pieces from other rigs, and...

As part of a complete system I use an E30 DAC paired with a CCA (opt.) and a (rarely used) DVD player (coax) paired to ADCOM preamp (RCA) ; the A18 is paired with CD (coax), Smart TV (opt.), and iPad or PC (USB), also > ADCOM preamp (XLR). So, for a relatively inexpensive outlay, 5 devices can...

Been using the A18 as preamp while matched with Schiit SYS volume control, and pleased with result…just set DAC to 0.0 dB, and all good.

The Third Man…Anton Karas’ zither set the mood throughout the film. Breaker Morant…and from the final scene: