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There are always pros/cons when integrating multiple elements into one large heavy box. I wouldn’t buy an iMac ;) I’d love to go fully active, but with external amplification and processing. I prefer the freedom to change individual elements when I want/need to do so.

I found this quite amusing…

I’ve read 4 of the books, and am a fan of David Lynch (Inland Empire, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive & Twin Peaks are my favourites). I have a love/hate relationship with the 1984 Dune. It has a certain strangeness and lack of the typical Hollywood veneer that does work, but at the same time the...

Sorry @Doodski, that’s bad luck. I tend to fall off my mountain bike every few weeks but it’s been years since I broke a bone. Landed hard on my left arm and side a couple of weeks back - nasty cuts in my left elbow, bruised hip and pelvis. It took me about 10 days before I could get decent...

I’m Scottish, and I work for South Africans……. Wish me luck

I’m no expert, so will defer to others to provide proper advice. I’ve been reading about 32 bit float recorders & interfaces so here is one more for the list: https://zoomcorp.com/en/gb/news/zoom-introduces-32-bit-float-audio-interfaces/

Ragley’s are excellent - great choice. I bought a Marley frame and built it up with the same forks….. Slighly indulgent but I have three sets of wheels for this one. The ones below are 2nd hand wide carbon rims with 2.8“ tyres, which are great on the gravel & rocky trails around here. I have...

I wouldn’t buy this, but I don’t object to the product in principle. I guess the 2x USB inputs would be helpful for some people - it’s a user friendly way of connecting two PCs to a system. But I don’t see much value in the USB output. If I was short on DAC inputs I’d want my CD transport to...

I suspect most recordings of cymbals have a fair degree of compression applied, given the dynamics (of course there will be exceptions). I’d expect much of the impact to be lost in the recording & production process, so it wouldn’t surprise me if playback on even the best loudspeakers would be...

You don’t need a preamp - you‘re not missing anything. If you needed to accommodate a number of sources, add features like remote volume & source selection, or drive long line level interconnects, a preamp would be beneficial. From a safety point of view, many people like to have analogue...

Topping D10, Topping DX1, RME ADI 2 DAC, Minidsp Flex (basically every USB dac I’ve tried has been fine with >48KHz)

Beautiful - I’ve been tempted by a Surron for a long time.….. In the UK it costs the same as a decent carbon enduro bike, which is amazing considering the tech.

Braking is a fine art, no doubt. It’s good to practice using more front brake, as that provides most stopping power, and it’s a good skill to have in emergencies. Front brake is safest when you’re travelling in a straight line and have your body weight evenly balanced over the bike - you...

My day to day training bike, built using Black Friday and eBay parts (including £99 frame). I need to go larger on the disc rotors, when I have the right calliper adapters. It’s amazing how much faster this 29 hardtail with CC tyres rolls, compared to my enduro bikes. I like this one a lot.

Pi3 is perfectly capable of >48KHz via USB. I’m still running a Pi3 with Volumio and USB dac in my office. https://archimago.blogspot.com/2017/01/measurements-raspberry-pi-3-as-usb.html

Etymotic ER2XR are £76 on Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/ER2XR-Extended-Respone-in-Ear-Earphones-Multicolored/dp/B07NSL5XS5/ ER2SE also down to £70.

MiniDSP Flex with Dirac license - choose the balanced or unbalanced version to match your active speaker inputs. That’s where my money would go ;)

@Paulz the amplifier you linked is a 70V model. Don’t buy that for Revel 12 loudspeakers. You need a low impedance amplifier for normal low impedance loudspeakers. XPA 1002 and XPA 2004 are the right model numbers. Good luck!

No. The channel imbalance only covers the first 1-2% of rotation. At low gain with sensitive IEMs you would still be using much more of the volume control. Edit: I’m very picky about unbalanced volume controls - I used to use stepped attenuators in all amps/preamps. The DX1 imbalance is just at...

I bought a DX1 for my bedside bargain IEM setup. Raspberry Pi 4 running Volumio (with FusionDSP for EQ, crossfeed, loudness), USB connection to DX1, then headphones (Truthear X Crinacle Zero, Moondrop Aria, K371 etc.). Amazing setup for $150 (Pi4 & DX1). The DX1 has plenty of power, but I don’t...