@taronlissimore AWESOME pictures!!
And now “you’ve done it” … when I get finished with today’s “Madonna Kick” (inspired by her new release … and just having bought the remaining albums in her catalog that I didn’t already own), I shall have to load up my Joy Division (and “New Order”) catalog …
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I haven’t said much about the N8 recently.
This is mostly because I’ve been completely distracted by the RAAL-requisite SR1a, since they arrived.
But … my enthusiasm for the N8 has not abated one jot.
Today I decided to use it’s (included) balanced output cables/adapter and use it in place of my M-Scaler/DAVE chain into the Phonitor X/dual-mono Schiit Vidar’s currently driving the SR1a (hey, they had to factor into this somewhere) …
Even in the face of the SR1a’s ruthlessly “take-no-prisoners” resolution, speed and immediacy, I remain of the opinion that the N8 is a serious desktop-class experience.
Give me the N8, the ZMF Vérité … and the tia Fourté, and I am going to be touring the world with a portable system capable of first-rate musical engagement, enjoyment, and technical performance.
I would love it if this thing could natively stream from, well, anything, if ideally TIDAL and Qobuz. But even without that capability it’s an incredibly compelling setup. It sounds so good that I am, uncharacteristically, willing to overlook that.
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Now, “Substance”, the Ziricote Vérité, an Elliot Bay sunset, and a little Latour beckon …