Frail and Bedazzled

There you go Trout, to good flavors of ice cream. I like that. Come to think of it I'm going to get me some vanilla :-)

Nice Dac Three Easy Payments. Never heard of it before so I checked out their web site. 
I use a Tube phono stage and have thought about getting tube DACs but I would need two of them. Nobody that I know of makes a 4 channel DAC. The subwoofer cross overs are done digitally and my system is a 2.2 set up. 4 channels. I just pissed away all my Hi Fi money for the next year buying a new turntable and speakers so the DACs are on the rear burner. I also want to get a laser projector. It never ends. 

I've gotten to the point where I just don't care if I'm listening to vinyl or digital.  All I care about is putting on something I feel like listening to.  Maybe I want to listen to some Tchaikovsky (I have a true weakness for the guy).  Maybe I'll play one of my old Tchaikovsky LPs.  I have many, some going back to the mono days.  Maybe I'll take out a Tchaikovsky CD.  Maybe I'll go to Qobuz or Primephonic and find a performance by artists I've never heard of.  Then I'll put on some Bowie.  It doesn't hurt that my audio system is flexible enough to give me quality sound from any format if the original recording is good enough.  Then again, is it just because I have no ears?  Or taste?

I have had a similar recent experience.  So glad I never tossed my vinyl.  Never understood the black and white debates over formats however.  Each can sound wonderful.  Each can sound dreadful.  Merry Christmas.

Santa brought me Sennheiser HD800S’s. Paired with Woo WA6 amp and fed by Tidal/Aurender N100H/Schiit Yggdrasil GS, my vinyl does not come close. Sorry...used to think vinyl was better until I got a great DAC. This is the key for me. Too much distortions and euphoric coloration in vinyl.