Does anyone have a digital system that is as involving as their analogue front end?

@audio-b-dog I do envy you for being in a band. I bet the other players help to generate your creativity.

Not in a band, maybe you’re referencing someone else.

As a child, I took parental imposed piano lessons “reluctantly” as I’d rather be kid playing. I’m lining up guitar, ukulele, and further piano lessons when the dust settles from moving, retirement of my spouse, and the independence of my adult triplets - college graduated but now goofed around for a year - got to give them the daddy kick in the pants. 

I do consider myself an expert with the Kazoo 😉

@kennyc 

Sorry for mixing you up with someone else. Kazoo is a great instrument. I'm not sure they use them in bands as much as they used to. I can hear a kazoo in my head, but can't remember which band used them a lot. Maybe the Loving Spoonful? Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks. The Jim Kwesken Jug Band with the lovely Maria Muldair? I age myself.

college graduated but now goofed around for a year - got to give them the daddy kick in the pants. 
 

@kennyc a very familiar situation. My son’s been struggling for a year to find a job after he graduated in 2025. Job market sucks. He finally started last week. Hang in there something will pop up. 
 

@audio-b-dog I was listening to a few albums yesterday on qobuz streaming with roon and the sound quality was mushy and rolled off. Switched to jplay - fixed. Had to reboot my roon core. It was so good after the april release with roon and now two updates later and the roon core is struggling again. Album artwork slow to display, search is just painfully slow. Good thing I kept jplay!

@audphile1 

I dumped Jplay, but I have a feeling they'd welcome me and my money back. What are the advantages of Jplay over Qobuz connect? Of course, that depends on which one recognizes the Meitner. If I hadn't invested in the MA3i, the MA3 is damned good. I'm playing James Taylor's "Gorilla," and it sounds great. I'll see later on today, or at least when I've broken in the MA3i. 

@audio-b-dog new DAC arrives today?

when comparing jplay vs wobuz connect, jplays sounds more natural to me with better depth. Q connect is great but it’s a bit more direct and slightly flatter in the soundstage department. Again, that’s in my system. We have totally different equipment, cables and room acoustics and until you hear it yourself, you won’t know.