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AJ, In my case, I use the external Red Dragonfly as a DAC, and then feed that through the preamp or headphones. You bet. The computer wasn't made for what I am doing with it. So a LOT is bypassed. Windows OS isn't on If I understand what the original wizard did to it. Anyway, CD's are ripped bit perfect and then loaded to a FLAC file. The AudioQuest Red takes it from there. This is an old Lenovo Think Pad. FWIW, I also have an AudioQuest 'Jitterbug' in line with the Red Dragonfly. Don't know that this is really needed but it's there. I tend to run the computer from its battery, but that probably doesn't really mean much. Headphones sound amazing, at least the Hi-Fi Man 400S does. When I feed the signal to my audio system, the sound is 'perfect' as I have ever had it. Really pretty shocking to me after all the horrible ('New and Improved!') stuff that I have heard up till now.

@Sk1Bum Once again, it's that “Golden” time of the year to celebrate your special day. Happy Birthday Sk1Bum!! Enjoy your day!!

Happy Birthday!

I imagine..., as there's nothing unique..., a number of carnival ride manufacturers made these, and branded them differently..., Here's the "Rotor Ride"..., same thing, different name. Rotor (ride) - Wikipedia It was a link in the Wikipedia article you linked to. Looking in that article, it lists many of the same/similar rides by their own amusement park branded names - including Tom's Twister (closed in 2005). The Tom's Twister in Six Flags Eureka, MO, ride must have been the branded name for Six Flags version of the puke-in-face (one of the things I witnessed! LoL) ride type/design. Lots of "remember when" nostalgia posted on FB, Pinterest and Reddit on the "Tom's Twister." What's interesting is that many of these rides were made by Chance Amusement..., and the one or two still operating today, no longer "drop the floor out" during the ride..., I suppose that is due to the potential of accidents when the floor comes back up, should somehow a rider slide down, ultimately getting pinched by the hydraulics, that would not be kind to human flesh... Reading some of the links, there was the Cajun Cliffhanger at Six Flags in Gurnee, IL up here where I live now..., it was closed in 2000, when two girls were injured... Cajun Cliffhanger - Wikipedia

Found some information that seems to say this ride i was asking abouts name was“Gravatron” . It only killed a few people, so it was not the safest… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitron#Locations

HAPPY DAY OF BIRTH!!!!!

Rock On! @Sk1Bum, maybe worth a trip to Vail, bring back the old memories of "how to celebrate!!!" LoL

And, timely..., Our buddy Paul has been posting on the same/similar topic(s), the past two weeks...,

And, don't forget all the other variables in the reproduction chain to produce through our amps and speakers..., those recorded sounds... Everyone's actual "experience" is likely different, with all these variables from beginning to end..., (at least how I see it...)

Welcome to the site! I had a similar question a year or so ago about streaming. I've tried several things since then.... my first inkling was to go with a "Bluesound Node" streamer. Seems to be a decent device that won't break the bank. And, I have since learned there are others using it with great success and enjoyment. Several on this site recommended Oppo players. But, being budget conscious, I couldn't really bring myself to buy one (I've heard they have started to decrease in price a bit). At the end of the day, the engineer in me decided I could DIY my own streamer for not so much money. I bought a raspberry PI microcomputer, loaded it with Volumio software, attached it to a Schiit DAC, and I was off and running. The Volumio software was nice...allowed for connectivity to TIDAL and Qobuz (I mostly stream from the interweb.....don't have too many of my own files). When this setup worked, it worked well. I loved the sound. But, there were lots of "bugs"... and I found myself constantly having to tinker with computer code. So, I moved away from the Raspberry PI, and am now just using an old underutilized Mac Mini I had lying around hooked up to the same Schiit DAC. I've got the Qobuz app on the Mac and I control the Mac from my iPhone or IPad with Google "Remote desktop" app. Qobuz will output directly to the Schiit DAC and play up the 24 bit 96khz resolution Qobuz offers. So, the sound is great and it all works reliably. I've even got myself a little mini pc screen next to the Mac so that others can see the album art of whatever is currently streaming. Lessons learned? At the end of the day, I probably shoulda just popped for the Bluesound Node, or Oppo... given the hoops I jumped through with the RPi and Volumio. But, if you have happen to have a Mac Mini lying around, that might be worth a shot with a good DAC on the back end.