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| "New" model VPI? It seems like VPI doesn't know how to build turntables anymore. Every time it releases a new model, it goes in a different direction. - Rim drive, direct drive, belt drive. - Unipivot, dual pivot, gimbal. - 3d-printed straight tonearm, solid a... | |
| Magico speakers too clinical and fatiguing? The myth about Magico being clinical dates back to the Q series. The later A and new S series sound nothing like that. The new S3 mk3 has a very smooth and refined sound. | |
| SACD Players I don't think Esoteric players are much more expensive than those options, if you're looking at a K05XD. The discrete DAC on the Esoteric alone will be significantly better than those options. | |
| Amp Stands - Wood or Stone People who use wood, granite or glass have absolutely no idea what they're doing. All of these materials absorb and release energy in non-linear ways. You're simply choosing another form of coloration. Active isolation is the way to go. | |
| Is There Some Problem With Shunyata's Everest Power Conditioner I have a Denali v2, and it is definitely worth the cost. The Everest is probably great, but not end of the line. There are much more expensive power conditioners out there, like those from Ansuz (D-TC Gold Signature) and Telos (Monster Power ... | |
| A great interconnect between Soulution 751 and 725 Why would you buy a top-notch Soulution stack and then cheap out so massively on cables? Go with an Ansuz Speakz D-TC Gold Signature, or just sell all your Soulution gear because you're definitely not hearing what it's capable of. | |
| Thoughts and perceptions on the sound quality of Accuphase Digital Products Don't forget that there is also now the newly-launched Esoteric Grandioso K1X SE, which have major upgrades internally for the discrete parts, and you also have a further upgrade path for adding on a Grandioso G1X master clock, which again brings ... | |
| Thoughts and perceptions on the sound quality of Accuphase Digital Products @garebear I'm surprised you even considered selling the Grandioso K1X for the DP770. That's a massive downgrade in my opinion, the DP770 that I heard did not come close to my own K03XD, and I can't imagine even comparing that to the Grandioso, wh... | |
| Thoughts and perceptions on the sound quality of Accuphase Digital Products I just came back to my hotel after listening to a demo of the new dp-770 at Audio Union Shinjuku store, paired with their new A-80, and the c3900 preamp on a B&W 804D4. It sounded good, but not great. As an owner of an Esoteric K03XD, I'd ver... | |
| dCS Bartok Apex vs any similar priced DAC Honestly, if you're just running an ATC, I don't see why there's a need for a top flight DAC | |
| Perlisten S5t Ironically I now own Magico, the furthest thing away from wooden box speakers. So your lame ass comeback actually applies to yourself instead LOL. Keep your china-made wooden box speakers, thank you. | |
| Perlisten S5t mbmi Yikes, seems like you’re the clueless newbie here, this information has been out there for months if you even paid the slightest attention. Tons of videos of Michael Borresen and Lars Kristensen mentioning that the X3 cabinet was 100% made,... | |
| Perlisten S5t mbmi The Borresen X3 that you adore so much and call a 'work of art' had its cabinet made in China, FYI. I hope you return them at the soonest, but only after you spit on them. Since you have an obvious disdain for chinese-made products. | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD Many thanks for all the advice and constructive feedback so far. I'm most likely going to hold on to the turntable for a while and see how much more performance i can extract from further tweaking. I'm facing quite a learning curve on the VPI tone... | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD Hi @rauliruegas Not too many..at this point i have a little over 50 LPs. Couple of digital reissues, but I do have some early pressings of records from Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Dire Straits etc...your usual classic rock stuff |