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| Kef 104/2 Replacements I replaced a pair of 104/2s with 107/2s, a very major improvement. If you can find a pair they should be in your price range. Make sure you get the 107/2 KUBE. For music, even pedal notes of pipe organs, you will not need a sub. I replaced my ... | |
| Thorens, TD-125 MKII goofyfoot, not coasting, still trying to decide what I want to be when i grow up. | |
| Thorens, TD-125 MKII goofyfoot, my TD 124 is quiet and sounds superb playing high quality vinyl, but when I bought it I didn’t care how it performed. It looked like a fine example of an icon I've wanted. I’m 85, so I’d guess within the next 20 years or so it’ll be auc... | |
| Thorens, TD-125 MKII goofy foot, on the few occasions I’ve used the TD 124 I’ve been unaware of any motor noise. It’s quiet and the strobe stays fixed. I bought it from a fellow at a Santa Barbara audio shop who restores turntables as a hobby. The price, IIRC, was und... | |
| Thorens, TD-125 MKII I have a Thorens TD 124 with SME III and Ortofon 30H I bought as a visual icon, a handsome combination. I was surprised that it sounds so good playing expensive vinyl, but it gets no more than yearly play when a vinyl-head cousin comes for Xmas. I... | |
| Run Roon in an iMac or dedicated Mini goofyfoot, USB from an ultraRendu with LPS 1.2 goes to the Ayre QB-9 DSD, then balanced analog through an Ayre K-5xeMP to Parasound JC 1 monoblocks that drive a pair of KEF LS50s. The LS50s are augmented with a pair of KEF KC62 subs. It's my seco... | |
| Run Roon in an iMac or dedicated Mini goofyfoot, how do you like the QB-9 Twenty? Ayre is working on the parts to upgrade my QB-9 DSD. | |
| Run Roon in an iMac or dedicated Mini I’ll keep an eye out for a used Nucleus at a good price. Meanwhile, core will run in the dedicated 2011 Mini. It has SSD installed. I plan to connect the Ayre QX-5 Twenty and Mini directly to Ethernet, so only the ultraRendu downstairs will use Go... | |
| Try a sub a third in the back I use a pair of Velodyne HGS-15s with bass management to augment KEF Reference 1s. The subs sit close behind the mains. A third HGS-15 is in the rear of the room, and receives LFE from a Bryston SP3 processor. The SP3 has a provision that enabl... | |
| Is an audio media transport really better than PC? I’ve used two setups for Roon: (1) USB to an asynchronous Ayre QB-9 DSD DAC from an ultraRendu with LPS 1.2, and (2) USB direct from the Mac Mini to the QB-9. Balanced analog from the DAC passes through an Ayre K-5xeMP preamp to Parasound JC 1 mon... | |
| Why I'm not adding a sub to my 2-way monitors for music Sameyers1 -- I don't recall how to do the neat @thing -- I replaced a similar Proceed amp with Parasound JC 1 monoblocks to drive KEF Reference 107/2s, and found they provided substantially more usable LF extension. I suspect JC 1s might do the s... | |
| Why I'm not adding a sub to my 2-way monitors for music When I set up a pair of Velodyne HGS-15s to augment KEF Reference 1s, I ran the usual sweeps using the SMS-1 bass manager and was surprised in-room response of the KEFs was pretty flat to 30 Hz, then dropped sharply. So I low-passed at 45 Hz, and ... | |
| KEF Reference 1s or Wilson Sophias Low-pass is by a Velodyne SMS-1 bass manager that provides acoustic room correction, high-pass by a balanced passive Marchand. The KEFs are driven by Ayre KX-5 Twenty preamp and VX-5 Twenty amp. Sources are Roon via Ethernet through a QX-5 Twent... | |
| Five year plan: downsizing I have no answers, but it seems like an interesting enterprise. I’d like to set up my Marantz 18 receiver and AR 3a speakers if I had the space. You might like an Ayre QB-9 DSD or QB-9 Twenty DAC from the used market. I have two setups that use A... | |
| KEF Reference 1s or Wilson Sophias Erik, I think my itch is over. A 20 year old sonic memory is not a basis for making a $6K decision, and that seems to be the going price of Sophias. In truth, the Reference 1s, augmented by the HGS-15s, are superb. The subs integrate seamlessly... |