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All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what?
@terenthia Advance Paris Myconnect, Vacuum Tube and Streaming Functionality...   There it is - was wondering when it would surface here. And now a few pictures. Seems this unit is being marketed fairly aggressively around the world this past y... 
question for SLP05 owners:
  @lwin They were made to be stacked . I recently sold mine to a buddy who has them stacked just like I did for years.   @harpo75 The reason Cary Audio changed the plate on top of the power supply to one without “foot indentions”, was to dis... 
All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what?
"@livinon2wheels ...The lure of the simplicity combined with near audiophile or true audiophile quality is pretty compelling. Choosing out of this glut of gear is a daunting process, and so time consuming due to the lack of brick and mortar store... 
To Fritz, Quicksilver, and all the exceptional makers trying to get the word out
To @hilde45, yep its been a fun journey searching out the low-key / affordable / lower cost builders who don’t pay for advertising and don’t appear at the shows. Referrals like a few mentioned on this thread seems to be how these cats like to oper... 
All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what?
@asvjerry ......curious....like the market is lashing around, trying to find The Niche.....🤷‍♂️ Not like I’m crusin’ to bruise, but a thought about the intended perception issues become kinda....’bent’....*sly grin* Nah, you missed the disclai... 
question for SLP05 owners:
No worries @immatthewj I was typing this as I rotated my tube monoblock amps out, inserting and warming up my other Class A 50w solid state amp on/off past few days.  That SS class A gets to about 45-47C on the heat sinks as biased, and ensuring I... 
question for SLP05 owners:
If it were me and you see any type of ventilation holes under each of your units, maybe consider ways of ensuring sufficient air gets in. Yes, we’ve both seen photos SLP-05/Power supply stacked, and I just checked a few reviewers that had them on... 
All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what?
"@bubinga ...Pretty easy in my case. KEF LS50 Wireless II speakers. For best sound, plan on stands and add a sub..." a few pics of another worthy solution mentioned three times so far... https://us.kef.com/products/ls50-wireless-2?srsltid=AfmB... 
question for SLP05 owners:
You might want to call and ask Cary Audio directly what has been learned since the publishing of the last operating manual version. Ask the warranty-repair decision maker person there these days - and not a general sales person. I've had to deal w... 
All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what?
@raysmtb1, re: MusicalCocoon   Deserves pics for all to see. Kinda like having a vintage JBL Paragon cut in half on either side of you. Speaker-Headphones sort of. Another neat idea, that’s pretty cool. Love seeing new-old-renewed type of des... 
All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what?
    baconboy Have you considered a Hegel h400 or a Michi x3? Not yet as all-in-one, thanks. Saw a 2022 review in this a while back, a few pics inside, Michi X3, on Rotel sitehttps://www.rotel.com/product/x3   "The Michi X3 Integrated Am... 
All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what?
"@tomaswv ...but I think I need more grunt and more grunt. Will look at some of the units identified here."   You might be in luck for your Dali Menuet’s about now. Looking inside a few of these new beast all-in-ones units caught my own attent... 
All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what?
"@mdalton HiFi News just reviewed the new Rotel RAS5000. Goes for $3000."   Worthy of a few pics and for the Rotel fans out there. https://rotel.com/music-systems#integrated-streaming-amplifiers POWER OUTPUT 220 Watts / ch (4 Ohms) 140 Watts... 
All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what?
Aurender AP20 All-In-One Digital Source and Integrated Amp / 200 WPC into 8Ω, 350 WPC into 4Ω / Fully Linear PSU / Analog R2R Volume Control / Reference Grade DAC / Analog & Digital Inputs & Outputs / Headphone Output / Master Clock Input... 
All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what?
"@markmn I crossed it off my list for being too much an all in one" Now that's a good one, LOL. We all seem to like our added complexities don't we. Video of your mentioned Cabasse Rialto, spinning speakers with controls on top and back. Anoth...