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| What is your vinyl commitment? Origin Live Sovereign dual arm TT, Origin Live Enterprise mk4 with Soundsmith Hyperion MR, Origin Live Conqueror mk4 with Lyra Kleos, SME 3012r on a Accustand custom base with either a Miyajima Zero 0.7, Soundsmith Paua 2 (for sale), Hana ML, or P... | |
| Speaker choice I will agree with @chayro @yogiboy that the Harbeth HL5 would work well in your room. A friend has the P3 and HL5 and we have used both of them in his 10’ x 14’ room. The P3 have nice tone and presence, but the HL5 pressurize the room much b... | |
| Validation No I spend 95% of my system time as a solo listener. I do have a small group of audio friends all about an hour drive from each other that when we do get a chance to have visits, eat good food, and listen to each others systems I believe the smile... | |
| Room Treatments - ATS Corner Bass Trap I have used the ATS corner base traps in my 14’ x 18’ x 8’ room for many years. They helped even out and clarify the lower register response in my room in conjunction with the room also employing additional 4” x 2’ x 4’ ATS absorption panels and ... | |
| Need Ideas on speaker cables Many choices... The fact that you have monoblocks also opens a slightly different discussion. Your amps could be individually located close to your speakers if you have interconnects long enough to accommodate that placement. This could open up... | |
| Yes, I ordered a pair..... @mrdecibel Thank you for clarifying the timeline. I agree about a week or so (approx 150 hours) for my amps to settle in but I find it fascinating that we could be looking at 750 hours for the R9. Excellent insight for those of us considering ac... | |
| Yes, I ordered a pair..... @mrdecibel Thank you for the well presented review. Just for break in time clarity if I read correctly you indicate 24 hours a day for a month is what you allowed for the R9? I have a friend with the R9s and I did enjoy listening to his setup, ... | |
| Network Acoustics ENO filter I have had the “ENO1 system” (filter and ethernet cable) for a few years between my audio room’s switch and a Wolf Audio Alpha3SX server on a managed network. It is limited to 100 Mbps according to the network management software interface but th... | |
| Anyone compare Ayre Codex to QB-9 Twenty? I loved what my Codex could do especially in its price range. I did have a friend with the QB-9 DSD and it was a slightly better DAC when we substituted it into my system. Smoother in presentation with a slightly more defined separation of instr... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Leonard Cohen - Songs from a Room 1969 Columbia | |
| speaker upgrade from Magico A3 Take up @ronboco offer and listen to some Rockports… They may have some of their newer models at Axpona but they are all special. | |
| Freight Movers? Many freight companies will have residential pickup and delivery available for an extra fee with lift-gate service. I usually dropped my palletized speakers off at the freight hub with my purchaser having residential delivery at the destination. | |
| High Performance Moving Iron Cartridge Candidates? Look the midlevel Soundsmith cartridges. The Paua II can be acquired in the range of $1150 (most recent sale found with about 300 hours use). Mine was rebuilt at 1200 hours of use after a review/recommendation by Peter at a cost of $550 and curr... | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? @jimmyblues1959 Totally agree. Based upon an assumption about your user name we could be of similar age. I went with the angularity of Gryphon amplifications visual lines to contrast the open curvy design of my Origin Live Sovereign turntable so... | |
| 12au7 tube? They may not be actually counterfeit but also probably not NOS by any stretch of the imagination. I have quite a few in my collection and used to own a well calibrated Hickok Military Cardmatic tester that could actually stress the tubes slightly... |