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Thumbs up @DarqueKnightMagico, JL, Emm, ARC Ref 10 line, ARC Ref 10 phono, VPI, Lyra, Boulder, AQ Wel, SRA Scuttle Rack, Bluesound
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1. Dunlavy SC-IV speakers
2. Technics RS-1500US 2 Track R2R
3. Quest for the restLiving Room
Parasound Model 2250v2 amplifier
Parasound P5 preamp
Turntable 1 - Technics SL-1210Mk2 turntable with Shure V-15 Type III cartridge
Turntable 2 - Dual 1229 turntable, Dual AS-12 45 RPM stacker, Shure V-15 Type III cartridge
Schiit Mani Phono Preamp for Turntable 2
Oppo UDP-205 CD/SACD USB and FLAC duties
Technics RS-1500US reel to reel
Polk SDA SRS (2nd Gen) fully modded -
1. Roon + Tidal Hifi- music player
Hands down the winner in Enjoyment of Music and EoM/$ categories even though it's not hardware. I have saved more than the $30 monthly cost in foregone music purchases.
$119/yr or $499 lifetime, Tidal Hifi $19.99/mo
2. Sonore microRendu + Uptone LPS-1 power supply - streamer device
Simple, small footprint, several streaming protocol options. Bests the Bryston BDP-1, especially when paired with Uptone LPS-1 power supply.
$690 with iFi power supply + $395 LPS-1 power supply upgrade
3. Joule-Electra LA-100 iii - tube preamp
Star of the system in more conventional sense imo. Easy and inexpensive to roll tubes. I'm happily married to this pre.
$4,750 w/ Purist wiring & High Gain, paid $1,450 used + cost of NOS tubes
4. Polk SRS 1.2 - speakers
$3,000(?), paid $1,700 including RDO's + $630 mods
5. Sunfire Signature II - solid state amplifier
$3,495, paid $1,050 here
6. MIT Shotgun S3 - bi-wire speakers, RCA & XLR interconnects
$200-$600 bought NOS from MIT and used
7. Chord QuteEX + Teddy Pardo power supply - DAC
$1,795, paid $650 (+$220 for Teddy Pardo power supply)
8. Parks Budgie SUT - SUT
$339
9. Curious Cable - USB cable
various
10. AT33PTGII - MC cartridge
$515, paid $505
11. Jolida JD-9 ii - tube phono pre
$659, paid $450 demo + ~$250 op amp & cap mods & tubes
12. Rega RP6 - turntable
$1,990 w/ cart, paid $1600 demo
b]Beach Audio[/b]: Rega RP6 (mods) - AT33PTG/II - Parks Budgie SUT - PSAudio NPC * Eversolo DMP-A6 * Topping D90iii * Joule-Electra LA-100 mkIII * Pass Aleph 30 * MIT S3 * Polk SRS 2.3tl (mods) * PSAudio PPP3
Beach Study: Pro-Ject Stream Box S2 Ultra & Pre Box S2 * Pass ACA * DH Labs SS Q10 * Brines Folded ML-TQWT RS 40-1354 * PSA Dectet
Beach Master: WiiM Pro * Dayens Menuetto * Zu Libtec * Dynaudio Audience 50
Beach Den: Bluesound Powernode 2i * DH Labs SS Q10 * Zu Omen DWII * Richard Gray RGPC
Town Study: WiiM Pro * Chord Qute (Pardo) * Elekit TU-8600 * MIT S3 * Revel M22 * Beyer DT-990 * Shunyata Hydra 2
Town Den: Music Hall mm5.1se - Denon DL-103r - Jolida JD9ii (mods) * WiiM Pro * Cary xCiter * Rogue 99 Magnum * Schiit Aegir * MIT S3 * Polk SRS 1.2tl (mods) * Dectet * Bottlehead Crack - Senn 600
Town Porch: WiiM Pro Plus * Sunfire Sig II * Canare 4S11 * Magnepan 1.6 * Dectet -
Darqueknight; WOW! Now that is one very impressive list of electronics and cabling! Also very impressive is for your 1.2tl's to be your MVP. Now that is saying a lot for them.
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Oops, I forgot to include power. I'd rank these at #6 or #7.
PS Audio Dectet
Tremendous benefit. I was extremely pleased and surprised with the impact when I swapped this in for an APC.
$500, paid $250
Richard Gray 400S
Big benefit but, unlike the Dectet, req'd much trial and error with combinations of components and power cables.
$700, paid $250
b]Beach Audio[/b]: Rega RP6 (mods) - AT33PTG/II - Parks Budgie SUT - PSAudio NPC * Eversolo DMP-A6 * Topping D90iii * Joule-Electra LA-100 mkIII * Pass Aleph 30 * MIT S3 * Polk SRS 2.3tl (mods) * PSAudio PPP3
Beach Study: Pro-Ject Stream Box S2 Ultra & Pre Box S2 * Pass ACA * DH Labs SS Q10 * Brines Folded ML-TQWT RS 40-1354 * PSA Dectet
Beach Master: WiiM Pro * Dayens Menuetto * Zu Libtec * Dynaudio Audience 50
Beach Den: Bluesound Powernode 2i * DH Labs SS Q10 * Zu Omen DWII * Richard Gray RGPC
Town Study: WiiM Pro * Chord Qute (Pardo) * Elekit TU-8600 * MIT S3 * Revel M22 * Beyer DT-990 * Shunyata Hydra 2
Town Den: Music Hall mm5.1se - Denon DL-103r - Jolida JD9ii (mods) * WiiM Pro * Cary xCiter * Rogue 99 Magnum * Schiit Aegir * MIT S3 * Polk SRS 1.2tl (mods) * Dectet * Bottlehead Crack - Senn 600
Town Porch: WiiM Pro Plus * Sunfire Sig II * Canare 4S11 * Magnepan 1.6 * Dectet -
Gatecrasher wrote: »Reading through this thread it appears that very few people on here even have Polk speakers?
We all had to start somewhere. Polk RT20p introduced me to hi-fi audio.
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SDA 2BTL * Musical Fidelity A5cr amp * Oppo BDP-93 * Modded Adcom GDA-600 DAC * Rythmik F8 (x2)
Micro Seiki DQ-50 * Hagerman Cornet 2 Phono * A hodgepodge of cabling * Belkin PF60
Preamp rotation: Krell KSL (SCompRacer recapped) * Manley Shrimp * PS Audio 5.0 -
If I'm lucky that day will never come.Proud and loyal citizen of the Digital Domain and Solid State Country!
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DarqueKnight wrote: »The turntable system will be taken down as soon as I complete the transfer of my records to digital format.
afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
Village Idiot of Club Polk -
1)Wireworld Equinox 7 speaker cables
2)Wireworld Silver Eclipse 7 Interconects -
DarqueKnight wrote: »The turntable system will be taken down as soon as I complete the transfer of my records to digital format.
I know that picture because I'm kind of old.
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Is there a way to subscribe to threads here? I know that I am off topic and I will post a list soon with prices that I paid for my MVP's.
AVR-Onkyo TX-NR808
Front amp-Adcom GFA 555>Polk Audio LSi9's(Vr3 Castle Mods)
Center amp-Adcom GFA 5400>Polk Audio LSi9 bi-wired(Vr3 Castle Mod)
Surrounds-Polk Audio F/X500's<Onkyo TX-NR808
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5. Yamaha CD-2100 CD/SACD player
$2999.99
4. Consonace vinyl record cleaner
$650.00
3. Synergy between Transparent Audio Super RCA interconnects and Vincent Pho-700
$800-$800.00
2. Synergy between the Benchmark HGC DAC2 and AHB2 amp
$2000-$3000
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Is there a way to subscribe to threads here? I know that I am off topic and I will post a list soon with prices that I paid for my MVP's.
Click on the star in the upper right corner at the top of the threadlsim705,lsim706c,lsif/x(4)+mc80(atmos)
rti6,csi5,fxi5 -
1. transmission line I designed w/ Martin King's software; uses Fostex FF225wk supplemented by an Eminence APT-80 super tweeter. (living room system)
2. Nelson Pass designed Amp Camp Amps; class A mono blocks built from a kit (living room system)
3. passive open baffles based on Martin King's design; uses Fostex FF85k and Eminence Alpha 15a (bed room system)
4. Emotiva ERC-3 CD player
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Nice loudspeakers and amplifier; well chosen philosophies, from my perspective.
Way different than the "look how much money I paid" approach to hifi.
No comment on the CDP
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mhardy6647 wrote: »Way different than the "look how much money I paid" approach to hifi.
Do you not think a Feastrex D9e would be better than a Fostex?
afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
Village Idiot of Club Polk -
1. Polk SDA 2.3TL with all mods (xo's, binding posts, dynamat, tweeters, rings)
2. Pass Labs X1 pre-amplifier
3. Dreadnaught
4. Sunfire Signature Cinema Grande 400x5
5. Player/cables____________________________________________________________
polkaudio Fully Modded SDA SRS 1.2TLs + Dreadnaught, LSiM706c, 4 X Polk Surrounds + 4 X ATMOS, SVS PB13 Ultra X 2, Pass Labs X1, Marantz 7704, Bob Carver Crimson Beauty 350 Tube Mono Blocks, ADCOM GFA 7807 + 5400, Panasonic UB420, Moon 380D DAC, EPSON Pro Cinema 6050 -
1. Harbeth 7ES-3's...$3650/pr
2. Benchmark DAC2L...$1895 (used as DAC and preamp)
3. Parasound HCA-1500A...$1000
4. Oppo BDP-103 transport (bluray, flac files, cd, dvd, sacd, etc)...$600
5. SVS PB12-NSD v.2....$869Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2 -
mhardy6647 wrote: »Way different than the "look how much money I paid" approach to hifi.
Do you not think a Feastrex D9e would be better than a Fostex?
In terms of my perception of their sound? I'd have to hear them (which, to the best of my knowledge, I haven't).
They look like uber-Lowthers. I am generally not a huge fan of the Lowther sound -- they're phenomenal with some recordings, unlistenable with others. I liked the drivers Dave Slagle had in LeCleac'h horns -- which I think were electrodynamic Lowther variants.
DSC_5143 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
DSC_5224-1 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
That said, I really, really don't know if that pickiness is the case with the Feastrex twincones.
I might like 'em; I might not. I wouldn't condemn them a priori.
What do you think of them?
Folks may certainly spend as much as they wish on hifi (I know that I do, balanced by my very deliberate decision to retire at age 56) -- but I don't need to have my nose rubbed in how much they choose to spend.
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Marantz CD player $400.
Yamaha Natural Sound receiver $400.
Polk Monitor 5's $150.
Polk Monitor 5 Jrs. $ 90.
Cambridge (GIANT) sub $ 50.
Teac Equalizer $ 40.
RCA bakelite & iron rabbit ears $ 19.
The best system that I'ver ever owned......and loving it !
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Which CD & receiver models?
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The Yamaha is an RS7000 and the Marantz player a CD6004
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the GOAL is what sounds BEST to you for your $$$$ !
Sacrifices will be made !!!!
My thoughts :
- Garbage in - Garbage OUT !! - 15% - source in and wire.
- Preamp - 20%
- Amplifier - 20%
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I am the MVP of my system (period).Trying out Different Audio Cables is a Religious Affair. You don't discuss it with anyone. :redface::biggrin:
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Magico, JL, Emm, ARC Ref 10 line, ARC Ref 10 phono, VPI, Lyra, Boulder, AQ Wel, SRA Scuttle Rack, Bluesound
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Crossing over multiple systems
1.Usher Mini Dancer X's (thanks to @DSkip) in my 2 Channel
2.SVS PB13 Ultra in my HT
3.Marantz AV7702 in my HT
4.Polk LSIm's in HT
5.Oppo BDPMy New Year's resolution is 3840 × 2160
Family Room| Marantz AV7704| Usher Dancer Mini - 2 DMD Mains |Usher Dancer Mini-x DMD's Surrounds | Usher BE-616 DMD Center | SVS Ultra Rear Surrounds | Parasound Halo A21 | Parsound Halo A52+ | MIT Shotgun S3's | Dual SVS SB 4000 Ultras | Oppo UDP 203 | Directv Genie HD DVR | Samsung 75" Q8 QLED | PSAudio Stellar GCD | Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ | Lumin U1 Mini | HP Elite Slice PC | ROON'd for life |
ManCave: HT:Polk LSiM 706VR3 LSiM 703's LSiM 702's|| Marantz AV7002 AV PrePro Sunfire TGA-7401| Sony PS4 Pro| Sony PS4 Pro|SVS PB13 Ultra| Oppo UDP 203 | Music Hall MMF 5.3se TT w/ Soundsmith Carmen | Samsung 55" SUHD TV | Sony PS4
Patio | Polk Atrium 8's | Yamaha R-N303BL |
Office BlueSound Node| KEF LS50 | Peactree Nova 125SE |
Bedroom | Focal 905's | Chromecast Audio |
Garage | Polk Monitor 5B's
Closet Yamaha M80 | 2 Polk MP3K subs| Yaqin MC100B with Shuguang Treasures KT 88's & CV181Z's | Tesla E83CC's | Marantz 2252B | Marantz 2385 |Polk SDA SRS 2.3 | LSiM 705's | -
Sorry, didn't mean to use all bold letters. Must be a vanilla thing with my Samsung tablet...
So, the Wharfedale Reva 2 are out & the Focal 807W are in?Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
HT: Samsung QN90B * Marantz NR1510 * Panasonic DMP-BDT220 * Roku Ultra LT * APC H10 -
So, the Wharfedale Reva 2 are out & the Focal 807W are in?Yep.
What is to become of the beautiful Reva 2's?Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
HT: Samsung QN90B * Marantz NR1510 * Panasonic DMP-BDT220 * Roku Ultra LT * APC H10 -
Back to Music Direct. I have yet to decide whether I'm going to get my credit account refunded or use the credit towards better speaker & IC cables or possibly something else. I've been spending a lot of time on their website this weekend.
Just cash in and take a breath2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC
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@Rick88 - I think it's a good idea to take a break. Also, get yourself some nice cables on the preowned market for le$$ than retail.Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
HT: Samsung QN90B * Marantz NR1510 * Panasonic DMP-BDT220 * Roku Ultra LT * APC H10