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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    edited March 2016
    tonyb wrote: »
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Joey needs to learn that the best does not always mean the most expensive. :)

    Got that right..... :)

    He also needs to learn how to kiss a few frogs before he finds his Prince.....or Princess in this case.

    Alright tony, I think we have known each other for what - a decade now?

    I think I've learned that. This isn't my first time building a system.
    Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    motorhead43026 wrote: »
    I have been doing it wrong all these years. I always slept with the frogs.

    That's alright. They're cute in their own way
    Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,962
    Nuthin' personal Joey, we're just yankin' your chain. :) Doing a darn fine job of it if I may say so myself too. :p
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    Joey_V wrote: »
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Joey needs to learn that the best does not always mean the most expensive. :)

    I find this comment particularly insulting, a potshot.

    Never said that the best is the most expensive.

    I dont think its a potshot at all Joey, rather I think bluefox would have followed up his comment with a suggestion of shunyata. I have heard bluefox make the same suggestion to me before regarding the value for money you get with shunyata comapired to the more expensive brands of cables on the market when I was first getting into the more niche market brands in the high end.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434

    Check out the MITs on Agon from Joe Abrams. He sells at half the MSRP and in a decent time period you can get most or all the cost back on a re-sale. MITs are truely special, don't doubt Jesse on this one. :)
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    tonyb wrote: »
    Nuthin' personal Joey, we're just yankin' your chain. :) Doing a darn fine job of it if I may say so myself too. :p

    *shaking my fist*

    :#
    Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,285
    Careful shaking that fist, Tony may have Guido remove a few of the Dr's fingers
    2-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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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,759
    Joey_V wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Nuthin' personal Joey, we're just yankin' your chain. :) Doing a darn fine job of it if I may say so myself too. :p

    *shaking my fist*

    :#

    With junk inserted...
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    U guys are terrible
    Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,901
    a man's best friend, never leaves your side. >:)
    Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
    Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
    Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
    Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
    Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
    Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
    Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
    Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
    Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
    Puritan PSM156
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    edited March 2016
    Just get the most expensive pair you can afford..and be done with it :D

    Yolo!

    Jk
    Post edited by jeremymarcinko on
    Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,202
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Joey needs to learn that the best does not always mean the most expensive. :)

    But the most expensive gets the most attention :p
    Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    jeremymarcinko wrote: »
    Just get the most expensive pair you can afford..and be done with it :D

    Yolo!

    Jk


    You know that yolo gets people in so much trouble 99% of the time lol
    Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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  • HzTweaker
    HzTweaker Posts: 785
    Thanks WLDock this site is awesome.: https://www.thecableco.com/content.aspx?iid=5777
    2ch rig: Speakers: Magnepan LRS w/Magna Riser stands Preamplifier: Parasound P5 Amplifier: Parasound A23 CDP: Pioneer DV-563A Cables: Wireworld Equinox 7 XLR ICs, Wireworld Ultraviolet 7 USB, AudioQuest Q2s, AudioQuest NRG X(preamp)

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  • WLDock
    WLDock Posts: 3,073
    HzTweaker wrote: »
    Thanks WLDock this site is awesome.: https://www.thecableco.com/content.aspx?iid=5777
    Yeah, any demo program is very cool....



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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    madmax wrote: »
    Check out the MITs on Agon from Joe Abrams. He sells at half the MSRP and in a decent time period you can get most or all the cost back on a re-sale. MITs are truely special, don't doubt Jesse on this one. :)

    Yep and yep.

    H9

    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • WLDock
    WLDock Posts: 3,073
    edited March 2016
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    LEAVE JOEY ALONE! In that fools voice in the pictures:s You guys are not right...I now your are just yanking his chain...but I side with Joey a little bit. Several tend to believe, defend, promote, etc. the high end 2 ch side at all cost. Even look down at surround systems a bit.

    I will never forget the shots fires at me during my early days here for questioning tens of thousands of dollars spent on Shunyata power conditioning products and cables is the power delivery in the house was not addressed. If one believes in a several thousand dollar power cable then they should believe that everything in the chain should matter go as far into the AC chain as you can.. I still feel this way
    http://www.msbtech.com/support/wiring.php?Page=supportHome

    Still, Joey is in that 2% that can actually afford the "high End" stuff. So, what if he changes gear with the seasons! LOL! Isn't that what the Big Boys Audiophiles do? (Damn! is his latest the most sexy out there!) Anyway,it goes against the culture to rib him for rotating high end gear for even more expensive high end gear...then tell him his cable suck! Then he drops a $6500 cable in a post and shots are fired again! WOW, some are hard to please on the internet....

    Yeah, its all fun and games...but I'm sure Joey will figure it all out....and welcomes suggestions and help. Even PhD's are in practice....
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    Joey

    If you do think about the demo program from the Cable Company, I would go to there Web site and ask for help.

    Steve is awesome and will talk about what you have and give recommendations and talk to you about the demo program, and also if you do buy anything after talking to him or other there they will give you a discount for all purchase and even future purchase, I got all my Voodoo power cable from them

    though most of the time I just use Doug and/or now Skip depending on what I after...

    but if I am after something that the others don't carry I always get them from Steve & the Cable co.
    2 ch- Polk CRS+ * Vincent SA-31MK Preamp * Vincent Sp-331 Amp * Marantz SA8005 SACD * Project Xperience Classic TT * Sumiko Blue Point #2 MC cartridge

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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    WLDock wrote: »
    55386089.jpg

    LEAVE JOEY ALONE! In that fools voice in the pictures:s You guys are not right...I now your are just yanking his chain...but I side with Joey a little bit. Several tend to believe, defend, promote, etc. the high end 2 ch side at all cost. Even look down at surround systems a bit.

    I will never forget the shots fires at me during my early days here for questioning tens of thousands of dollars spent on Shunyata power conditioning products and cables is the power delivery in the house was not addressed. If one believes in a several thousand dollar power cable then they should believe that everything in the chain should matter go as far into the AC chain as you can.. I still feel this way
    http://www.msbtech.com/support/wiring.php?Page=supportHome

    Still, Joey is in that 2% that can actually afford the "high End" stuff. So, what if he changes gear with the seasons! LOL! Isn't that what the Big Boys Audiophiles do? (Damn! is his latest the most sexy out there!) Anyway,it goes against the culture to rib him for rotating high end gear for even more expensive high end gear...then tell him his cable suck! Then he drops a $6500 cable in a post and shots are fired again! WOW, some are hard to please on the internet....

    Yeah, its all fun and games...but I'm sure Joey will figure it all out....and welcomes suggestions and help. Even PhD's are in practice....

    Thank bro

    I am sure they mean well in the end.

    It's just nice to have a big target on your back - easy for people to cast stones at you. But when you really sit down and think about it, who has the perfect system?

    The answer is easy.

    No one.
    Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    voltz wrote: »
    Joey

    If you do think about the demo program from the Cable Company, I would go to there Web site and ask for help.

    Steve is awesome and will talk about what you have and give recommendations and talk to you about the demo program, and also if you do buy anything after talking to him or other there they will give you a discount for all purchase and even future purchase, I got all my Voodoo power cable from them

    though most of the time I just use Doug and/or now Skip depending on what I after...

    but if I am after something that the others don't carry I always get them from Steve & the Cable co.


    Yeah, I need some sort of a demo program.

    I am fortunate that my good friend turns out to be an audio dealer. He has AQ among others audio gear like B&W. I reached out to him recently and he said I could loan out some AQ from him when the time comes. He also carries WW, but no transparent.
    Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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  • mikeyb128
    mikeyb128 Posts: 2,885
    Joey_V wrote: »
    WLDock wrote: »
    55386089.jpg

    LEAVE JOEY ALONE! In that fools voice in the pictures:s You guys are not right...I now your are just yanking his chain...but I side with Joey a little bit. Several tend to believe, defend, promote, etc. the high end 2 ch side at all cost. Even look down at surround systems a bit.

    I will never forget the shots fires at me during my early days here for questioning tens of thousands of dollars spent on Shunyata power conditioning products and cables is the power delivery in the house was not addressed. If one believes in a several thousand dollar power cable then they should believe that everything in the chain should matter go as far into the AC chain as you can.. I still feel this way
    http://www.msbtech.com/support/wiring.php?Page=supportHome

    Still, Joey is in that 2% that can actually afford the "high End" stuff. So, what if he changes gear with the seasons! LOL! Isn't that what the Big Boys Audiophiles do? (Damn! is his latest the most sexy out there!) Anyway,it goes against the culture to rib him for rotating high end gear for even more expensive high end gear...then tell him his cable suck! Then he drops a $6500 cable in a post and shots are fired again! WOW, some are hard to please on the internet....

    Yeah, its all fun and games...but I'm sure Joey will figure it all out....and welcomes suggestions and help. Even PhD's are in practice....

    Thank bro

    I am sure they mean well in the end.

    It's just nice to have a big target on your back - easy for people to cast stones at you. But when you really sit down and think about it, who has the perfect system?

    The answer is easy.

    No one.

    And it will never be perfect! People around here are very passionate about cables that's for sure. I think the passion can come across a little harsh at times even though people mean well. Sometimes it's hard to comprehend through computer when people are razzing, a sentence or paragraph can be taken in more ways than one. Everyone has their brand, and they tend to push you in that direction. But what works well in their system might suck in yours. That's the tough thing about the cable rabbit hole.
    2 channel:
    Bryston 4B3, Bryston BDA3, Cary SLP05, Shanling CDT1000SE with parts conneXion level 2 mods, Nottingham analogue ace space 294, soundsmith Carmen MKii, Zu DL103 MKii, Ortofon MC 20 MKii, Dynavector XX2 MKii, Rogue Audio Ares, Core power technologies balanced power conditioner, Akiko Corelli power conditioner with Akiko Audio HQ power cable, Nordost heimdall 2, Frey 2, interconnects, speaker and power cables, Focal Electra 1028 BE 2, Auralic Aries Femto, Black diamond racing cones, ingress audio level 1 roller blocks, JL Audio E110 with Auralic subdude, Primacoustics room treatments.
    Theater:
    Focal Aria 926,905,CC900, SVS PB ultra x2. Pioneer Elite SC85, Oppo BDP93, Panamax M5400PM, Minix neox6, Nordost Blue heaven LS power cables.

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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,962
    Relax Joey, if we wanted to put a target on your back you'd know it. :p

    Like you said, some of us have known each other over a decade, so take some comments with a grain of salt, especially mine. ;):)

    Besides, you haven't received any dead fish in the mail yet have ya ? Your still golden then.
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    We're jealous, so the least we can do is bust is furry boys a bit....hehe
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,962
    Yikes, hey now Steve....don't go all Trump like talking about Joey's private parts. Besides, he's Asian.....clean as a baby's arse. Don't ask me how I know that, lets just say locker room observations and leave it at that. :D
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,962
    Lighten up Francis....lol
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • polk500
    polk500 Posts: 1,171
    Hey Joey have you put in thought in using Douglas-connections? Great cables can custom make them.

    He did mind very pleased with them.

    Cheers
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    tonyb wrote: »
    Lighten up Francis....lol
    My mother called me Francis once.



    Klipsch The Nines, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet, Border Patrol SE-I, Audioquest Niagara 5000 & Thunder, Cullen Crossover II PC's.
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  • helipilotdoug
    helipilotdoug Posts: 1,229
    polk500 wrote: »
    Hey Joey have you put in thought in using Douglas-connections? Great cables can custom make them.

    He did mind very pleased with them.

    Cheers

    Thank you for the kind words :) Glad to hear you are pleased with the cables we made for you. We work as hard as we can to make you the best cables we can and make you happy. For all you folks who like to make your own cables, today we opened our DIY kits area. Only 3 cable kits in there so far, but more coming. Please PM me, or contact us on our website if you have any questions or suggestions.

    Thanks :)

    Doug
    Sunfire Theater Grand IV
    Sunfire Cinema Grand Signature
    SRS 2.1TL
    SDA 2BTL's
    CSiA6
    FXiA4
    FXiA6
    SDA 2A's
    Monitor 10A's
    http://www.douglasconnection.com
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  • leftwinger57
    leftwinger57 Posts: 2,917
    Joey, you did say you wanted to try to recoup the spending on cables. Gear is set, and now as the upper half say we must have synergy w/ cables or the entire system CAN sound like ,well not as it should. When I heard there was a lending library, hey they are dispensing very expensive cables made from who knows what for high end cables this has to be the way to go. Yes there is a deposit. They are out laying expensive stuff w/ ends off all kinds
    When I lived in Berkley they had a similar if not directly the same concept, only w/ gardening tools. They would lend out tillers, spreaders, ditch witches and even exotic hand tools. AH, what memories. Sorry if I left this world for a minute or 2.
    2chl- Adcom GFA- 555-Onkyo P-3150v pre/amp- JVC-QL-A200 tt- Denon 1940 ci cdp- Adcom GFS-6 -Modded '87 SDA 2Bs - Dynamat Ext.- BH-5- X-Overs VR-3, RDO-194 tweeters, Larry's Rings, Speakon/Neutrik I/C- Cherry stain tops Advent Maestros,Ohm model E

    H/T- Toshiba au40" flat- Yamaha RX- V665 avr- YSD-11 Dock- I-Pod- Klipsch #400HD Speaker set-

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,552
    I'm so offended I need to go to my safe place.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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