New toy is here... The bigmac Emm stack is complete!

Joey_V
Joey_V Posts: 8,552
edited October 2016 in 2 Channel Audio
New toy is here... Too bad it's just staring at me all boxed up, I got a couple shifts I gotta get through first.

But I'm excited... I hope I didn't get PFB'd.

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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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  • WagnerRC
    WagnerRC Posts: 2,157
    edited October 2016
    Come on open it. This should be a great addition.

    Sorry work. Enforce play.
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  • kharp1
    kharp1 Posts: 3,453
    The gods are cruel
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 342
    Which Emm product did you buy Joey?
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    Bodhi wrote: »
    Which Emm product did you buy Joey?

    Emm dac2x already on my rack.

    This one is the tsdx transport.
    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
    WagnerRC wrote: »
    Come on open it. This should be a great addition.

    Sorry work. Enforce play.

    Hahaha
    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
    Boxes dont excite me. Errrrr cardboard ones. Congrats Joey! I like it when people blow money like myself. Hehehehehe
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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    Nice box! Any pict of other side?
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    soundfreak1 wrote: »
    Nice box! Any pict of other side?

    Will open tomorrow... Still need to complete my room and clouds to give a full assessment on my systems sound
    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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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,416
    You are such a tease...
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    You are such a tease...
    If only I worked less this month... Working 18 days... And right now at a 24h shift...

    I'd rather be home with the wife, Emma Henry... And to a lesser extent - the Emm stack.
    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
    Unpacked it tonight... Finally.

    With the help of Emma.

    Emm and Emma.

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    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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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 342
    Emmjoy your Big Emm Joey!...nice kit! :D

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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    Bodhi wrote: »
    Emmjoy your Big Emm Joey!...nice kit! :D

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    Thanks David!
    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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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    Congrats on the new toy!!
    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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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    Yep... I wish I had the Cary 306SACD here to compare directly, but I can say this is superb sounding. It really is getting to the point where the sound staging is just so easy...

    And I'm still missing my Emm Link cable. This will allow full DSD up sampling.
    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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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,670
    Looks awesome Joey!

    Don't worry about that Emm link cable. I'm sure a paperclip jammed into them will give the same result.

    Just make sure it's a nice paperclip, cheap ones don't have very good midrange...
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    Found the Emm link cable... It was hiding behind the binder...

    And yes, it is better than any source I have ever tried thus far. It really distances itself from even great players like the Cary 306.
    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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  • haimoc
    haimoc Posts: 1,031
    Joey_V wrote: »
    And yes, it is better than any source I have ever tried thus far. It really distances itself from even great players like the Cary 306.
    Congrats on a new toy. It deserves to match with the WEL interconnect cables, Joey.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    Well I found out that the input selector would not switch via remote. Good thing I have a good buddy locally with an Emm stack also and checked his remote against mine.... It's not an issue with the dac but an issue with the remote which is quite a relief!

    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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  • miner
    miner Posts: 1,305
    Done again, huh Joey?
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  • lordcloud
    lordcloud Posts: 29
    Very nice!!!
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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    Looks amazing. bet it wasn't cheap...anyone care to throw out some numbers on the stack????
    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,552
    tophatjohnny wrote: »
    Looks amazing. bet it wasn't cheap...anyone care to throw out some numbers on the stack????

    Actually it sounds better than the stack looks, by a significant margin. I think I'm getting there.

    Just need some diffusors and bass traps and I think I'm set
    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
    Think your set ??

    If I had a nickel for every time I heard that one... :)
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