What did you do to your stereo rig today?

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  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,144
    jdjohn wrote: »
    This combo doesn't suck:
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    Rogue Audio Triton
    Eastern Electric MiniMax BBA
    Symphonic Line RG1MK3
    Self-promotion, but still loving this setup. PS Audi-who? :p I did take the cover off the EE BBA. But now topside, I have a full Grace combo of 704 arm and F9 cartridge w/Soundsmith replacement stylus. I know...pics or it didn't happen :)
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    "This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
    "Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
    Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon
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  • joecoulson
    joecoulson Posts: 4,943
    Beautiful eye candy there Jody.
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  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,144
    joecoulson wrote: »
    Beautiful eye candy there Jody.
    Thanks, Joe, but it's the *ear* candy that makes it more special B)
    "This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
    "Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
    Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon
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  • joecoulson
    joecoulson Posts: 4,943
    Eye candy in regards to those pics but yes I can only imagine the sweetness for the ears.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    So, while we're preparing and then having dinner, I'm spinning the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [2 LP][Anniversary Edition]. This recording is excellent. As side 3 is spinning, my wife is sitting there with a smile on her face. She says, "these are really good speakers. It sounds like a live concert in our living room." She's a classically trained musician so I do put a lot of stock in her opinion. What she said made me smile and also made me realize that I'm very happy with the current setup so, I'm done making changes...for a while. :)
    Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
    HT: Samsung QN90B * Marantz NR1510 * Panasonic DMP-BDT220 * Roku Ultra LT * APC H10
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,007
    Famous last words. 😈
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  • stangman67
    stangman67 Posts: 2,289
    Hahahaha victor, that’s a funny one. I’ve said that a time or two and look where I am now lol...
    2 Channel in my home attic/bar/man cave

    2 Channel Focal Kanta 3 I Modwright SWL9.0 Anniversary Pre I Modwright PH9.0X I Modwright KWA-150SE I VPI Prime Signature w/ Soundsmith Zephyr MIMC I Lumin U2 Mini I North Star Designs Intenso DAC I Audience OHNO ICs/Audience Furutech FP-S55N and FP-S032N Power Cables/Acoustic Zen Satori I Isotek Sirius
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  • joecoulson
    joecoulson Posts: 4,943
    That’s a comment I’ve said to my wife and broken so many times. I just keep my mouth shut now.
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    halo wrote: »
    So, while we're preparing and then having dinner, I'm spinning the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [2 LP][Anniversary Edition]. This recording is excellent. As side 3 is spinning, my wife is sitting there with a smile on her face. She says, "these are really good speakers. It sounds like a live concert in our living room." She's a classically trained musician so I do put a lot of stock in her opinion. What she said made me smile and also made me realize that I'm very happy with the current setup so, I'm done making changes...for a while. :)

    I am predicting a minimum $1000 women's accessory sighting to occur soon.

    My 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 |
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    I reprogrammed the Logitech 950 remote for this rig updating the "listen to music" activity. I hope to soon create an activity "Listen to CD/SACD" using the Oppo 203 with a digital output to the PSAUDIO Stellar GCD's I2S digital input.
    My 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 |
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    Curious to hear your impressions on the SGCD; especially being a former benchmark owner as well.
    Source: 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
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    edited March 2019
    I didn't have the Benchmark Steve..

    My initial impressions are:

    The volume control is amazingly smooth and allows you to play at low and mid volumes with sacrificing SQ. I think some folks would be surprised at how their pre or integrated volume control is compared with the SGCD. Don't know if you can get better at this price point.

    Lower noise floor than the P5.

    Nice array set of setup and configuration options. No tone controls in the chain. I never used them on the P5 and thought they were useless. The P5 had a tone control bypass which altered the sound of the "flat settings" which i found odd.

    Better remote. I love the volume display.

    Quality rear panel hardware. Nice look. Heavier than it looks.

    I haven't started using the built in DAC yet but will soon.
    My 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 |
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    I love the smoothness of operation of the volume control...I know, weird observation; and I love that it operates strictly in the analog realm.
    Source: 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
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,648
    Swapped out the Jolida JD50A passive pre for a Rotel RC-1570 pre...
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    Also picked up 6 rekkits...
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  • GlennDog
    GlennDog Posts: 3,120
    The first thing was super easy. I rolled in a 1960s NOS Millard 5AR4 for the modern and somewhat scrawny Sovtek

    The second thing was a bit more challenging. Actually it was a PITA, as this was my first electronics soldering job. The voltage and current meters we’re not illuminating but Now They Are!

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    AC Regenerator PS Audio PerfectWave Power Plant 10
    Source Lumin U1 Mini into Lampizator Baltic 4 DAC
    Pre Cary SLP-05
    Power Rogue M180 Dark monos
    Mains Salk HT2-TL
    Rythmik F12
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    GlennDog wrote: »
    The first thing was super easy. I rolled in a 1960s NOS Millard 5AR4 for the modern and somewhat scrawny Sovtek

    The second thing was a bit more challenging. Actually it was a PITA, as this was my first electronics soldering job. The voltage and current meters we’re not illuminating but Now They Are!

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    Nice job!!
    Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
    HT: Samsung QN90B * Marantz NR1510 * Panasonic DMP-BDT220 * Roku Ultra LT * APC H10
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  • joecoulson
    joecoulson Posts: 4,943
    Just about to run trigger wires for the PS Audio pre and mono’s. No pix but hoping for fluidity
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,392
    ZLTFUL wrote: »
    Swapped out the Jolida JD50A passive pre for a Rotel RC-1570 pre...
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    Also picked up 6 rekkits...
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    That Toto LP is gonna cost you your man-card... mail it to Lightman. He is really close to becoming an actual human being after decades of trying.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • joecoulson
    joecoulson Posts: 4,943
    Worked! Actually works flawlessly. Even has a nice delay for the amps after powering the pre.
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  • GlennDog
    GlennDog Posts: 3,120
    halo wrote: »
    GlennDog wrote: »
    The first thing was super easy. I rolled in a 1960s NOS Millard 5AR4 for the modern and somewhat scrawny Sovtek

    The second thing was a bit more challenging. Actually it was a PITA, as this was my first electronics soldering job. The voltage and current meters we’re not illuminating but Now They Are!

    Nice job!!

    Thanks Vic!
    AC Regenerator PS Audio PerfectWave Power Plant 10
    Source Lumin U1 Mini into Lampizator Baltic 4 DAC
    Pre Cary SLP-05
    Power Rogue M180 Dark monos
    Mains Salk HT2-TL
    Rythmik F12
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    joecoulson wrote: »
    Worked! Actually works flawlessly. Even has a nice delay for the amps after powering the pre.

    You can set the delay time in the SGCD's settings menu.
    Source: 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
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,004
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    That Toto LP is gonna cost you your man-card... mail it to Lightman. He is really close to becoming an actual human being after decades of trying.
    While I agree with Russ (kinda), you might as well take my man card away as well. I dig that album. "Africa" gets regular rotation in the rig. I have it on LP and CD. Even have it on SACD.

    Tom

    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    treitz3 wrote: »
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    That Toto LP is gonna cost you your man-card... mail it to Lightman. He is really close to becoming an actual human being after decades of trying.
    While I agree with Russ (kinda), you might as well take my man card away as well. I dig that album. "Africa" gets regular rotation in the rig. I have it on LP and CD. Even have it on SACD.

    Tom

    That album is very well recorded :)
    Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
    HT: Samsung QN90B * Marantz NR1510 * Panasonic DMP-BDT220 * Roku Ultra LT * APC H10
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,766
    Africa has in the past year or so become a fave demo track for me here :) It sounds incredible on the Frankenaltecs.
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    ZLTFUL wrote: »
    Swapped out the Jolida JD50A passive pre for a Rotel RC-1570 pre...
    attachment.php?attachmentid=2539896&d=1552741566

    Also picked up 6 rekkits...
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    That Toto LP is gonna cost you your man-card... mail it to Lightman. He is really close to becoming an actual human being after decades of trying.

    I'm homeless. Keep it there.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited March 2019
    Toto IV, you heathens, won 7 grammy awards. Get yourselves right. Back when a grammy meant something.
    Source: 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
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,004
    2 days of "crickets", Steve...

    What in the hell is the world coming too?

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • JPete
    JPete Posts: 295
    I picked up a McCormack RLD-1 to try out. Sounds pretty good. Schiit Mani is on the way to handle the turntable since this preamp didn't have the phono card installed..
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    Lexicon RT-10, Parasound P5, McCormack DNA 0.5, Polk SDA CRS+, SVS Sub
    Schiit Modi, Luminous Audio Axiom II, McCormack DNA-1, Digital Phase AP 2
    Marantz AV7701, Emotiva XPA-5, Paradigm 11se Mkii, DCM Time Windows, NHT 2C, SVS Sub

    Spares - Kenwood C1 Pre, NAD 2200PE, Polk Monitor 10B, Polk Model 11, other odds and ends
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Nice! :smile:
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
    Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    JPete wrote: »
    I picked up a McCormack RLD-1 to try out. Sounds pretty good. Schiit Mani is on the way to handle the turntable since this preamp didn't have the phono card installed..

    Speaking of the phono card, what model Fluance tt is that?

    I have the RT82.
    Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
    HT: Samsung QN90B * Marantz NR1510 * Panasonic DMP-BDT220 * Roku Ultra LT * APC H10
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