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I would if I could find it.
Bud - Silicon Valley
Lumin X1 file player
Sony XA-5400ES SACD
Pass XP-22 pre, X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers, SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on preamp, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits.
Sassy or cranky. Not sure, but I apologize. Time to smoke some medicine and calm down.
Bud - Silicon Valley
Lumin X1 file player
Sony XA-5400ES SACD
Pass XP-22 pre, X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers, SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on preamp, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits.
I know right. Makes me want to find a good Aragon 8008bb.
Two stacked 1100va torrids and much more massive storage caps.
The 8008BB has twice the rectification and twice the storage capacitance. In other words, each monoblock contained within the chassis has as much rectification and capacitance as the 8008ST's entire power supply. Along with the larger power supply, the 8008BB has two different inputs-single-ended and balanced. Both of these inputs are fully discrete Class A. The matched output stage transistors are increased by 50%. These additional transistors assist in maintaining linearity during low impedance operation.
Haven't spun vinyl since my computer crashed, so today I got the sugar cube back online and recorded my first LP side in a very long time. Everything went off without a hitch. I will be getting back to the work of recording all my LP's to a separate hard drive, and backing everything up to the NAS as soon as it is up and running.
The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, TriangleArt Reference SE with Pass Labs Xono Phono Preamp, Walker Precision Motor Drive, ClearAudio Goldfinger Diamond v2 cartridge and Origin Conquerer Mk3c tonearm, Polk Audio "Signature" Reference Series 1.2TL with complete mods, Pass Labs X0.2 three chassis preamp, PS Audio PerfectWave DAC MkII, Krell Evolution 505 SACD Player, Pioneer Elite SC-LX701, Oppo UDP-205 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds.
I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” .
“If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
That would chap my hide, considering the cost of the Cary.
BTW....hows that VTL holding up in comparison ? I know the 2 have a different sound sig., but that VTL is no slouch either in throwing out some musical tunes.
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
That would chap my hide, considering the cost of the Cary.
BTW....hows that VTL holding up in comparison ? I know the 2 have a different sound sig., but that VTL is no slouch either in throwing out some musical tunes.
Love the VTL! I remember when I first got the VTL (my first tube pre) and swapped out the Rotel RC-1580 (now back in the box), wow! The improvement was profound! Everything was better. Bass and high extension, detail, but the sound stage expansion was huge!
Now the Cary comes in, although not quite as profound, but significant improvement for sure! Bass extension most notably, a bit more detail as well overall, but the sound stage grew even more over the VTL.
Missing the Cary, but as you said the VTL is no slouch. I never once thought about breaking the Rotel out during this time!
Basement: Polk SDA SRS,Cary SLP-05 Pre,Enlightened Audio Designs CD Transport,Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC,Cambridge 851N streamer,Marantz SA-14 SACD,McIntosh MC300 Amp,Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Digital Cable,Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner,Pangea Power Cables,Wireworld Oasis 8 RCA IC's,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,PASS ACA 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: Antique Sound Labs Wave AV-8 Monoblocks,Tisbury Mini Passive Pre,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 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
@verb - that VTL 2.5 is the nicest tube pre I've ever owned. May be a step below the Cary but she's a darn fine lady. Enjoy her while you're working out the kinks with the Cary.
@verb - that VTL 2.5 is the nicest tube pre I've ever owned. May be a step below the Cary but she's a darn fine lady. Enjoy her while you're working out the kinks with the Cary.
Agree Vic! She's my first, ya know!
Basement: Polk SDA SRS,Cary SLP-05 Pre,Enlightened Audio Designs CD Transport,Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC,Cambridge 851N streamer,Marantz SA-14 SACD,McIntosh MC300 Amp,Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Digital Cable,Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner,Pangea Power Cables,Wireworld Oasis 8 RCA IC's,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,PASS ACA 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: Antique Sound Labs Wave AV-8 Monoblocks,Tisbury Mini Passive Pre,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 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
In all (well... some) seriousness. Is that a modern thing?
They still have composite video inputs/outputs... in 2019?
Why?
I mean, I am a little surprised to see component video jacks, but it sure looks like I see two yellow composite video jacks too.
I mean, I'd use 'em, but then again I'd be running an RCA CTC-16 21 inch round CRT all vacuum tube color TV if I (still) had one.
There is a GE PortaColor in the basement, but, while it lights up and has sweep, it won't display recognizable video, and I haven't ever had the gumption to try to troubleshoot it.
Back in the day Tandy corp. didn't make 1/2 bad stuff.....
No, most of it - at least in hifi - was about 7/8 bad.
Not a fan of virtually any R/S speakers -- the ones above are actually not bad.
Not half bad, in fact!
Found 'em at the dump, years ago.
They've been tucked away here since the move, but I needed their space, so I tried to sell 'em at NEARC last week. I had a good day sellin' junk, but these did not sell.
They're just too nice to have left on the freebie table there, so I brought 'em back home.
I'll try again next NEARC.
I really, truly would take pretty much any nonzero offer.
While the Nova-10 does have a little bit of the typical R/S midbass hump, it's not as bad as their 'better' speakers (ahem Mach One ahem), and that ridiculous little cone tweeter (with metal dustcap!) is actually pretty sweet sounding, if a little bit bright. Overall, they're very listenable little loudspeakers.
It is kind of disconcerting to pick one up, though -- they're quite light. I'll weigh one at some point, just for shoots and googles (as I like to say).
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I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” .
“If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
I would if I could find it.
Lumin X1 file player
Sony XA-5400ES SACD
Pass XP-22 pre, X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers, SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on preamp, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits.
Village Idiot of Club Polk
Lumin X1 file player
Sony XA-5400ES SACD
Pass XP-22 pre, X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers, SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on preamp, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits.
I know right. Makes me want to find a good Aragon 8008bb.
Two stacked 1100va torrids and much more massive storage caps.
The 8008BB has twice the rectification and twice the storage capacitance. In other words, each monoblock contained within the chassis has as much rectification and capacitance as the 8008ST's entire power supply. Along with the larger power supply, the 8008BB has two different inputs-single-ended and balanced. Both of these inputs are fully discrete Class A. The matched output stage transistors are increased by 50%. These additional transistors assist in maintaining linearity during low impedance operation.
Borrowed from the net ^^^^
I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” .
“If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
Office: PC,EAR Acute CD Player,EAR 834L Pre,Northstar Designs Intenso DAC,PASS ACA 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: Antique Sound Labs Wave AV-8 Monoblocks,Tisbury Mini Passive Pre,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
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
BTW....hows that VTL holding up in comparison ? I know the 2 have a different sound sig., but that VTL is no slouch either in throwing out some musical tunes.
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
Yeah, the journey contines!
https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/185948/cary-slp-05-in-verbs-house#latest
Office: PC,EAR Acute CD Player,EAR 834L Pre,Northstar Designs Intenso DAC,PASS ACA 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: Antique Sound Labs Wave AV-8 Monoblocks,Tisbury Mini Passive Pre,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
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
Love the VTL! I remember when I first got the VTL (my first tube pre) and swapped out the Rotel RC-1580 (now back in the box), wow! The improvement was profound! Everything was better. Bass and high extension, detail, but the sound stage expansion was huge!
Now the Cary comes in, although not quite as profound, but significant improvement for sure! Bass extension most notably, a bit more detail as well overall, but the sound stage grew even more over the VTL.
Missing the Cary, but as you said the VTL is no slouch. I never once thought about breaking the Rotel out during this time!
Office: PC,EAR Acute CD Player,EAR 834L Pre,Northstar Designs Intenso DAC,PASS ACA 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: Antique Sound Labs Wave AV-8 Monoblocks,Tisbury Mini Passive Pre,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
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
Vinyl: Fluance RT82 * Nagaoka MP-110 * Bottlehead Reduction + Integration Upgrade * KAB RF1
Video: Hisense 55H8F * Panasonic DMP-UB200 * ROKU Streaming Stick + * Z-line Designs Elektra
I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” .
“If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
Agree Vic! She's my first, ya know!
Office: PC,EAR Acute CD Player,EAR 834L Pre,Northstar Designs Intenso DAC,PASS ACA 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: Antique Sound Labs Wave AV-8 Monoblocks,Tisbury Mini Passive Pre,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
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
I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” .
“If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
so elegantly simple.
They still have composite video inputs/outputs... in 2019?
Why?
I mean, I am a little surprised to see component video jacks, but it sure looks like I see two yellow composite video jacks too.
I mean, I'd use 'em, but then again I'd be running an RCA CTC-16 21 inch round CRT all vacuum tube color TV if I (still) had one.
There is a GE PortaColor in the basement, but, while it lights up and has sweep, it won't display recognizable video, and I haven't ever had the gumption to try to troubleshoot it.
Legacy components like laser-disc...
I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” .
“If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
Nice
May be some of the old cable boxes. I remember when we were in CA, the Comcast had HD cable box with RCA out.
I’d like to hear your impressions of the SC-LX701. Compared to earlier iteration especially but also the newer features.
I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” .
“If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
Hey don't scratch my TL's!
Office: PC,EAR Acute CD Player,EAR 834L Pre,Northstar Designs Intenso DAC,PASS ACA 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: Antique Sound Labs Wave AV-8 Monoblocks,Tisbury Mini Passive Pre,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
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
I did this to my poor stereo last night...
source: http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/html/1981/h026.html
Radio Shack Monitor 7 wannabees
They actually ain't bad.
No, most of it - at least in hifi - was about 7/8 bad.
Not a fan of virtually any R/S speakers -- the ones above are actually not bad.
Not half bad, in fact!
Found 'em at the dump, years ago.
They've been tucked away here since the move, but I needed their space, so I tried to sell 'em at NEARC last week. I had a good day sellin' junk, but these did not sell.
They're just too nice to have left on the freebie table there, so I brought 'em back home.
I'll try again next NEARC.
I really, truly would take pretty much any nonzero offer.
While the Nova-10 does have a little bit of the typical R/S midbass hump, it's not as bad as their 'better' speakers (ahem Mach One ahem), and that ridiculous little cone tweeter (with metal dustcap!) is actually pretty sweet sounding, if a little bit bright. Overall, they're very listenable little loudspeakers.
It is kind of disconcerting to pick one up, though -- they're quite light. I'll weigh one at some point, just for shoots and googles (as I like to say).