What did you do to your stereo rig today?
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Does that make them directional...dare I say, diodes?"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 -
No. The copper shield and grounding harness are completely separate from the resistor.
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. ~ -
With some enabling via @dromunds , I finally got some nice synergy with a Grace combo of 707 tonearm and F9 cartridge, with a SoundSmith replacement stylus.
All mounted here on a vintage Kenwood KD-500 'The Rock' turntable:
"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 -
Nice Jody!
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Changed out the Parasound Halo Integrated Amplifier for a Plinius Hautonga Integrated Amplifier, looking at the Plinius for awhile now....have owned a few of their amps in the past great sounding and never a problem....
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Changed out the Parasound Halo Integrated Amplifier for a Plinius Hautonga Integrated Amplifier, looking at the Plinius for awhile now....have owned a few of their amps in the past great sounding and never a problem....
I swapped out the Cambridge Audio CXA60 for the Musical Fidelity M2si. I’m liking the synergy of the M2si with the Triangle speakers.
Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
HT: Samsung QN90B * Marantz NR1510 * Panasonic DMP-BDT220 * Roku Ultra LT * APC H10 -
That's a neat and tidy internal layout on the M2si. I like how the transformer is located well away from the output transistors and the speaker wire leads. Should help keep the noise floor low.
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Thanks Drew! It’s putting a smile on my face. Very simple and straightforward design.Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
HT: Samsung QN90B * Marantz NR1510 * Panasonic DMP-BDT220 * Roku Ultra LT * APC H10 -
After acquiring a nice Halo A21, and having it in the Stereo for some time, I couldn't help but wonder what the JC5 would bring to the table.
After keeping a close eye on a few different used ones, I was able to come up with a near perfect "Dealer Demo" JC5 that also came with the Full Factory Warranty.
This has been a Destination Piece/Purchase for me, I had to pull out about all the stops to make this happen. But, I'm elated that I did. The JC5 is nothing short of amazing.
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Oh, there are some out there that are good lookin' ohm walls. The ones pictured in the bottom photo are ready to be installed into my crossover units. Looking forward to listening to the end results.
Tom
those look
* good
* purposeful
* expensive
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Mike Reeter wrote: »After acquiring a nice Halo A21, and having it in the Stereo for some time, I couldn't help but wonder what the JC5 would bring to the table.
After keeping a close eye on a few different used ones, I was able to come up with a near perfect "Dealer Demo" JC5 that also came with the Full Factory Warranty.
This has been a Destination Piece/Purchase for me, I had to pull out about all the stops to make this happen. But, I'm elated that I did. The JC5 is nothing short of amazing.
Congrats Mike!!
Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
HT: Samsung QN90B * Marantz NR1510 * Panasonic DMP-BDT220 * Roku Ultra LT * APC H10 -
Mike nice setup, congrats!Yamaha RX-A2070, Musical Fidelity M6si integrated amp, Benchmark Dac1, Bluesound NODE 2i, Audiolab 6000CDT CD Transport, Parasound Zphono USB Phono Preamp, Fluance RT85, Ortofon 2M Bronze, Polk L600's, L400, L900's, RC80i's, SVS 3000 Micro, Audioquest Interconnects and Digital Cables, Nordost Silver Shadow Digital Cable, Cullen Gold and Crossover Series Power Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha 12AWG OCC Speaker Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha Analog Interconnect Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha 11 OCC Custom Power Cable, Signal Power Cable, Furman PL-8C 15 Power Conditioner, Sony 65" 900F, Sony UBP-X700, Fios, Apple TV 4K, Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables.
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Mike Reeter wrote: »After acquiring a nice Halo A21, and having it in the Stereo for some time, I couldn't help but wonder what the JC5 would bring to the table.
After keeping a close eye on a few different used ones, I was able to come up with a near perfect "Dealer Demo" JC5 that also came with the Full Factory Warranty.
This has been a Destination Piece/Purchase for me, I had to pull out about all the stops to make this happen. But, I'm elated that I did. The JC5 is nothing short of amazing.
I want one too. Congrats man!!! -
The JC5 is definitely a beast and something I'd love to have it as well.
Way to go Mike congrats! -
Mike Reeter wrote: »The JC5 is nothing short of amazing.
Looking forward to hearing more about how it sounds vs the A21 as you get more time on it. Nice pickup for sure, Mike! -
Congrats Mike. I would also like to hear a comparison to the A21.
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I picked these bad boys up a couple weeks ago and finally got some time last night to get a real listening session with them. They’re in the main rig in place of my 1.2tls for now and so far they sound damn nice.
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Mike Reeter wrote: »The JC5 is nothing short of amazing.
Looking forward to hearing more about how it sounds vs the A21 as you get more time on it. Nice pickup for sure, Mike!Congrats Mike. I would also like to hear a comparison to the A21.
I won't start another thread about the JC5, but I will say the first thing that came to mind was the JC5 is Smoother than the A21 (not that the A21 is edgy). Effortless, endless, pure clean Current. The Dynamics are amazing, I have sound literally jumping out of the Speakers. The Stage has gotten deeper, something that the SDA's can be shy on.
Low Level Listening has also taken on a whole new presentation as well, the minute details are still there, I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything.
I can't find reason why the JC5 wouldn't drive any speaker, regardless of load. The Power and Current reserve seems endless.
The simplest way to describe the JC5 is; it has all the characteristics of the A21, just more of it. -
butterbean wrote: »Got estimates for crossover upgrades. That’s gonna have to wait a bit lol 😂 but I put dynamat on the baskets of my drivers and passive radiator and some acoustic foam behind my drivers as directed by westmassguy. Much more guitar layering. Really brings the mids out! Drums especially kick is stronger! My wife is thrilled!!!!
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I picked these bad boys up a couple weeks ago and finally got some time last night to get a real listening session with them. They’re in the main rig in place of my 1.2tls for now and so far they sound damn nice.
It’s surprising how much more of a load for an amplifier these Aerials present than the big Polks. The bias meter on my Pass amp doesn’t move with the SDAs unless I really crank it but just getting the 10Ts to a decent volume has the meter jumping around.
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I finally got the Marantz NA6005 hooked up and....working! Complete pain in the **** the get connected to the wifi....not even sure how I did it. The "Quick" start guide sucked and the easy setup function on the unit itself was useless. On the plus side....so far....I love the on screen menu and remote for dialing up internet radio. More to come on this unit for sure as time goes on.
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Gustard X26 Pro DAC
Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)
There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus -
There’s a cool little Audio store in Royal Oaks Michigan that has them. When I say little, I mean the listening room might be a little bigger than your average living room. They carry them as well as Maggie’s. They sound fantastic in that little space.2-channelBelles 22A Pre, Emotiva XPA-2 Gen 2, Marantz SA8005, Pro-Ject RPM-10 Turntable, Pro-Ject Phono Box DS3B, Polk Audio Legend L800's, AudioQuest Cable throughout. -
Consider this: what you “hear” is in fact low level detail that is no longer masked.butterbean wrote: »... put dynamat on the baskets of my drivers and passive radiator... Much more guitar layering. Really brings the mids...
Years ago did the same but treating just one speaker then listened to them for change if any. I played some Donald Fagen for its bass heavy tracks.
Side note: the treated speaker received an internal wiring upgrade
W/the tweets disconnected, panning from the treated to the untreated, I was surprised to hear the untreated emit a lot of lower level, but impossible to ignore, sharp metallic sounds. The treated speaker emitted only “musical information” sans highs. Reconnecting the tweeter on the untreated speaker masked those unwanted sounds.
Just a theory. I’ve since treated all my speakers as above making sure to cover the magnets too, preventing/reducing reflected mids in the closure.
While you were in there, did you upgrade* the internal* wiring*? Have yet to do* my surrounds - easier during the bi-amp upgrade, hopefully late this year.
Samsung 60" UN60ES6100 LED, Outlaw Audio 976 Pre/Pro, Samsung BDP, Amazon Firestick, Phillips CD Changer
Canare 14 ga - LCR tweeters inside*; Ctr Ch outside
BJC 10 ga - LCR mids “Foamed & Plugged**”, inside* & out
8 ga Powerline: LR woofers, inside* & out
*soldered **Rob the Man (Xschop)
LR: Tri-amped RTi A7 w/Rotels*. Woofers - 980BX; Tweets & Mids - RB981*
Ctr Ch: Rotel RB981* -> Bi-amped CSi A6
Surrounds: Rotel 981* -> AR 12 ga -> RTi A3
*all connected w/Premiere ICs
5 Subs: Sunfire True SW Signature -> LFE & Ctr Ch; 4 Audio Pro Evidence @ the “Corners”
Power Conditioning & Distribution:
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There’s a cool little Audio store in Royal Oaks Michigan that has them. When I say little, I mean the listening room might be a little bigger than your average living room. They carry them as well as Maggie’s. They sound fantastic in that little space.
I can say that these are the first speakers that I’ve had in my house that compete with the modded 1.2tl’s. I really could live with either pair at this point, they’re that good. -
Oh, there are some out there that are good lookin' ohm walls. The ones pictured in the bottom photo are ready to be installed into my crossover units. Looking forward to listening to the end results.
Tom
So I'm about to order a few of the Path Audio resistors. Schematic calls for 9.4 ohms. Closest I can find is 9.1 ohms. Do you guys think that will be ok? -
Yep- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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I picked these bad boys up a couple weeks ago and finally got some time last night to get a real listening session with them. They’re in the main rig in place of my 1.2tls for now and so far they sound damn nice.
It’s surprising how much more of a load for an amplifier these Aerials present than the big Polks. The bias meter on my Pass amp doesn’t move with the SDAs unless I really crank it but just getting the 10Ts to a decent volume has the meter jumping around.
Sweet man, betcha those Aerials sound fantastic. One of my fav. brands of speakers. You can throw anything at them at they'll put a smile on your face.HT SYSTEM-
Sony 850c 4k
Pioneer elite vhx 21
Sony 4k BRP
SVS SB-2000
Polk Sig. 20's
Polk FX500 surrounds
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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 -
I upgraded my Twisted Pear Buffalo III 9028 Pro to a TP BIII 9038 Pro board. The 9038’s analog output section is duplicated 4 times and connected in parallel. Sounds just a bit better with more torque or punch and resolution.
I upgraded my Signature Sonore music servers front USB output from 2.0 to 3.0.
Now I don’t have to connect external drive behind it for incremental backups. The MB had a USB 3.0 header so why not.
I tried upgrading from Vortexbox 2.4 to 2.5 beta with no luck. Fortunately, I disconnected the music drive and used a new SSD half card for the op system upgrade. I just put the old 2.4 op system SSD drive card back in and reconnected the music drive to be back in business.
The power supplies for the board and SOtM USB 3.0 card are in another chassis. Power pass through on the SOtM card powers the hard drive which has a SOtM SATA power filter.
The CMOS battery was dead so that was replaced. I cut out the old battery and zip tied a new 2032 battery in until the proper new one arrives. It has a short harness connection, wrapped in shrink.
Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 * -
Hooked up a rasberry pi running ropieee to my stereo, and signed up for roon/tidal free trials. Sounds great!
The turntable was my only source before.
Still waiting for the case to come in the mail.
