What did you do to your stereo rig today?
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spongebobsquarepants wrote: »
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.
Sweet! Btw qobuz is $5 cheaper and sounds better than tidal and their catalog size is quickly catching up...Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
Game Room 5.1.4: Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
Bedroom 2.1 Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer -
I agree, tried both and Qobuz does sound better.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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I also use Qobuz. Mostly for flac downloads but like it a lot.
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I’ve been using Qobuz as well, sounds excellent but I need to invest in a better streamer as my chromecast audio doesn’t always play well with it.
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I’ve been using Qobuz as well, sounds excellent but I need to invest in a better streamer as my chromecast audio doesn’t always play well with it.
I download from my desktop pc to a usb 3.0 thumb drive and plug that into my Yamaha HTR. Sounds better than any of my CDs. -
SCompRacer wrote: »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.
Looks like top-shelf material to me RIch! You always do such great work
Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
HT: Samsung QN90B * Marantz NR1510 * Panasonic DMP-BDT220 * Roku Ultra LT * APC H10 -
I am doing the same thing as Ryan is doing. Putting the system back together after having some work done in the basement due to a dishwasher leak.
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That sucks fellas. Sorry to hear that. Not fun. Had basement flood in last house with a home theater down there.
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just got my jolida 801a back from shop - new transformer / new caps v-caps/ new resisters mundorf
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These came in today. That's a standard size envelope they are on for size comp.
So the little tubes are not for liquid. They only go in a little. Maybe there to aid with mounting?
I sure hope it sounds as good as it's going to look.
I placed another order Saturday for 2 more caps and 2 Path Audio resistors.
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Usually to solder to the PCB.
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just got my jolida 801a back from shop - new transformer / new caps v-caps/ new resisters mundorf
First impressions?
I had a 502B (I think that was the model) almost 15 years ago and loved it -
At first i was is this my amp. About 3 hours i am starting to like what i hear.
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I'm pretty stoked about this new-to-me Basis Audio 1400 turntable with a Rega RB900 tonearm. The chassis and platter are clear acrylic, so looking forward to hearing what this has to offer.
This will be my first tt with an off-board motor."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 !!
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I'm pretty stoked about this new-to-me Basis Audio 1400 turntable with a Rega RB900 tonearm. The chassis and platter are clear acrylic, so looking forward to hearing what this has to offer.
This will be my first tt with an off-board motor.
This looks really cool! I haven’t heard of this company before, but that looks like some solid design philosophies.Analog: MoFi MasterTracker > MoFi UltraDeck > Sutherland 20/20
Digital: Cambridge CXC / Streaming > Cambridge CXN v2
MastersounD Dueventi > Rosso Fiorentino Certaldo or Hifiman EF600 > Hifiman Arya Stealth
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That is neat looking for sure!- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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Thanks guys!
Basis Audio is a German company that prides itself on tight tolerances. This 1400 tt is entry-level for them, but I was curious, and figured the RB900 arm alone was worth something."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 -
RB 900 looks near-identical to the RB300. Either are great tone armsSamsung 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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I thought Basis is an American company. Their website is not too clear, but indicates a New Hampshire address, which I suppose could be the distributor. Founder A. J. Conti was a very well regarded designer-builder. Nice looking tt.
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The guy I bought my Aragon amp from had this TT. He said it was the only one of its kind. I cannot say it is for fact. It didn't have any name on it I could find.
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Looks like a modded Rega
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The guy I bought my Aragon amp from had this TT. He said it was the only one of its kind. I cannot say it is for fact. It didn't have any name on it I could find.
Ivan, Do you know the maker/brand of the black cabinet? Vented, locking... looks nice. The LED's inside were probably added by the owner.
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aprazer402 wrote: »Ivan, Do you know the maker/brand of the black cabinet? Vented, locking... looks nice. The LED's inside were probably added by the owner.
No I do not.
Here is his HT
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Bad ****.
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The guy I bought my Aragon amp from had this TT. He said it was the only one of its kind. I cannot say it is for fact. It didn't have any name on it I could find.
Good looking Record Player
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PT2: The tone arm on that table looks like a Rega - suggestive of the TT’s SQ.
Very long story: Rega tone arms are some of, if not the industry’s most under rated arms. Real pain in the rear echelon to set up but worth the trouble because their “set and forget” nature. Near Lambo sound performance at just above Fiat 500 prices.
Enjoy! TonySamsung 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:
4 dedicated 20A feeds; APC H15; 5 Furman Miniport 20s -
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 -
Installed a new to me PS Audio power regenerator. Nice improvement in sound: vocal clarity, bass volume and definition - could probably do without the subwoofer at this point. My SDA-CRS+ have never sounded better. Everything I've done to clean up my power supply has really paid off. Huge thanks for guidance go to @DarqueKnight - you're the man, Ray!
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Installed a new to me PS Audio power regenerator. Nice improvement in sound: vocal clarity, bass volume and definition - could probably do without the subwoofer at this point. My SDA-CRS+ have never sounded better. Everything I've done to clean up my power supply has really paid off. Huge thanks for guidance go to @DarqueKnight - you're the man, Ray!
Was about to like your post, then saw, “...could probably do without the subwoofer...”
Make sad 😢
Line purification and voltage regulation really does make a difference. Congrats on your purchase!CD Players: Sony CDP-211; Sony DVP-S9000ES; Sony UDP-X800M2 (x2); Cambridge Audio CXC
DACs: Jolida Glass FX Tube DAC III (x2); Denafrips Ares II (x2)
Streamers: ROKU (x3); Bluesound Node 2i and Node N130 w/LHY LPS // Receivers: Yamaha RX-V775BT; Yamaha RX-V777
Preamps: B&K Ref 50; B&K Ref 5 S2; Classe CP-800 MkII; Audio Research SP16L (soon)
Amps: Niles SI-275; B&K ST125.7; B&K ST125.2; Classe CA-2300; Butler Audio TDB-5150
Speakers: Boston Acoustics CR55; Focal Chorus 705v; Wharfedale Diamond 10.2; Monitor Audio Silver-1; Def Tech Mythos One (x4)/Mythos Three Center (x2)/Mythos Two pr.; Martin Logan Electromotion ESL; Legacy Audio Victoria/Silverscreen Center; Gallo Acoustics Reference 3.1; SVS SB-1000 Pro; REL HT-1003; B&W ASW610; HifiMan HE400i
Turntable: Dual 721 Direct-Drive w/Audio Technica AT-VM95e cart
Cables: Tripp-lite 14ga. PCs, Blue Jeans Cable ICs, Philips PXT1000 ICs; Kimber Kable DV30 coaxial ICs; Canare L-4E6S XLR ICs; Kimber Kable 8PR & 8TC speaker cables.
