Did I miss anything?
ROHfan
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Life got busy and I haven't been on here for a while. What did I miss? 
TV: 65" Samsung QLED 4K
Fronts: Energy RC70 --- Center: Energy RC-LCR
Front Heights: Polk RC65i --- Rears: Polk RC85i --- Sub: Power Sound Audio XS15
Pioneer VSX-1120K --- Parasound HCA-1000A --- Oppo BDP-103
Vincent Audio SA31 preamp --- Teac UD301 DAC
AIYIMA Tube T7 preamp --- Nobsound 12AX7 tube preamplifier
Fronts: Energy RC70 --- Center: Energy RC-LCR
Front Heights: Polk RC65i --- Rears: Polk RC85i --- Sub: Power Sound Audio XS15
Pioneer VSX-1120K --- Parasound HCA-1000A --- Oppo BDP-103
Vincent Audio SA31 preamp --- Teac UD301 DAC
AIYIMA Tube T7 preamp --- Nobsound 12AX7 tube preamplifier
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verb bought some more stuff.
John had his speakers set up correctly, after all.
SDA is not an effect.
Some more celebrities died.
Jesse likes vinyl now.
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Jesse also gave away his SDAs and now pushes soundbars. It's all on video.I disabled signatures.
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He did say on video that he was most impressed by the soundbar during one of the Polkfests years ago!
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Jesse also gave away his SDAs and now pushes soundbars. It's all on video.
I think he went with B&W front and Klipsch rears. -
I thought he went with Bose...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 -
I was never here.... 👀👁️👀
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verb bought some more stuff.
John had his speakers set up correctly, after all.
SDA is not an effect.
Some more celebrities died.
Jesse likes vinyl now.
You forgot PFB is back sporting bell bottoms ...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 -
How long have you been away?
That will give us a better period to judge what's happened.Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them. -
How long have you been away?
That will give us a better period to judge what's happened.
Last I was here was in 2016, I believe. This year my Vincent audio tube preamp died so I've been fooling around with one of those Chinese tube preamps in the meantime. I think I'm gonna need a few hundy's for the Vincent repair so that will have to wait until the holidays are over because I'm broke now.
Yeah, so I bought an AIYIMA Tube T7 Audio 6N3 Tube Preamp Bluetooth 5.0. I rolled in some nice tubes from Riverstone and replaced the cheapo opamps with Burr-Brown ones. The output from that is going to a Parasound HCA-1000A. I'm feeding the tube preamp from a TEAC DAC via rca's, which is fed by optical cable from my Oppo Blu-Ray player. I have to say...for what it costs me I'm very impressed with the sound. When I do an A/B with the Tube preamp vs. using the Pioneer VSX 1120k as a preamp I'm hearing some definite differences. The Tube preamp (I know it's just a buffer stage, btw) has pinpoint imaging and detail. You can hear where each instrument is coming from. The Pioneer gives a wider soundstage, less detail but warmer sound. If I play with the tone controls on the tube pre I can get it to sound better than the Pio. So it's a bunch of fun playing around with it. I would recommend that preamp in a heartbeat for a beginner audiophile 2ch system.
TV: 65" Samsung QLED 4K
Fronts: Energy RC70 --- Center: Energy RC-LCR
Front Heights: Polk RC65i --- Rears: Polk RC85i --- Sub: Power Sound Audio XS15
Pioneer VSX-1120K --- Parasound HCA-1000A --- Oppo BDP-103
Vincent Audio SA31 preamp --- Teac UD301 DAC
AIYIMA Tube T7 preamp --- Nobsound 12AX7 tube preamplifier -
nooshinjohn wrote: »
Those were the cubes on the ceiling for Atmos. -
I'm surprised no one has mentioned this. Polk has reintroduced a new Polk SDA and they are actually making award winning speakers.
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. ~ -
Yeah . . . I'm disappointed I didn't spring for the R200sAC 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 -
Yeah . . . I'm disappointed I didn't spring for the R200s
... and, astonishingly: I did.
DSC_0027 (2) by Mark Hardy, on Flickr -
mhardy6647 wrote: »Yeah . . . I'm disappointed I didn't spring for the R200s
... and, astonishingly: I did.DSC_0027 (2) by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
How do their new bookies sound? And how do they compare with the Elacs?TV: 65" Samsung QLED 4K
Fronts: Energy RC70 --- Center: Energy RC-LCR
Front Heights: Polk RC65i --- Rears: Polk RC85i --- Sub: Power Sound Audio XS15
Pioneer VSX-1120K --- Parasound HCA-1000A --- Oppo BDP-103
Vincent Audio SA31 preamp --- Teac UD301 DAC
AIYIMA Tube T7 preamp --- Nobsound 12AX7 tube preamplifier -
These new Elacs look interesting:
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mhardy6647 wrote: »Yeah . . . I'm disappointed I didn't spring for the R200s
... and, astonishingly: I did.DSC_0027 (2) by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
How do their new bookies sound? And how do they compare with the Elacs?
They are very nice and much more to my taste than the ELACs (i.e., the ones I have, the Debut 2.0 B6.2).
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You haven't missed much. Same internet trolls and bullies as always!!!!If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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I'm still here representing all the canucks
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verb bought some more stuff.
John had his speakers set up correctly, after all.
SDA is not an effect.
Some more celebrities died.
Jesse likes vinyl now.
Ha! I was certainly on a binge over the past few years! Settling down now a bit (lol) but always on the lookout!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. -
You forgot about ME!!...It's always been about ME!!
Welcome back...look at ME!!
ME ME ME ME!!2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC
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I like how you're sticking with tubes AND experimenting while doing so.
I found a pr. of GoldenEar Triton Ones at a yard-sale a few years ago for a great discounted price.
Listened to them again last night and I certainly need to listen to them a lot more than I do.
My neck issues over the past 40 years got a lot better about 5 years ago, and I've started to do what I wanted to do but couldn't for most of the past 10 years. It's been awesome being able to work 50% or more of what I used to do. Check out "my downsizing" thread. I'm still working on it and will be for a long time, I think. I had slowly accumulated a lot of stuff during those years, and I wasn't enjoying my stereo's as much as I should've been. After getting those Triton Ones and my health getting better and better, I made a goal to reclaim space for musics' sake.
A couple of members have had children.
One member had a "widow maker" heart attack but survived thank God.
Another member lost everything due to that horrible "100 year" monster flooding a year ago or more.
Yup, Polk Audio re-vamped the SDA into these new L800 speakers. These and a lot of their newer speakers are getting great reviews this past year or more. The new speakers aren't cheap, and their sound isn't either from what I've read.
99% of talk about Politics and 99% of any opinions about covid was BANNED. Those were some popcorn eating days for sure. One member was doing a lot to HELP America in the beginning of this Pandemic. It was always nice to see what he was doing each week for the USA. Then he couldn't post anymore due to the new BAN.
A member quit drinking and is doing great with his sobriety for year or two now. His thread on no more audio purchases for a year didn't go as well. 
One member had one of the BEST cross-over upgrades ever made on this forum I believe, by another member. There's a thread on that too.
I made the same goal to stop buying because I really had no more room to put anything else. I didn't have room for the Triton Ones but the price was so low, and I had just enough money to buy them. I had to put them in a small isle until I slowly made room over a long period of time. They are set up properly now. I fell off the wagon a year later when I just had to buy a set of speakers that are made here locally. Their price was fair too.
I think we had a 3 day long 112 mph hurricane while you were gone.
It was scary but it doesn't come close to what people went through with the 200+miles long tornado/s that destroyed town after town after town a couple of weeks ago.
I'm sure there's a lot more that I'm forgetting. These past 2 years have been &&^$#^&*(#LL. It's a wonder I haven't had a stroke yelling at the TV.
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A member quit drinking and is doing great with his sobriety for year or two now. His thread on no more audio purchases for a year didn't go as well.
It's actually been 4.5 years without alcohol now!
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way to go brother!
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Thanks bro.
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txcoastal1 wrote: »You forgot about ME!!...It's always been about ME!!
Welcome back...look at ME!!
ME ME ME ME!!
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Another awesome thing that happened was the dreadnaught group buy of 2019! Led by @pitdogg2 for the isolation transformer order and complimented by custom cases built by @Toolfan66!
@vcwatkins was also a big part, and IIRC @erniejade started it all buy asking if anyone had one they'd like to sell!
Thanks Ivan, Craig, and Larry!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. -
Man being gone for around 2 years makes me wonder what I missed, I then read Tony's post and glad to hear there is a lot of wins around here but also my heart goes out to the members who received the opposite hand.
Life here hasn't been a peach but I complain about the small picture items when in the larger sense, I am doing about as good as one person possibly can. Obviously, the new kiddo is almost 2 years old now, I am hitting 30 in just under 2 weeks, another baby on the way in June.
I haven't had much time for listening and switched to just a soundbar in the living room for kiddo safety. Just moved into a new bigger house and broke out the SDA2Bs for the first time in 2 years, what a great experience and took me back to why I fell in love with this hobby in the first place...hence I come back here and think of everyone on this site.Just a dude doing dude-ly things
"Temptation is the manifestation of desire which equals necessity." - Mikey081057
" I have always had a champange taste with a beer budget" - Rick88
"Just because the thread is getting views don't mean much .. I like a good train wreck doesn't mean i want to be in one..." - pitdogg2
"Those that don't know, don't know that they don't know." - heiney9
"Audiophiles are the male equivalent of cat ladies." - Audiokarma Member -
Another awesome thing that happened was the dreadnaught group buy of 2019! Led by @pitdogg2 for the isolation transformer order and complimented by custom cases built by @Toolfan66!
@vcwatkins was also a big part, and IIRC @erniejade started it all buy asking if anyone had one they'd like to sell!
Thanks Ivan, Craig, and Larry!
Go man go! 8 more to hit 10,000 posts!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!)
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