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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,612
    joecoulson wrote: »
    Good to see others enjoying Elac also. Love mine.

    Hi Joe,

    They are in a shootout between these ^ and the Polk LSiM 703. I believe the 703's are winning but I'm giving the DBR62's a fair shot (I want the best sounding speakers to stay here). Glad you are enjoying your Adante's!
    Audio: Von Schweikert VR-2 * Musical Fidelity M2si * Bluesound Node 2i * APC H10
    Vinyl: Fluance RT82 * Bottlehead Reduction + Integration Upgrade * KAB RF1
    Video: VIZIO M55Q8-H1 * Panasonic DMP-UB200 * Roku Ultra LT
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  • GlennDog
    GlennDog Posts: 2,574
    Is the rifle for answering the neighbors question, “can ya turn that down?” ? 🤣
    Power Rogue M180 monos & Adcom GFA 5802
    PS Audio PerfectWave Power Plant 10
    Rears Salk SuperCharged Surrounds
    Source PSA PWT into NSD Supremo
    Pre/Pro Integra DHC 40.1
    LCD Samsung LN46B750
    Mains Salk HT2-TL
    Center Salk HT2C
    Pre Cary SLP-05
    Wires WW & MIT
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 4,154
    Coyotes. No neighbors for a quarter mile at least. If they heard my music playing they'd come over thinking I was having another party.
    Cambridge Audio 851N Streamer/DAC
    Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Belles 350A Reference modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
    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
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 4,154
    GlennDog wrote: »
    Is the rifle for answering the neighbors question, “can ya turn that down?” ? 🤣

    I notice you have the Rogue 180 Monoblocks. I was looking at a pair of those before I found this Belles amp. They were really nice but I was worried about the space they would take up as they wouldn't work inside my stereo cabinet (too much heat).
    Cambridge Audio 851N Streamer/DAC
    Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Belles 350A Reference modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
    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
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  • joecoulson
    joecoulson Posts: 4,944
    SKS is a fun rifle.
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 4,154
    I picked a couple Russian ones up back in the day when they were $90 each. I should have bought a thousand of them. They are hugely popular and not cheap any more. They are not a good long range rifle but at 100 yards or less they get the job done and ammo is ridiculously cheap.
    Cambridge Audio 851N Streamer/DAC
    Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Belles 350A Reference modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
    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
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  • GlennDog
    GlennDog Posts: 2,574
    audioluvr wrote: »
    I notice you have the Rogue 180 Monoblocks. They were really nice but I was worried about the space they would take up as they wouldn't work inside my stereo cabinet (too much heat).
    These don’t seem to give off that much heat, but then again Ive never had them inside cabinetry. One criticism however, is that the tubes are in the back of the unit and so is the bias meter. No problem if you got a very spacious listening area, but I don’t. So the monos are in an open rack on the top shelf, sitting sideways for easy access to the bias meter and the glowing tubes 🥳

    btw, I check the Gon pretty regularly. Ya know, “just look’n” ... i’d really like to mate the 180s with an RP-7 or RP-9 pre-amp. They’re far and few of em. Going on 5 yrs now and I’m pretty happy with them. Plenty of clean power.
    Also, going to roll a pair of Telefunken 12AX7s in tomorrow 🤩
    audioluvr wrote: »
    .... and ammo is ridiculously cheap.
    I haven’t found anything in the sport/hobby to be remotely cheap (these days). Glade you found low cost ammo
    Power Rogue M180 monos & Adcom GFA 5802
    PS Audio PerfectWave Power Plant 10
    Rears Salk SuperCharged Surrounds
    Source PSA PWT into NSD Supremo
    Pre/Pro Integra DHC 40.1
    LCD Samsung LN46B750
    Mains Salk HT2-TL
    Center Salk HT2C
    Pre Cary SLP-05
    Wires WW & MIT
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  • TEAforONE
    TEAforONE Posts: 844
    halo wrote: »
    Testing out the ELAC Debut Reference DBR62 bookshelf speakers now. Very nice so far! Way better than the UB5's and UF5's I tried out in my last apartment (but that was on different gear and in a different listening environment/room).
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    Beautiful rig!
    See my profile for list of gear.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,612
    TEAforONE wrote: »
    halo wrote: »
    Testing out the ELAC Debut Reference DBR62 bookshelf speakers now. Very nice so far! Way better than the UB5's and UF5's I tried out in my last apartment (but that was on different gear and in a different listening environment/room).
    y3367lpdq0w2.jpg

    Beautiful rig!

    Thank you sir! Once I get the wire management down I’ll be content :)
    Audio: Von Schweikert VR-2 * Musical Fidelity M2si * Bluesound Node 2i * APC H10
    Vinyl: Fluance RT82 * Bottlehead Reduction + Integration Upgrade * KAB RF1
    Video: VIZIO M55Q8-H1 * Panasonic DMP-UB200 * Roku Ultra LT
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,217
    TEAforONE wrote: »
    halo wrote: »
    Testing out the ELAC Debut Reference DBR62 bookshelf speakers now. Very nice so far! Way better than the UB5's and UF5's I tried out in my last apartment (but that was on different gear and in a different listening environment/room).
    y3367lpdq0w2.jpg

    Beautiful rig!

    And it sounds very good as well!

    SDA SRS 2.3TL's/SDA SRS 3.1TL's/SDA CRS+4.1TL's and some other stuff
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  • Milito
    Milito Posts: 1,522
    Got that one from the early 70's along with Rockin' the Fillmore album.
    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, Audioquest Interconnects and Digital Cables, 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, Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,612
    Mike Reeter wrote: »

    And it sounds very good as well!

    Thanks Mike!
    Audio: Von Schweikert VR-2 * Musical Fidelity M2si * Bluesound Node 2i * APC H10
    Vinyl: Fluance RT82 * Bottlehead Reduction + Integration Upgrade * KAB RF1
    Video: VIZIO M55Q8-H1 * Panasonic DMP-UB200 * Roku Ultra LT
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,612
    edited February 2020
    I swapped out the DBR62's for the LSiM703's:
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    Audio: Von Schweikert VR-2 * Musical Fidelity M2si * Bluesound Node 2i * APC H10
    Vinyl: Fluance RT82 * Bottlehead Reduction + Integration Upgrade * KAB RF1
    Video: VIZIO M55Q8-H1 * Panasonic DMP-UB200 * Roku Ultra LT
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  • joecoulson
    joecoulson Posts: 4,944
    tratliff wrote: »
    Wife left for brunch so I can turn it up!

    Got my lights setup. They are working great. Puts good light directly on turntables without turning up the full room lights. All lights are also remote controlled. Each set having a different dimmer.

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    Beautiful setup. Simply stunning.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 29,489
    The sap is just starting to run in the sugarbush around here...

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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 1,830
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    The sap is just starting to run in the sugarbush around here...

    Warm days and cold nights; it's almost time to tap those haaadd maples :) ;
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 15,182
    @jbreezy5, if you have not been welcomed to the forum before? Please allow me to offer you a very warm welcome to Club Polk.

    How are you liking the PrimaLuna?

    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. ~

    ~ I have found excellence ~

    ~ The best way to enjoy digital music reproduction is to never listen to good analogue reproduction ~

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 29,489
    motorstereo wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    The sap is just starting to run in the sugarbush around here...

    Warm days and cold nights; it's almost time to tap those haaadd maples :) ;

    The local big (relatively speaking) syrup producer has a little standalone reverse osmosis "plant" alongside the road that's down the hill from us; it was runnin' yesterday. It was 40 here yesterday. They get every drop they can -- that stuff is valuable. :)
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  • jbreezy5
    jbreezy5 Posts: 455
    treitz3 wrote: »
    @jbreezy5, if you have not been welcomed to the forum before? Please allow me to offer you a very warm welcome to Club Polk.

    How are you liking the PrimaLuna?

    Tom

    Hi Tom, thanks for the warm welcome!

    The PrimaLuna is a lot of fun! I got it NOS from Upscale Audio about a year ago. It came with KT88s, which I prefer to EL34s for deeper bass. I consider the amp’s midrange a little forward sounding with speakers that have a relatively flat frequency response.

    Pairing the Prologue Five with the Jolida TubeDac III (two current production Tung-Sol 12ax7s in the output stage and no op amps) results in a liquid, smooth and textural presentation.

    The speakers are Acoustic Energy Aegis Evo IIIs. These tend to sound recessed in the midrange with solid-state amps, and therefore, neutral with the PL amp for a synergistic match. The bass has a good balance of depth/body/speed, and the treble is sweet and detailed with the Vifa tweeter.

    -Justin-
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 15,182
    Man, I have to admit. I love folks that join in like you! You roll tubes, talk about your experiences, are not ashamed to talk smack about what you hear....

    I look forward to your 10,000th post. B)

    I may have a 12Ax7 for you for that Jolida...if you are not happy? Speak up.

    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. ~

    ~ I have found excellence ~

    ~ The best way to enjoy digital music reproduction is to never listen to good analogue reproduction ~

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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,471
    edited February 2020
    Great rig Justin. I like your equipment choices.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Amp: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Speakers: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • jbreezy5
    jbreezy5 Posts: 455
    I definitely don’t think all gear sounds the same. I can’t imagine a forum like this could exist if it did, there’d be nothing to say.

    I’m all ears about the 12ax7 recommendation.

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  • joecoulson
    joecoulson Posts: 4,944
    Welcome bro!
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,612
    Very nice setup you have there @jbreezy5!

    Looks like a lot of fun!
    Audio: Von Schweikert VR-2 * Musical Fidelity M2si * Bluesound Node 2i * APC H10
    Vinyl: Fluance RT82 * Bottlehead Reduction + Integration Upgrade * KAB RF1
    Video: VIZIO M55Q8-H1 * Panasonic DMP-UB200 * Roku Ultra LT
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  • butterbean
    butterbean Posts: 374
    I installed a furman power conditioner. I got it to protect my modest equipment. But damn! Really improved my sound/staging. Unless I am hallucinating again.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 15,182
    Butterbean, it may have lowered your noise floor offering you more of the actual music and less "noise".

    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. ~

    ~ I have found excellence ~

    ~ The best way to enjoy digital music reproduction is to never listen to good analogue reproduction ~

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  • butterbean
    butterbean Posts: 374
    Less noise, more music! I’m down wit dat!
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