What did you do to your stereo rig today?
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It’s not a big deal to move the board it will just take about an hour for me. I have the one in the other speaker mounted on the side opposite the inductor. That one was harder to find a spot where the 6 required mounting screws and spacers would miss the grooves in the box wall and still be able to get my tools inside to mount the boards. If I take them apart I may just mount the crossover to a separate board and then mount that board to the cabinet. That will be easier since I won’t have to worry about all the spacers.
Everything I read from the loudspeaker design cookbook is a minimum of 3” and 90 degrees should be good. I’ll probably just take the time this weekend and move it.L600 (front), R200 (rear), R200 (rear surround), L400 (center), Sunfire HRS-10 (2)Marantz AV7706Sunfire Cinema Grand, Marantz M8077, Music Hall Stealth, Ortofon bronze cartridge, Parasound Zphono XRM, Sony UBP-X800 -
Finally introduced a tube component to the system, and am very happy with the pairing of a Joule Electra LA-150SE preamp with the Parasound A21. 95% of my listening is streaming Qobuz using my Lumin streamer as a preamp with its LEEDH volume control. I've been hesitant to put a preamp in the signal path for fear of losing clarity/resolution. Shouldn't have worried. If I've lost anything, I can't tell, and the fuller, richer, bigger soundstage I'm hearing now has me planted in front of the speakers and reluctant to move.
Thanks to Rich Brkich, the "Joule Doctor" - so generous with his time and patience. Great transaction start to finish!
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Well, I will say this. That's a fine sounding preamp. You choose....
Wisely.
Enjoy your new found sound. I don't know about others on this board, but I can't go without tubes in the main rig. I did that once, after having tubes in the rig for many years and couldn't stand it. It sounded like an all SS system. Anyhoo, congrat's to you on the aqusition of the Joule. Enjoy!
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. ~ -
Appreciate your kind words, Tom. Your example, along with others here, convinced me to give it try. Glad I did, even if it took until now. Slow learner, I guess.
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I moved my speakers about 20 cm from the walls and adjusted toe-in by 5 degrees. The soundstage got tighter.
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Testing the vintage Yamaha A-760 integrated amp that I gave to my daughter, via a pair of Infinity RS5 speakers, on my 'side system'.
Her former roommates cranked the volume to max on her system, which fried one of the vintage AR speakers she had, but we weren't sure about the amp. I *think* the amp is okay, but one of the AR speakers has toasted drivers. Right now, though, playing the amp through these Infinity RS5, it sounds mighty fine I love these speakers 
"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 -
Another day and I will have my Musical Fidelity Tri-vista 21 back together. It was a lot of work, but I just finished replacing all of the Jamicon electrolytic capacitors with Nichion FG, all of the .01uf and .3pf ceramic capacitors with Wima MKP film capacitors, and all of the Chinese film capacitors with Wima equivalents. The NE5532AP opamps were removed and I installed sockets, so I can play with various combinations of OPA2134PA and LM4562NA opamps. I also replaced the RCA output jacks with Cardas CTFA and swapped the RCA input jack with Pomona BNC jack. I had some Siless matt leftover from my truck, so I put a square of that on the lid. I'm curious if these mods will alter or improve this DAC. I'm also interested in comparing the Tri-vista to the Lumin's on board DAC.
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Dang, you have come a long way...
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. ~ -
Definitely worth the investment and effort! The Lumin DAC is really very good, but in a side by side comparison... There really is no comparison. There's so much more detail revealed through the Tri-vista. Deeper and more impactful bass and there's a sparkle in the high frequencies that makes everything sound more realistic. The sound stage is so precise that I found myself looking for the instrument that caught my attention. Considering that with all the new parts the DAC isn't even "burned in" I anticipate it is only going to get better. I'm a happy camper!Enjoying the journey while never attaining the destination.
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Took advantage of the rainy day to dust and detail everything, including the cables! Was overdue! Now it's time to sit back and enjoy for a while.
Brian
One-owner Polk Audio RTA 15TL speakers refreshed w/ Sonicap, Vishay/Mills and Cardas components by "pitdogg2," "xschop" billet tweeter plates and BH5 | Stereo REL Acoustics T/5x subwoofers w/ Bassline Blue cables | Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III integrated tube amp | Technics SL-1210G turntable w/ Ortofon 2M Black LVB 250 MM cart | Teac VRDS-701T CD transport | LampizatOr Baltic 4 tube DAC | Nordost & DH Labs cables/interconnects | APC H15 Power Conditioner | GIK Acoustics room treatments | Degritter RCM -
Testing some VR3 pads...
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The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 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
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The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 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
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Congrats to you and it sure is a fine looking preamp. Looking forward to reading your impressions of it vs. the 2300. -
Tested my buddy Steve's new acquisition in my system, which is a Denafrips Enyo 15th DAC ($699 not incl. customs duties), Regrettably my Squeezebox Touch with the Enhanced Digital Output app installed, did not recognize the Denafrips and we just got the spinning wheel and "DAC Not Recognized".
But even using a 10 ft. USB printer cable from his HP 17 Laptop to the Denafrips and an iFi Gemini 1m USB cable to the Onkyo Integrated, it totally bested my SBT to iFi nano iDSD to Onkyo! I mean blew it out of the water! Even the bass was better. Low level cymbal details and resolution were incredible.
I would upgrade to this in a hot minute if it had worked with the SBT output. Regrettably, we did not try the coax on the SBT to the Denafrips. Not sure why that would've worked when the USB didn't but we have to try that too. He took it with him back home which is pretty bad manners lol.
https://www.denafrips.com/enyo
George / NJ
Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
Onkyo A-8017 integrated
Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
iFi nano iDSD DAC
iPurifier3
iDefender w/ iPower PS
Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform -
Gardenstater wrote: »Tested my buddy Steve's new acquisition in my system, which is a Denafrips Enyo 15th DAC ($699 not incl. customs duties), Regrettably my Squeezebox Touch with the Enhanced Digital Output app installed, did not recognize the Denafrips and we just got the spinning wheel and "DAC Not Recognized".
But even using a 10 ft. USB printer cable from his HP 17 Laptop to the Denafrips and an iFi Gemini 1m USB cable to the Onkyo Integrated, it totally bested my SBT to iFi nano iDSD to Onkyo! I mean blew it out of the water! Even the bass was better. Low level cymbal details and resolution were incredible.
I would upgrade to this in a hot minute if it had worked with the SBT output. Regrettably, we did not try the coax on the SBT to the Denafrips. Not sure why that would've worked when the USB didn't but we have to try that too. He took it with him back home which is pretty bad manners lol.
https://www.denafrips.com/enyo
That is odd the SBT didn't recognize the Denafrips. Is that box supported with updates through the LMS/Lyrion project? My Daphile streamer basically uses the LMS engine in a very light Linux OS. It immediately recognized my Denafrips (although, mine is an older Ares II version).
The difference when I upgraded to the Ares wasn't as obvious, but it did become noticeable after a few days. The low level detail and bass texture is what I picked up first. I think the change from the iFi portable DAC/Amp to the latest Denafrips Enyo is a bigger jump than it was from my Teac UD-301 to my Denafrips. They are definitely good quality products across the lineup.
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Gardenstater wrote: »Tested my buddy Steve's new acquisition in my system, which is a Denafrips Enyo 15th DAC ($699 not incl. customs duties), Regrettably my Squeezebox Touch with the Enhanced Digital Output app installed, did not recognize the Denafrips and we just got the spinning wheel and "DAC Not Recognized".
But even using a 10 ft. USB printer cable from his HP 17 Laptop to the Denafrips and an iFi Gemini 1m USB cable to the Onkyo Integrated, it totally bested my SBT to iFi nano iDSD to Onkyo! I mean blew it out of the water! Even the bass was better. Low level cymbal details and resolution were incredible.
I would upgrade to this in a hot minute if it had worked with the SBT output. Regrettably, we did not try the coax on the SBT to the Denafrips. Not sure why that would've worked when the USB didn't but we have to try that too. He took it with him back home which is pretty bad manners lol.
https://www.denafrips.com/enyo
That is odd the SBT didn't recognize the Denafrips. Is that box supported with updates through the LMS/Lyrion project? My Daphile streamer basically uses the LMS engine in a very light Linux OS. It immediately recognized my Denafrips (although, mine is an older Ares II version).
The difference when I upgraded to the Ares wasn't as obvious, but it did become noticeable after a few days. The low level detail and bass texture is what I picked up first. I think the change from the iFi portable DAC/Amp to the latest Denafrips Enyo is a bigger jump than it was from my Teac UD-301 to my Denafrips. They are definitely good quality products across the lineup.
Unfortunately, the developer of the EDO applet is no longer in the Lyrion Community Forum so I won't hold my breath for any future tweaking of the code. I was advised that we could've also tried a USB hub (powered or unpowered) between the SBT and the DAC to see if it was tricked into working, in addition to the COAX digital output/inputs which is also supposed to be converted from an input to an output on the SBT by the EDO app.
So you are using a SBT with some software called Daphile? I think that the function of recognizing the DAC would be a matter of the firmware of the SBT and not the streaming software and should work when you only have those two connected and powered regardless of inputs to the SBT but I could be wrong.
I want to see if there is a list of known supported DACs by the EDO app and see if your old Denafrips is on the list. And yes I absolutely want one now, even despite the over $100 additional due to the tariffs, which that particular mfg. has decided they ain't gonna eat it.George / NJ
Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
Onkyo A-8017 integrated
Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
iFi nano iDSD DAC
iPurifier3
iDefender w/ iPower PS
Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform -
Gardenstater wrote: »
So you are using a SBT with some software called Daphile? I think that the function of recognizing the DAC would be a matter of the firmware of the SBT and not the streaming software and should work when you only have those two connected and powered regardless of inputs to the SBT but I could be wrong.
I want to see if there is a list of known supported DACs by the EDO app and see if your old Denafrips is on the list. And yes I absolutely want one now, even despite the over $100 additional due to the tariffs, which that particular mfg. has decided they ain't gonna eat it.
I actually use a little fanless thin client PC, which runs the Daphile software and connects via USB to the DAC. The playback is through using a phone/tablet browser. I've talked about it a few times in the Going Digital sub-forum. I wasn't sure if there was a connection between LMS/Lyrion and how the SBT functions, but I knew they were in the same ecosystem. Daphile uses the LMS/Lyrion engine.
I'd definitely look on the used market to avoid the tariffs. I think the generational upgrades from Ares II > Ares 12th > Enya 15th version have been pretty small overall. In fact, the Ares II received a software upgrade after the Ares 12th was release to give the same basic features. The 12th had a better case and power supply design, but otherwise, it wasn't a huge jump. I haven't really followed the improvements since that time. For me, I saved a few hundred going with the used Ares II vs the 12th which was the latest at that time.
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Picked me up one of these today. Lightly used and in pristine shape. Not sure what I'm going to do with it yet in the long run but I'll probably throw it into rotation just to try something different.
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 -
Polished up what some folks here call, "The Bell".
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 recommend the 3m velcro strips, the hard hook side is all that's needed and the felt sticks right to it- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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I recommend the 3m velcro strips, the hard hook side is all that's needed and the felt sticks right to it
That is on the list, thanks
I had tossed around sewing on one side onto the felt at my upholstery shop. That it only needs one is a plus. -
Yes the wall strips are removable without damage... Works good!- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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Got the harbeths into the man cave for a few days...
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Very nice! Love the stands!- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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What stands are those? Do they have 4 springs between the spikes and the stand, for vibration isolation?George / NJ
Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
Onkyo A-8017 integrated
Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
iFi nano iDSD DAC
iPurifier3
iDefender w/ iPower PS
Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform -
Gardenstater wrote: »What stands are those? Do they have 4 springs between the spikes and the stand, for vibration isolation?
No spring, just cheap Amazonic stands. -
I like the in-wall rack! That's something you don't see every day. Beautiful setup! Rogue Pharaoh has some muscle, too. 👍
Brian
One-owner Polk Audio RTA 15TL speakers refreshed w/ Sonicap, Vishay/Mills and Cardas components by "pitdogg2," "xschop" billet tweeter plates and BH5 | Stereo REL Acoustics T/5x subwoofers w/ Bassline Blue cables | Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III integrated tube amp | Technics SL-1210G turntable w/ Ortofon 2M Black LVB 250 MM cart | Teac VRDS-701T CD transport | LampizatOr Baltic 4 tube DAC | Nordost & DH Labs cables/interconnects | APC H15 Power Conditioner | GIK Acoustics room treatments | Degritter RCM -
@Conradicles Nice setup! I really like the wood grain on those speakers! I've been seriously considering a Rogue RP5 to add some tubes to my system. How do you like the Rogue you have?Enjoying the journey while never attaining the destination.
