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Bob, I think you’re our resident headphone guru, I’ll be interested to see what you think of the Empyreans.
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Tony D'Agostino Momentum S250 MxV & HD pre; Linn Klimax Organik DSM, SonicTransporter, EtherRegen; Acoustic Signature Typhoon Neo, Koetsu RSP, Boulder 1108; Sf Il Cremonese; Shunyata Everest, Altaira, Sigma & Alpha v2 |
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The other ones I really want are the RAAL. I look forward to sharing my results. PS Spirit Torinos are very bass heavy and disappointing to me; these are compared to the Abyss and Focal Utopias I have up there.
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Poland: Silenzio, Simaudio, Luxman, Bricasti, Bryston, Shunyata, Stax, Meze, Linn, Audeze, and Dan Clark Headphones, Stax, Wireworld, Crystal, Nordost, Siltech. Home Main System: Magnepan 20.7, Pass Labs XA 100.5, Audio Research Reference 6, Esoteric P-03, D-03, G0-Rb, DV-60, Clearaudio Innovation & Tangent arm, VPI HW19 MK4 & ET 2.5 arm, Mark Levinson 37, Aesthetix Rhea Signature, Magnum Dynalab Etude, Kiseki PHS, Sumiko Palos Santos Presentation,Wireworld, Crystal Absolute Dream, Shunyata, Acoustic Zen, and Stealth cables Other Avalon Arcus, Snell Type AIII, Tympani IV, Green Mountain Europa, Martin Logan CLS, Tympani 1D, Counterpoint, GAS, Yamaha, Levinson, Perreaux, Proceed, Theta, Linn, and other collectibles, including 60 different headphones and 30+ headphone amps, over 60 cartridges, and too many cables, stands, and tweaks to list. |
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The upgrade has arrived, Bergmann Magne.
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Congrats! Looking forward to more pics and impressions!
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Stereo: Hegel H590, Grimm Audio MU1, Mola Mola Tambaqui, Burmester 948 - V3 & V6 racks, Vivid Audio G2 Giyas, REL Carbon Special (pair), Silent Angel Bonn N8 Ethernet Switch & Forester F1, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse IC and SE SC, Furutech Digiflux AV: Hegel C-53, Marantz AV8802A, Oppo BDP-203EU, Pioneer Kuro 60", Vivid Audio C1 & V1w's, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse, SE & E Second system (veranda): Halgorythme preamp and monoblocks, Burmester 061, Avalon Avatar, Sharkwire & Wireworld cables |
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That’s a really cool table.
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Tony D'Agostino Momentum S250 MxV & HD pre; Linn Klimax Organik DSM, SonicTransporter, EtherRegen; Acoustic Signature Typhoon Neo, Koetsu RSP, Boulder 1108; Sf Il Cremonese; Shunyata Everest, Altaira, Sigma & Alpha v2 |
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Sorry to hsve to admit this, but...
I fell off the well-intentioned build-a-rack-and-that's-it 2021-goals-and-plans wagon when the right channel blew on my Sonographe SA250 bedroom-system amp and I had to decide whether to try and have it repaired or hunt for a replacement. Then an online ad for this turned up:
It's a twin to the MF2500 that's powered my living-room system since I bought it new two decades ago. This one was advertised as "used," but its pristine condition (save for a microscopic paint scrape on a heat sink fin) and that of its original shipping carton and packing material as well as the unfilled-out warranty card still in its mailing envelope addressed to Fairfax, VA suggest that it was unboxed to make sure it worked and then returned to its carton as open-box NOS. After about 50 playback hours to date, its presentation is still "opening up," but is already a marked improvement over what I heard with the SA250. So I suppose I can call this a case of turning lemons into lemonade.
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Jim Bedroom: Aurender N150-->Bryston BDA-3-->EMIA Elmaformer Cu passive line stage-->conrad-johnson MF2500-->Paradigm Studio 20 v.5 Wireworld Eclipse IC and SC Shunyata Delta D6, Alpha XC, Delta NR v.2, Alpha USB; Altaira CG Hub Stillpoints Aperture II; Ultra SS; Ultra Mini GIK Monster; 242 Butcher Block Acoustics Maple Platforms |
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Thank you bart.
Its a really nice upgrade from the Dr. Feickert Woodpecker and SME 312s arm. I use the same pickup Dynavector DV20XL. After playing a few days the impressions are: More crisper and clear midrange and tweeter. Greater controll and thighter woofer. I suspect the air floating at both arm and platter are a huge controbution to more details comming further out in the soundpicture. So, Its more fun to play vinyl now [emoji3]20210304_153910.jpeg20210304_153927.jpeg20210305_142437.jpeg |
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Stereo: Hegel H590, Grimm Audio MU1, Mola Mola Tambaqui, Burmester 948 - V3 & V6 racks, Vivid Audio G2 Giyas, REL Carbon Special (pair), Silent Angel Bonn N8 Ethernet Switch & Forester F1, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse IC and SE SC, Furutech Digiflux AV: Hegel C-53, Marantz AV8802A, Oppo BDP-203EU, Pioneer Kuro 60", Vivid Audio C1 & V1w's, Wireworld Platinum Eclipse, SE & E Second system (veranda): Halgorythme preamp and monoblocks, Burmester 061, Avalon Avatar, Sharkwire & Wireworld cables Last edited by bart; 03-06-2021 at 12:36 PM. |
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Audio goals & plans for 2021
My 2021 started out with a Shunyata Hydra Sigma S12 power distributor— for which Ivan snuck in a year-end order to beat the most recent price hike. Comments on the S12 will be later on a more appropriate thread.
Met with electrician today. I acquired a new room when my daughter got herself a job in Manhattan graciously removing herself from my payroll (ok, 80% removing herself from my payroll plus I still pay for her dog’s pet insurance). So in the next week or two I will be able to feed the new Shunyata and other things from 2- 20 amp dedicated circuits. Just starting to think about speakers and figuring out where I want to with them. For the moment, though, 2021 has been all about POWER!
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Office/Music Room Dynaudio Heritage Special. Uptone Audio EtherRegen Ethernet Switch. Akasa NUC 10i7 with Roon Rock. Bryston BDP-3 Digital Music Player (with 4 Tb Internal SSD and Synology DS920+ NAS)-->Holo Audio May Kitsune Edition DAC-->Shunyata Sigma USB—>Gryphon Diablo 120 Integreted Amp w Transpatent XL PC. Oppo BDP-105D and BDP-203. Power: Shunyata Hydra Sigma S12 PD. Additional Cabling: WW Silver Electra PC, WW Electra PC, Shunyata Venom 3 PC. Digital: WW Starlight Ethernet, WW Gold Starlight AES-EBU, WW Platinum Starlight USB. IC and Speaker: WW Eclipse 8. Bedroom System Ipad with MusicStreamer App-->Schiit Jotunheim DAC/Amp—>Audeze LCD-XC, Focal for Bentley Radiance HO, Massdrop E-MU Teak HP. AK SE 200 DAP. Mobile Survival Kit Astell & Kern SP1000M. Noble Kaiser Encore IEM with Double Helix Balanced cable, Westone W80 IEM w ALOaudio Ref 8 cable, Westone W60 IEM, Shure se535 Ltd with Westone Bluetooth Wireless cable-amp. Mark Levinson No. 5909 Wireless HP. Last edited by Masterlu; 03-06-2021 at 05:06 PM. Reason: Enlarge and embed photo |
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