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[HIFI]

HiFi

 

[sgr]

Very nice. What brand is your rack?

[TubeLover]

22 hours ago, Bazinga said:

Constellation Centaur ll 500 

Stereo

 

Focal Maestro Utopia Evo 

 

Taiko Audio SGM Extreme 

 

Esoteric K-01XD

 

Luxman D-10X

 

Bricasti M20 Platinum

 

Bricasti M21 Platinum 

A most impressive system. Congrats on owning such exceptional equipment. Enjoy! 

 

JC

[thyname]

On 8/23/2020 at 1:10 AM, Bazinga said:

Constellation Centaur ll 500 

Stereo

 

Focal Maestro Utopia Evo 

 

Taiko Audio SGM Extreme 

 

Esoteric K-01XD

 

Luxman D-10X

 

Bricasti M20 Platinum

 

Bricasti M21 Platinum 

 

Wow!! Truly amazing! Congrats!

 

I cannot help but notice: what do you have both Esoteric K-01XD and Luxman D-10x? Aren't they both SACD players?

[Bazinga]

Sold the Luxman my current setup 

 

Main System 

 

Esoteric Grandioso C1 Preamp 

 

Esoteric K-01XD

 

Taiko Audio SGM Extreme 

 

Constellation Centaur ll 500 

Stereo

 

Cybershaft  OP21A-D / LTPW01 

 

Focal Maestro Utopia Evo 

 

 

 

2nd System 

 

Luxman L1000

Luxman MQ300

Lumin X1

DeVore Fidelity Orangutan O/96

[HIFI]

On 8/23/2020 at 9:02 PM, sgr said:

Very nice. What brand is your rack?

Mapleshade 

[audiobomber]

I fine-tuned my sub crossovers with REW DSP yesterday, my best and final attempt. Tweaks are finished, very good cables, three linear PSU's, two power conditioners. The IsoAcoustics stands tilt the speakers down to the listening seat. Upgrading the main components would cost more than I am willing to spend, so I guess I'm done.  

 

 

[audiobomber]

My head-fi system:

 

 

[botrytis]

A Panamax M4300-PM power management unit, a Pioneer Elite 79-AVi universal, a TEAD UD-501, then KEF LS-50's on weighted Sanus speaker stands 30", and a Bow Tech Wazoo integrated.

[botrytis]

Of course on one shelf is a rebuilt Pioneer M-22 class A amp. 😁

 

The Wazoo works well with what I am using right now.

[Kal Rubinson]

12 hours ago, botrytis said:

Of course on one shelf is a rebuilt Pioneer M-22 class A amp. 😁

 

The Wazoo works well with what I am using right now.

I remember those amps.  Loved them both.

[botrytis]

29 minutes ago, Kal Rubinson said:

I remember those amps.  Loved them both.

 

The Wazoo is worth having just for the name 😁 It has an amazing sound.

 

The M-22 will not go anywhere. It is that good.

[rio]

 

[Liam]

I have been an audiophile since the 1970’s, starting of with a Philips system and moving fairly quickly to Linn Sondek, Naim pre/power 250 and Gale speakers. The gear was sold to buy Ham Radio gear in the early 1980’s, but returned again to hi-fi. The current system details are below in the signature. Latest acquisition are the Aperion Ribbon Super Tweeters.

 

[cjf]

On 8/22/2020 at 11:10 PM, Bazinga said:

Is that a Klipsch Chorus II on the right side of this pic?

[Abtr]

 

 

 

[Middy]

At last a system that wasnt done by an American design firm... Joking Such beautiful set ups in lovely homes. This one feels more like the rest of us with LPS's and spaghetti..

Thanks @Abtr hope its sounds fantastic..

Good luck

Dave 

[Blake]

2 hours ago, Middy said:

At last a system that wasnt done by an American design firm...  with LPS's and spaghetti.. 

 

Yanks also have spaghetti.  My bowl of noodles:

 

[mevdinc]

Here's a few pics of my ATC EL 150 Active system with the dedicated P6 amplifier.
Signed by the designer Bill Woodman with a lifetime guarantee.
I only listen to digital sources. Currently using a Lindemann DSD 20 DAC which is directly connected to the P6.

Stay safe everyone.

 

 

 

 

[Liam]

17 hours ago, Blake said:

 

Yanks also have spaghetti.  My bowl of noodles:

 

But not on the floor like many 👍👏

[biosailor]

A few years ago, after using headphones exclusively, I started my two-channel journey with a complicated setup of an Aurender N100 streamer, a pre-amp, power amp and, at that time a pair of ATC SCM 11s. The setup sounded quite good, but it was unwieldy. Two years ago, I decided to simplify my system, so I bought the super-integrated Devialet Expert 120. The Aurender N100 went, as I was never quite satisfied with it and I replaced it with a budget Allo USBridge Signature, fed by a Shanti linear power supply. Also, my SCM 11s went and I got an offer for a used ATC SCM 19 v1 that are mounted on bespoke stands. The Allo USBridge Sig runs RopieeeXL in conjunction with Audirvana running on a Mac mini 2018. That's an extremely smooth sounding system and I am super happy with it.

 

I also have a SonicTransport i5 running Roon to feed via Ethernet into my Devialet. But I hardly use the SonicTransport anymore as I prefer Audirvana 3.5 in terms of sound quality.

 

The saxophone in the picture is a retirement project and it is a lot of fun tp practice on a daily basis.

 

 

 

 

[phusis]

My former, passively configured Simon Mears Audio Uccello speakers about half a year ago were replaced with a pair of fully actively run Electro-Voice TS940D LX pro cinema speakers (they had been used in a cinema in Germany). Some may scoff at pro cinema speakers in a home environment, not least intended for both music and Home Theater duties (sans surrounds), but these are underrated gems and a great addition more to my sonic liking. They sport two parallel coupled 15" woofers and a 2" exit compression driver - so, a 2-way design - which are crossed at just below 800Hz. The tapped horn subs take over from ~85Hz on down and are high-passed at 20Hz. Filter slopes are 36dB/octave all the way through, though with a different filter type on the sub HP. 

 

Present, coherent, effortless and very dynamic sounding, and with great insight, overall tonality and soundstage. 

[biosailor]

On 11/1/2020 at 10:45 AM, mevdinc said:

Here's a few pics of my ATC EL 150 Active system with the dedicated P6 amplifier.
Signed by the designer Bill Woodman with a lifetime guarantee.
I only listen to digital sources. Currently using a Lindemann DSD 20 DAC which is directly connected to the P6.

Stay safe everyone.

 

 

 

 

The ultimate ATC system, WOW!!!

[rio]

[cjf]

A few updates to the system, namely the addition of a new Merging HAPI DA with Premium Card (no AD Card yet) but still use the Lynx Hilo for those duties (Room Measurememts).

 

I was on the fence for about a year before buying the HAPI because I was afraid of it not being able to do everything I needed it to do but it turns out that it can, and then some. I suspect this has everything to do with their new MAD ASIO driver that is now multi-client. It took a few days to figure out the basics and I still have much to experiment with but for now I have the basics up and running to allow for full operation of my 4ch setup with two mains and two subs with Audiolense/Roon Convolution and DSP volume control.

 

This unit has replaced a combo of a Lynx Hilo and Benchmark DAC3 and so far I am getting a sense that the HAPI offers more detail retrieval than the other DACs offer and I haven't even gotten around to trying the DSD256 capabilities of the HAPI yet. In my mind this is quite impressive considering the competition it replaced so no complaints there.

 

All I can say is that its real nice to be able to cut the cord of needing USB for everything. I've been wanting a divorce from USB for years.

 

Highly recommended DAC