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Post by kimangelis on Mar 13, 2015 15:02:17 GMT
Hello All.
Just joined this forum, clearly. A lover of music rather than of equipment per se. Quite diverse tastes from Satie, through Vaughan Williams and Rachmaninov, to Muse via Steely Dan and Rage against the Machine.
Most of my kit is NVA with a Rega Apollo-R and Brio DAC front-end and Grado headcans. I find it all suits me well and I'll like the way things are done.
Later. K
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Post by MartinT on Mar 13, 2015 15:07:17 GMT
Hi Kimangelis and welcome to TAS  I like your taste in music. Tell us how your system sounds. |
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Post by kimangelis on Mar 13, 2015 15:13:32 GMT
How does it sound...?
Like it's not there, or about as near as I can imagine it.
Satie piano rings around the whole room.
Off-key Muse semi-acoustic guitar sounds like he's in the room.
Vaughan Williams and Rachmaninov symphonies fill the room.
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Post by jammy on Mar 13, 2015 15:16:06 GMT
Hi Kim.
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Post by kimangelis on Mar 13, 2015 16:06:20 GMT
Hello Jammy.
Did you see I tried your suggestion using the Tape Out from the P50 to the AP10H?
I used some Sound Cords at first and then bought some SSP Mk1 trade-ins from the Doc.
Sounds awesome..... but not as good as the AP10H-JS I imagine???
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Post by jammy on Mar 13, 2015 16:49:35 GMT
Thanks Kim I hope to get a couple sets of SSP one from source to pre other from pre to head amp.
Glad you like em is it a big improvement...?
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Post by ChrisB on Mar 13, 2015 18:19:22 GMT
Hi and welcome to TAS
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2015 18:39:32 GMT
Hello All.
Just joined this forum, clearly. A lover of music rather than of equipment per se. Quite diverse tastes from Satie, through Vaughan Williams and Rachmaninov, to Muse via Steely Dan and Rage against the Machine.
Most of my kit is NVA with a Rega Apollo-R and Brio DAC front-end and Grado headcans. I find it all suits me well and I'll like the way things are done.
Later. K Hi and welcome from me. Not too far South of you. Whilst we seem to have very different tastes in music, I like your choice of kit. I always enjoy seeing pics of members systems. If you ever fancy posting a thread here, I for one would like to see your setup. |
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Post by ChrisB on Mar 13, 2015 18:44:29 GMT
We like piccies!
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Post by MartinT on Mar 13, 2015 18:47:26 GMT
Like it's not there, or about as near as I can imagine it. Perfect - that's the ultimate achievement. |
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Post by Chris on Mar 13, 2015 20:33:13 GMT
Hello from Edinburgh! I ride my bike in the Borders fairly often - lovely part of the world. Haven't heard it but I think I would like NVA kit.
Enjoy the forum!
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Post by John on Mar 13, 2015 20:37:30 GMT
Welcome to TAS Kim we have a strong Scottish presence on the site and a few Southern softies like myself
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 14, 2015 9:51:51 GMT
Hi Kim
Welcome to TAS
Yes. Music first, kit next to enable more music
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Post by kimangelis on Mar 16, 2015 10:22:29 GMT
Absolutely yes... But in the usual NVA way, that is more of the same. Make sure you get Mk2 SSP's or you'll spend half your life soldering the buggers back together again.
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 16, 2015 16:29:27 GMT
Ah, a fellow Rachmaninov enthusiast! Welcome on-board...
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Post by kimangelis on Mar 17, 2015 12:55:17 GMT
I recently added a Rega Brio DAC to my Apollo-R Cd player.
The difference the DAC has made is quite astonishing. I even took the (for me) unusual step of going back to CD player only for an hour or so, then re-introducing the DAC.
The CD player on it's own is very good and I've been happy with it driving the NVA kit for some months now. However re-hooking the DAC was similar to upgrading a piece of NVA kit, in that the sound didn't change, there was simply more of it.
A quite astonishing sound-stage with good depth, a spooky presence of the vocalist being in the room, and a shift-change in being able to identify individual instruments within a group (say lead 2nd violin).
Also when cranked right up (I seldom do), there was no hardness to the sound as there was with the CD, if only slightly. Just the same sublime music, but louder.
(Music used: Goldfrapp, Royal Blood, Steely Dan, Muse, Rage against the Machine, LSO Rachmaninov, Vaughan Williams).
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Post by MartinT on Mar 17, 2015 18:58:54 GMT
DACs have come a long way in recent years. The level of quality can be astounding. Glad your CD player has been reinvigorated.
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Post by topalwaysdown on Mar 17, 2015 19:18:56 GMT
Howdy and welcome Kim, you'll enjoy it here.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2015 20:53:42 GMT
I have yet to hea a Rega product I didn't like. They could charge far more for their kit IMO but they have always offered value for money. NVA also offer great VFM and again their electronics sound fab to me.
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