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Post by savvypaul on Jul 17, 2018 22:30:58 GMT
I'm Paul, savvypaul, often shaken, occasionally stirred. I'm a regular poster at HiFi Subjectivist and Audio Addicts, and I author a satirical blog hififoofight.org/ I keep the above two 'personalities' separate - my posts are not the views of HiFiFooFight, and vice versa. I've been into hifi for around 35 years, since my mid-teens. Been through lots of different gear. My system is shown below, although I've moved things round a little since this was taken. I've joined here to chat and to attend and help organise bake-offs.  |
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 17, 2018 22:44:20 GMT
Hi Paul,
Welcome to The Audio Standard.
Apologies that the approval for your registration here took a while. It doesn't usually take that long, but today we all seem to have let you slip through our fingers for one reason or another.
Your room looks like a very pleasant place to inhabit.
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Post by savvypaul on Jul 17, 2018 22:55:41 GMT
Thanks Chris,
I look forward to being a regular contributor here.
Warm regards,
Paul
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 17, 2018 23:02:05 GMT
How about giving us a rundown of your system components?
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Post by John on Jul 18, 2018 3:58:43 GMT
Welcome to TAS Paul
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2018 8:46:03 GMT
Welcome to TAS, Paul. Good seeing you here following our discussions on AudioAddicts.
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Post by savvypaul on Jul 18, 2018 9:46:16 GMT
Thanks, Chaps  My current system: Vinyl - WTL Versalex & LTD arm / Transfiguration Axia S Phono stages - NVA Phono2 w/ 2nd PSU / GSP Revelation C Digital - Vortexbox Appliance NAS Server / Sonore microRendu USB streamer w/ LPS / Chord 2Qute USB dac w/ MCRU LPS Amplification - NVA P90sa / NVA A80MK2 monoblocks (bass) / NVA A70 MK2 monoblocks (tweeters) Speakers - NVA Cube 1 / Klipsch Heresy Mk3 I/C cables - NVA TIS / NVA SSP MK2 / VDH The Rock Speaker cables - NVA LS6 (bass) / NVA LS3 (tweeters) Headphone amp - NVA AP10H (& 1x additional PS) Headphones - Audeze LCD-2 / Grado sr225e |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 18, 2018 10:26:45 GMT
Hi Paul and welcome to TAS. The NVA and Klipsch speakers must give you a very different window on the music.
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Post by savvypaul on Jul 18, 2018 10:34:36 GMT
Hi Martin, I just got the Heresys a few days ago as part of my plan to put together a vintage inspired 2nd system. Looking at adding a 'dinky' low powered tube amp and a refurbished Lenco or Garrard with an SPU. I haven't found anything to beat the Cubes in my room. The Heresy, et al, is my 'mid-life crisis'  |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 18, 2018 10:36:17 GMT
Hah! Not being a biker like many of my mates, my midlife crisis is my sports car  |
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 18, 2018 12:23:57 GMT
Welcome from me too Paul - great picture of your system ...
Would love to hear a WTL sometime, looks a very handsome deck there and the engineering of the arm looks most interesting.
Couldn't miss the 'Marriage of Figaro' vinyl - are you much of an opera fan?
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 18, 2018 13:17:44 GMT
The NVA and Klipsch speakers must give you a very different window on the music. I was going to say exactly the same thing. Having heard both NVA speakers (a long time ago) and the Klipsch, I think I know which I would prefer. The Heresy doesn't half chuck it at you! Am I correct in reading into the title of this thread that you come from the top right corner of our fair land? |
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Post by savvypaul on Jul 18, 2018 14:05:45 GMT
Welcome from me too Paul - great picture of your system ... Would love to hear a WTL sometime, looks a very handsome deck there and the engineering of the arm looks most interesting. Couldn't miss the 'Marriage of Figaro' vinyl - are you much of an opera fan? <iframe width="34.180000000000064" height="4.199999999999989" style="position: absolute; width: 34.180000000000064px; height: 4.199999999999989px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none;left: 15px; top: -5px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_76544908" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="34.180000000000064" height="4.199999999999989" style="position: absolute; width: 34.18px; height: 4.2px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 1638px; top: -5px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_10891111" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="34.180000000000064" height="4.199999999999989" style="position: absolute; width: 34.18px; height: 4.2px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 15px; top: 149px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_43574809" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="34.180000000000064" height="4.199999999999989" style="position: absolute; width: 34.18px; height: 4.2px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 1638px; top: 149px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_92721267" scrolling="no"></iframe> I was gifted around 40 opera box sets from a relative. I like it a lot, and most other classical 'genres'. I'm a hopeless romantic - Dvorak, Schubert, Chopin and so on. The WTL is interesting in all respects...anything that uses fishing line and a golf ball should be capable of raising a few eyebrows! It does have an endearing purity, also. If you're near the North East anytime, pop in for a listen. |
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Post by savvypaul on Jul 18, 2018 14:08:39 GMT
The NVA and Klipsch speakers must give you a very different window on the music. I was going to say exactly the same thing. Having heard both NVA speakers (a long time ago) and the Klipsch, I think I know which I would prefer. The Heresy doesn't half chuck it at you! Am I correct in reading into the title of this thread that you come from the top right corner of our fair land? About 10 miles west of Durham. Lived here for around 17 years, originally from Essex...guvnor! Are you popping round for a cuppa sometime? I do around 3 bake-offs a year. The Klipsch are going to be for nostalgia. Flawed but fun. Though, I'm told that the Mk3 I have are less 'violent' than the early ones... |
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 18, 2018 15:00:04 GMT
Great to have another classical vinyl lover on board - not so many of us around!
It’s funny, but opera is the one classical genre that I still have trouble getting into - my mother keeps trying to drag me down to Glyndebourne but I’ve resisted so far …
Saying that, a Maria Callas lp that I heard at a recent bake-off is on the shopping list now.
Would be great to hear your WTL - Manchester is normally as far north as I get, visiting family, but you never know!
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Post by TheMooN on Jul 18, 2018 15:17:42 GMT
Curiouser and curiouser..... A drone taking a sentient move away from the Borg Collective that is HFS......Considering the constant abuse and bad mouthing that this forum and its owner/admins have to endure there I wish you good fortune in treading that particular tight rope ...I also hope that you enjoy spending your time here Paul.
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Post by savvypaul on Jul 18, 2018 15:26:30 GMT
Curiouser and curiouser..... A drone taking a sentient move away from the Borg Collective that is HFS......Considering the constant abuse and bad mouthing that this forum and its owner/admins have to endure there I wish you good fortune in treading that particular tight rope ...I also hope that you enjoy spending your time here Paul. Thanks for the welcome. "A drone taking a sentient move away from the Borg Collective that is HFS?" I shall add that to my CV  |
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Post by steve on Jul 18, 2018 15:31:08 GMT
Hi Paul.
As you might be down in S Yorks later in the year for a look at a Goldring TT.
I have a little ECL86 valve amp that would work a treat with your Klipsch Heresies.
It works great with my Fane 12" full range jobbies, which are 100dB efficient.
It might give you an idea what is possible from flea power amps coupled with high efficiency speakers.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 18, 2018 15:50:01 GMT
Welcome to TAS Paul
An interesting system
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 18, 2018 15:54:14 GMT
Roger, you are bringing your personal argument to this forum again. You have already been suspended over this before. Name calling won't be tolerated. It stops right now please.
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