Those moments of dread aren’t nice. Glad you got it sorted.

Well another day and the system is still playing very well after the reset . Something I find a very good litmus test for the system is how well it plays Radio Six Music on the BBC . This is sent in a reasonable but compressed stream and at 48khz . When the system is working really well then this can sound very good and there is never the feeling of I want to switch this off . Today Huey is sounding top notch do not like all of the music he plays but some of it is new and different so I enjoy this show . Today it is sounding top notch so everything is workin .

Okay lots of changes and little time to register and keep up to date with what is happening . So just a review of the current state signpost before July next change comes in . Some may have read my posts on the DAC cable thread in accessories and know as I was already very committed to FMC optical use it was really an easy thing for me to be seduced downtime rabbit hole . Firstly if your set up used SFP connection then in my view you really should try a DAC cable to make it easier I have two 1 mtr cables that you are welcome to borrow . Not having the full details of the Amphenol cable that Martin was talking about I have used a generic cable and the results with that were good straight out of the packet . Then this improved further with use . I then ordered a 0.3 mtr and 0.5 mtr set of Amphenol cables Not the same as the pair Martin used . These were an improvement again on the generic pair and again they have blossomed with use . My system is now at a level I wanted it to be when I first outing together .The only word I can use to describe it is bit sound right . It is easy to listen to for as long as you like voices sound human and real separation is better than I have heard it ever . Soundstage now changes easily and noticeably with each track so that each recording has its own size an shape and stays stable . Best of all and this I was not expecting poor recordings are just so much easier to listen to and ignore the faults and enjoy the music . All recordings have never been perfect and I have heard systems that make anything but the best recordings sound awful , never wanted that adherents so much good music that has not had the best recording process. I have now gone so far down this rabbit hole that I am going to go the next step and have ordered the 0.5 mtr Amphenol cable Martin is using and will stick that in . If things stay the same this is still the best I have heard my system ever so pure so musical , if by chance there is more improvement then lucky me .

Oh boy how things can change so quickly after a full half a day and all night with Cascade burn in on the system have come to it this morning and turned it on . Well the new miniDSP Flex DL is whole new animal compared to the two units it replaced . This system was performing very well recently with a very definite speed and even a decent soundstage and image which I long ago accepted was something that would suffer due to the speaker placement hard against a wall .

Well Flex has changed all that the soundstage is now really impressive and images are very firmly placed . Main gain though has been the natural feeling and what i can only describe as the flow of music from the speakers in to the room . This is now very close to the quality I get in my main music room system , in particular the vocals are now very close to the Quads which I know are the real sounds as they have no cabinet hang over or addition being Electrostatic . Well this now sounds the same and with added bass drive and slam . I was very happy to bring this to the Maverick Show this year in Barnsley before I had done any changes I considered that it sounded very good and would impress any visitors with the music it could play . Now I am really excited to get it set up and and playing as it is just better on every level and in every way . If someone said sorry Andrew this is the last system you can have I would be delighted as I could live with this every day with no regrets .

I still think there may be more to extract from additional burn in which is a very pleasing thought and will be putting cascade back on for the next few days . Today is a day to make me smile and not even the English Summer is going to change that .

Well the day has arrived and I have been told by NVA that my P70 Monoblocks are fully built and currently being soak tested . Mark who made them says they sound very good indeed and I will be going to collect them on Friday . Mark has also been kind enough to send me some picture of both the originals and the finished units . Not a huge amount to see but there is a sort of clean simple look that is pleasing for me . The new build has two quite large Torroidy Transformers per amp one powering the input and one powering the output . It also now has four really good quality Capcitors per case compared to the original builds two .

I know that the outside appearance is going to be nothing like as smart and polished as a new set of M600 but for me reusing and getting close to the sound quality of the M600 is the aim . Will be getting these in place late Friday afternoon and giving them a good listen to that night with a view to a Tara Labs burn over the next few days . If things go well as I hope they will I will make a few comments here on Friday . But I am sure that things will get better after a few days or even weeks burn in . These could well be the last power amps I ever buy and hopefully will be better than the S300 which currently sounds excellent .

My LB Clock is still with Tony and I am not going to chase him as I want a little time to get the monoblocks settled in before I change another part of the chain .

Living the music so much at the moment . The P70 monos are just so sweet and enjoyable to listen to . They also show that there was more to get out of my other items in the chain . Tony has been in touch to today with confirmation that my LB Clock has been upgraded and some pictures of how it measures now . Confess to not really knowing what they fully mean but they are all of a very high level and I am sure much improved over the originals . Currently I have been listening to everything just through the Mutec using its internal clock and as already stated things are sounding superb . When I bought the LB Clock putting it in to my system made a really big difference . Not sure if doing that again with upgrade will make the same jump but will find out later in the week . As always will let you all know once installed and playing .

Here are some links to the photos that Tony sent me of the worked on unit and some measurements he took once completed . Sad to confess I do not really understand the measurements but I am sure they good and an improvement on the original version.

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Right got to put the Tony upgraded LB Clock in my system today with Graham a friend to listen as well . Because I use a Mutec I could install the LB but not set it to not replace the Mutec internal clock . Three tracks played by John Martyn , Agnes Obel and Malia all Grahams choice . Straight in to the Mutec and the Soundwave it has been superb and much improved over the last time Graham had listened using the NVA S300 the step up to the monoblocks was just obvious. Then a quick reset of the Mutec to use the LB as it's external clock and back to the same three tracks . Me I knew what to expected and sure enough the jump to real people singing and playing in my room was the result . All the tracks gained but the Malia track gained the most there was just more life and everything ,bass treble midrange everything . Now you felt that Malia was just there in front of you . So if any of you use and LB Clock then I would urge you to form an orderly queue to ask Tony to work on it . If you want to see the difference in the Audio Addicts site there is a Leo Bodnar Set up thread with pictures of the digital age of a standard LB . Compare that with picture on this thread of the upgraded unit and it is not subtle . Does it make a difference ? Can you hear the difference ? I certainly think you can and it is all the good stuff that often the music out . A very happy little bunny at this time , it may well be a very long night .