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Post by Tim on May 22, 2024 15:36:59 GMT
I'm extremely impressed by the KEFs and for the size room they're in and the fact I don't really enjoy listening that loud anymore, that mid-range is quite impressive. Suits my music taste perfectly.
If or when I move they will probably have to change though, as I expect they'll be in a much larger room and my current system won't cut the mustard. I'll probably go for a Hegel amp and something 'big brown box' style for the speakers, but for now I've no complaints.
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Post by julesd68 on May 22, 2024 21:13:07 GMT
Pipe and slipper speakers Tim?
Some of the bigger KEF speakers should be well worth a listen ...
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Post by Tim on May 23, 2024 8:50:54 GMT
Pipe and slipper speakers Tim? I really like big Harbeth, JBL, Spendor, Tannoy and ATC Monitors, even the Klipsch Cornwall IV. You need big rooms for those though and I have the smallest lounge I've ever had right now.
Never really liked tall, thin floorstanders, but have heard some ProAc's I've enjoyed.
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Post by bencat on May 23, 2024 9:39:50 GMT
They may well be tiny but I can suggest that Totem Arros are a really good and very little speaker that offer a really coherent and balanced sound .
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Post by MartinT on Jun 6, 2024 14:52:42 GMT
I feel like I've finished while still having one target left.
The music is wonderful and I don't want for anything more. If/when the EtherREGEN Gen 2 becomes available, it'll be icing on the cake but I no longer need or even think about it. I'll have this level of sound for at least a year and it makes me very happy. After I move, who knows if I'll ever achieve it again?
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Post by John on Jun 6, 2024 15:15:39 GMT
I really hope you can Martin
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Post by brettj on Jun 7, 2024 10:53:59 GMT
The interesting thing I've found with you Martin is that many times you have found a way for your system to evolve. And I'm sure at some level will continue to do so. And not because you're unhappy or dissatisfied with your sound. Curiosity more than anything.
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Post by brettj on Jun 7, 2024 11:02:04 GMT
Before my current Mad Scientist/Tubulus/Audience/Auditorium23/Ethernet cables. Before the DDC, Puritan products, streamer, Phoenix USB, switches, grounding boxes, BR Pads, SR Orange/Purple fuses, Stack Audio footers, LPS's.
When my Dac was the Beresford SEG. I had an epiphany.
Came to the realisation that with my system as it was. If this was as far as I'd ever get with it, I'd be happy.
Oh, how it has evolved from that point...
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Post by MartinT on Jun 7, 2024 13:01:14 GMT
A good checkpoint is: are you gaining more pleasure from it now than before?
I had a SEG a few years ago. It wasn't good enough to be my main source but it did lead to what I have now.
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Post by nicholas on Jun 7, 2024 14:34:22 GMT
My major goal for the next 12 months is to listen more and monkey around less. Satisfaction with the current iteration of my system is at its apex.
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Post by ant on Jun 8, 2024 16:26:20 GMT
I did invest a bit in my headphone system. I have ended up spending a bit more than i planned, i got a bit carried away and replaced practically everything.
I have ended up with the jvc ql-y3f still in place, a wiim mini streamer into a jds labs el dac 2+, a myryad z40 headphone amp, and a pair of hifiman sundaras. I also pinched my benedict audio hothead from downstairs.
My dad now has the devas and the wad, the project phono stage went downstairs to be used with the jvc ql-y5f that my wife used because she doesnt really care. Main system has fallen practically silent for reasons, her job means she isnt in alot of the time now either. Change makes you reasses whats important. The main system now isnt.
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Post by ant on Jun 9, 2024 16:06:40 GMT
I got very bored today and remembered i had a technics sl150. Well i say remembered, i went in a cupboard for something else and it was there. It wanted some work because it wasnt speed stable however long ago it was that i got it, which took some time to remember. So after a bit of fiddling, replacing a cap and spraying some servisol in the tweak pots, its now fine. So i pulled a roksan tabriz out of a box of spare arms. there are several in various states of repair in there including a mayware f4, which is also fine, but i couldnt be bothered with it. I then machined up a shouldered spacer on the lathe to sit in the sme cutout arm board and slide along it to allow the tabriz mounting boss to be positioned in it at the correct distance and be secured with its retaining nut. So arm fitted. Then dug out a cart, an empire 1000gt that was sat doing nothing, and fitted that. Im now listening to shakti on it through the headphone system. It will probably have other problems with it when uts been run for a bit so ill have it in bits again before long but least i still have stuff to play with..
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Post by MartinT on Jun 9, 2024 18:31:16 GMT
There was a time when I had multiple arms and decks to muck around with, but I have gradually whittled it all away. I have only a Burson buffer still going spare, and the obligatory large box of cables and footers!
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Post by ant on Jun 9, 2024 20:48:38 GMT
There are still a couple of decks id like to have a play with, id love to get hold of a logic dm101 to restore. One of the few i havent played with that has interesting ideas in it Ive done the lp12, td150 et al type bouncy belt drives, (a long time ago) the xerxes, the oracle delphi mk1, the big jvc and denon direct drives, the lencos, the garrards, everything and anything. I just really like playing with them, restoring them, i just like bringing them back to life.
The jbe now has an sme 309 on it and i'll never part with it, the oracle has the arm i developed on it and i love that thing to bits, it will have to be prized away from me, and the jvc ql-y5f will also stay until it dies. The rest i really should find homes for.
There is always space for a project though, something to bugger about with on a weekend
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Post by MartinT on Jun 9, 2024 20:50:42 GMT
The JBE is gorgeous. Should have bought it instead of the Xerxes. Ah well, you live and learn.
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Post by Tim on Jun 18, 2024 19:16:21 GMT
Just bought a Technics SL-1200GR2 and 2M Black . . don't need to restore my old MK2 now, I'll just sell it and should get more for it than I bought it for, so that's a win. Probably the last turntable I'll ever buy ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Slinger on Jun 18, 2024 19:35:05 GMT
... Probably the last **INSERT ANY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT HERE** I'll ever buy ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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