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by WheresMyNaim
2020-11-03 01:47
Forum: Lejonklou
Topic: Forum issues are discussed here
Replies: 372
Views: 477175

Re: Linn Nexus LS250 Revisted

Fredrik, I urge you to remove the preceding post. RTM makes 1 correct point. Your forum rules omit any reference to slander or defamation. Your rules, your forum but perhaps a RTM amendment is necessary as this absurd behavior continues. RTM's recently deleted posts were guilty of slander and defama...
by WheresMyNaim
2020-11-01 22:28
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Interconnects - original or not (split from Playground)
Replies: 82
Views: 37182

Re: Interconnects - original or not (split from Playground)

it sounded like that as you said „original silvers“ I just want to x-check if it is an indicator of the factory made ones that the ground/screen is not cut off partly Yes, more pictures are needed. “Original” referred to not being second or third generation silvers. I see ... just updated my post a...
by WheresMyNaim
2020-11-01 03:42
Forum: Music
Topic: Latest records to enter your collection
Replies: 463
Views: 244309

Re: Latest records to enter your collection

donuk wrote: 2020-10-31 20:35 Any chance yet of a Music category on this forum yet, Mr L?
You said you'd think about it...
We promise to behave.

Donuk
+1
by WheresMyNaim
2020-11-01 03:40
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Linn Nexus LS250 Revisted
Replies: 45
Views: 26845

Re: Nexus Biasing

From what I remember, the Nexus were the most musical of the “nice” sounding speakers of the time, but nowhere near as musical as Kans. However, I remember hearing a later pair with a Nait 2 and it was a very pleasant listen. I never realized they were so successful though (20,000 pairs sold), so f...
by WheresMyNaim
2020-11-01 03:17
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Interconnects - original or not (split from Playground)
Replies: 82
Views: 37182

Re: Take Me Through Your Universe, No One Listening Will Suspect

Seems I’ve inadvertently opened a can of worms. Well worth opening though. [A is non-original Black, B is original Black.] https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lk8ky9qh2v7ilm9/AAARoTBPnnvJaWGwWB4st1OPa?dl=0 To at least cover all options here’s the [comparison] of the original Black (C) vs. QED (D). https://w...
by WheresMyNaim
2020-11-01 02:41
Forum: HAKAI
Topic: HAKAI Build Help?
Replies: 110
Views: 100080

Re: HAKAI Build Help?

Leap of faith with the Jetway - it sounds good. Burn-in and new DAC will make it sing I wager. I've no way to compare this board to the Gigaport or Intels. But FPM can compare 2 Gigabytes models, 3 Intel models and this Jetway. Intel Optane will burn-in over a couple of weeks I'm assured. Streamer ...
by WheresMyNaim
2020-10-31 00:20
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Interconnects - original or not (split from Playground)
Replies: 82
Views: 37182

Re: Interconnects - original or not (split from Playground)

Here’s the photo’s of my Linn Blacks. A5578CF2-FC19-4A0D-B517-B01473589412.jpeg F250F9A0-74E2-4428-9786-3F14214FD4A8.jpeg Perfectly standard Linn Blacks, as far I can tell. How they perform musically is partly another matter, as this thread has highlighted. My blacks are cut more neatly, crimped a ...
by WheresMyNaim
2020-10-30 22:49
Forum: HAKAI
Topic: HAKAI Build Help?
Replies: 110
Views: 100080

Re: HAKAI Build Help?

Leap of faith with the Jetway - it sounds good. Burn-in and new DAC will make it sing I wager.

I've no way to compare this board to the Gigaport or Intels. But FPM can compare 2 Gigabytes models, 3 Intel models and this Jetway.

Intel Optane will burn-in over a couple of weeks I'm assured.
by WheresMyNaim
2020-10-30 18:31
Forum: HAKAI
Topic: HAKAI Build Help?
Replies: 110
Views: 100080

Re: HAKAI Build Help?

I keep finding myself looking for the “like” button, but it seems I’ll have to put a post in. Extremely pleased with my hakai, but also the dirt cheap Spotify streamer(s) build off the ready to go Intel Atom 2800 that FPM located on eBay. I have a bunch of other DAC options lying around that I keep...
by WheresMyNaim
2020-10-30 17:31
Forum: HAKAI
Topic: HAKAI Build Help?
Replies: 110
Views: 100080

Re: HAKAI Build Help?

HW total outlay of below $175 including DAC. Bargain. It is hard to exaggerate just what a bargain the Hakai is - not only is it cheap by Audio standards, it plays music gloriously. The only doubt for me was the Jetway. Case choice was a home run for design and cost. Sounds sweet with an old DAC. T...
by WheresMyNaim
2020-10-30 17:17
Forum: HAKAI
Topic: HAKAI Build Help?
Replies: 110
Views: 100080

Re: HAKAI Build Help?

springwood64 wrote: 2020-10-30 14:08
WheresMyNaim wrote: 2020-10-28 23:59 Jetway Atom motherboard fitted. New DAC en route. SW loaded.

Thanks FPM for the advice and clips.


What SW are you using?
HW total outlay of below $175 including DAC. Bargain.
by WheresMyNaim
2020-10-30 17:14
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Interconnects - original or not (split from Playground)
Replies: 82
Views: 37182

Re: Interconnects - original or not (split from Playground)

Spannko wrote: 2020-10-26 13:09 Here’s the photo’s of my Linn Blacks.

A5578CF2-FC19-4A0D-B517-B01473589412.jpeg
F250F9A0-74E2-4428-9786-3F14214FD4A8.jpeg
Look unlikely to pass Mr. Honeywell's test. You have the proof of purchase Spannko?
by WheresMyNaim
2020-10-30 17:11
Forum: HAKAI
Topic: HAKAI Build Help?
Replies: 110
Views: 100080

Re: HAKAI Build Help?

Jetway Atom motherboard fitted. New DAC en route. SW loaded. Thanks FPM for the advice and clips. What SW are you using? Snakeoil OS - I love the array of SW options it provides. Add the support and I have a mirror of the choices offered by Antipodes Audio etc. Should I opt to rip I can use Clement...
by WheresMyNaim
2020-10-28 23:59
Forum: HAKAI
Topic: HAKAI Build Help?
Replies: 110
Views: 100080

Re: HAKAI Build Help?

Jetway Atom motherboard fitted. New DAC en route. SW loaded.

Thanks FPM for the advice and clips.
by WheresMyNaim
2020-10-23 21:43
Forum: HAKAI
Topic: HAKAI Build Help?
Replies: 110
Views: 100080

Re: HAKAI Build Help?

nexus.jpg
Read instructions or plow on in?
by WheresMyNaim
2020-10-23 21:19
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Interconnects - original or not (split from Playground)
Replies: 82
Views: 37182

Re: Interconnects - original or not (split from Playground)

Spannko wrote: 2020-10-23 20:38 I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my thumb at your authoritarian tune dem!
Digitus impudicus to all Tune Dem™ derivatives.

Did you take photos of your original blacks?
by WheresMyNaim
2020-10-23 19:17
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Interconnects - original or not (split from Playground)
Replies: 82
Views: 37182

Re: More Ears Needed

The few responses on this aren’t conclusive either. Oscar, There is only one solid response. The other is from some wishy-washy guy In need of good ears who can't make up his mind.. When I heard clip A on my phone, I immediately thought to myself; "Nice. A 1960 Les Paul through a cranked Marshall a...
by WheresMyNaim
2020-10-21 02:31
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Interconnects - original or not (split from Playground)
Replies: 82
Views: 37182

Re: Playground for practical listening exercices

Brand new Linn Blacks from eBay? I would inspect the joints. It's easy to tell if they're originals or something else. In my experience, it's very rare for original Blacks to "go bad" (like some old Silvers have, for unknown reasons). Interesting theory that I hadn’t contemplated. Here’s a picture ...
by WheresMyNaim
2020-10-21 02:24
Forum: HiFi
Topic: Interconnects - original or not (split from Playground)
Replies: 82
Views: 37182

Re: Playground for practical listening exercices

They are usually much too tight and need to be loosened. I do this with a pair of thin pointy pliers, which I open on the inside of the slotted barrel. There are six slots, which makes three pairs of "flaps" that I gently bend apart several times. Gently! If overdone, the metal cracks. What you wan...
by WheresMyNaim
2020-10-18 23:26
Forum: HAKAI
Topic: HAKAI Build Help?
Replies: 110
Views: 100080

Re: HAKAI Build Help?

Exciting! I'm sure you'll find it very satisfying. It took me 2-3 weeks to get the software and network set up to my liking, partly because I had to rediscover my approach to listening to digital sources. Before I started I had never heard of Qobuz or Radio Paradise, but these are now my main digit...
by WheresMyNaim
2020-10-18 21:49
Forum: HAKAI
Topic: HAKAI Build Help?
Replies: 110
Views: 100080

Re: HAKAI Build Help?

I think you're losing the plot WMN No plot to lose. My primary rationale for joining was to attain a HQ digital source. Case, motherboard, RAM, DAC and SSDs on order. Select cables later. HW dealt with, SW to follow. Happy with the advice I've read and heard. New motherboard was a steal (and off my...
by WheresMyNaim
2020-10-18 15:49
Forum: HAKAI
Topic: HAKAI Build Help?
Replies: 110
Views: 100080

Re: HAKAI Build Help?

31yYA9FbQ7L._AC_ (1).jpg New case recommendation for me from FPM. Look appeals to my wife. Build, space and damping have me curious. It's discontinued but available Dutch case, Nexus Psile. https://silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34115 Jeez wmn do you believe everything FPM tells you !? L...
by WheresMyNaim
2020-10-18 02:28
Forum: HAKAI
Topic: HAKAI Build Help?
Replies: 110
Views: 100080

Re: HAKAI Build Help?

31yYA9FbQ7L._AC_ (1).jpg
New case recommendation for me from FPM. Look appeals to my wife. Build, space and damping have me curious. It's discontinued but available Dutch case, Nexus Psile.

https://silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34115
by WheresMyNaim
2020-10-17 01:38
Forum: Music
Topic: Latest records to enter your collection
Replies: 463
Views: 244309

Re: Latest records to enter your collection

https://www.discogs.com/Snails-Hard-Wir ... e/16028163

This record creeps into your psyche. From the home of Portishead I believe.
by WheresMyNaim
2020-10-16 20:48
Forum: Music
Topic: Latest records to enter your collection
Replies: 463
Views: 244309

Re: Latest records to enter your collection

Tendaberry wrote: 2020-10-16 15:48 A West Coast list without Joni Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac, CSN&Y and Warren Zevon?? Just a bit surprised, but then again everyone knows them...
https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015 ... usic-scene

Journo nails it but albums listed by Kalle05 have me browsing.