It's interesting to see, that you are all as divided as I am. The second clip is with a Furman AC-210A Power Conditioner between the the wall socket and the power bar for the Qnap, router and switches.

Another experiment, here we go! Can't seem to get the sound quality in the videos to resemble the one in the room though :-( And it's a very tricky song. Which one do you prefer? https://www.dropbox.com/s/bzh3poo9y35sdpq/Video%2008.12.19%2C%2015%2008%2019.mov?dl=0 or https://www.dropbox.com/s/y16oo5...

lejonklou wrote: ↑

2019-12-07 23:05

Tendaberry wrote: ↑

2019-12-07 14:39

That's a good sign! :-) Will you be exhibiting at the Norddeutsche HiFi-Tage again in Hamburg this year?

Yes I hope so!

Great! I hope you bring the Entity

lejonklou wrote: ↑

2019-12-06 23:21

More about it tomorrow. I need to dig into my record collection.

That's a good sign! :-) Will you be exhibiting at the Norddeutsche HiFi-Tage again in Hamburg this year?

Good news! Can't wait to hear it! That story would have made a perfect Monty Python sketch...

Couldn't it just be that the AT and the Krystal have different compliances?
See here e.g. https://www.vinylengine.com/turntable_f ... 19&t=80573

Is the preamp-section of the MDSM really all-digital? As far as I know, you can still hear your LP12 through it without digitizing the signal. With the Selekt KAT, ADSM and KDSM it's all digital though.

Hmm, Charlie (Watts) went to the gym, before the second clip. Not sure that's entirely good, but it gets me moving more.

I actually have no doubt they will sound great with Tundra Stereo:s Marco. The real question is if they will sound even better with three pairs of Tundra Mono:s? A fourth pair is unfortunately out of the question spacewise, considering the shelf that holds my equipment... I don't think anybody here...

Not easy on an iMac. Based on that I would have cosen the MK (new type).

I'd like one with the treble and midrange of the Steinway and the bass of the Bösendorfer, please.

Since you already have Katalyst in the Exaktbox, I would also be very tempted to get the Akudoriks at that good price. I think they might be even more scarce in the future.
Well, actually you don't need a KDSM. Since you have Exakt, a Klimax System Hub will do, that saves you a nice GBP 6.600,-

The Akudoriks will no doubt be a lot better, that much is clear. BUT, if the Exaktbox doesn't yet have Katalyst, that would be my first upgrade. At the moment you have too many channels in your power amps, even changing them for 2 x 4100 would be a nice upgrade. 2 x 4200 even more so.

Charlie1 wrote: ↑

2019-11-07 16:55

Never heard Neat but am always keen to hear something new. My concern will be the same as ProAc or any other brand, how well can they make sense of the music? Maybe Briks would be less of a gamble. I've got a 160 that should drive them.

Or maybe Saras?

The magic of music! Trying to give Kate Bush a hug while listening to her song. With the Red I meet a cold “wall” not getting through to her. With the Kan I can put my arms around her and smell her hair. :-) I agree, with the Kans the song moves me, with the Reds it's just a pretty lullaby.

You could always send an e-mail to Roberto Torlai in Italy and ask for the options available. I got my Akiva rebuilt there for € 500,- + tax. He gets the cantilever with inserted diamond from Ogura, which I believe is where Lyra gets them as well for the Linn cartridges they make. www.torlai.it Here...

• If using a phone, point the camera towards the loudspeakers and keep the area around the phone's microphone free (keep away from limiting surfaces such as a table or a wall). Don't point the microphone towards the speakers, it sounds worse. That's what I did wrong, maybe that's why it was so diff...

maffe wrote: ↑

2019-11-02 22:34

So there you have it, next big upgrade a cat that loves music!

Oh yes 😸

@ tokenbrit: I would certainly recommend it, they're much better "in room" than the clips show.

In the comparison with 3 clips, the order was this:

1. Blue Jeans untreated
2. Audioquest Cinnamon
3 Blue Jeans after slightly massing the cable, it is quite stiff when new.

My favourite is definitely clip 3

In room the differences aren’t that small, but after listening to the clips I can understand the difficulty. I have made three new clips, hopefully it will be easier this time. Two are the same cable, but in one I have done a little tweak. https://www.dropbox.com/s/3xmlg8wgzb8xa99/Video%2031.10.19%2...

I preferred the second one too. All the extra information coming through, and the general lack of grunge made me wary, but it gets my vote on that track. I look forward to finding out which was which. Clip no. 1 was Cinnamon and Clip 2 BJC. Sorry about the noises on clip 2, my cat decided she was h...

Here's a comparison of two ethernet cables: Audioquest Cinnamon vs. Blue Jeans Cable 6a. Which do you prefer? Mind you, the BJC are brand new. 3 cables were exchanged: router - Cisco/NAS - Cisco/Cisco - ADSM https://www.dropbox.com/s/zr4130z0bhy2wb6/Video%2029.10.19%2C%2020%2034%2034.mov?dl=0 https:...

Source first, then integrated amp.

I got my Blue Jeans CAT 6a cables today. What's the consensus on the direction? With text? Or does it vary?