Hmm. Good point! But, is it really possible to see the flow of power as being separate from the flow of musicality? Without power, there is no musicality. With power, we can have a range of musicality, depending upon the nature of the power. Isn’t musicality our interpretation of the quality of the...

By the way, when you wrote "flow of musicality", I assume that you meant "flow of the music signal". Please correct me if I'm mistaken. That’s correct. The term musicality reminds me that our goal is to deliver a musical signal, not just a music signal. I’m becoming increasingly aware just how easy...

I think I agree too. Building a power supply has been quite an enlightening experience with regard to what we think of as “source first”. Conceptually, a power supply consists of a transformer, rectifier diodes, smoothing capacitor, voltage regulator (plus any additional components to enable the re...

I think I agree too. Building a power supply has been quite an enlightening experience with regard to what we think of as “source first”. Conceptually, a power supply consists of a transformer, rectifier diodes, smoothing capacitor, voltage regulator (plus any additional components to enable the reg...

That’s nice! Obviously the Isobariks aren’t showing their age just yet! Maybe the GRKarma needs more time?

Honestly? I’m not entirely sure what to think, to be honest! For whatever reason, this latest rig with the GRKarma isn’t doing it for me. I found the Strolling Bones very hard to listen to and enjoy, and JA is just OK. This is in contrast to the GRTroika rig, which I found very enjoyable. I never th...

Great musicality markiteight! I prefer them to your previous speakers.

Oops! Sums have never been a strong point of mine!

So it’s a 5-3 win for the 32/snaps/160 combo! Thanks for the clips Offerdal. That’s a lovely system you’ve got there, and in many ways similar to charlie1’s system, which also sounds great.

Offerdal, please don’t keep us in suspense any longer! I’m really looking forward to knowing what we’ve been listening to.

Here we go with the first disagreement! Firstly, I didn’t like 2 at all. I felt 3 was fair to crap, and thought 1 was fabulous! This is the first time I’ve heard the Klangedang’s, and, to me, they sound exceptional (musically), however they seem to share the Kans problem of lacking bass, which can l...

The great thing about videos is that we can come to our own conclusions. What I’ve heard so far suggests that the Kalla is very musical, but I must admit, I’d like to hear some comparative videos too.

Hi, as an analogue, with stand alone gear and devices in a stand alone setup, I’m totally not into digital technology. Now I ‘m reading in a newspaper about Tesla, about Sonos, Apple, Fitbit, John Deere etc. who are remotedly manipulating devices (stopping services, deleting films and books, limiti...

How about iPads?

Thanks Fredrik. May I suggest that you make a distinction between a combined modem/router (the type our ISP’s normally supply) and a separate router being supplied by a modem (usually the ISP’s modem/router). I’ve added a Netgear router to our Virgin modem/router because of problems we were having w...

Excellent. Which model printer?

https://youtu.be/HUXX4Py5uxg https://youtu.be/Wr83N3RRKJU This really is excellent! Well done to everyone working on the project. Should this really be in the Bargain HiFi dept? This level of musicality for around 7 grand is crazy! I haven’t heard Morrisey sound as good as this since Linn discontin...

Definitely. It’s just not cutting it.

David Neel wrote: ↑2021-08-31 13:37 I bought one some years ago. It's still in daily use, in the kitchen...

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Have the JBLs renewed your interest in active speakers Fredrik? I see they’re only £376/pair, which must make them a HiFi super bargain! Maybe they have. I'm agnostic when it comes to aktiv vs passive, whatever performs best gets my vote. There are some important advantages to using an electronic c...

Have the JBLs renewed your interest in active speakers Fredrik? I see they’re only £376/pair, which must make them a HiFi super bargain!

……….. and doesn't have to go through the routers, switches, RJ45 cables, upsamplers, DACs, etc. I am hopeful that Källa will substantially lessen this as so much work has been done on the proper handling of the signal at every stage along the way to make sure musical information remains intact. Thi...

Can someone please explain the mechanism by which mains phase affects sound? EDIT: I’ve just found this http://whatishifi.blogspot.com/2017/05/power-cord-polarity-line-phase.html . It appears that correct polarity can make a huge difference to circulating earth currents, but the mechanism by which i...

tokenbrit wrote: ↑2021-08-23 20:16

Spannko wrote: ↑2021-08-23 19:56 No worries. Mk 43 is already running in!

So 42 wasn't the answer... :?

Clearly not! You guy’s are so hard to please!

No worries. Mk 43 is already running in!