beck wrote: ↑2024-01-29 21:00 But as you are finding out: everything matters! :-)

Everything matters in large amounts ;)

I'm impressed by the impact of some apparently small changes. The brass washers blow my mind.

tokenbrit wrote: ↑2024-01-29 20:38 Wonder what one panel, behind the tv, would sound like in comparison - as long as the curiosity doesn't jeopardise your feline friend's wellbeing ;)

Ooh I'll try that

beck wrote: ↑2024-01-29 21:00 Your search for better sound should start by [....] securing the speakers are standing firmly (not rocking).

Ah yes I wondered about that. I'm not sure how to achieve that, at least without irreversible changes.

As for the TV .... I think I'd face a family insurrection if I tried that!

Has anyone experimented with room treatments to improve their system? At the weekend I serendipitously found myself with spare rockwool insulation and two 75cm x 100cm unwanted picture canvases. It took about 5 minutes to stuff the frames with 5cm thick rockwool and place them behind the speakers to...

Spannko wrote: ↑2024-01-20 23:46 https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0RGgZLKuv8riZ

Sounds very engaging.

lejonklou wrote: ↑2024-01-17 22:28

Too hard for me I’m afraid. Listening on iPad and Kalla. I heard more variation by moving my listening position than between the clips.

lejonklou wrote: ↑2024-01-15 12:51 By the way, does anyone feel that this topic should become a ‘sticky’, so that it’s always on top?

Yes please, it's a really useful resource and can be hard to find even if you know it's somewhere in the forum.

Sopper wrote: ↑2024-01-14 17:29 Can you spot difference? If yes, which you prefer?

Both very enjoyable and for one hideous moment I thought I'd been sucked into enjoying a Steely Dan track, but Shazam reassured me that my prejudice can remain intact...

Track B for me

Arjen wrote: ↑2024-01-14 16:24 image.jpg
Iggy Pop, Summer Beach Festival, Zeebrugge, Belgium, 1994

That is a great portrait Arjen!

My youngest has picked up 35mm photography. I used to have my own darkroom, but stopped using it in the 1990s after printing the colour slides from my honeymoon. The paper I printed on is gorgeous, and has an almost iridescent quality. The prints show no signs of degradation, and still look beautifu...

Thanks again everyone for listening and commenting. Next time I do recordings I'll pay close attention to the location of the microphones on the phone. In the room I prefer Brasso too. That such small changes as reversing the washers makes an audible difference implies to me that my Espeks as a syst...

I just came out of a tiny record shop in Stroud Gloucestershire that was packed with 20-somethings buying vinyl from the 70s and 80s. The last time I experienced this, I was one of the 20-somethings, and it was the 80s. Plus I bought 3 albums for a total of £15. It's like I'd time travelled back nea...

Yes apologies for the different recording quality. I don't know why they are so different, as I tried to keep everything the same on the phone.

Thanks for the suggestions!

I wasn't patient enough to wait, so I've done some more tests.

Which do you prefer:

Brasso: https://photos.app.goo.gl/qttYjkqBECJjgv7q8
Brassic: https://photos.app.goo.gl/yXrFMtCXeUAgCxcAA
Air: https://photos.app.goo.gl/tjJcQgotKGqo3eXj7

The base and its 3 sets of washers (between the limestone and cabinet, underneath the bolt heads, between the spike lock nuts and the limestone) along with the spikes themselves seem to be quite influential on the sound. I've finally got a set up that I can reliably dismantle and reassemble without ...

I find these tricky. I’m happy to listen to A or B, but if pushed for a preference would choose A.

lejonklou wrote: ↑2024-01-06 13:07 Have you tried what happens if you have no washer in between foot and speaker?.

I haven't tried that since I first fitted the bases a few years ago. I'll check it before I test the bronze washers.

Thanks for the kind comments. I'm delighted with how it sounds, and how engaging it is. I'm quite visual, and I take a lot of photographs, so to me the 'brass' seemed to snap the music into crisp focus. Before it had been a little blurry, but I was only aware of this after the change. The change I m...

Which do you prefer?

Brass https://photos.app.goo.gl/SbAYeVoSH3NsEFU29
Steel https://photos.app.goo.gl/aroJw3pmjokXQw567

Charlie1 wrote: ↑2024-01-04 23:36 an ability to just play music with ease and not highlight anything and at the same time something tells you 'yes, this is really good'.

Sounds almost like you're quoting the Boazu review ;)

I've seen a couple of these factory tour videos and I find them interesting (I find manufacturing factories and their solutions to the different challenges fascinating anyway - my favourite factory tour was of AEI cables near Chester-Le-Street). The Linn team come across as very proud of their histo...

lejonklou wrote: ↑2024-01-01 19:12 If using passive speakers, like your Espeks, Pete, black on Boazu should go to black on the speakers. And red on Boazu should go to red on the speakers.

In other words, don’t invert anything.

Ah! So it was right first time ... I will revert to non-inverted. Thanks!

macrotech2 wrote: ↑2024-01-01 18:53 I saw that about inverted phase and wondered whether it was correct? I don’t recall hearing anything about that before.

I could not find any reference to phase in the set up instructions, but it is mentioned here: https://www.lejonklou.com/tips/how-to-c ... -to-boazu/

A great review, and I learnt that I've been listening to my Boazu with inverted phase since I got it, now corrected.

I'm not sure I can hear a difference that matters ...

Happy new year too!

Owning Lejonklou devices is more like owning artisanal musical instruments than consumer electronics, and the knowledge of the care and precision that goes in to making each one adds to the enjoyment that the music brings.