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Well I moved again, this time to a loft so that the room would be big enough for the massive Kivas. My god what a difference - has taken my system from very good to among the best I’ve ever heard. Absolutely holographic and incredibly musical.
One change I made was switching back to the XX-2. I liked the sound of The Voice but it was not very good at inner-groove tracking. Now that I was able to compare them directly, the XX-2 is superior in every way - but it blows away the Soundsmith at tracking.
The biggest upgrade I’ve made in the intervening months was upgrading my Avid Volvere to the Avid Sequel. New bearing, new motor, new power supply. While that was getting done I also had the SME arm refurbished by SME. This was an absolutely astounding upgrade.
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So I moved and decided to finally get rid of the rack between the speakers and get an ultra-short throw projector and a Rack of Silence. Holy crap, what an upgrade - I can’t believe how much better my entire system sounds now.
I also upgraded my analog rig - I moved from the PS Audio Stellar to the phono card for the Aesthetix Mimas and replaced my broken Dynavector XX-2 with a Soundsmith Voice cartridge.
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After decades in the hobby I finally have a system I feel incredibly proud of. It evokes all the qualities I look for in a system - musicality, warmth, and 3D imaging.
With the pandemic this past year I’ve really accelerated my upgrade process, replacing my Hegel H200 with the Mimas and moving up in the Egglestonworks line to the Kivas.
I’ll soon be getting another pair of the Tara RSC Prime M1’s to do a double-biwire, as well as getting some Isoacoustics Gaia feet for the Kivas. Someday perhaps upgrading my DAC as well.
My rack is definitely the weak spot in my system, but since mine has an integrated TV mount I probably won’t be upgrading that until after the apocalypse.
