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I am back as well winter does! It is time to fire the gear and listen some music!

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There is a synergy between the two, Both gloss black !(F212 is not used with main system, just for HT)

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System edited: New pictures!

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Diofansacd/cd player and its dedicated clock! Named dCS , Made in UK, can be your physical design object if you are willing to pay around 25K in US dollars.(suggested retail price)

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As long as I have wilson speakers,(wilson Audio Sacha maybe my next upgrade) I prefer Krell Evo over Pass Labs. If I had a different speaker (any 8 ohm 10k-20k price range) I would have kept Pass L...

posted over 15 years ago

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:):):)Gone for holiday!!!This setup is tuned to perform its best under my casual living condition.(ordinary living room for 3 people, kitchen-living room together, dining table, sofas, ...

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JoeyboynjI have already traded T3 UHC for Pranawire Kensho. However, I am still waiting for it since Joe Cohen of Pranawire is a busy guy:) Regarding Top of the SR Tesla Series, I may guess the...

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JoeyboynjNo. It is not. It is made for specialy SR Powercell device. SR claims particularly this unit that it will not limit even extremely high powered amps. I have krell Evo 402 which con...

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Stockcords are back!!! I don't have any idea how new cx sounds like but I can tell that I have taken my 20 amp Shunyata Anaconda out(Audio Research Ref 3) and put its black stock cord back. Wha...

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I know some folks want to know my opinion about ARC REF 3 and new dedicated dCS Puccini U clock.Let me first begin with Puccini U clock: I can't state exactly which particular areas clocked ver...

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Scott,First of all, I will not use JL 112 Fathom for main 2 channel setup. It will serve for H.T setup, plus, I try to build up a secondary 2 channel system by using my cute Sonus Faber Eli...

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System edited: dCS U Clock in action together with ARC REF 3. JL Audio F 112 is still on waiting list for placement together with Classe Cap-2100. I will summarize what I have done untill now and g...

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I already knew ARC was an exceptional preamp.(or guessed based on reviews from different sources) I had a chance to hear it briefly with Krell 400 Evo monos, YG Anat Ref, Esoteric X-01 se. Than, I ...

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Elberoth2I made a radical change and replaced Boulder pre with ARC Ref 3. It is interesting you are moving to Darts and I am moving to ARC. If you calculate the cumulative value of the all the ...

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Rshad0000I have replaced Boulder 810 with Audio Research REF 3. Boulder 810 will work fine either with Krell and Pass. If you don't listen loud, Pass will be a fine match. If you like your ...

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Puccini U-clock will be in house in a few weeks. However, Krell Evolution 402 is out of order for almost one week. Still we don't know what happened and how happened:)In addition, I bought a Cl...

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Thank you Kops. You have a good amp indeed. I have tried using directly DCS as well together with Krell 402.(interconnect was PAD Anniversary XLR) Result was too good to believe but sometimes less ...

posted almost 16 years ago

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not only me but many dcs owners says same thing. DCS has received many customer complaints about transport problems in past. That's way they are using only esoteric tranport mechanisms. Plus music ...

posted almost 16 years ago

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elberothlet me answer micro's question: Yes it is better than old dcs stuck. I repeat myself again: it doesn't have the faults of old DCS stuff. If you know the dcs sound you understood what I ...

posted almost 16 years ago

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the folks who have asked about Krell Evo 402 here is my indirect answer how it sounds:1) Exact Power EP-15A gone, Krell connected directly to a dedicated wall outlet.2) Isotek Nova took dut...

posted almost 16 years ago

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System edited: a few new pictures!

posted almost 16 years ago

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Thank you for nice comps!PAD Anniversary powercord is in action for Krell 402 !!!Shunyata Anaconda went on holiday !!!Nordost Valhalla powered Meridan G95 receiver, Vishnu powered Sony ...

posted almost 16 years ago

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300kg? :) The speaker that big will limit our living spaces:)

posted about 16 years ago

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A speaker which weighs 77kg/200lb is not supposed to be moved easily. I have a terribly made ceramic floor tiles. They are not leveled IMO. With the help of symposium roller blocks I could manage a...

posted about 16 years ago

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samharhave you ever heard zombie storiers?:)cheers!

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