Vinyl, SACD, tube, 2-ch, and HT all-in-one

Oh my, I did that many years ago. I am not sure what the differences are any more. Sorry for not being more helpful but I don't want to mislead you.

posted almost 14 years ago

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Vinyl, SACD, tube, 2-ch, and HT all-in-one

@Tzh21y, the Aries is resting on four Black Diamond pucks. The reason is that I have replaced the original metal cone feet with Black Diamond cones. As a result, the plinth was sitting too low to t...

posted almost 14 years ago

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Vinyl, SACD, tube, 2-ch, and HT all-in-one

System edited: Bought a new 60" TV, the Sony KDL-60NX810. Its image quality is really impressive. Replaced my Sony DVP-S9000ES DVD player with an Oppo-93. The Oppo can read and decode FLAC from eit...

posted over 14 years ago

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Memory

Scott, I don't know. I haven't seen my friend for more than 20 years.

posted almost 16 years ago

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Vinyl, SACD, tube, 2-ch, and HT all-in-one

System edited: Just upgraded the storage of my Mac Mini to a pair of Western Digital MyBook Studio Edition 1TB hard drives. They are configured as a replicated pair. Changes and additions are made ...

posted over 16 years ago

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Vinyl, SACD, tube, 2-ch, and HT all-in-one

Mimberman,I did do a side-by-side comparison between my Aries and my friend’s ScoutMaster a while back. Both tables were mounted with Lyra Helikon. IMHO, the ScoutMaster sounded cleaner and...

posted about 20 years ago

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Vinyl, SACD, tube, 2-ch, and HT all-in-one

Kehut,My Airy 2S has broken in. VTF is now at 2.0g. Metallic sound has been long gone but it did take longer than usual to break in. I don’t recall exactly how long, perhaps 150 hours or so...

posted about 20 years ago

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Vinyl, SACD, tube, 2-ch, and HT all-in-one

System edited: Just did a couple minor upgrades recently. My BAT VK-50SE has been upgraded to VK-51SE with a black face panel. I think it looks cleaner and nicer than the sliver and gray. <...

posted about 20 years ago

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Vinyl, SACD, tube, 2-ch, and HT all-in-one

Doug,I only have the Ariy for a little more than two weeks, maybe 30 hours of playing. It is still breaking in. I initially set the VTF at 2g but it didn’t sound right. Strings sounded meta...

posted almost 21 years ago

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Vinyl, SACD, tube, 2-ch, and HT all-in-one

Eyeballman,I think you are right about the Sony XA-9000ES, it does sound very detailed and not warm but I wouldn’t call it “digital” either. To me, sounding "digital” means edgy and digital...

posted almost 21 years ago

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2-channel Server-Based (FLAC) System

Great system. I was thinking about doing something similar. I have a lot of LPs and I have been transfering them to 24/96 wav files and burn on DVD. It would be really nice if I can construct a mus...

posted almost 22 years ago

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