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Old 10-14-2014, 01:03 AM
joeling joeling is offline
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Thanks for the compliment Ivan & Carlos.

This pair is showing a lot of promise. I am also running the Line Magnetic 129 linestage.

Still fiddling with various options. For now, the sound is starting to become more fleshed out with spades of SET magic - holographic imaging & nice vocals. Bass cannot beat the Gryphon - not as well controlled. Continue to run in & experiment with :

1) Tubes
2) Input line matching transformers (built into the pre)
3) wires
4) Output transformer tabs (16ohm vs 8ohm (now on) vs 4ohm cannot handle)

Regards,
Joe Ling
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Source 1 - Bergmann Sleipner + Benz Micro LP-S + ARC ref phono 10 (should have done this ages ago)

Source 2 - Avid Acutus SP reference + Thales Reference tone arm + Benz Micro LPS (DS Audio Master 1 broken tip repaired but cost me USD2k. Still having issues - channel imbalance - back to dealer. However, channel issues not withstanding, sounded very very nice. Need to get it back soonest)

Source 3 - DCS Vivaldi + Antelope reference clock or Cybershaft Op18 (not floating my boat so far)

Source 5 - ROON ROCK with Aurender W20 as NAS & 2 units of SOTM switch with 10M input (the new frontier but still cannot beat CD for now) - ROON endpoint - Vivaldi upsampler

Amplification - Naim Statement

Speakers - ProAc Carbon 8 + JL FM113 x2 (replacement purchased - Stella Utopia EVO but due to lockdown, could be a year's wait)

Purepower 2000 x 2 (&$@#% but
sounds nice)

Shunyata Denali X 2
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