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    Quote Originally Posted by wee tee cee View Post
    Interesting Gary, whats it doing better than the glass opticals?

    Be good to hear it in comparison.

    ( heard your speakers at Toppsys place with a 300b amp....jings and cribbens!!! If thats what your rig sounds like now it will be fearsome!!)
    Tony....everything. Seriously.
    Have a listen sometime...Nicks 300B amp and the Eddies are a helluva match.
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    yup...he played some tracey chapman on his tt-Lou asked me to play it when we got back with the 57s .....much staring at feet and excuse making. Close but no cigar!!!!

    Like any other system you tune into what it does....but bye fuck!! I heard something scary there!!!

    Theres more to be had if ye like yer tunes!!!

    Statics are magical...but there is no substitution for cubes as they say in the automotive world!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by wee tee cee View Post
    yup...he played some tracey chapman on his tt-Lou asked me to play it when we got back with the 57s .....much staring at feet and excuse making. Close but no cigar!!!!

    Like any other system you tune into what it does....but bye fuck!! I heard something scary there!!!

    Theres more to be had if ye like yer tunes!!!

    Statics are magical...but there is no substitution for cubes as they say in the automotive world!!!
    Always wanted to hear the 57's Tony, sound epic with the right supporting kit they say...
    Alans Firebottle amp, blend of valves and solid state should be just the dab!!

    All about Synergy mate, and a powerful amp with the right impedance speaker cable for the 57's (I'd take advice on this..) would make all the difference.
    Get the amp / speaker combo right and I think everything else falls into line.

    *For the record*
    Quad suggested using Lamp flex...so I suspect it wont be that hard to find a combo that works!
    Bright orange lawnmower cable, or more sensibly, Van Damme type stuff?


    But Aye...as Scotty says, Ye cannae change the laws of Physics!
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    AC POWER
    Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
    AMPS
    Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
    SPEAKERS
    Wharfedale Evo 4.4
    DAC
    PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
    TURNTABLE
    Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
    PHONOSTAGE
    Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
    DIGITAL
    OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
    MUSIC PLAYBACK
    Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
    Ipad Roon Remote.
    Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
    SPEAKER CABLES
    Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On
    "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
    INTERCONNECTS
    All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables

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    Have some VD blue kicking about may well give it a whirl....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gazjam View Post
    Always wanted to here the 57's Tony, sound epic with the right supporting kit they say...
    Alans Firebottle amp, blend of valves and solid state should be just the dab!!

    All about Synergy mate, and a powerful amp with the right impedance speaker cable for the 57's (I'd take advice on this..) would make all the difference.
    Get the amp / speaker combo right and I think everything else falls into line.

    *For the record*
    Quad suggested using Lamp flex...so I suspect it wont be that hard to find a combo that works!
    Bright orange lawnmower cable, or more sensibly, Van Damme type stuff?


    But Aye...as Scotty says, Ye cannae change the laws of Physics!
    Aye beam me up Scotty
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    Plumbed in some VD bLue....."she canny take much more!!!!" not quite warp factor but motoring along nicely. Keep my ears pealed for sonic klingons.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gazjam View Post
    Always wanted to hear the 57's Tony, sound epic with the right supporting kit they say...
    Alans Firebottle amp, blend of valves and solid state should be just the dab!!

    All about Synergy mate, and a powerful amp with the right impedance speaker cable for the 57's (I'd take advice on this..) would make all the difference.
    Get the amp / speaker combo right and I think everything else falls into line.

    *For the record*
    Quad suggested using Lamp flex...so I suspect it wont be that hard to find a combo that works!
    Bright orange lawnmower cable, or more sensibly, Van Damme type stuff?



    But Aye...as Scotty says, Ye cannae change the laws of Physics!
    The "bright orange lawnmower cable" thing came about due to Quad realising they had forgotten to bring any speaker cable with them when setting up a demonstration. Someone popped out to the nearest B&Q and bought said cable as it was an example of no-nonsense two-core 10A cable. The fact that it was different to other cables, being bright orange, and the fact that Quad were using it, lead to many to think that Black and Decca lawnmower cable was preferred over others.

    As the great, late Peter Walker of Quad (a man known for his bluff no-nonsense approach to audio engineering) once said when asked what were the requirements for a good speaker cable:

    "There are only two requirements a good speaker cable should have. The first is it should be long enough to connect between the speaker and the amplifier, and the second is that the colour of the insulation should ideally match that of the carpet."
    Barry

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    Quote Originally Posted by wee tee cee View Post
    Plumbed in some VD bLue....."she canny take much more!!!!" not quite warp factor but motoring along nicely. Keep my ears pealed for sonic klingons.
    Set phasers on Pun....
    AC POWER
    Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
    AMPS
    Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
    SPEAKERS
    Wharfedale Evo 4.4
    DAC
    PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
    TURNTABLE
    Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
    PHONOSTAGE
    Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
    DIGITAL
    OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
    MUSIC PLAYBACK
    Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
    Ipad Roon Remote.
    Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
    SPEAKER CABLES
    Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On
    "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
    INTERCONNECTS
    All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables

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    Really don't want to allude to possible uses for proton torbedos...bring a tear to a glass eye!!!

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