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    Join Date: Jun 2012

    Location: Winter Haven, FL, USA

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    I'm Charles.

    Cool My Constant State of Change System...

    I don't know how or why, but I totally vanished off of this forum for nearly 4 years! A whole heck of a lot has changed since the last time I was on here.

    Anyway, here's the current state of my system as of yesterday.





    That little guy hiding back there is the Wyred 4 Sound Recovery USB Reclocker. Excellent bit of kit!


    A mild attempt at cable management. It's really not as bad as it looks here.






    Even though this Ortofon 2M Red sounds good and is only 2 weeks old, I have the 2M Bronze coming in this week!


    Preamp | Amplifier: Pass Labs XP-20 | Odyssey Stratos Monoblocks
    Analogue Sources: Nakamichi DR-1 | Technics SL-1700MK2
    DAC | Digital Sources: Auralic Altair G1 | JVC XL-Z411
    Speakers | Subwoofers: Magnepan 1.7i | SVS PB-1000 Pro x 2
    Power Conditioning: Blue Circle Audio | Monster HTS 5000
    Cables: Wireworld | Pangea Audio | AudioQuest

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    Great looking system, and I am sure it sounds good, too, Charles.

    Welcome back to AOS!

    I've not seen those Sonus Faber speakers before - are they designed to match up with the subwoofers?

    I'm particularly curious about the Q-UP automatic tonearm lifter --- does that work OK / safely?
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    I like the rack. What's the deal with the sub/sat set up? Are the subs powered or passive?
    Current Lash Up:

    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.

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    Join Date: Oct 2008

    Location: Glasgowshire

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    Nice looking system Charles, good vibe.

    What's the doohickey in front of your Oppo 105?
    Looks like its in the front HDMI port?
    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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    Join Date: Dec 2014

    Location: Wiltshire, UK

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    I'm Robert.

    Default My Constant State of Change System...

    How do you find the Lounge Audio LCR Phono? I have one and I think it is incredible value for money phono. Big leap forward in terms of sound stage and space for the instruments. Works well with my 2M Bronze by the way

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    Join Date: Jun 2012

    Location: Winter Haven, FL, USA

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    I'm Charles.

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    I'm in a bit of a time crunch, but I'll try to answer the best I can...

    Quote Originally Posted by jandl100 View Post
    Great looking system, and I am sure it sounds good, too, Charles.

    Welcome back to AOS!

    I've not seen those Sonus Faber speakers before - are they designed to match up with the subwoofers?

    I'm particularly curious about the Q-UP automatic tonearm lifter --- does that work OK / safely?
    The Sonus Faber's have been out about a year or two now. Great sounding little monitors, punchy bass, sweet mids, detailed and smooth top end. The subs are Polk Audio, but they match up pretty darn good with the monitors thanks to the analog crossover in the Halo P5 preamp.

    The Q-Up works great. Take a bit of fiddling to get it positioned right with the right amount of force to lift the arm without throwing the arm way up in the air.



    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    I like the rack. What's the deal with the sub/sat set up? Are the subs powered or passive?
    Subs are powered. Polk PSW505. Crossed at 70 Hz, the monitors crossed at 50 Hz.



    Quote Originally Posted by Gazjam View Post
    Nice looking system Charles, good vibe.

    What's the doohickey in front of your Oppo 105?
    Looks like its in the front HDMI port?
    It's the Ruko dongle thing. It is plugged into the front HDMI with a 90 degree angle adapter so it isn't sticking straight out.



    Quote Originally Posted by Robprog View Post
    How do you find the Lounge Audio LCR Phono? I have one and I think it is incredible value for money phono. Big leap forward in terms of sound stage and space for the instruments. Works well with my 2M Bronze by the way
    It's excellent! I love it! I can't wait until my 2M Bronze comes in this week. It's going to be fun!
    Preamp | Amplifier: Pass Labs XP-20 | Odyssey Stratos Monoblocks
    Analogue Sources: Nakamichi DR-1 | Technics SL-1700MK2
    DAC | Digital Sources: Auralic Altair G1 | JVC XL-Z411
    Speakers | Subwoofers: Magnepan 1.7i | SVS PB-1000 Pro x 2
    Power Conditioning: Blue Circle Audio | Monster HTS 5000
    Cables: Wireworld | Pangea Audio | AudioQuest

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    Join Date: Jun 2012

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    It's been a while since posting on here again, but the system has almost completely changed once again. Now being mostly vintage gear.

    After the above setup, I went with some mint Martin Logan SL3's that I modded by bypassing the internal passive crossovers and vertically bi-amping with some modded vintage Carver gear, including two modded M-500t (MkII status) amps and a modded C-1 (BillD status) preamp. And of course the addition of a new dbx Driverack Venu360 for crossover duties as well as time alignment and room correction, and a new JL Audio e110 sub.



    Last edited by cube-tube; 13-03-2018 at 04:37.
    Preamp | Amplifier: Pass Labs XP-20 | Odyssey Stratos Monoblocks
    Analogue Sources: Nakamichi DR-1 | Technics SL-1700MK2
    DAC | Digital Sources: Auralic Altair G1 | JVC XL-Z411
    Speakers | Subwoofers: Magnepan 1.7i | SVS PB-1000 Pro x 2
    Power Conditioning: Blue Circle Audio | Monster HTS 5000
    Cables: Wireworld | Pangea Audio | AudioQuest

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    And currently with a fully modded 4000t preamp and a mint pair of Genesis Physics II's that I upgraded the crossovers in. Now the dbx is used just for room correction and crossover duty for just the JL sub. Believe it or not, this is the best sounding system I have had to date! These Genesis II's outperform every other speaker I own including the modded Martin Logan SL3's, bone stock NHT 2.9's, and GR-Research X-Statik's with fully hot-rodded crossovers.







    Preamp | Amplifier: Pass Labs XP-20 | Odyssey Stratos Monoblocks
    Analogue Sources: Nakamichi DR-1 | Technics SL-1700MK2
    DAC | Digital Sources: Auralic Altair G1 | JVC XL-Z411
    Speakers | Subwoofers: Magnepan 1.7i | SVS PB-1000 Pro x 2
    Power Conditioning: Blue Circle Audio | Monster HTS 5000
    Cables: Wireworld | Pangea Audio | AudioQuest

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    Join Date: Apr 2008

    Location: Warrington

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    I'm Neil.

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    Nice system; what's the foo on top of the amps?
    Mana Acoustics Racks / Bright Star IsoNodes Decoupling >> Allo DigiOne Player >> Pedja Rogic's Audial Model S DAC + Pioneer PL-71 turntable / Vista Audio phono-1 mk II / Denon PCL-5 headshell / Reson Reca >> LFD DLS >> LFD PA2M (SE) >> Royd RR3s.

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    Join Date: Apr 2015

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    I'm Paul.

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    That picture of the LPs on the wall would drive me nuts

    It's such a weird angle for when you're sitting listening to music .. I'd have to move it to another room, I think
    Linn Sondek LP12, Ittok, AT-F7
    Schiit Mani MK1 Phono Pre-Amp
    Nobsound NS-08P Bluetooth pre-amp
    Marantz CD5004 CD Player
    Pure DAB tuner
    2 x Meridian 205 monoblock power amps
    Tannoy T225 "Mayfair" speakers
    www.paulridgeblog.com

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