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  1. 05-04-2019, 07:23 #1
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    Having survived Novichok in my area it made me reflect on what's important in life - listening to music! Or at least talking about it. Oh and my wife and kids.
    I have 2 systems:
    Main : Cyrus cd xt sig, Cyrus Stream xp2qx + psxr, job sysint225 amp, spendor A6 speakers, vortexbox NAS, tellerium a black speaker cables, living voice and isotek mains cables

    Bedroom: squeezebox into Cyrus 8vs feeding kef ls50, artisan ultimate silver dream ICs and Cyrus speaker cable.
    I also have an AV system - yamaha and monitor audio (but that's not hifi is it...)

    Having a major reconfiguration as have just ordered some Dutch & Dutch active speakers to try and de-box.

    I look forward to many happy years of work avoidance with you all.
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    Welcome Donald. Enjoy your music here
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    Hi Donald, welcome to the forum...

    Would the Dutch+Dutch be the 8C's? I heard these at the NW Audio Show last year, and I really liked them. I look forward to hearing how you get on with them!
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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    Hello Donald. Welcome to AOS.

    Feel free to join in the fun and chat with everybody, it's a friendly place.


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  7. 06-04-2019, 10:15 #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    Hi Donald, welcome to the forum...

    Would the Dutch+Dutch be the 8C's? I heard these at the NW Audio Show last year, and I really liked them. I look forward to hearing how you get on with them!
    Yes they are the 8cs.Arrived yesterday so just setting them up. I'll let you know how they pan out. Realised I need a long aes cable to connect the speakers so need to order one.

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  8. 18-04-2019, 17:41 #8
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    Update on 8cs:

    Quite challenging to get going as they only have an xlr input for balanced analogue connection or aes/ebu. Unfortunately I had neither and a simple spdif rca to aes lead doesn't work. So I am using them unbalanced at the moment moment with just a simple rca-xlr lead. They sound amazing though! Bass is phenomenal and they are deceptively detailed because they sound very smooth.
    I am happy to hang on to these so am selling my Cyrus/spendor setup - please see other thread.
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    When I heard the 8c's at Cranage last year, the guy had flashing lights going, and playing some banging dance music (which made a nice change from the usual jazz stuff), and the speakers seemed to have most of the dynamic sound and 'slam' that you would get at a nightclub, but at the same time very detailed and not in a fatiguing way. I thought they were great.

    I'm sure you will have great fun with them, and I'm just a little bit jealous.
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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    T'other system:
    Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF

    A/V:
    LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub

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  10. 20-04-2019, 07:40 #10
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    Thanks pp. They do give the impression that they have a lot of headroom and don't harden up at high volume which I noticed with the Kii threes which I also auditioned. Got a newborn so not had as much time to listen as I would like.
    Interestingly although they are supposed to be relatively room agnostic due to dsp etc (which I haven't delved into) I've found them very sensitive to placement and toe in.
    I think a bit like driving a rear wheel drive car it's going to be a bit of a voyage of discovery with these things. I'll start a new thread in another forum for the interested.
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