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Just bought BNIB URC MX-850 remote, good universal remotes are hard to find, and I like these remotes. No internet connection needed to set it up or use it (unlike Logitech)
Bought pi5 a while ago for picoreplayer also.
Bought pi5 a while ago for picoreplayer also.
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Post a picture of it then, that's what this thread is for?
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I've now have a Technics SL-1200G (Grand class) along with Ortofon Bronze cartridge. It's still in the box, aim to set this up next week.
Will be using the phono stage in the Yamaha A-S1200, apparently Yamaha did a good job on the phono stage for an integrated amp, but will find out soon when the Technics is connected and settled in.
I was after a Technics SL-1200G for some time, considered the less expensive 1200GR2 but knew I would regret it afterwards. I had already made my mind up, but what sealed it was Chasing the Dragon was using one at the North West audio show (pics below). Their setup was one of the best sounding at the show, I was expecting a far more expensive turn table but surprised to see a Technics in use!
Just for clarification the table I have is from a retailer, not the one in these photos. Again posting these photos as it was hearing a 1200G on this setup that sealed my decision on buying one.
Will be using the phono stage in the Yamaha A-S1200, apparently Yamaha did a good job on the phono stage for an integrated amp, but will find out soon when the Technics is connected and settled in.
I was after a Technics SL-1200G for some time, considered the less expensive 1200GR2 but knew I would regret it afterwards. I had already made my mind up, but what sealed it was Chasing the Dragon was using one at the North West audio show (pics below). Their setup was one of the best sounding at the show, I was expecting a far more expensive turn table but surprised to see a Technics in use!
Just for clarification the table I have is from a retailer, not the one in these photos. Again posting these photos as it was hearing a 1200G on this setup that sealed my decision on buying one.
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I got back into buying CDs again about 10 or so years ago, mainly from smaller labels/artists on Bandcamp etc, both as a way of supporting them and having a nice physical collection. Until now I've been using my PC to listen to music, either through a set of Q Acoustics 3010s or Philips Fidelios, but didn't have a way to play the CDs I've been buying.
Until now:
Denon CEOL RCD-N10 and a pair of Q Acoustics 3020i speakers, plus a new IKEA shelving unit to fit it all on. Very pleased with it so far, after a little tweaking (and there's very little tweaking to actually do anyway) it sounds great, and I've been really enjoying the little ritual most days of setting aside some time to pull a CD off the shelf, pop it in and just sit and enjoy it.
I'd had my eye on this Denon player for a couple of years and I really like the sound and design of my 3010s, so when I saw Peter Tyson had a bundle deal on both it was a done deal. As well as playing CDs it's got internet radio, music streaming and DLNA support so my entire music library on my NAS is available too. The DLNA aspect is a bit temperamental at the moment as it's accessed via the HEOS app, but I think that's down to Plex rather than the player. In the meantime though I've got plenty to listen to on it while I get that working properly.
This looks great, nice and clean and now I suddenly want something like this!
Enjoy!
Thanks! I'm really pleased with the end result, it's pretty-much exactly the sort of set-up I'd had in mind for the past couple of years so it was good to finally be able to get it all sorted, I've been enjoying it a lot.
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And what would that achieve? It has already been established from a few years ago that he uses other people pics to substitute for his own without permission. Remember when he posted a pic of his Celestion A3. It was actually a for sale ad from London.
Even if he posted a pic no one would know if it was real or lifted from another source.
Since he has arrived here when was the last time you and the other mods never had to intervene as he has trolled someone and it just kicks off. Then there is a whole bunch of stuff besides his posting style and etiquette.
The moment he has gotten here since his ban off Avforums it has been troublesome in the home cinema and hi fi forum. Even the frequent visitors in the sub forum clown on him.
There is only two ways it can play out. Either mod team loses patience and just permanently ban him or he actuall post his setup pic then all realise he is low fi and he gets permban still for clowning the sub forum. He hasn’t changed his posting style since he got here despite numerous warnings from the mod team and he just keeps posting in his familiar style.
If you go on AudioGon how many true high end users clown their fellow users with 20, 30k+ audio equipment for suggestions for a 200 amp, speaker. None it doesn’t happen. Because true high end users never suggest expensive and esoteric pieces of equipment to people who can’t afford it. In fact how many here who are on a low budget setup clown other users in this sub-forum no one besides him.
And if you look into the other sub forums like the graphics card section which was formerly a tinderbox of discussions you mods closed that shizzle down hard and fast. Yet here he left alone to continue to troll other users. Why?
What is the criteria that stopping the mod team from executing an order 66 on his membership here, I am genuinely interested and if you rather discuss this in private I am more than happy to continue this there.
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@GoRedwings19 I think i came to the conclusion a few years ago now that he won't post any pics of his own system because it simply dosn't exist. Or as you say, it's "low fi" and if he did post it, it would would make him/her a bigger laughing stock than he/she already is.
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What you go to remember this is small sub forum on a computer enthusiast website. So the amount of people who would recognise ultra high end gear is relatively small compared to somewhere like Audiogon or AV forums. There are a few people who spring to mind who would like crinkleshoes, mr sukebe, 8 pack etc but generally most here are looking for a sub 1k setup for their pc or say sub 5k hi fi setup/home cinema.
The amount of people who spend for example of 20k and beyond is very very small here.
So here if someone posts. 20k, 30k amp, speaker whatever it is very easy for people with a more constrained budget to think they are high end. But there is more to that than meets the eye.
Let’s take one of the post a few pages back where he mentions the JBL 4350. It is a speaker from the 43xx series that have been long discontinued. They are also highly sought after and therefore extremely pricey this particular model range he mentioned is the most sought after and therefore the most expensive.
To give you an idea, about I am going to say 9/10 years I seriously considered getting one but they are rare. So I got in touch with Kenrick Sound in Tokyo. Now they have NOS parts (New old parts) for them. Now generally speaking NOS parts for highly sought after long discontinued speakers cost a lot. For a fully restored 4355 is 28k this is going back a decade and when the exchange rates were more favourable for the pound. Then you have shipping and insurance and then the import duty so you are looking at about 37k ish all in. But unfortunately when I enquired about it they had sold out as they used all the NoS parts up.
There is a lot of costs involved as well with high end gear if you need to get it serviced, repaired. It like owning a cheap runabout or an exotic car. The more expensive the car the more expensive the running costs. The last time I replaced the tweeters on my speakers was just under 2k. It nothing like ordering a tweeter off eBay for £25 and slinging it in a set of bowers 602 s2.
A lot of this stuff he doesn’t know. When he posted about sound treating a room and then scoffed at paying a company called GIK £25 a panel who deal in home studio/semi professional studio do you think he would have access to a JBL 43xx series speaker when he can’t bring himself to pay £25 for a few panels. For someone ‘in the know’ he didn’t have an idea where to place the panels. You place the panels where the first and second order of reflections would be. You also place panels behind the speakers and the opposite back wall.
You can’t have a two way discussion with him. And people who have been here a long time sussed him out the moment he got here. And here’s the kicker he got here in 2016…. It’s been 8 years+
And these are just a few instances there are many more which shows him at worst a pathological liar and at best disingenous.
I have no interest of seeing his setup. I am interested in seeing this being stopped by the mods once and for all.
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The things that gave it away for me.
1) He never talks about DAC's, at least I've never seen an discussion on this from him. He did recommend to someone a Wimm Pro (not the plus), the DAC in this is low end.
2) The other things, and I'm not trolling the board back, he runs a Homebase mains extension (or something similar). You don't use £10k's of audio gear and power it from a <£10 mains extension. You at least get something like a basic quality audiophile mains block with good internal wiring and quality tight mains plugs in the £100 pound range. And people like crinkleshoes, mr sukebe, 8 pack, you may never post on this subject but I know your not running your many £10k's of gear on a cheap Homebase type extension, because no one into serious high end audio would ever do that!
That said, I would love Hornet to poove us all wrong, yes really. Hornet post your gear up! I am really interested in seeing all these speakers and subs, and also how they are all wired up.
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Well I mean nowadays you can have Dac for dirt cheap. in the old days a Dac was a luxury and cost quite a bit for an entry Dac. Now you can start on the journey for £100 or less. The first Dac that blew me away was the Chord Dac Version 1. I think my Dac history is like something like Chord Dac 1>Chord Dac 2>Mf tri vista>DCS elgar/purcell>Mark Levinson No 30.5 reference Dac>Chord Hugo TT>Burmester. It is something like in that order. I am sure I am forgetting a few.
To answer your second question. My main gaming PC sound stuff I run off a cheapo extension like £5. For my primary music hifi I use 2 Russ Andrews Mains block so not terribly flash. But I do run the power amplifier straight from the mains plug as I don't like how it sounds from the RA block.
I have been contemplating when I return home after this work contract ends of picking up a Burmester power conditioner to test to see if it make a difference. Most people who own Burmester setups use this and I never got round to testing it. Is it snake oil or helps your setup, who knows? But I am willing to give it a try.
Agreed DAC's have got better. I was using an Arcam IRDac with an upgraded linear PSU that was pretty good. However I now use the Yamaha CD-S2100 SACD as it doubles up as an external DAC and it's better then the Arcam, more detail, more refined sound.
Re your RA power block, is it one of these? I was running a Russ Andrews PowerBar before this, however this improved sound over the RA PowerBar. My RA PowerBar has been moved to my PC audio setup in home office.
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I think mine is the older version before it. Been using it donkey years. But it looks identical besides not saying super socket on it
Yours is probably the same as mine with slight change in sockets. Does yours have any of the passive mains conditioners in it? There are some versions of these with silver internal wire, mine uses Kimber Kable TCX that's copper.
Also when I first got mine I used a 8TC Reference cable to connect to it. I switched the cable to the 12TC Signature and I had an improvement in the entire system. I'm considering send the 12TC signature back to RA to upgrade to a Evolution 500 that uses the new ground arrangement, I have spoken to someone who has done this and told it's a another improvement.
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I don;t think when I bought it it had any passive mains conditioning built in.
When you talk about using cable are you talking about rewiring the inside? or the main lead between the unit and wall socket.
I am pretty sure when I bought it I just specced the standard lead.
I don't think I would get the internals rewired. I would rather get active mains conditioning if I were to consider doing something with my mains block.
How much would it cost for you to get it rewired. If it cheap then hey ho why not but if it was pricey I rather invest in mains conditioning.
The problem with RA and other companies like it. You start to obesses over the little things and keep chasing it. I use to be like you trying to chase every tweak and improvement but often end up spend hundreds, thousands. I use to be at the audio dealers nearly every fortnight to see if they had any stuff worth adding to my setup. This was in my late 20's very early 30's. Sometimes they did marginally improve it sometimes not. And by time I calculated how much I spent, I could have bought antoher set of speakers or amps etc so now I would rather work on the main setup, practical room treatment and go from there. But seeming I haven't bought anything for my main setup in like over 6/7 years maybe that's a good thing or bad. I haven't really or should I say actively follow hi fi for a good few years since finishing my setup. Every few years or so I might think "oooo lets sell the speakers and get something else like Wilson Sofias" but then I remember the hassle. Now I am sure any good reputable loudspeaker company would never be as big as a pain in the azz to amp match and synergy for my Bowers speakers. But mine is done and I am happy with how it sounds. It just time to enjoy it and not worry about getting even better sound.
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I'm referring to the mains cable that plugs in it, the cable with the calypso plug on it. Mine originally came with an 8TC reference, but I changed it to a 12TC signature. However that 12TC signature can be returned to RA and they will convert it to a Evolution 500 that fits a better mains plug and has the new earth arrangement. The power cable that connects to the block is quite important, as all your components are coming off that block. Your house ring main is at least 30amp, so the better that first cable combined with lower impedance mains block, your reducing the drop in impedance. High impedance reduces musicality.
Indecently these power blocks, each socket is double wired with Kimber TCX, that's why they are low impedance compared to most other blocks. The cheaper RA Power Bars are single wired, and use less quality cable.
Over obsessing with RA over little things, I agree and I'm about done on the mains / cables side of things. The only thing really on my list is some of the higher end Fyne Audio speakers.
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I think mine was just a standard lead but I will have to check when I go home.
My RA comment was not judging you or anything like that. And I know you got a lot of flak before, so I don't want you to think I am coming at you. I understand, I went though that phase as well.
I have not had the pleasure of hearing a set of Fyne audio speakers. My speaker experience is limited to only the more known brands or more mainstream brands. I only discovered the Martens brand of speaker by accident. A less known brand compared to big companies like Bowers, Kef etc.