Open the box! 
Open the box! 
Open the box! 

To much wheeling & dealing and not enough doing what we all do best.

 

Taking it slow this afternoon....

2 hours ago, tubularbells said:

To much wheeling & dealing and not enough doing what we all do best.

 

Taking it slow this afternoon....

 

The Krell wasn't providing enough heat TB?😄

54 minutes ago, stevoz said:

 

The Krell wasn't providing enough heat TB?😄

 

Not today it wasn't. Been feeling frosty all day (maybe it was the beer)

On 12/10/2021 at 8:29 AM, Jakeyb77_Redux said:

Open the box! 
Open the box! 
Open the box! 

 

Obviously this made him put them up for sale 😆

7 minutes ago, metal beat said:

 

Obviously this made him put them up for sale 😆

I understand his reasons…. But that doesn’t help any of us that wanted a comparison. 😂😂

 

The church is a beautiful place to pray though I must say. 
It’s set the bar for me in terms of my search for my next room. 

 

1 minute ago, Jakeyb77_Redux said:

I understand his reasons…. But that doesn’t help any of us that wanted a comparison. 😂😂

 

The church is a beautiful place to pray though I must say. 
It’s set the bar for me in terms of my search for my next room. 

 

 

99.99999% sure I know the answer.

  Doug is listening to them now 🙂

5 hours ago, tubularbells said:

To much wheeling & dealing and not enough doing what we all do best.

 

Taking it slow this afternoon....

Nice headphones!

11 hours ago, lemarquis said:

Nice headphones!

 

Unfortunately its a church only in spirit and not in size.

 

Gotta make the best with what you have right?

 

Anyway did a marathon 8 albums back to back last night so that's always a good sign things are sounding pretty good. I'm also trying some vintage Amber 8 speaker cable generously donated by @frednork which for those that don't know is an aussie made quad cable that sold for quite a bit in its day. Seems to handle the demands of the Krell and Sov's nicely and cannot hear any sonic flaws in it so it will be replacing my pair of Bills "WE" cables as there no longer long enough for the new amp position.

 

 

Degritter ordered. Thanks @HeyNow Hi-Fi

 

Edited October 17, 20214 yr by tubularbells

@tubularbells  Doug...how long do you need the speaker cables to be? 

6 minutes ago, wooferocau said:

@tubularbells  Doug...how long do you need the speaker cables to be? 

 

Hey Paul, about 4m mate.

13 minutes ago, tubularbells said:

 

Hey Paul, about 4m mate.

 

 

i may have a couple of OLD cables you can try........... an OLD classic called  Audiotruth/Audioquest  DRAGON .... these are solid silver core and are  very  very nice cables and very expensive in their day ... I ran these with the Sovereigns with the Krell KMA 160 Mono,s  .....might organise to send them down to you just for you to try if your interested..  

 

The only caveat is they are as stiff as buggery , cant bend them a great deal. 

19 minutes ago, tubularbells said:

 

Hey Paul, about 4m mate.

 

That's a long load for your amps...

1 minute ago, wooferocau said:

 

 

i may have a couple of OLD cables you can try........... an OLD classic called  Audiotruth/Audioquest  DRAGON .... these are solid silver core and are  very  very nice cables and very expensive in their day ... I ran these with the Sovereigns with the Krell KMA 160 Mono,s  .....might organise to send them down to you just for you to try if your interested..  

 

The only caveat is they are as stiff as buggery , cant bend them a great deal. 

 

That would be amazing. (of course happy to pay shipping both ways)

1 minute ago, Kaynin said:

 

That's a long load for your amps...

 

What to do mate, it is what it is and 4m ain't that long given the correct gauge cable is used. The new Krell CAST cables I got last week are 10m so there's definitely lengthy runs in the system right now however its sounding better than ever so in not being overly phased by it.

9 minutes ago, tubularbells said:

 

That would be amazing. (of course happy to pay shipping both ways)

I will dig then out and get back to you....😊

7 minutes ago, tubularbells said:

 its sounding better than ever so in not being overly phased by it.

 

Yes, very true.  Was keen to pick your thoughts, is all.  Your experiences are very well documented here and easily followed by all, and at the end of the day this is the best test of all.

 

Stoked you're back listening to the system, BTW.

12 hours ago, tubularbells said:

 

Unfortunately its a church only in spirit and not in size.

 

Gotta make the best with what you have right?

Absolutely. Always loved that room and can't beat the view of the fireplace bookended by the gothic windows. 

After a fair amount of turmoil, frustration and even a tear or two I'm finally beginning to feel like the system is settling down into a place where I'm finding listening sessions enjoyable and rewarding but most importantly mood lifting as I've relied on music for nearly 40 years to provide relief from the outside world and regrettably for one reason or another haven been able to obtain nirvana for a good few years now.

 

Tell you what though, the Dynavector phono & lowly Denon DL-110 is a KILLER combo. Had carts costing 20x the price and not sound as good it's simply shocking how good it sounds now. I've said it before many times but I reckon a lot of folks are too eager to climb the phono/cart ladder without ever realizing the potential of what they have as the better the upstream components I've put on them the better they become.

 

Edited October 17, 20214 yr by tubularbells

Awesome listening room.  Those Duntechs are beautiful.

29 minutes ago, tubularbells said:

After a fair amount of turmoil, frustration and even a tear or two I'm finally beginning to feel like the system is settling down into a place where I'm finding listening sessions enjoyable and rewarding but most importantly mood lifting as I've relied on music for nearly 40 years to provide relief from the outside world and regrettably for one reason or another haven been able to obtain nirvana for a good few years now.

 

Tell you what though, the Dynavector phono & lowly Denon DL-110 is a KILLER combo. Had carts costing 20x the price and not sound as good it's simply shocking how good it sounds now. I've said it before many times but I reckon a lot of folks are too eager to climb the phono/cart ladder without ever realizing the potential of what they have as the better the upstream components I've put on them the better they become.

 

great room,that rug is priceless🔉🎶 

24 minutes ago, ray4410 said:

that rug is priceless🔉🎶 

 

Yep - love the rug.  The Goddess over the fireplace is spot on too.  

3 hours ago, tubularbells said:

After a fair amount of turmoil, frustration and even a tear or two I'm finally beginning to feel like the system is settling down into a place where I'm finding listening sessions enjoyable and rewarding but most importantly mood lifting as I've relied on music for nearly 40 years to provide relief from the outside world and regrettably for one reason or another haven been able to obtain nirvana for a good few years now.

 

Tell you what though, the Dynavector phono & lowly Denon DL-110 is a KILLER combo. Had carts costing 20x the price and not sound as good it's simply shocking how good it sounds now. I've said it before many times but I reckon a lot of folks are too eager to climb the phono/cart ladder without ever realizing the potential of what they have as the better the upstream components I've put on them the better they become.

 

 

Looks terrific Doug , and very inviting.. ...  👍

 

Do you know in all the years i owned the Sov,s i never once fitted the grills  in my listening environment..  😊