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You appear to be quite full of yourself IMHO. Heard them at Munich High-End, before you did btw. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Thanks Mike. It was with AVM electronics, they’re a quite popular brand in central Europe. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Yes indeed, very much looking forward to that, but it will be a very long wait due to custom color. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I’m re-working pretty much my entire system. But that’s not really related to the Humboldt, except that I do need a separate phono pre. The overhaul is more a general thing I do from time-to-time. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Whoa! I see in another thread that you have new speakers on order!

Thanks Mike, I’m happy it worked out at the day’s end. It’s a nice one. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

An impressive piece, Kuoppis. At this level, it's really nice to hear that it's surpassing your expectations. Congratulations! Probably too early to ask, but I will anyway: does this upgrade make you want to upgrade something else in your system?

Congrats. What a gorgeous piece of kit. I’ve heard that amp and it is impressive. Congrats and enjoy in good health! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Curious what you heard them with in Germany.

Personal experience for me indicates that I grew up with only vinyl + 8-track/cassette tape until my mid 20s. My personal taste for audio was formed during that time, and vinyl still relaxes me, and causes a smile. That being said, later in life...

And there’s always that little detail. :) Ken

I don’t really understand all this rambling about the Kharmas. What’s so special about them? But, I guess I forgot to tell that I also have a pair of DB9-S’s on order . Was also considering the DB-11-S’s, but I was worried they would overwhelm...

Thanks Flemming, as just reported, even after only 120 hours of operation the first impressions are that it’s staggeringly good. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

How does it sound? The reviews I have seen are all singing the highest praise possible. Is it justified? In a word, IMHO yes. One review said that the Humboldt is probably better than similarly priced separates. In case of the Soulution 520/ 511...

That looks really amazing Kuoppis , and glad to hear that the situation with the dealer went well in the end....things like that are really annoying. Am sure you will enjoy a lot of happy hours with it.

Case work: the floating pane design is really gorgeous live. Even better than in the pictures. Esslinger’s design work is amazing, and the Audionet manufacturing quality really is immaculate. This amp is altogether a different level. The...

Why did it take so long? Getting the transaction completed with trade-in of the Soulutions was a bit of an ordeal with the dealer. There were agreed schedules that were not kept, no updates and upsets when I inquired about the progress, and a...

And in-situ. Must say I love, love, love the Furutech Rhodium speaker binding posts. The best I have ever experienced. The remote in also proper metalwork, with engraved logo. Looks the part and handles well. And does not drop from the...

This is just to show the level of detail going into this amp. The packaging is not your regular card board box, or even double card board box, or a Magico M Series hammer and nails plywood box for that matter. It’s a proper professional stage...

And about $100K cheaper too.

Kuoppis congratulations with it and now we are almost as excited as you , ha ha....now it will be interesting to hear your thoughts on it.

Congratulations with your new speakers Rance.

There it is ! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I listened to Kharma Elegance DB11-S at Axpona 2018 with Nagra HD components. They are amongst the most musical speakers I’ve listened to at any price. Their MSRP is $54,000. In the world of high-end audio, they are one of the best values out there....

That's real. But even I prefer listening my vinyl, I can listen my CD player. Envoyé de mon Note 9P en utilisant Tapatalk

Are you saying that if you use well-built balanced (XLR) cable you don’t need to spend a lot of money on interconnect cables?

Roon > Qobuz > 44.1kHz > Upsampled - 705.6kHz > SMSL M400 > Topping A90 > Hifiman Sundara Balanced

Anyway you dice it the mark-up between US and German list price is 50%. in spite of that, the reviewer found them to be a great speaker.

Another contemporary European jazz pianist -- Marcin Wasilewski. Like just about everything he's had a hand in, but particularly drawn to his early work with Simple Acoustic Trio (Tomasz Stanko would eventually snap the trio up to form his quartet)....

Roon > Qobuz > 44.1kHz > Upsampled - 705.6kHz > SMSL M400 > Topping A90 > Hifiman Sundara Balanced

I don't need to switch speaker cables, my integrated amp is always driving the L/R mains. When I'm watching movies the L/R mains are going out of the pre-outs on the AVR into the HT bypass inputs on the integrated amp. The sub does have 2 inputs,...

Exactly. I use two profiles/presets with very different settings for stereo and HT usage. In fact, I even have two separate HT presets - one for HT with ARC room correction and other for HT without ARC. These presets are VERY useful on SVS...

MDP, will be interested to hear how the DB9s sound with your Diablo 300.

Older amp designs used large caps because they were readily available at a reasonable price then. Now, modern industrial and commercial products use much smaller caps. These smaller caps use modern construction on newer machines. Their price per...

Not quite, you are working it backwards. The Magico is a US brand, hence exporting to the EU automatically increases price by about 20% for VAT, then there is the dollar vs Euro conversion. I believe the US price is around $24k - $25k.

My attempt at describing "Real" is it's just that. It sounds more like an actual instrument is in the room, or a person is speaking in the room. Natural. More emotion. Less Hifi or stereo ish. You know it when you get it right. Its kind of...

Yeah, unfortunately with no crossover in your integrated amp there's a fair chance things won't sound so great with the full low-frequency data being sent to your L/R main speakers because once you turn the volume up past a certain point you'd be...

Once again Rance, great to finally meet you. And, indeed, congratulations on your DB11-S. As I posted several months ago, these Kharmas are quite special. So, I'm not surprised both you and Mark have placed orders. I hope the 9s and 11s get here...

If it supports AES48, its going to be audibly superior, regardless of the internal wiring. You don't have to look any further than the Ampex 351 tape machines to know that- they recorded a good potion of the classic golden age stereo recordings and...

Well, circling back around to the topic of Suncoast and Kharma... A couple weeks ago I made my third trip to Suncoast in just over 2 years. As always Mike was an exceptional host and made my entire trip a great experience. I went specifically...

Larger caps are better behaved and more reliable than smaller ones. Issue is they cost more and they require a much larger overall case to fit. Most of the time a manufacturer is dealing with significant space limitations

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The M6’s are wonderful speakers. Super transparent, robust bass and maybe the best imaging I’ve ever heard. Plus they can really scale. We’re talking about reproducing a symphony at full concert levels. After looking and listening to them for two...

They never play a simply string quartet or concerto. That would be more revealing through these videos, IMO. I will say there is a lot going on in that video.

essrand, Honestly haven't had a lot of time to listen in the past few weeks, due to work getting busier, and I work a lot of evenings. Will say that I'm pleased with what I'm hearing as far as dynamics, detail, and imaging. And I do need to do...

So you switch speaker cables at the back of your mains to the systemyou will be listening too? I used to do that when my 2-channel system was tubes. In that case you need a sub with two inputs if wanting to use same sub for both movies and...

and you didn't buy it?

I spent two days auditioning it. Ken

I agree it sounds great, but there is something about soulution that just doesnt seem to grab me. Maybe i need to actually own it to really understand its strengths. One of the questionable things about soulution is the reliability... not the best...