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January 29, 2020, 03:24 PM #1Banned
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A Heavy Box ???
Mike sent me a box? A heavy box!
What could it be?
Opening the big heavy box reveals yet another box. Is this some kind of joke or something just very well packed?
Oh, the clear blue printed tape says "Aurender"!
Let’s see what’s inside:
What another smaller box?
What’s inside the smaller box?
Cables!!! (it's nice that Aurender supplies cables, but I use Shunyata)
What's in the bigger box?
Whatever it is, it's wrapped in fabric and lots and lots of heavy-duty foam! Amazing packing job.
It’s huge. What is it?
An Aurender ACS10 - CD Ripper and Streamer!!!
The N100 was connected to the ACS10 with a Shunyata ethernet cable. The N100 streaming improved slightly, but noticeably!
The N100 is on top of the Pass Labs HPA-1 Headphone Amp (protected by carbon fiber pad).
"No" the Class A HPA-1 doesn't get hot (and sounds absolutely marvelous).
Just began ripping the eighth CD. Simple as calling Mike
ejecting tray with button, placing a CD in tray, and closing tray with button. Aurender does the rest, including the album covers, and ejecting CD when it's finished, etc. So, simple even I can use it.
Overall construction: Very heavy. Nice silver finish. The CD tray is not near as good as the Luxman D-08u, but Luxman is difficult to beat in the CD / SACD / DAC department. The Luxman essentially turns CDs into vinyl and plays them so very well (no flame throwers please
). The Aurender has a great and very large colorful display (larger than N100). Fantastic color Album covers. Rips CDs very well. It plays fantastic!!!
I'm a ripping and I'm a playing.
Thanks Mike.
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January 29, 2020, 03:45 PM #2Senior Member
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Very cool. Your system looks amazing. Enjoy the toys!
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Awesome Joe, have a ton of fun with the new server!
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January 29, 2020, 04:16 PM #4Senior Member
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Looking very good Joe! Happy everything fit into place as you had hoped and now you have one more way to enjoy your awesome system!
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January 29, 2020, 05:15 PM #5Banned
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Thanks Buddy. And many thanks for allowing me to use your MIT RCA cables for my headphones until my Shunyatas arrived.
Originally Posted by Audio 1
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January 29, 2020, 05:45 PM #6Audioshark
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Looking fantastic Joe! Happy ripping.
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January 29, 2020, 06:02 PM #7Super Moderator
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Damn, awesome new toys. Congratulations!
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January 29, 2020, 06:47 PM #8Senior Member
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Joe, enjoy the new 'gizmo' !
One other thing of note........ it's refreshing to see your speakers set up properly with plenty of room to breath, assuring a great soundstage both side to side as well as front to back !Cheers ! …. Dave
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January 29, 2020, 07:07 PM #9Banned
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Many thanks. I wish I could take credit for the speaker placement. But alas it was Mike and his crew! I've tweaked them ever so slightly, but nothing like Mike did with his lasers and all. Originally Posted by Mikado463
M3s seems to be calling me though. Setting those up will be fun
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Glad you found the jewel inside of the boxes. Congrats!
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January 29, 2020, 08:10 PM #11Senior Member
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Joe.. Sounds like you've just about made up your mind. Is it safe to assume that a M3 purchase is just around the corner? Originally Posted by Calvin
Many thanks. I wish I could take credit for the speaker placement. But alas it was Mike and his crew! I've tweaked them ever so slightly, but nothing like Mike did with his lasers and all.
M3s seems to be calling me though. Setting those up will be fun
I doubt it took much convincing.
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I'm close. I have some doctor stuff to take care of first. That may take some time ... I'll find out next month ... Originally Posted by Gene
I'll go do a lot of listening to other systems first - dealers and friend's systems. [Unless I move again] this will be my last set of speakers (famous last words ...). But after having the finest glass of wine I've ever been served with the Magico A3s, a bottle of M3s is looking very good. Unfortuntely a M6 case of wine won't fit in the house unless I get rid of my wife's kitchen. But there is grill area outside ...
I'll play it safe with the M3s
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Awesome system!!
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January 30, 2020, 12:09 AM #14Senior Member
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Very nice, congrats. You could change your moniker to “ripper”.
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Amazing system. Adding the M3’s would be truly special! I’m a huge Pass and Magico fan. Well done.
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It’s Joe’s fault I now have a pair of X260.8’s and XP22 on order for demo. That combo = ooooh la la.
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LOL - I use to be a homicide detective so ripper carries some rather bad connotations for me, as in Jack the Ripper .... Originally Posted by Kuoppis
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My fault Originally Posted by Mike
Hook it up to some M3s and I'll be up to listen to it.
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Cool stuff, that makes it look so easy!
Eddie Trunk said the other day the CD renaissance is upon us, like we already don’t know that
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CDs are great and thru a Luxman D-08u I don't even need or desire a TT anymore. For me the Luxman makes CDs = analogue. The combo is absolutely amazing. Originally Posted by UltraFast69
Cool stuff, that makes it look so easy!
Eddie Trunk said the other day the CD renaissance is upon us, like we already don’t know that
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And with CDs, I don't have to mess with tone arms, cartridges, etc. I spend more time listening and enjoying ... but if you enjoy the later ... than that is GREAT too (my dad had TTs, Tape and Tubes and I had a TT early on, etc). No matter your flavor it's all fun ...
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Why connect the Aurender ACS10 to the N100? Are you using the N100 as DAC?
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Network filtering. It’s described as the ideal setup in the manual when connecting an aurender to an ACS. Originally Posted by Mordante
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