Recent content by JSQT

I just brought my Pure Fidelity Harmony home this afternoon. It’s already a gorgeous table in any finish, but John Stratton at Pure Fidelity was able to dye his quilted maple finish to match my Volti Rival speakers in bosse cedar finish and it looks incredible. My Harmony was shipped with an...

Hey there folks I recently lucked into the opportunity to snag one of my dream amps, the Luxman M900u. I had the L509X in the past and always have had regret about letting it go (along with several other near and dear Luxman vintage products I have also owned the DA-06 and 2 MQ88u-SE amps so I...

Hey all, it's been an eventful 2020 for us all and as such I have been in lurking mode for most of the year. But I am coming out of hibernation to share the results of a major room overhaul this weekend. Since my last system update in February where I was introduced to Naim for the first time...

Hello all, I recently revamped my 2 channel system to include Naim separates (NDX 2 and Supernait 3) after living with my Uniti Nova since January. I've still got Roon Radio running 24/7 on the system so it's at about 50 hours of break-in now and sounding very good indeed. As part of the deal...

Although my main system has been sorted out now for many months, this lockdown situation has gotten me in my office for 6-8 hours per day, with my Naim Uniti Atom and Luxman MQ-88uSE/CL-40 combo. A few weeks back, I lost a driver in my Monitor Audio Gold home theater speaker and had to bring...

I was lucky enough to pick up someone's Lumin S1 trade-in from Play It Again this past week and it arrived today - another gorgeous looking piece of gear to the collection! It has been intended for my office system since I have spent so much more time in there working at home over the past...

Since downsizing all my separates I have quite a few IsoAcoustic Orea Bronze discs sitting around my house. When I first got my Uniti Atom for my office, I tried 3 of these under the box but did not notice much of a difference. However yesterday I experimented with 4 of these under the Uniti...

Volti Audio is a pretty small company that you don't hear a lot about but I wanted to sing some praises here after living with my Rivals for 3 months now. For a few years I lusted terribly after the Vittoras (owning a pair of La Scala IIs) and figured those would someday be my end-game...

Finally got my bass and subwoofer issues sorted out thanks to the SVS Outlet Sale this week... Got a matching SB-16 Ultra to pair with the one I've had for several years, and got a matching JL e112 for the one I've had for about a year now. Prior to this I've had multiple configurations and...

Lots been going on over the past month around here! Due to some unforeseen life/health circumstances which have reframed a lot of priorities over the past month, I've been working to get to a stripped down, yet still audiophile-level system in both my main media room and office. Much to my...

I've recently been in flux in my office system and decided to put some Sonos components around the house during the holidays. Overall I have been really impressed with the overall "it just works" simplicity of the whole thing. I have 2 Sonos Ones (kitchen and master bath) as well as a Sonos Move...

So I listen to my 25Wpc Luxman tube amp about 9 feet away from my speakers. Speakers are roughly 98-100dB efficient. If I am playing "loud" I am measuring about 90-95ish dB on my SPL meter from my listening position. Normal nighttime listening is closer to 80-85. By doing the math, it looks...

I'm still kicking around the decision of getting another Luxman MQ-88uSE to run a pair as mono blocks. But this amp sounds so good right now, I'm not sure the additional expense is worth it. The alternative I've been thinking about has been just to hold off on this purchase and maybe save some...

Something that was brought up to me recently was the idea of getting a second Luxman MQ-88uSE to run in a bridged mono configuration. I do like the idea of having 2 Luxman tube amps in my system, but they are pretty hard to find, and relatively expensive for what may be little benefit. Can...

Hello all, I've been a member for nearly a year now and since I got my new speakers delivered this weekend I figured it was a good opportunity to share my system - which I hope has now reached a point where further upgrades will not be that earth-shattering or note-worthy (at least for another...