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I'm an Australian dealer and have both a signal and chassis version for demo, as well as a full dealer kit of Alpha ground cables and tails. I think you'll find there are a few dealers with demo kits...

You want fairly high efficiency for the 845s if you can. I've heard the Omegas (well the Alnico Monitor, i.e. single driver version of the one you pictured) and it's absolute heaven. That version...

The reason they did the 40.2 was because the original .1 was designed for studio use where lower frequencies are often more challenging, and so the bottom end was augmented. This made for a well...

How come?

Given the N-05 is basically a K-05x with streamer instead of transport, this is fairly high praise you give! I had found that the shift was about a level up, i.e. the K-07X sounded near the K-05 etc....

Never tried it, I imagine it may connect to a database if connected to the internet, otherwise you'd have to do it manually. I think you'd be far better off ripping on your computer. I just mention...

Most people don't realise that you can in fact plug in a USB CD-rom drive into an Aurender and rip directly. The cost is under $50 these days for a suitable drive. This is nice because you can then...

Not sure why some people are trying to complicate this. I've always used iTunes to rip (AIFF format). It integrates perfectly with the Aurender. All you need to do is drop in the cover art file then...

There is never a correlation between storage capacity and sound quality. I'd struggle to fill a 2TB drive let alone 4, but you can always increase storage, plus in an external USB, or stream from...

Good to know. I merely asked because most of your comments seem to be "Stillpoints claim" or "forum feedback suggests" etc, with the experience you've just described, I'm interested to hear what your...

Wait....so have you actually used Stillpoints in your system or is all your feedback and advice to everyone based on third-hand information and Chinese whispers that you've read elsewhere?

Oh hey don't get me wrong, I think they're great and there's a hundred reasons to buy one including the software updates. But this is no substitute for a hardware update, and the Devialet is a...

I would suggest a demo before making a purchase with the Devialet. I did this, and found that the amp was quite nice but the dac was not much chop. My Esoteric K-03 killed it. I'm surprised they use...

Have heard this phono, very smooth indeed, great soundstage and separation, and ultra quiet on the 100dB+ speakers being played!

I find CH to be more the more refined of the two, and the Soulution to be the more grunty and raw natured one. The S amp scales very well in the dynamics department but I felt didn't have as much...

Even though travertine (or is that limestone?) is beautiful, I'd only suggest using if you need to. Don't forget that the surface is hard and reflective, ie sound will reflect off it. So you may...

Tried a P10, and wanted to give it a good go against my Triton but couldn't get past the reliability issues I had with it. Kept shutting down on power-up, and not sure I like the idea of effectively...

Pretty sure Allnic designed their tube covers to reduce microphonics, so worth keeping on if they fit.

Anyone tried the Psvane WE replicas? Under $1k a pair is a good thing!

Yes but it can also be used underneath the record. It sits lower than the platter surface to allow this, and adds valuable rotating mass to the platter so is beneficial even in this position.

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Frank - does your Mac gear get hot in that cabinet?

Agree with sharkmounth. If you must have 4 separate circuits, tell him they need to be IDENTICAL LENGTH RUNS to minimise the chance of a ground loop.

Nah that was the S-10, this one's the big boss :)

I've had it through a few dacs from a Bel Canto Dac1.5, dCS Puccini, to an Esoteric K-01. Current dac is an Esoteric K-03. Not sure about the metatag situation as I've never run out of local storage...

I've got both the Lumin and Aurender, I think the fact that I never play the Lumin speaks for itself. Dac aside, I'm curious as to why you would think that streaming is superior to playing from...