Alpinist (Ken) - how is your new system?

I’ve had the Grandioso G1 Clock on all day. It has already smoothed out some, compared to when I first turned it on this morning. The G1 has already improved clarity, articulation and bass response. Imaging is more holographic as well. I can’t wait until the G1 and Sigma clock cable are fully burned in.

Ken
 
That’s awesome news Ken! When you and I heard the K1 with and without the clock, there was no doubt the clock improves it big time.

I’ve been clocking the K1 off the Femto 33 in the MSB with superb results.


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Mike said:
That’s awesome news Ken! When you and I heard the K1 with and without the clock, there was no doubt the clock improves it big time.

I’ve been clocking the K1 off the Femto 33 in the MSB with superb results.


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Hi Mike,

My G1 has a ways to go on break-in before it sounds as smooth as the G-01X we heard at RMAF. I’m sure it and the clock cable will get there over time. Your K1 must sound incredible clocking off your MSB Select II DAC. The Femto 33 is the king of clocks!

Best,
Ken
 
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Hi Ken,
How is the clock coming along? I have a Grandioso K1 player also. Interested to hear your thoughts on the additional improvement from the clock.
Regards.
 
Alectiong said:
Hi Ken,
How is the clock coming along? I have a Grandioso K1 player also. Interested to hear your thoughts on the additional improvement from the clock.
Regards.
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The Grandioso G1 clock has made a huge improvement in the sound quality of my system. The clock has provided increased clarity and refinement, more holographic imaging and most importantly, greater realism. Once you’ve listened to it for a few weeks, there is just no turning back!

Best,
Ken
 
Hi Ken, I'm wondering if you have tried a music server like Lumin or Aurender over Mac Mini?
 
kzhtoo said:
Hi Ken, I'm wondering if you have tried a music server like Lumin or Aurender over Mac Mini?
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Not yet, but I hope to at some point in the future. I spin CDs and SACDs for all my critical listening and use the Mac Mini for background listening. Having said that, my Mac Mini sounds mighty fine with the G1 clock and my WW Platinum 7 USB cable.

Best,
Ken
 
Alpinist said:
Not yet, but I hope to at some point in the future. I spin CDs and SACDs for all my critical listening and use the Mac Mini for background listening. Having said that, my Mac Mini sounds mighty fine with the G1 clock and my WW Platinum 7 USB cable.

Best,
Ken
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I see. Bet it sounds like a world class system that is.
 
Alpinist said:
The Grandioso G1 clock has made a huge improvement in the sound quality of my system. The clock has provided increased clarity and refinement, more holographic imaging and most importantly, greater realism. Once you’ve listened to it for a few weeks, there is just no turning back!

Best,
Ken
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That is awesome. I hope to try one out in the future if I can (afford it). Is the clock sensitive to power cords and the clock cables?
 
kzhtoo said:
Hi Ken, I'm wondering if you have tried a music server like Lumin or Aurender over Mac Mini?
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I started with a Mac Mini based system some years back, which was bettered by quite a margin when I replaced it with an Aurender. This year I replaced the Aurender with a powerful NAS with a Roon Core installed on it and again had a significant SQ improvement.


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Kuoppis said:
I started with a Mac Mini based system some years back, which was bettered by quite a margin when I replaced it with an Aurender. This year I replaced the Aurender with a powerful NAS with a Roon Core installed on it and again had a significant SQ improvement.


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NAS with Roon installed sounds better ? Can ask which model are u running on ?


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Alectiong said:
That is awesome. I hope to try one out in the future if I can (afford it). Is the clock sensitive to power cords and the clock cables?
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Yes, extremely sensitive. I have the Shunyata Sigma 50 clock cable and Audience AU24SE MP power cord. Unfortunately, there was just an 18% price increase. The G1 is now a whopping $26K U.S. MSRP.

Ken
 
Kuoppis said:
I started with a Mac Mini based system some years back, which was bettered by quite a margin when I replaced it with an Aurender. This year I replaced the Aurender with a powerful NAS with a Roon Core installed on it and again had a significant SQ improvement.


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Which Aurender did you own?

Thanks,
Ken
 
kiat said:
NAS with Roon installed sounds better ? Can ask which model are u running on ?


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It is a Synology with a Quad Core processor, 8 GB RAM, 250 GB fully dedicated SSD for the Roon Core and a 275 GB on-board SSD fully dedicated to cache, 24 TB HDDs and in-box wall wart power supply exchanged for a 200W HDPlex LPSU.

A mom&pop NAS won’t do.


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Kuoppis said:
It is a Synology with a Quad Core processor, 8 GB RAM, 250 GB fully dedicated SSD for the Roon Core and a 275 GB on-board SSD fully dedicated to cache, 24 TB HDDs and in-box wall wart power supply exchanged for a 200W HDPlex LPSU.

A mom&pop NAS won’t do.


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Thanks @kuoppis. I’ve been thinking of moving my roon that’s running on synology 1517+ with 16 go and separate ssd drive for roon core. To a stand alone roon ROCK

Have not made the jump yet :)


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It’s been awhile since I’ve updated this thread. My only source now is the MSB Select II DAC with two mono power bases, Femto 33 clock and Renderer V2 digital input module. I no longer have an external preamp as the Select II sounds best using only its internal preamp module. Sad to see the Ref 10 go though. I had my Vandersteen M7-HPA monoblocks rebiased per Richard Vandersteen’s recommendation. They run much cooler now and sound even better. The Vandersteen 7 Mk2’s continue to blow me away with their tonality and transparency. The power conditioner is the Niagara 7000 and the power cords are all AudioQuest Hurricane Source and High Current. Interconnects are AudioQuest Wild Blue Yonder and speaker cables are proprietary Vandersteen/AudioQuest Perfect Surface Silver.

The Network starts with the Roon Nucleus Plus core server. The NAS is Synology DS3018xs and the Router is a Netgear Nighthawk X10 AD7200. The Roon Nucleus Plus has a Keces P8 power supply. I have a DJM GigaFoilv4 Ethernet Filter with a Keces P3 power supply. The power supplies have Audience AU24SE MP power cords. All ethernet cables in the network are AudioQuest Diamond.

I’m hoping to add another Keces P8 power supply for the Router with power cord. I’m also looking into the SOTM audiophile switch with accessories. That’s all folks! :)

Ken
 
Outstanding system Ken. I’m so happy you are loving the sound. Superb source with awesome speakers. Must be awesome.
 
joeinid said:
Outstanding system Ken. I’m so happy you are loving the sound. Superb source with awesome speakers. Must be awesome.
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Thanks Joe! Would like to hear what’s new with your system too. There’s almost always something new to report on the amplifier front.:) How are things going with your AG Duo XD’s?

Best,
Ken
 
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