New photos of Randy's system ...

Randy Myers said:
Nice... I would love to experience what the MSB can do with DSD512! The T+A constantly amazes me.

One thing to keep in mind :), the DSD512 version of this album is 19.1 GB in size :exciting:.
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It’s an amazing DAC and sounds well beyond it’s price when fed DSD512. Glad you’re happy!

19.1 GB. GEESH!

By the way, Vanessa’s version of Back to Black is UNREAL!!!!! FABULOUS!

As a side, I bet if you had even a cheapy TT, you would really enjoy it. Just saying...
 
Vanessa's version of pretty much everything on that album is fantastic. I really like Human and Creep. I also love her original song that is on the album. Maybe my current favorite song!
 
So anyway, with my system I proceeded to put the tube amps and the T+A amp back on top of the rack :)...

The Audio Mirrors are amazing sounding amps, so might as well have them available to play at this point. No interest is anyone buying them at this point (to go straight SS and possibly start trying to fund new higher speakers), so I may as well enjoy them for now :)...
 
Mike said:
It’s an amazing DAC and sounds well beyond it’s price when fed DSD512. Glad you’re happy!

19.1 GB. GEESH!

By the way, Vanessa’s version of Back to Black is UNREAL!!!!! FABULOUS!

As a side, I bet if you had even a cheapy TT, you would really enjoy it. Just saying...
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Without getting into a bit-rate arms race, and certainly not getting into the analog vs digital thing :), I note this album also sounds pretty good in DSD 128! Enjoy.

BTW, I wish NativeDSD had more material in the rock and pop genre.
 
The SACD sounds pretty darn good also, it is a fantastic album and a great one to choose as their first DSD512 release in my view!

And I agree, I wish more of this type of material was available from NativeDSD.
 
brodricj said:
Where do you get good DSD512 content from?
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Not much available to be purchased in DSD512. NativeDSD has a few selections now. Using HQPlayer I up-sample everything to DSD512. The improvements are stunning in my view.
 
Hi Randy! Nice rig. I see you're back to W4S and SS amplification again. Bet it sounds pretty good.

My setup has changed a bit as well, the room more so than the system, but there's still some changes in the system. I'll be posting about that shortly in my thread.
 
Hey Charles, The Stage 2 is an amazing pre-amp. Far better than the standard STP-SE, which is a fantastic pre-amp inits own right. I still ahve the SET tube amps which I listen to sometimes. Fantastic amplifiers, I simply prefer the convenience of my T+A. I would say my Audio Mirror are a bit better sounding but the T+A is winning out for my use.
 
That's pretty much why I got away from tube amps. Too much maintenance and since I leave my system on 24/7, I'd be going through tubes like crazy. Plus, tubes just don't provide the bottom end that I prefer with the somewhat lower efficient loudspeakers I have.

I almost went for one of those STP-SE's, but came across an excellent deal on my PS Audio GCD from Underwood Hifi that I couldn't refuse. I love this preamp though. It sounds a LOT better than I had imagined, especially when paired up with the M700 monoblocks. This combo actually reminds me of an amp I had a while back that ran a quad set of KT88's which I used on the NHT 2.9's for a time. Almost the same kind of warm-ish midrange and silky smooth top end. Of course, the M700's really take the cake in the bass department.
 
Hey Charles, the STP-SE is a fantastic and flexible pre-amp in its price range. The Stage 2 is incredible and an amazing step up, true world class in every way.

I had a set of M700's and I thought they were darn good. Great value for sure! They never gave me the warm and fuzzy feeling, which I have no reason for because they were very good amplifiers! If I could step back in time I might consider actually keeping those amps.

The Audio Mirrors are really amazing amps. I just think that tubes are not my cup of tea. I think someone who is deep into vinyl or maybe has an absolute love affair with acoustic music then these may very well be the ideal amplifiers.

I am really starting to love the sound of my T+A amp. I think I may finally be getting over the fact that it is so small as amplifiers go and realize that it is pretty dam amazing and demonstrates how good T+A really is!

It is kind of nice being able to switch back and forth for now. There are times that I simply want to listen to the Audio Mirror, but more often then not I prefer the convenience of the T+A amplifier.
 
I think I am finally reaching a happy point... for now anyway :)...

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Great to hear, Randy. It’s always fun for me to see pictures of members’ systems and hear how happy they are when they listen to them. Enjoy!


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Updated photos with the turntable in place. Cheryal made a dust cover for the Record Doctor!!! Pretty awesome job.

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She’s a work horse, Enjoy!

I noticed no felt mat on the Orbit Special, is that for show or are you running it that way?

I love the PS Audio Noise Harvesters in the wall, the crazy stuff we do to improve our sound - no one understands this crap outside of our community.
 
UltraFast69 said:
She’s a work horse, Enjoy!

I noticed no felt mat on the Orbit Special, is that for show or are you running it that way?

I love the PS Audio Noise Harvesters in the wall, the crazy stuff we do to improve our sound - no one understands this crap outside of our community.
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I do not use the felt mat. I think it is a static collector, and from way back in the day I played albums directly on Glass. I know the best turntable back then that I used had a glass platter as an option.

Also, U-Turn states that there is no problem playing albums on the felt mat or directly on the acrylic platter.

Those noise harvesters used to drive me crazy because they have a blinking LED on the top that is really obnoxious. I ended up covering them up with several coats of my wife's nail polish :).
 
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