What's your next purchase?

Michaels HiFi

Michaels HiFi

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OK guys - anyone have a new purchase they are hoping to make soon?

I'm talking with Mike about some new items I need to save up for!!
 
We need a new sofa for the living room.

Oh, wait, you mean audio?

I’m toying with new speaker cables for home. The Shunyata Omega’s in the store kind of messed me up. I want them for home too.


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Mike said:
We need a new sofa for the living room.

Oh, wait, you mean audio?

I’m toying with new speaker cables for home. The Shunyata Omega’s in the store kind of messed me up. I want them for home too.


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Were those the ones in your unboxing video that looked like they were massive fire hoses? Those looked super impressive.
 
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Were those the ones in your unboxing video that looked like they were massive fire hoses? Those looked super impressive.
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Yes! We had someone come over last week with his “giant killer” speaker cables. He left with his tail between his legs.


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Still wanting to try an external DAC. A local dealer is supposed to let me try a N05xd in the near future. So that could go great and end up in a purchase, it could be not much difference and end my curiosity, or it may be an improvement but not to my taste and the search will continue.
 
MichaelsMinute said:
OK guys - anyone have a new purchase they are hoping to make soon?
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Yes - NAD M66 when released. I'd be even more interested in this if I used vinyl as it seems to cater very well for analogue users.

Why are there still so few preamps, integrateds, all-in-ones, or streamer / DAC / preamps that offer digital only? Why do digital users have to pay extra for phono stages, etc that so few of us still use? Mark Levinson's 5802 is one of the very few I'm aware of. Any digital-only streamer / DAC / preamps I should be looking at as alternative to M66 that doesn't need Roon to make using it intuitive and simple?
 
Last recent purchase was a rack mounted, Equitech 2RQ, a 72 lb., 2kVA, bifilar-wound, isolation transformer for the front-end of my system. I didn't think I had any noise problems, but boy was this a sonic revelation. Balanced power is electrically different than any power conditioning system. I never liked any of those that I tried.

Just bought a Luxman D10X today from our favorite guys at Suncoast Audio. After 25 years of working on my current system, I'm done until my Lyra Etna wears out.
 
Might be looking for some network switches to compare to my existing switch my friend modified and made a DC blocking power supply to use with it.

I am guessing, I might not need to look any farther than Mr Mike just south of me. :)
 
Just completed my next purchase!

A beautiful carbon-fibre Ibis Silk road racing bike with full Shimano Ultegra 6700 gruppo. :woot:

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Founded by Scot Nichol, Ibis is a small bicycle company based in Marin County that is very well-known and very, very highly respected by the entire bicycle industry. A good way to think of them is like a Bugatti or Pagani.

Took it for a ride right after picking it up and, oh my! The full carbon fiber frame and Easton CF front fork means rides and handles beautifully, and as it only weighs...16 lbs (!), it accelerates like an F1 car when you stand on the crankset. At 55cm, it also fits me really well.

The full specs:
Frame: Ibis Silk SL Carbon Fiber
Fork: Easton EC90 SL Carbon Fiber
Wheels: Shimano Ultegra
Cranks: Shimano Ultegra 6700 Compact (50/34)
Brakes: Shimano Ultegra 6700
Shifters: Shimano Ultegra 6700
Cassette: Shimano Ultegra 6700 (11-28t)
Front Derailleurs: Shimano Ultegra 6700
Rear Derailleur: Shimano Tiagra
Headset: Cane Creek IS3i
Handlebar: Ibis 7075-T6 DB 44cm width
Stem: Ritchey WCS 120cm (I also have other stem lengths available if desired)
Saddle: San Marco Zoncolan-Titanox Rails
Seatpost: Ibis 3D forged 7075 31.6 x 250mm
Tires: Continental 5000 TL (set up tubeless)

Can't wait for tomorrow to get here so I can...ride it again! 😻
 
I am at a point where I'm very satisfied with both my systems. Maybe new electronics for the Lake House. The C 2300 and MC 275V are hardly state of the art. But then neither is the TT or speakers...
 
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