tomic601's Casa PacificaOf all the places I've never visited, I feel like I know this one best. Kudos, bliss & healthy happy listening, Jim!Cheers,Spencer posted 2 months ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsA few months ago I replaced the SGC SonicTransporter with an Apple Mac Mini M4 Pro to run Roon Core and HQ Player. Library is on 2 Samsung 4TB EVO870 SS drives in an OWC dock. S... posted 2 months ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within Limits@tomic601 Your everlasting return invitation awaits. (+1 included). You're right, as usual. It sounds better now on the digital side. Same on... posted 2 months ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsHi @rich121 ,V4s are the 120w version, recently recapped by Mike @ Quicksilver. It's a proven match and I don't disagree. I used to run them ... posted 2 months ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsAdding Audeze LCD-2 planar magnetic balanced headphones, courtesy of my friend, @big_greg. posted 8 months ago | View comment | |
Audio Server buildYes, I have moved a few times over the years. Different rooms led to various challenges and led to some of my more recent changes.BTW HQP is embedded in my server, running Roon ... posted 9 months ago | View comment | |
milpai's systemBeautiful rig, @milpai ! Bet it sounds wonderful.I'm particularly fond of the Backert preamp. Andy used to bring their prototypes to my place during voicing to listen on my Soundlab electrosta... posted 9 months ago | View comment | |
Audio Server build@milpai Fantastic explanation of your project plan and reasoning. Kudos! I bet it sounds wonderful. I must admit for me personally the most exciting comment... posted 9 months ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within Limits@milpai, The SonicTransporter has HQPlayer Embedded version. So I will run Roon Core + HQP there. The opticalRendu Deluxe will be in Network ... posted 9 months ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within Limits@tomic601 Thanks, Jim! My next move is adding HQ Player (embedded version) to the SonicTransporter. Then I will upsample all digital to DSD256. The trial of... posted 9 months ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsUpgraded my Sonore opticalRendu renderer / Roon endpoint to the new opticalRendu Deluxe. I'm shocked at the improvement in sound quality. My mini-review is here: posted 10 months ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsUpdated images with Quicksilver V4 monoblocks and Bricasti M3h DAC/headphone amp. posted 11 months ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsMoving to a Bricasti M3h DAC and headphone amp. Always wanted to try a Bricasti in my system after many good listens and having mad respect for Brian and his work. FWIW, my Ayre DAC and Woo he... posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within Limits@slipknot1 Hi, Joe! Hope the Veloce sounds as good as I imagine it would. We need to catch up by phone. posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsReplaced the 12ft. pair of Audioquest Aspen biwire speaker cables with 6ft. pair of Audioquest Oak biwires. A small move up in the Trees series of cables, but Vandersteens are known to react well t... posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsAdded an Uptone JS-2 Power Supply and Sonore opticalModule. The PS will power both the opticalModule and my SGC SonicTransporter server. A couple of months ago I finally pulled ... posted about 1 year ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsPosted new pics of the Vandersteens in-room and the rack with the VAC preamp. Still need fresh pics of the Ayre DAC and Ekorness Stressless chairs that replaced the sofa. posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsMoving on from my Denafrips Pontus II. Awaiting arrival of an Ayre Acoustics QB-9 DSD TWENTY. A step towards well known synergies between Vandersteen/Audioquest/Ayre/Audio Research. posted over 2 years ago | View comment | |
Music Room - North@noromance This rig sounds so natural! The analog setup unflappable, heard mostly w/ the Kuzma cart. No aspect of the sonics jump out as overly prominent, #goldi... posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsFinally found new speakers. A mint pair of Vandersteen 5As will be arriving soon from Ultra Fidelis. I'm excited. posted almost 3 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsNew VAC preamp with phono pics added. posted over 3 years ago | View comment | |
sbank's Austin City Within LimitsRecently added a VAC Renaissance Mark V preamp with phono stage and external power supply. Enjoying it, especially the benefits of a good tube phono stage. I've run into issues with RFI with p... posted over 3 years ago | View comment | |
Tannoy & VAC in an old-world loftLove your rig and your nuanced observations that feed it! How's the power amp ss-power/tube-pre thinking evolving? When we chatted about my entry into VAC world, we never discussed that, but I... posted over 3 years ago | View comment | |
jl1ny's SystemHey, if you're serious about the BAT, let me know. Cheers,Spencer posted over 3 years ago | View comment | |
j_husker's SystemBeautiful room, Jamie! Let's see some pics of the new table...I've got an Audiomods arm too; mine's a Series V. If you've the 6, love to hear about it especially. posted over 3 years ago | View comment |